Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 3, 2011 13:42:08 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Have a neighbor who built his house here around 1972, before the artifacts had all been hunted up. His place sits just down the creek from mine on a steep bluff above the creek and these are what he picked up as surface finds around his yard in the 70's and 80's. This place has been inhabited so the Amerinds could collect flint for thousands of years so several different cultures are represented in these frames. Oh it would have been cool to hunt for stuff back then!....Mel
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2011 15:00:33 GMT -5
Beautiful points Mel. My son is the artifact hunter in the family and he knows some great places to hunt in Montana. Only problem is "if they catch you it is prison time". The law makers want the stuff to lay there so nobody gets to see it. No problem if the cows tromp all over it and break it into gravel though. Sorry for the rant but this kind of stuff should be collected so all can see. Same goes for the fossils. Jim
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 3, 2011 16:31:35 GMT -5
Jim: I hear you on that. That antiquities act carries bad penalties if you're caught collecting on public lands. Fortunately in Texas, almost all land is privately held so the hobby is huge here. There are even a large number of fee sites to dig or screen but man, those are not cheap. Fees run as high as $200 a day or so...Mel
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Post by dtcmor on Nov 3, 2011 18:22:39 GMT -5
That's a very nice collection! I see many cultures and periods in there - I especialy like the paleo pieces! You neighbor is lucky to have such great finds. Thanks for sharing!
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LarryS
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Post by LarryS on Nov 3, 2011 18:22:47 GMT -5
My buddies and I use to explore the remote areas in the Baja deserts for Indian artifacts back in the 70's & 80's. Place is loaded with them. Petroglyphs galore too. We'd 4 wheel over 100 miles off pavement. Even the Mexicans won't live out there! Problem now is the drug cartels and I get nervous going to San Diego! I sure wish I knew how to identify rocks back then. I'm sure there's some gem sites. The main back bone of Baja is granite canyons but there are huge areas of volcanic origin. I'm positive you can find agate & jaspers, etc. Enough pottery chards to fill a 5 gallon bucket, left in one pile. Grind holes with grinding stones intact. LarryS
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 3, 2011 19:00:51 GMT -5
Cool pics Larry. When I was on a fish collecting expedition for the college museum, we stayed at the Bay Of Los Angeles and one day we drove clear down along the southernmost shore of the bay and there were desert rose type chalcedony nodules on the beach down there so there is definitely a potential for agate in the area....Mel
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Post by Woodyrock on Nov 4, 2011 0:40:06 GMT -5
One can only imagine what is hiding just below the surface. What a great collection! Woody
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LarryS
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Post by LarryS on Nov 4, 2011 6:53:01 GMT -5
Old desert rat friends of ours use to collect arrow heads and have a huge collection. They told us the best place to find them is "above" springs or watering holes. It was places the Indians would ambush the game coming to water.
Ah yes, the Sea of Cortez, where you become fish bait for the cuddly humboldt squid!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2011 10:03:09 GMT -5
I can not remember the exact amount but Wyoming is close to 75 percent BLM and National forest. They can not patrol even a small percentage of it. I have had one BLM officer stop and talk to me but I was right along side of a major highway and not looking for artifacts. He was surprised that I was picking up rocks. lol He told me that they get a lot of tourists stopping at the office asking where to look for arrow heads. I can imagine what kind of lecture they get. Jim
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 4, 2011 18:48:24 GMT -5
In recent years there has really been a change in attitude among BLM rangers. I can remember back in the 1970's having a ranger tell me where to look for arrowheads just outside a park boundary so we would not be violating the rules regarding collecting in a park. Now they are like the gestapo and you really do not want to ever get caught collecting artifacts on BLM land. This is even though Jimmy Carter ( An ardent arrowhead collector)passed a law saying you can surface collect arrowheads. Rangers simply ignore the law....Mel
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