Arry 18,253 Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 Any you guys done field walking for Stone Age flints? I found my first ones while sat in a hide pigeon shooting, while sat waiting I spotted two flints at my feet. Pick them up and as I held them thought somebody was hunting on this spot maybe 3000 years ago. Any way I started looking for them after the fields where ploughed and harrowed and after a good shower of rain. Hope they may be of some interest. This is a Oblique Arrow head late neolithic about 4000 years old or so I was told. Very small Leaf Shaped Arrow Head. Two small barbs 20mm long, stuck in the side of pointed wood or bone. A Knife blade 45mm long. This I would like to find, somebody gave them to me they come from the deserts of Jordan where they are easy to find or so I was told. Cheers Arry 10 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,555 Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 very interesting arry , I was reading about the small flint arrow heads the other day and apparently the Vikings that found the small Neolithic arrow heads thought they were shot from elves and were responsible for aches and pains that they had and wore them as talismans 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,610 Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 Mate, that's so f***ing cool! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 24,903 Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 Nice one arry, always something to see for those always looking, I can remember finding simular on school trips to Stonehenge and Salisbury plain, back in the days when you could just rock up and start digging without a digging permit and a HandS certificate, see a few still make arrow heads by napping Flint 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,253 Posted September 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 20 minutes ago, Greyman said: Nice one arry, always something to see for those always looking, I can remember finding simular on school trips to Stonehenge and Salisbury plain, back in the days when you could just rock up and start digging without a digging permit and a HandS certificate, see a few still make arrow heads by napping Flint Used to find them in nearly all tilled fields round here, lucky the nearest natural flint is about 6 or 7 mile away. If you find any flint around here its usually has signs its been worked if you magnify it. Very addictive if you start though, used to take the dog for a walk and walk up and down harrowed fields. Seen some a chap on the box napping flint surprising how quick they knocked out a hand axe. Cheers Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxdropper 17,091 Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 Good finds mate ,loads around Avebury .The coin might be more recent though lol. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,158 Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 Least when they were hunting they only had to look over their shoulder because of the local fauna trying to kill or eat them, now it’s because of some pulse eating fur baby loving twat! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gav 1,708 Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 Always look when cutting peats, there was a stone age axe head found about 500 yards away. Maybe I'll find a bog body or tomb one day. There was a subterian neolithic chamber found up the road last year. We have standing stones older than stone henge so we have the history, maybe I need to look harder, certainly got me thinking, thanks for sharing Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,253 Posted September 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 14 minutes ago, Gav said: Always look when cutting peats, there was a stone age axe head found about 500 yards away. Maybe I'll find a bog body or tomb one day. There was a subterian neolithic chamber found up the road last year. We have standing stones older than stone henge so we have the history, maybe I need to look harder, certainly got me thinking, thanks for sharing Arry Always wanted to see some of them neolithic chamber on some of the Isles. Saw a documentary on one that corbeled in with amazing stone work. I've found the corner of a polished axe head gave it to a amateur archaeologist, ofter wondered if it was broken by the plough or a Stone Age man cutting a piece of wood 4000 years ago. Cheers Arry 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJones 7,973 Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 You can find a lot of Native American pottery and arrowheads out here. Hard to age for the layman but there have been settlements out here for over 12000 years (400 for the young earthers.) Artifactlaws forbid you to touch them without permits so we tend to leave them where they lie. We find a lot of trilobite fossils across the border in NV that are permitted to be collected. They date to the Cambrian Period (Biblical flood for the young earthers.) You're allowed to dig for them too as the USGS has issued open permits on them. Some of them are even on the surface and can be simply picked up by the eagle-eyed. Used to drive out there with the kids when they were younger and I have to admit it's a cheap trip and a ton of fun at the same time. Sh*t, I might have to sort a weekend trip out now! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,253 Posted September 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 12 minutes ago, ChrisJones said: You can find a lot of Native American pottery and arrowheads out here. Hard to age for the layman but there have been settlements out here for over 12000 years (400 for the young earthers.) Artifactlaws forbid you to touch them without permits so we tend to leave them where they lie. We find a lot of trilobite fossils across the border in NV that are permitted to be collected. They date to the Cambrian Period (Biblical flood for the young earthers.) You're allowed to dig for them too as the USGS has issued open permits on them. Some of them are even on the surface and can be simply picked up by the eagle-eyed. Used to drive out there with the kids when they were younger and I have to admit it's a cheap trip and a ton of fun at the same time. Sh*t, I might have to sort a weekend trip out now! Chris those Red Indian flints are fantastic, worth putting Red Indian Flints into Google and go to images, some are truly beautiful. Cheers Arry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJones 7,973 Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Arry said: Chris those Red Indian flints are fantastic, worth putting Red Indian Flints into Google and go to images, some are truly beautiful. Cheers Arry Some are incredible and design even varies between tribes. To think they hunted and fished with them is staggering when you look at the simplicity of the technology. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,598 Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 11 hours ago, Greyman said: school trips to Stonehenge and Salisbury plain, back in the days when you could just rock up and start digging without a digging permit and a HandS certificate, I was at stone henge a few months back,saw several archaeological digs nearby. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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