A. Very cool potential find! B. As an archaeologist who is used to meticulously, going down 5cm at a time, document everything, retain soil for analysis, piece plot important artifacts and features etc.. this excavation gave me trauma I and a twitch 😂

I LIVE IN OHIO I REMEMBER CLEAR BACK IN THE 80S AND MY GRANDPARENTS TO FOUND OBSIDIAN, OBSIDIAN IS KNOWN TO BE FOUND IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA OHIO PENNSYLVANIA NORTH CAROLINA. CHECK OUT PALEO-INDIANS MAYBE BUT BASICALLY OR HOPE WELL BUT THE THING IS IT IS NATURAL TO BE FOUND OBSIDIAN IS IT'S JUST THAT NOBODY HAS FOUND THAT MUCH IN THE LAST FEW DECADES BUT IF YOU WENT BACK LAST FEW DECADES YOU'D REALIZE IT IS IN THESE AREAS AND THAT IS BEFORE IT'S TURNED TO AN AIRHEAD. So people need to fact check and get the factual actual evidence with proof in the truth And debunk the assumption theory that obsidian is not actually found in this area of Eastern United States, yeah everybody likes to make KZbin videos and think they found some rare find but should actuality do a little geological history check, check the facts.💯✔️✅

Doubt you’ll see this, but I was wondering if there are certain areas I should go to look specifically in WV. I live in Wetzel county, and wanted to know if there are any places within the Wetzel or Tyler counties to go out in look. Thanks!

In from south central Kentucky and that type arrow head is common. The vault line and exposed rock formation have viens

Trade networks extended all over the continent. They have found parrot feathers from Central America in the American South West and abalone shells from the Pacific coast on the Great Plains. They found beads from Italy in Alaska that were dated to the 1600s that must have been traded across the continent and made it to the West Coast of what would become Alaska. That obsidian point was traded for. Or even the raw material. Great video, great content, great find!

People n the mountains find really old oxide but find shit burgundy small flent arrow heads , got a grant perfectly round grind stone 11. 3/4 across come out river bottom flat field c keep it in a bucket of sawdust, got a knife with blade of grass and leaves n it.havent hunted since I was a kid got pooped arrowheads family stills. got one that quart with blue

I have a clovis point found in Michigan that the material was from France

Very cool find, congrats. Love your channel, it's very educational and you mix a few laughs into to it.

Tribes traded things for centuries so it was probably involved in a trade.

Ever find Horse Teeth, or Fossil pleistocene stuff?

That obsidian point is an amazing find Clegg. Do u think it was traded during the Hopewell culture? They did have quite the trade system across the US. Thanks for sharing!!!

Really enjoyed the video Clegg. U sure had an eventful day out there. Awesome!!!

There's lava beds in New Mexico.

I've had large chunks of Mahogany glass.. Thin cuts shine through..

Love the excitement 😊😊

When I was kid in the 90's, I found a fist size chunk of Obsidian in northern Maine, around Moosehead lake. Sadly, somewhere between high school and college, it went missing in a move or something, I haven't seen it since. Only recently, when I started watching and reading stuff about arrowhead hunting and what not, did I realize it's significance. There is no natural source for Obsidian in or near Maine. It had to be trade goods. Thinking back, it even has obvious working marks where flakes were taken off. I really wish I still had it.

i use my backpack blower. I have a spot im going to do before the next rain.

Wow!! Once in a lifetime find! Very cool. 👍🏼

Ok it's weird but trade is your mistery.believe me in Arizona I found the oldest man in the state history he was some sort messenger.the body was found in a pit house on privot property it dated before columbus.hows that for odd reason how .great show .

Im from Ohio, and I'd like to meet this guy!

Catchy title! I have an obsidian point from OhiO near the OhiO River. I calculated that the closest obsidian is probably Yellowstone NP or southern Utah, over two thousand of miles away.. We both know that the materials were carried/traded over thousands of miles. I also have a Paleo lance from Licking Co., OH, that is made from Knife River "root beer" flint from North Dakota. That again, is from over two thousands of miles from the source material is located and it is about 10,000 years old.

Obsidian found in yukatan peninsula along with dried salmon. Tropical Parrot feathers and turtle shells found in eastern Oregon. Many items were heavily traded before the arrival of horses. Thunder over the ochaco, a 5 book series about history of western us back to 1500, written by a white man raised by the shoshone. It spoke of trade over vast distances.

If Mars Rover Scientists or Democrats watch this they will tell you you can't trust what your seeing with your eyes and it's just your mind playing tricks on your eyes. Trust them cause they are the "experts" on deciding the truth on what it is your really seeing. Just ask Anthony Fauci! He knows everything about science.😅

Each Volcano is unique and has very specific silica and mineral content. You can essentially conduct a geochemical fingerprinting of obsidian at most respectable Universities Geology/Anthropology Departments and find out EXACTLY what volcano (state & region) your point migrated from. I bet they wouldn’t even charge you since it’s for academia purposes…..

I dont believe you, I think your making this up.

Gotta say a gator hunt got a alligator with artifacts in its stomach the old tools came from close to Canada I wonder did the gator travel north to carry its hunting artifacts back south or did the river do it

I’m 67 years old and have been hunting and collecting arrowheads since I was twelve, in 2014 i found a black obsidian arrowhead in perfect condition in Franklin County Tennessee, the very first one I’ve ever found, before that I’ve never seen one before.

That obsidian came a long way. Probably from Texas area. Obsidian is found on sites in states without igneous activity.

As the comments say you can find out where it came from. I am from the west coast and there are many obsidian flows there. Glass butte in Oregon, Santa Rosa in California, and my personal favorite is the Paulina Peak obsidian flow. One of the most amazing sights you could ever see! Go to Paulina Peak in late summer to insure you can drive to the summit or it will be snowed out!

It was traded!

We found a bunch of arrowheads here in connecticut last year in a large field at the edge of a small river, private property, and some were out in the open but most were down 1-3 ft ..someone told us we have a bunch from Texas, Oklahoma and a few states on the east coast. There was also a small axe head that a professor looked at and said she thought it was material from Kentucky.

I find it in Alabama from time to time got some raw pieces in my room

This dude has to be related to Peter Updike..lol

I disagree, it was probably traded as an arrowhead for two reasons, one people in Ohio didnt know how to make arrowheads from this rare and expensive material, unlikely use trial and error method. Two, traders would rather carry a smaller more valuable finished pieces, than big obsidian rocks across the continent.

Cool brother ✌️

We have obsidian in New Hampshire

I can understand why TVA and TWRA is passing out heavy fines for destroying natural habitat

Looks like Napa Valley Ca. obsidian from Glass Mountain. Lonesome and a long ways from home all right!