That week in June when I found three arrowheads in one afternoon

I've been surface hunting on my family's farm in southern Ohio for about 15 years now. Most days I find nothing but rocks and old bottle caps. But one week last June was different. On a Tuesday after a heavy rain I walked along the creek bank and spotted a nice flint point sticking out of the mud. Then Wednesday I found a broken blade near the same spot. And on Friday afternoon I kicked up a perfect quartz arrowhead that still had sharp edges. Three artifacts in three days after going months with zero finds. Has anyone else had a streak like that where the ground just seemed to give up its secrets?

2 comments

Log in to join the discussion

Log In

2 Comments

william_henderson4mo ago

Oh man, hate to be that guy but quartz points are pretty rare around southern Ohio, you sure it wasn't just a piece of worked quartzite or something? Either way that's a killer streak.

7

gavin_kelly914mo ago

Read somewhere that quartz points often turn up after heavy rain because the water highlights them.

7