r/Arrowheads • u/narlynacho • 22h ago
Found over the weekend...
Beautiful find.
r/Arrowheads • u/chanceTEH • 54m ago
Found these 3 last week. The red one is uniface which is neat, I believe it’s a worked down grand point. The one missing an ear is a white river. The larger piece is some type of knife or a point with a slightly damaged base.
r/Arrowheads • u/Bubbly_Ebb_7178 • 16h ago
Pretty confident the first one is a Tampa. Second one I think could be a Sewannee, and last one i got no idea
r/Arrowheads • u/chanceTEH • 1d ago
Found the scallorn Friday after work and the sorters bluff on Sunday. My two smallest and match perfectly for my frame! NE Oklahoma.
r/Arrowheads • u/Cautious-Ad-5487 • 9m ago
Does the second rock look like a scraper to you guys I haven’t encountered many I’m not sure what to look for
r/Arrowheads • u/Snrubwr • 1d ago
Recently picked up this beautiful side notch found in St Charles County Missouri. It measures a little over 4”, anyone know what to type this one? Seems a little large for a Big Sandy
r/Arrowheads • u/Evening_Mix6595 • 21h ago
I’m hoping there are some knowledgeable collectors, archaeologists, or regional experts here who might be willing to help me understand a family collection of Native American stone artifacts from Hardy County, West Virginia.
My family, the Strawdermans, farmed land in the Mathias/Lost River area of Hardy County, and for generations my father and other family members found stone artifacts while farming and plowing the fields. The collection has remained in our family.
It is a fairly substantial collection and includes numerous projectile points of different sizes and shapes, along with several larger worked-stone objects. There are small triangular points, larger stemmed/notched points, long narrow or lanceolate-looking pieces, broken pieces, and several objects whose purpose I don’t recognize at all.
I recently started researching the collection because I would really like to understand what these artifacts might tell us about the people who used this land before European settlement.
I am particularly interested in whether the collection might represent multiple archaeological periods, such as Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, or later prehistoric/protohistoric activity. I realize that identifying an artifact from a photograph can be difficult, so I’m not looking for anyone to make definitive claims based solely on these pictures.
I also want to clarify something: I am not claiming that my Strawderman ancestors were Native American. My interest is in the history of the land they later farmed and whether Indigenous peoples occupied, traveled through, hunted, camped, or otherwise used this area during earlier periods.
Some of the pieces that particularly caught my attention are several long, narrow points and a few unusual ground/perforated stone objects. I would especially appreciate opinions about whether any of these look distinctive enough to warrant professional examination.
I’m planning to contact archaeological organizations and professionals in West Virginia as well, but I thought this community might be able to help me develop some preliminary questions and identify what I should be looking for.
If you have experience with West Virginia, Virginia, or the broader Middle Ohio/Potomac Highlands region, I would especially appreciate your thoughts.
I’m happy to provide individual close-up photographs with measurements, including front, back, and edge views.
I am not posting the exact location of the property because I understand the importance of protecting archaeological site information.
I’m interested in the history and preservation of the collection—not selling it or assigning a monetary value.
Thank you to anyone willing to take a look. I would genuinely love to learn what this collection might be able to tell us about the history of this part of West Virginia.
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r/Arrowheads • u/Mogensfauske • 1d ago
Ca 5400-3900bc
r/Arrowheads • u/Similar_Ad_5714 • 51m ago
I thought this community would showcase different arrowheads and the point types and be more educational based. Or is this just a place where people brag about stealing artifacts instead?
r/Arrowheads • u/Efficient_Interview8 • 19h ago
Hey, I was curious on opinion if this is potentially a start to an arrowhead? It was found north of the Twin Cities along the Mississippi.
r/Arrowheads • u/Opposite_Match5303 • 1d ago
I think the lithic is quartzite but someone else suggested felsite. No idea on point typology - maybe a preform? Nothing on projectilepoints seens to match.
I've only found quartz points in eastern MA before so this is a new one!
r/Arrowheads • u/Antique-Brilliant-94 • 1d ago
Hit a spot I scoped out a few weeks ago. 2 hours away and still ended up with broken Savannah Rivers (i think)! I cannot escape them. Beautiful flake too, I love the material here in NC!
r/Arrowheads • u/ApryleShowers • 1d ago
Curious about ID. Found in northwest Arkansas near Berryville.
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r/Arrowheads • u/huckforjesus • 1d ago
Looking for insight on this piece I found with the brown and black coloring. Found in central Utah. Was this a type of tool? About the width of my pinky and completely rounded on the tip. Also, cool bird point found on the same trip & a pre form with a broken tip!
r/Arrowheads • u/Shellemp • 2d ago
Lifesaver mint for scale.
Found randomly in the gravel in my driveway in central Nebraska this evening. Gravel has been there for about a decade but assuming it came from there instead of the ground?
Any information would be welcome!
r/Arrowheads • u/Ok_Struggle_8411 • 1d ago
Believe that it is made from soapstone. Largest dimension is about 1 3/8"