I Found a 5,000 Year Old Native American Arrowhead while Artifact Hunting and Digging in Florida
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2019
- What a blast! It has been ages since I went out specifically looking for Native American arrowheads and other artifacts. When an old friend randomly mentioned that they had new property that might have a site on it, I knew I had to go check it out. Tons of signs of people living there in the past, including a projectile point (which is actually a spear head or knife, not arrowhead) from approximately 5,000 years ago!
Let me know in the comments if you'd like to see me come back here and hunt a little more. I only had a few hours on this hunt, but there is no telling what else might be here (or how long until something is built right on top of the site).
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Hey Cris! Just wondering, is this site registered or known to other local archeologists? I feel that if it is an important site it should probably undergo a proper excavation. I worry digging holes and removing artifacts without fully recording their place in situ removes a lot of context for these objects and eliminates/misses other valuable information about these communities that can be found in the soil/sand. You're probably aware of all this and have got this question before, it just was a concern I had when watching the video. Thanks!
Definitely enjoyed the vid !
Sam, I doubt the specific site is registered, but the entire area is known to have an incredible concentration of sites from this time period. Nearly every pond, lake, sinkhole or river/stream in this area has sites on the high ground near them. I rarely hear about run of the mill sites like this being excavated by any professionals unless there is something very special about it.
If I find out there is something special about this site, I’d be the first to talk to the land owner about bringing in professionals before septic tanks are put in and buildings built on the property.
I am absolutely amazed that your terminology for everything is so accurate. Calling it Chert, saying preform, etc etc. Props for keeping it entertaining and educational!
Love the videos thank you for
what you do even getting stung and going through a thunderstorm my grand kids are going to love this one when i show them tonight thanks for helping me be a.cool grand mother
Paleo:*does nothing*
Wasps: Are you challenging me?
Lol!!!! 😂 "Bro! You challenged me!" 😂😂😂
I don't know about Yellowjackets in the South but up here in Minnesota they get really aggressive in September as cooler temperatures approach.
That lizard at 3:18 is called a southern fence lizard, use to catch those bois as a kid. The males get blue scales on their bellies they’re really cool
I have seen them with the blue on them! I am amazed that you caught them, they are incredibly fast.
PaleoCris Oh yeah they’re super quick, I just guess I had a knack for catching small critters as a kid, lol
Here is Nevada we catch western fence lizards, which are similar.
Thata a great point looks like you worked hard for it too! Congratulations bud
I grew up in cent. Fla. '60s. It's good to see gopher burrows and fence lizards/skinks again.
Awesome find!
There is a knapping site in Arkansas with 10,000 year old arrowheads.
That's so cool. What an insane find
Love your vids
I was just doing the same yesterday on another private property!
I managed to find around twenty points and other broken tools. I’d love to see more videos like this.
Super fun and interesting!
Wow, I’ve never even found half that many in a day! Sounds like an incredible location.
PaleoCris Yeah, it’s a pretty great spot! Seems like it was a production area at the time. About 5000 to 7000 years old. Luckily the weather was more cooperative for me. That point you found is beautiful though!
@@PaleoCris team up on that site!!!! 💖
Love this video. So exciting to find something that’s from hundreds of years to a thousands of year old.
Ty, Chris 4 bein respectful 2 Native American land cuz I'm an 1/8 of Creek from the Creek Tribe here in Oklahoma....:)
Awesome Newnan or Marion . Never can tell tell the difference unless they are really big with perfect symmetry but those are few and far between . I'd dig the place as long as I could . A sight like that is worth a sore back . Good find !
I could watch you for hours non stop and unedited. You are the absolute most precious person. ❤
So cool to see you posting into this more and more! You're inspiring alot of people to do it and actually care about all these artifacts and the history ! Goodluck and happy hunting
What a trooper you are, most people would of gone home with that rain.. thank you for staying and sharing...😊
Yes! What a trooper he is! 💖 I felt so bad for him.
Definitely want more ! The respect you have for the people and the genuine curiosity about how they lived is amazing ! :)
Definitely a newnan point type. Nice find!
Love seeing artifacts like this..great find
Loved this video great finds and I also love how you show the nature around you. They add that special touch.
Thank you very much Lynn. One of the best things about hunting for stuff is that it is an excellent excuse to get outside and enjoy/reconnect with nature.
You need to get the Rochester, MI, Dinosaur Park. A boy just found a huge Mammoth tooth laying on top. There must be more under the soil.
There was a whole Mammoth found on a farm in Michigan in the 70's
One thing is building that great rapport with land owners...Once that happens your reputation will proceed you and will you never be denied the opportunity to cross across their properties and search...
Pls more dude
Will do!
Nice
Yes definitely more artifact finding videos. This is awesome.
Some lovely finds keep searching for those arrow heads would love to find them
Keep it up Cris, editing gets better every time. Love the channel and passion
That is a beautiful point!!! All that work paid off. Great video! Thanks for taking us along!
I love when y'all look for artifacts it's sweet to see what your going to find cause u never no what your going to get when you look for artifacts
Wow, that was a beautiful find!
I think that’s one of the best points I’ve seen. Very bilateral.
I was wondering, and please excuse my ignorance, but given that fossilised sharks' teeth are so plentiful in Florida, did the local native americans ever used them as arrow heads, spearheads or weapons in general? I'm from the UK so it's all new to me. But really enjoying watching your videos!
People in dif parts of the world left behind tools that did use teeth, why reinvent the sharp pointy thing to make a weapon. Anyone creative could have easily used sharks teeth to make weapons but does not mean there is proof of it left behind.
Not ignorant at all! A lot of coastal tribes would use sharks teeth for cutting fibers and sometimes weapons, however a finely chipped edge is preferable as it is razor sharp, often fossilized teeth can be dull and only harm when you apply a lot of force. That was a great inference man
Definitely not ignorant
@@RichardHeadGaming Maori Warriors used a club like weapon which was ridged with shark teeth for cutting. Not only that but they also used stingray barbs to make spears.
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YAY! So psyched to see a new video from you! Love it when you find your shark teeth but this is a great way to switch it up and finding these arrowheads it's just so exciting. Thanks again, I learned something like I always do
Really in joy your vids
Amazing finds! That agatized coral point is so neat!
Recently found your channel and love it! Native artifacts are my passion, so I would DEFINITELY love to see more vids of this nature! That was a beautiful Dickson point by the way!
Fascinating area Chris. You need to do some more exploring like that of course when the weather's better. I look forward to the next video
Interesting and fun. Yes, please go back to that site!
When you're tired and getting to the point that you're over it ....take a probe [ homemade ] that has 10 tines like a pitchfork but straight and sink it into the walls . Listen for the ''click '' and dig in ! It's always helpful but when you can't move any more dirt / sand it works ! That sand is great digging ! THANKS FOR THE VIDEO !
Absolutely a killer find!! Congrats on the find and a new site! 👍
I'm from Pensacola Florida and I found an arrowhead at the airport where I work. I believe I found it over 5 years ago. Right the edge of the parking lot in the dirt area just laying there.
Please Do This Again!! This was so fun to watch.
Super point - congratulations! Great videos, I thoroughly enjoy them.
Nice point find! Holy cow!
Awesome video bro. I’m with you in learning about what I’ve found and thinking what life was like back then. Makes what I’ve found even more special aka awesome!!!
Hooboy, loved this video! Except for the yellowjackets, I'm allergic so aaaaargh. Anyway-- considering the size and probable age of that point, I'd bet on it being an atlatl point and a real beauty too! It always drives me crazy when people call *all* of them 'arrowheads' (so thanks for not doing that!) when bows and arrows only date back about 2500-3000 years ago in North America as far as anyone's found to date, anyway, though that's always up for debate. Atlatl darts would carry points like that just beautifully, though-- man, I bet somebody was so pissed off when they lost their beautiful point! It's really fine work, and chert's kind of a pain to knap, even the really good stuff-- whoever made that point had some really amazing skills.
Have to say, I love seeing all that white sand; it reminds me so much of home and finding my first arrowhead. I found it on the banks of a stream in NW Florida that had been dredged out to open up a spring, and it was white chert too, just a little thing but perfectly shaped and probably not as old as yours... Alachua, maybe? Something like that.
What a wonderful find.
I’m in tarpon springs and found some sort of arrowhead or hide cutter it is probably at least 600 years old it was found on my property
Super cool find! Would love to see more. Thanks for explaining your techniques and for the historical information.
Thank you Gwynn!
Love this kind of thing! So cool.
Fantastic find!
Yes more artifacts please
Truly enjoyed this video! Keep 'em coming! As for the 5000 y/o arrowhead, I would love to hear the back story on getting it dated and such! That has to be your pride and joy! Happy Hunting! 👀
I've used to live on a ranch in Comanche County, Texas and we found dozens of arrow heads without digging. We just used to walk the creek and dirt roads on our own property and you found them laying around on the ground. We never had to dig. I miss the ranch so much!!!
Awesome find, great video would love to see more like this one.
very nice classic pick wick point love the vid keep them comming !
I believe those fresh water shells are a trash midden, an excellent place to dig.
Wow awesome find
Looks like a late savanna river point great find!
Please do more this was amazing to see
Nice find, I found 2 arrowheads on a friends property here in Colorado just a few feet from each other after a huge rainstorm, it's such an awesome feeling!
Loved this! You should do more digging videos like this!
We always Work hard for those points good example of how hard it is !
Looks like a Newnan, sweet find dude! And that agatized coral is beautiful material.
More of these please!
Absoutly beautiful arrowhead‼️
💜💙💚💛🧡❤
Keep up the great videos 😀👍
Great video!!
Love the video I'm from Florida also in the big bend area and we are finding a lot of this stuff
Very cool...more please...thanks
Hi, Cris, sorry you found yellow jackets first--ugh and ouch! I love finding arrowheads and seeing others look for them, so please, look all you can! The agatized coral piece could also have been a section of a knife, very cool find and excellent material. And the point was beautiful! Looks like lots of opportunities at that site! Keep 'em coming, please!
That definitely could have been a knife! Glad you enjoy watching this sort of thing. I’ll do my best to make a lot more videos of this kind of thing.
I really liked this video
Very interesting.
Hi PaleoCris! Found your site via DALLMYD and I'm well impressed with your knowledge! And your eye - those all look like just little bits of stone to me, but you bring them to life when you identify them as chirt and pre-tools. Great videos!
Thank you Chris! I appreciate you watching the vids and commenting.
Awesome find
Man that was cool! You and Wild Kyle need to tag team that spot!
Congratulations on the great point! Some of the flakes may have been small knives. Thanks for sharing & H.H.!
Whoa! Just finished binge watching ur vids!
Haha, awesome! I appreciate that. 😁
Im new to this channel # love at first site with this channel
Nice finds man your saving history from the ground.
I have watched a few of your videos, and may I say I am quite jealous you get to pull history out of the ground. I wish I could do that but wouldn't know where to start. Please make more of these videos I'd love to see more. 😘
Awesome finds worth some yellow jacket stings great video
Great job! I love getting and hunting for points all thou I dont dig I normally just surface find. Also loving finding fossils. I have found alot of Echiniods.
Cool arrowhead.
great vid! 🤙🏼
Cris I love the videos you make!!! This was awesome and very educational. I can’t wait to tell my students to check out your latest episode!!! I find you and Kyle so inspiring that I branched out in my art class channel to include some digging adventures for gems and fossils!! Please keep up the fantastic work!!! Let me know if you are ever in the NY catskill area and I’ll take you to some cool Devonian fossil sites!!!!
Keep up the video's, dam wasps!
I'm in FL and use to do a lot of this. For sure do some more videos like this.
Would love to see more videos
Cool save. Hate the stings.
I HOPE YOU SEE THIS,put a sifter where you were shoveling (where you found the arrowhead) just in case you shoveled anything that could be something good :)
I would love to see more!
I will do my best then Dominic! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Amazing find, how lucky u are living over the pond! we have flints on the beach here nothing carved ..just balls of flint...lol... anyway love to see more please 😃
👋 hi
Hello Orlando!
That was Great Cris !!! I would love to see you dig more at this site ! that thunderstorm at the end there was maybe the spirits of the area. did you thank them properly ? just wondering.
Im early yasss, love your vids criss and kyle
Woo, thank you! 😁
I’ve always wanted to dig for Native American artifacts! I took an archaeology class in high school then we went to a reservation & dug up arrowheads! It’d be so much fun to do that again! I’d be the crazy person doing that in the rain too! ☺️
Nice Newnan projectile point ........
Like the new hairdo too! 😉
I found a big fossil my buddy Cris.
UAU
your video is amazing
Cool find man. That is a nice one. I found this road cut that is like a mile high almost and terraced...there are fossils EVERYWHERE. I will try and start getting on videos next month
I loved you video. Reminds me of what I used to do in Texas and New Mexico. I'm old and have arthritis now and can't do it. Keep those videos coming. My sister lives in Florida (Palatka) and we've been there and found Shark teeth on the beach. Maybe I should move there, but I stii wouldn't be able to walk much. Nice point you found. Keep em coming.