[HuntinIN]

third of a banded slate gorget I found a few weeks ago near the White River around Waverly

 

[throbak]

still have a quite a few . but in the late 80,s when I decided to buy a farm and with no dow payment I sold My collection I got enough to make a down payment on a southern Indiana Farm most of mine came from Madison County but I hunted all over the State Pitchers to come when I take them of what I kept

 

[indianashogman]

I started back hunting some arrow heads this year, and these were all in one field. There are scrapers, points, celts, stones,drills, andlots more. I think its a honey hole. we have only about 10 hours invested in that field. I cant wait till its plowed again.

 

[indianashogman]

there were many more than were in that picture we found later

 

[ChalupaCabras]

Nice collection guys. Lots of good atlatl points.

I have a small collection myself of spear heads, atlatl points, drills, and a few arrow heads... But It makes me cringe to know that they are found via plow and till. From an archeological standpoint, plowing destroys most of the useable data that could have been gleaned about the Pre-Columbian cultures that lived here in Indiana.

We know very little about these people, who we call "Mississippians" or " the mound builders" - umbrella terms for a number of very similar people and cultures that inhabited this region long before the arrival of familiar 'Indian' tribes such as the Miami, Potawatomi, and Kickapoo.

I would be interested in knowing if HogMans "honey hole" has any rises or small hills located in or around that field?

What we do know about these people blows the modern stereotypes of "Eastern Woodland" and "Great Plains" natives out of the water.

These were not nomadic hunters organized in tribes or family bands but rather state-like civilizations of consolidated power, who lived primarily on agriculture but supplemented their diet with wild game. They build fortified cities, some of which housed as many as 50,000 people (see Cahokia). These cities, as well as their smaller settlements, were often built on top of hills or rises, in close proximity of water - water which acted as highways for trade. Countless ruins of these type settlements have been plowed or graded in oblivion by unknowing farmers and land developers, yet those are the very sights which hold the keys to understanding these lost cultures. Artifacts from Indiana mounds have been found from as far away as the Gulf of Mexico, and the Rockie Mountains. We also know that their cities contained ritual plazas, large earthen platforms similar in shape to Aztec or Mayan structures, and that they may have shared some similar religious iconography (serpent and other deities).

Of course, this was only a small portion, and likely the pinnacle, of Pre-Columbian civilization in our region. They were preceded for thousands of years by unknown cultures of hunter-gatherers, and maybe even other large civilizations that have been lost to time.

This is why it is important to document any finds you make, ESPECIALLY if you find one on a trail or riverbank that has never been plowed.

 

[indianashogman]

The field i hunt for artifacts is located near a river , probably 200 yards from it. If there were any mounds, they have long been gone . Today I found many pieces and a few whole ones and will post pics. later.

 

[WashingtonCountyGRUNT]

I have always had a great fascination with Indian artifacts but never really found any other then the ones I would trip over...where are good places to begin looking? I don't mean exact locations just what kind of terrain?

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[indianashogman]

A good place to start is along a river. Look for higher spots in fields near a river, places that dont flood near the river. Also look for where two rivers meet. When you get into the field look for flakes of flint or chert material . Remember that there is a lot of tools they used and you may want to gather anything that looks like it has been worked on, by that I mean it will have grooves or pathways knocked out of it to make a certain shape. after the farmer discs or plows, then a good rain will clean off the flat rocks and reveal the shapes of arrow heads and other tools. also look for larger rocks, they may turn out to be a axe head or nutting stone or countless other tools. good luck

 

[WashingtonCountyGRUNT]

Thank you...being a farmer myself I guess I have all kinds of land to look on lol

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[PlungerPete]

Nice finds and pics everyone.

One thing though, at least around my area, is that alot of farmers won't let you out in their fields like they used to back when I was younger. Used to back in the day when we would knock on a door to get permission, 9 times out of 10 they would say yes and alot of the time they would run in the house to show us their own finds or at least share a story or two.

Since then, the tweeker junkies around here have kind of given a negative image to arrowhead hunters. It's not so easy to get permission anymore.

 

[RGriff69]

Here is one my son found out in the yard back in the spring:

My dad made him a necklace out of it and a deer antler:

 

[antlerhunter]

Nice collections guys! Reminds me of my dads collection. You could follow that man around anywhere and he was going to find something somewhere. He found a bunch of arrowheads and i think my brother even found a tomahawk. He driving across a field one time and found a handgun that was all rusted up of coarse.

 

[Dklimenko]

Need permission to walk fields

Not sure if anyone is following this thread, but I have just moved to Brownsburg from northeast Ohio. I am looking for some fields where I can take my kids out and let them look for some arrowheads. If anyone would be willing to let us walk their property, I would appreciate it if you could get in touch with me.

I have driven around a lot trying eyeballing some good spots, but trying to figure out who owns what to knock on the right doors and ask permission has really taken a ton of time and not gotten me very far.

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[jschowe]

That big one in the first picture looks a lot like a dinosaur egg

 

[indianashogman]

Some cool stuff from near the river !!

 

[Steve]

Nice find indianashogman!

 

[Flintlocker]

Hogman, my grandfather lived not far from you. He had quite a collection of the stone ax heads just like that one. The natives in that area must have been a race of lumberjacks.

 

[Flintknapper]

Very interesting collection of points and tools from everyone. I have a collection as well passed down from the battleground area from my grandfather. I enjoy reproducing many of the common point types pictured. It always amazes me to see all of the different types of chert from other states in IN points. Enjoy this forum!

 

[gregsayers2000]

Thanks to all

Thanks to all who have shared in this post. I am very fascinated with points and any Indian artifacts. A friend and his lady friend shared a spot on the shore of the Ohio River a little west of Madison IN. We didn't find any complete pieces, but the area was nothing but flint and partials. We found some thumb scrapers and broken spear and bird points. It was a very enjoyable day.

 

[Josh Crissen]

Nice collection guys. Lots of good atlatl points.

I have a small collection myself of spear heads, atlatl points, drills, and a few arrow heads... But It makes me cringe to know that they are found via plow and till. From an archeological standpoint, plowing destroys most of the useable data that could have been gleaned about the Pre-Columbian cultures that lived here in Indiana.

We know very little about these people, who we call "Mississippians" or " the mound builders" - umbrella terms for a number of very similar people and cultures that inhabited this region long before the arrival of familiar 'Indian' tribes such as the Miami, Potawatomi, and Kickapoo.

I would be interested in knowing if HogMans "honey hole" has any rises or small hills located in or around that field?

What we do know about these people blows the modern stereotypes of "Eastern Woodland" and "Great Plains" natives out of the water.

These were not nomadic hunters organized in tribes or family bands but rather state-like civilizations of consolidated power, who lived primarily on agriculture but supplemented their diet with wild game. They build fortified cities, some of which housed as many as 50,000 people (see Cahokia). These cities, as well as their smaller settlements, were often built on top of hills or rises, in close proximity of water - water which acted as highways for trade. Countless ruins of these type settlements have been plowed or graded in oblivion by unknowing farmers and land developers, yet those are the very sights which hold the keys to understanding these lost cultures. Artifacts from Indiana mounds have been found from as far away as the Gulf of Mexico, and the Rockie Mountains. We also know that their cities contained ritual plazas, large earthen platforms similar in shape to Aztec or Mayan structures, and that they may have shared some similar religious iconography (serpent and other deities).

The native civilizations were destroyed within the century following Columbus's landing in the Bahamas. The natives immune system was not set to repel the many European diseases that Columbus's crew where carriers of. The traders of the native world unknowingly set off a pandemic when they took goods from the Bahamas up through South America. Some estimates are that up to 75 percent of the native population died within the 100 years of Columbus's landing. This is when the previous native farms, and managed woodlands started growing over, and is the reason for the old growth forest, and the idea that this continent was an untouched virgin wilderness came into being. We now know that this is not true. Instead the native population literally experienced an apocalypse.