This reminds me of a friend who, when he was younger, used to till a widow's garden by a creek in Andrews every year for free, in order to get arrow heads. I have a couple of them from him. He did this over 60 years ago. Good article about you in the Cherokee Scout!

@HistoryHoundDetecting

Ай бұрын

Thank you! No telling how many artifacts have come out of local gardens over the years.

That big green rock looks like a arrow shaft scraper on the end

Thank you, cool stuff.

@HistoryHoundDetecting

25 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

That's a good theory of drilling first then the finishing process. Makes a great deal of sense.

@HistoryHoundDetecting

29 күн бұрын

Thanks! Appreciate you taking the time to watch.

The green rock and ones with holes are arrow shaft scrapers and holed rocks could be put on a piece of sinew so as not to get lost

Thank you so much ! I didn't know those were cooking stones.

@HistoryHoundDetecting

Ай бұрын

It’s speculation, but I recently saw a fella pull multiple out at a fire pit excavation. It’s pretty good evidence as to their use.

Had to been West Side. Cartoogechaye

Awesome video! You have helped me find artifacts in my location thanks to your videos.

@HistoryHoundDetecting

24 күн бұрын

That’s great Colby! Make sure you keep them in such a way that years down the road folks will be able to know exactly where they were discovered. It’s an important detail.

@HistoryHoundDetecting

19 күн бұрын

You can email a picture of what you’ve found to me…benjpope1818@gmail.com

Great finds Ben! Thanks for showing and explaining the drilled pieces. That light made a huge difference! Best of luck on your next adventure!

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Ай бұрын

Hey Jerimy. Good to hear from you! Hope things are going well for you!

What happened to the Crocs? You switched to sandals. Half banner stone. Thanks David

@HistoryHoundDetecting

Ай бұрын

I’m an “any port in a storm” type of guy when it comes to footwear. Lol

I enjoyed your video Ben. You live in a relic rich land. I love that you know what kind these are (Garden Creek variety). What are the dates and time periods of these points you typically find?

@HistoryHoundDetecting

Ай бұрын

@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives Most all of them fall into into the range of Early Archaic through Woodland period. So the oldest probably go back around 7,000-8,000 years ago. Thanks for watching.

❤very cool I live south of austin TX and find lots of points and worked rocks. We live along the Camino del real ancient highway. They find really old stuff here. That looks kinda like a tomahawk to me... Love the channel

@HistoryHoundDetecting

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for taking the time to watch!

How do you know it wasn't a completed piece that has since been broken and chipped from use and other various actions?

@HistoryHoundDetecting

25 күн бұрын

@@darrelllogan1274 I guess that is an assumption to be honest but it’s an educated one. Bannerstones were special items and you just don’t find them crudely formed, unless the aren’t completed. A lot of work went into shaping and polishing them, so to find one like mine, it’s pretty safe to say it never made it through those processes

I'm surprised you seldom show finding pottery shards. They are as or more common here in East Texas than worked stone pieces.

@HistoryHoundDetecting

Ай бұрын

It’s all about location around here. I’m mostly hunting high elevation camps that were frequented before ceramics had been discovered. I’ve found more stone bowl pieces than pottery at elevation. These bowls were left at these camps for seasonal use as they followed the nut and berry harvest up into high elevation. The valley floors hold the large village sites that were formed after they became a more agrarian people. Those sites are indeed covered with vast amounts of pottery. The random piece does pop up at elevation but they are rare.

@chrisrogers7618

Ай бұрын

@@HistoryHoundDetecting Very interesting.

That fragment looks like the Guilford Drill I found.

@HistoryHoundDetecting

Ай бұрын

@@myradioon Pretty sure that a Guilford drill will be the type to pop up at this site. I’d really like to think it was one anyway.

@myradioon

Ай бұрын

@@HistoryHoundDetecting I found mine South of Asheville in a creek.

@alanbrooke3237

Ай бұрын

Guilford drill? I've found T-drills, spoon drills, pin drills, even a Dalton drill but never heard of that one. Must be the area your hunting,regional identity. What's it look like??

@HistoryHoundDetecting

Ай бұрын

@@alanbrooke3237 Very low profile and some would say crude. The Guilford point itself is pretty basic. Google it and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Like your drills, most of them are made from exhausted or damaged points.

@alanbrooke3237

Ай бұрын

@@HistoryHoundDetecting I'm 68, been hunting with my older brother since I was 7. So Guilford found in what area? North Carolina?

It seem that you search the same area, the garden, have you tried to see if you have broken points that fit together? and the holed stones could be fire starter stones where they use a bow to spin a rod.

@HistoryHoundDetecting

Ай бұрын

@@steveyounger465 I have often tried to match up points and have had very little success. I keep hoping. As fire as the holed stones being fire starters….I believe a bow drill incorporates a wooden spindle on another piece of wood…not stone… to create a friction fire. You’re not the first to postulate that thought though. I just don’t understand the application in that context.

@steveyounger465

Ай бұрын

@@HistoryHoundDetecting I was thinking at the top of the spindle and when they wore all the way through they were discarded...Just a though.

@HistoryHoundDetecting

Ай бұрын

Oh! I see what you’re driving at. That makes more sense. The only problem I see with that theory is that that the large flat stone in the video is drilled from both sides with intent to make the two holes meet. That would require pretty precise drilling to make that happen. So that kind of excludes it being a fire starting cap weight that just eventually wore through. Just my thoughts about this particular piece though.

The one with the hole is a fire starter.

@HistoryHoundDetecting

Ай бұрын

That was the most common guess as to its use, but I’m still on the skeptical side of that idea. For fire starting I think it would involve all wood components. Wood fire board, wood spindle, and wooden pressure plate. Some have said that the stone could be the upper pressure plate and the hole comes from the wood spindle wearing through the rock. But that hole was made by drilling from both sides and meeting in the middle…so that would require precise placement of the wooden spindle for that to occur. And for a simple pressure plate, I don’t see that. But it’s all speculative all the way around and I appreciate your input.

Hi Ben. I liked it when you said we can only speculate. That is so true. Hearing everyone else give their thoughts helps us visualize their opinions. Keep on searching, my friend.

@HistoryHoundDetecting

Ай бұрын

Thank you Kathy!

Could that material be felsite? I find some stuff up in madison county that looks kinda like that, i've been wondering what it is too.

@HistoryHoundDetecting

Ай бұрын

That’s a new one for me. I’ll research that. Thanks for the tip.

Hey Ben it's David again, just wondering if you have any artifacts made from soap stone? I have a couple pendants or parts of. I don't know if soap stone is native to our area, I would think so. Thanks.

@HistoryHoundDetecting

Ай бұрын

You know, that’s one material that I’ve never really been able to identify well. It is for sure native to our area but darned if I know what it looks like.

@davidbelisle8014

Ай бұрын

@@HistoryHoundDetecting same here.

Goodonya!!!

@HistoryHoundDetecting

Ай бұрын

How you been doing man? Good to hear from you. I was just looking at an old lucky hat you sent me a few years back. Still wear it from time to time.