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Your Friend in Flint!
Matt Dorso
Raining today here in the North East. Good day for searching but I am still recuperating from Knee surgery. Fields are prime for looking on a day like this. Nothing in this world like a fresh plowed filed during or just after rain like this. Sunny days tend to but a glare on the ground and make seeing the stone difficult. Flint when dry and dusty blends with the soils and has an earth tone. When flint is wet like today it will stick out like a sore thumb. You can visit here a find more tips on finding artifacts in New England; http://connecticutarrowheads.com/article.html
Now that it has become overcast it would be a perfect time to go Arrowhead hunting. I bet if I went into a field and banged the rocks together points would just jump into my pockets!
Hi all,
Another rainstorm passed thru. I got my gear together, old dusty socks, hunting stick and my rubber boots. threw them in the back of my car and drove down the road to the nearest cornfield. About a mile down the road. yesterday it was planted and disced, but luckily i cleaned out the field before that happened. Found a nice Meadowood cache blade and a perfect Susquehanna bifurcate of black jasper i believe. real nice finds. yesterday i pulled out a little stem point about an inch long and as perfect as the rest as well. I also have a pile of broken stuff. this evening the only thing i found was the tip of an arrowhead. Just shows theres always something present.
Hi Karl Thanks for the post. Good hunting my friend. Wish I could get out myself but I am still not up to it.
I came across this link today http://www.punkdomestics.com They are all about modern day foraging. Seeing that Stone age people were the original foragers I think it is a noteworthy link for our site.
It’s good to see this web page active again and now with a blog……cool! I had thought I was the only Conn. arrowhead hunter for a long time. I’m relatively new, hunting for 18 months or so and have had limited luck….hoping to meet some folks that share the obsession and learn some things along the way.
Sorry for the additional blog here……anyone ever seen a knapped slate artifact, I know slate is usually ground but I found a piece recently that is definitely knapped…..seems pretty scarce an occurrence as far as I can tell.
I forgot to mention before if someone is would like to team up, and do a duo hunt ….maybe someone who can teach ….I would be up for this idea …. let me know if interested … i am in Manchester CT … thanks …
Maybe someone will come along from your side of the State and offer help. I am in the Housatonic Valley. The blog is new so give it some time. I looked over your photography site.
I will say this about Parks and collecting. They are usually off limits. If Valley Falls Park is owned by the city or town check with the Parks and Recreation Dept. . If it is a State Park you would need a Permit from the office of the State Archaeologist or the State Historic Preservation Office.
I think it is better to stick with Private Property and get permission from the land owners. I have one article posted on the site.
http://connecticutarrowheads.com/article.html I am currently working on a second article with more tips.
I became a rock hound because of the garnets at Valley Falls I found as a little kid. I’ve never looked for arrowheads there, and I’m so honest, I’d probably take it to town hall. But i love the thrill of the hunt.
I am new, and also live in Manchester. I would love to go on a hunt!
Hello fellow collectors if you have a special artifacts or frame you would like to post on here please do so. You can do this by posting your picture to Photbucket or Flicker and provide a link in the blog . I will then take the picture from Photbucket or Flicker and create a page for you to show your Connecticut Finds. Leave me some deatails as to who you are and where do you find them. No Need to be real specific just the county will do. I know we all have our secret little piece of heaven and don’t want to go there and find foot prints. LOL
Thanks
Your Friend in Flint
Matt
Thanks Chris
check it out still working on the other point!
http://www.connecticutarrowheads.com/Guest1.html
Here’s a couple more Matt, page looks great so far!
Jack’s Reef, found 4/08/10 New Haven county…material flint
http://s304.photobucket.com/albums/nn193/cgode/?action=view¤t=_DSC1322.jpg
Quartz Madison, found 4/08/10 New Haven county also.
http://s304.photobucket.com/albums/nn193/cgode/?action=view¤t=_DSC1324.jpg
http://s304.photobucket.com/albums/nn193/cgode/?action=view¤t=_DSC1325.jpg
Feel free to use them but don’t feel obligated to do so….you certainly can pick and chose my friend….you won’t hurt my feelings at all!!
Chris
Matt – good to see you up and running again. Look forward to any content you put up.
Hello Mike I hope all is well and your collection is growing, The site has been up in one form or another since 1999, Started with AOL the merged the content into Geocities at Yahoo. Since 2004 I have been slowly updating now there are over 60 pages of content and growing. There are several articles and I will be starting up a Local News Letter geared toward the Avocational Archaeologist. These are plans for several more articles to be published and a future book.
I live in Oxford and would like to team up with anyone in this area who would be willing to give a neophyte some pointers as to the most likely places to search in the area and the types of artifacts that can be expected to be found.
The Secrets of Finding Authentic Indian Arrowheads
A Guide for finding Authentic Indian Arrowheads
Recently it has occurred to me due to a surge in emails at my web site: http://www.connecticutarrowheads.com that the general public here in Connecticut may need some guidance in finding Authentic Indian Arrowheads. What I believe has become like a second nature to me, may not seem so easy to others.
I would like to share with you the secrets I have learned through years of searching here in our big back yard of Connecticut. My hope is this article will help you increase your awareness. Please take advantage of the links provided in the article. These links will help you learn specific clues about finding authentic artifacts. The article covers several topics such as Where to look, Ethics, and Recording your find.
People always ask me; how can I find them? Where do you look? Can I dig? Where did you get so many? This article will attempt to help you understand the secrets learned in a lifetime of collecting.
Ethics and Laws
One question that bothers the Professional community more than anything is; what are my artifacts worth? Some professionals will not even comment. Others will say something like this. “What you are holding is treasure, it has a great deal of value, however its value is strictly historical.
I feel it important to note that someone owns every single piece of property in Connecticut. Even our City, Town, State and Federal parks are owned or governed by some entity. Do not Trespass for any reason. Always ask permission to go onto private property. Property owners are the rightful owners of anything on his or her property so please ask first!
As a rule of thumb consider State and Federal parks off limits unless you get a mandatory permit first. “Collecting historic or prehistoric artifacts on state land (i.e., parks and forests, etc.) Is illegal without a permit from the State Archaeologist and the State Historic Preservation Office. This includes metal detecting.”
Some people may be surprised by this but there are four areas in CT governed by Federal Laws. Just picking up a mineral sample or an arrowhead could land you a very stiff fine. Please do your homework in order to stay within the limits of the laws.
If you decide to dig anyplace for any reason, take great care. Native American Graves are very shallow. The Graves are unmarked and within a few feet of the surface. If you find human remains “Bones which you believe to be human” you must STOP immediately and contact the local or State Police. You may have stumbled upon a crime scene.
The State Medical Examiner will be called in by the police or the State Archaeologist whom ever was called first. The medical examiner would determine whether the find has Historical significance. If you are uncertain about what type of bones then stop immediately and call the State Archaeologist. Someone at his office would be able to assist you.
I am providing these page links for general information only. I am not a Lawyer; I am not offering legal advice. Each location you search for Artifacts may have it’s own specific laws governing that area. It is up to you to know the laws before venturing onto any site.
The author Matt Dorso and http://www.connecticutarrowheads.com shall not be held responsible for any inaccuracies or timeliness of information in presented in this article.
To continue reading this article follow this link back to my website http://www.connecticutarrowheads.com
By: Matt Dorso
Been cleaning the site up a bit and added some new pages. Check out the typology pages. Five new point types added this week. Please remember the new guest pages. Chris G was good enough to lend me some pictures of some of his awesome finds. Chris has only been collecting for 18 months and is off to a great start. Just goes to show you if you want to find points they are out there. Arrowheads are one of the most common artifacts left behind by our Native American Ancestors.
Hi Matt-
Thanks for inviting my to your site. Checked it out and will be keeping my eyes peeled for such finds. Although I am no longer living in CT, I am in Maine and will look around up here. Just wanted to let you know you have some broken links on your page regarding suggestions on searching, the laws and such – the links I found that are broken are on the different types of rock. Just thought I’d let you know. Again, thanks for providing this service and inviting me.
Nadine
Thanks Nadine for stopping by. Good luck finding something. The same approach should work in Maine. I have another article coming next week. Be careful the laws are pretty tight in Maine from my understanding. Private property is OK but State parks and Federal lands are off limits. Ask around with the people at the Library or Historical society they should know wher to look and the laws to be aware of.
I will work on those links and get them fixed up. I did a system upgrade and that is all that has been reported so far. If anyone finds a broken link just let me know and I will get it fixed and back on line.
I started hunting when I was a teenager a bit and stopped when I started a family. Now 25 years later, I am obsessed again and did some hnting in Massachusetts over the summer. Back in Ct, living in Monroe, I need some pointers as to where I can go to hunt. In massachusets I hunted along freshwater ponds, near the sea in a kayak. This is where a lot of summer camps were. Any ideas?
Are you Matt’s father?
Thanks. – Lucy
http://www.articlesbase.com/collecting-articles/study-resources-for-authentic-indian-arrowheads-5551753.html
Just had a new Article published on Articlebase. You can check it out here.
http://www.articlesbase.com/collecting-articles/study-resources-for-authentic-indian-arrowheads-5551753.html
Had an article published this morning at articlebase. Here is the link, http://www.articlesbase.com/collecting-articles/arrowheadscom-is-a-great-resouce-for-researching-unique-and-unusual-artifacts-on-line-5577040.html