What to do if you find a artifact?

Please don’t pick it up, move it, throw it, put it in your pocket or your bag, or bury it. Note where you are. Snap a picture of the artifact where you found it. Step back and photograph the artifact with a landmark.

Can you keep artifacts you find?

Artifacts are not souvenirs! Leave the artifact where you found it. Please don’t pick it up, move it, throw it, put it in your pocket or your bag, or bury it.

How can you tell a stone artifact?

According to Field & Stream, these are some suggestions for identifying artifacts: In arrowheads and spearheads, look for a clear point and a defined edge and base. Knives and axe heads will have at least one sharp edge, often made by chipping stone away from the piece.

What is a nutting stone?

Nutting stones are a fairly common artifact found throughout most of Georgia. These are unusually shaped stones with one or more shallow cupped spots on one or more surfaces (top). It is assumed that these impressions of multiple sizes were for the cracking of hard shelled nuts like walnuts or hickory nuts.

Can you sell Indian artifacts?

What is legal and what is not? It is illegal to buy, sell, trade, import or export known American Indian burial objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony (OCGA 12-3-622). Fines are up to $500 per object.

Is it legal to own Native American artifacts?

Many laws forbid the taking of Native American artifacts from Indian and federal land, including national forests, parks and Bureau of Land Management land, unless granted a permit to do so. States, counties, and cities have passed their own laws restricting the taking of Native American objects.

Is collecting arrowheads illegal?

It is illegal and unethical to collect artifacts on public lands. Artifacts include anything made or used by humans including arrowheads and flakes, pottery, basketry, rock art, bottles, coins, metal pieces, and even old cans. Collecting artifacts disrupts the archaeological record.

Is it wrong to collect arrowheads?

DON’T do it Basically, there is an exception but there are other laws, with higher penalties, that people can be charged with, and are. Moreover, many of the ‘arrowheads’ are not actually arrowheads and thus not covered by the exception. If you must collect – it is usually legal on private land in the United States.

Are arrowheads worth any money?

While some Native American arrowheads are worth a fortune, most of them are not worth much money. Since arrowheads were made all over North America for thousands of years, they are relatively easy to find. Since they are so common, you won’t be able to sell a typical arrowhead for much.

What is the most expensive Arrowhead?

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How can you tell how old an arrowhead is?

Several factors determine value prehistoric arrowheads: size, quality of workmanship, symmetry, beauty of material, and age. Though the first four are often self-evident and readily discerned, the last is not always so apparent but is the most important when assigning worth to old stone tools.

What is a Clovis arrowhead?

Clovis arrowheads are fluted (leaf like furrows in the central part of the base). Clovis arrowheads have concave base and convex sides. The broadest areas for Clovis arrowheads are situated either in the near midsection or toward the base of the point. Clovis arrowheads are usually crafted out of stone or chert.