Searching The River For American Indian Stone Artifacts

[@aquachigger]

This was a fun adventure. I think you'll like it. Special thanks to all of my supporters over on Patreon! Follow Chigg’s Army! My Patreon: www.patreon.com/aquachigger Instagram: instagram.com/aquachigger/ Facebook: facebook.com/chiggsarmy/ Twitter: twitter.com/BeauOuimette T-Shirts: www.bonfire.com/store/aquachigger/ Thanks for watching…. The Chigg

[@markworthington5284]

Hey brother. I've watched ya for some time. I've seen your recent videos of your "drama".. stand just as you are.. be the bigger man as you've been. Continue on. Don't dwell in it... we gotcha ❤ ✝️

[@harrisonmantooth3647]

@@markworthington5284 That's right. Beau doesn't have to prove anything to anyone. After watching his videos for as long as I have, I can see that Beau has NOT sunk down to the level "others" have accused him of. Beau is not only a compassionate and caring man but, he's a First Rate detectorists that is the envy of many people that cannot come up to his speed and deliver both artifacts and, Historical knowledge.

[@garryburch6438]

The triangle head is the first type of actual arrow head after the atlatal started to change to actual archery. Very old.

[@rogersmith5738]

Nice one Chigg! Keep em coming mate.

[@Dubmajicks]

HEY aquachigger what state are you hunting in ?

[@murr2247]

You should go to Cerro Gordo and help Brent out! He wants to put together a big weekend of metal detecting at his ghost town. It would be an awesome collaboration!

[@AdamosDad]

It may not seem like a lot of finds to you Chigg, but today you found more artifacts than most find in a lifetime of looking down. My favorite is the pottery.

[@loke6664]

Yeah, the pottery is the easiest way to date the finds. I am no expert but to me I would guess about 3000 years old based on how deep they are lying, pottery and how they look. The oldest known pottery in North America is about 3 800 years old and while it possibly could have arrived a bit earlier it is unlikely these are that old. They are no Clovis points but still nice finds.

[@alan30189]

@@loke6664 Then again, this pottery could be 400 years old.

[@richardwarnock2789]

Beau you pointed out the Points 👉 👈 lots of nice ones!!!; )

[@SeMoArtifactAdventures]

Nice points man. That looks like a good site to do some sifting. There’s not telling what else could wash out of there. It will keep producing for years to come. I always try to keep those spots secret for as long as I can.

[@Fulthrotle73]

Nice,more Chigg videos!

[@earlshaner4441]

Hi from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing your thoughts and adventures and everyone else

[@russbonk1372]

So, at 2:25 ish when you pulled that beautiful point out I smiled- a pitiful smile though. I found a similarly sized and shaped point back in 1965 on a sandbar at low tide in Centerport, Long Island, NY. I managed to save it ALL these years until 2 years ago when it came up missing from its' storage spot. I'm sad....but won't give up trying to find it. Love your vids Beau!

[@rickyb2200]

Thanks Chigg, that was a great video, pottery and points that's fun I have some points and pottery I found near my property and I love finding it . I really enjoyed the video.

[@lynnmaupin-simpson1215]

Chigg always finds great spots. He can read the land like noone else I know.

[@jamiephillips887]

You need to do more episodes like this, you’re in a very artifact rich area!

[@michaelamanek8908]

My bucket list is to find a arrowhead. I grew up in Connecticut and never looked. Now I live in Arizona in the land and the Apache. I have to find at least one here !

[@randlerichardson5826]

A friend of mine has found graves of Indians now. He was getting arrowheads and dug part of a baby up. He put everything back like he found it.

[@lonniechartrand]

11:00 mark. Were you thinking Obsidian?

[@frankforrest1597]

Got some nice points Chigg 👍

[@neillh]

Thank you for sharing another great adventure 👍

[@johnnyphillips9735]

Good finds chigg thanks for sharing

[@FrednDeeDee]

Hey Chigg, thank you for showing yet another great adventure of yours. My greatest find: One icy cold December day I was deer hunting and found a thermos of coffee (creamed & sugared) that was still piping hot and filled to the top. While waiting for the hunter to return for his thermos I couldn't see letting the hot coffee go to waste so I drank it. At dark I headed home with a new thermos but no deer were seen at that spot. That was way back in 1983 and I still have the thermos.

[@maytagmark2171]

I would like to get a closer look at the piece of hard stone at 19:00

[@paulkick7870]

Thanks for sharing this type of video as well. We can all go and just look with our own eyeballs for these type treasures!

[@danielpahoundis6321]

Great hunt Chigg 😲👍great spot by the way.....nice finds without the Garrets help also.....✌️

[@jeffmillikan9070]

Awesome finds!!! 👍👍👍

[@paulwise9307]

Those native Americans were very clever, to make such wonderful tools, and over things, art as they call it today, obviously brilliant, beautiful, great videos, beautiful clear clean water

[@renofredrenofred4913]

Hi Chigg! That hunt started out a bit slow but eventually you found a stretch ground that yielded some nice Points! That was a nice relaxing wading stream stroll. Maybe next spring that stretch may yield more and possibly better finds....... Have a good day!

[@stackstacksaveuk5350]

you just KNOW ,, it's going to be a classic chig adventure ..when the first find is an amazing point.awesome river chigging

[@TheVatonaught]

My Dad grew up with 'indian' kids' in a gold mining town in CA...he had a fabulous hatchet head, spear and arrow head collection. But he could get out of his truck while we were exploring wild 4 X 4 country and flint points would pop up and present themselves to him...that's how it seemed to me. I'm almost 80 now and he was born at the beginning to the 1900's. I always thought it had some spiritual significance but I used to smoke funny cigarettes.

[@Mark-Dixon-1]

Very interesting finds good to see you out again

[@harrisonmantooth3647]

What a thrill it is to be walking along a plot of land or a crick a spot a point just laying on top of the ground. I've experienced this before, some years back while Deer hunting up in the North Eastern corner of California. I have found some real beauties, small ones (for birds?) and medium to large ones for larger game or, warfare. Whenever I would see these points, I would involuntarily start looking around me for the presence of???? Thanks again Beau for sharing another wonderful and informative video with us.

[@England.81]

I love these little adventures u do.

[@oldbamadirt2148]

i got me one friday in a hunted out spot in 10 mi so i think i will go back. and you did ok to lol. i can dig it . or just pick it up.

[@teresawelborn1360]

Chigg I would go crazy there. I just love finding pottery and stone artifacts. I go with my grandkids to the creeks every chance we get. I have a small collection. What a dream it would be to own an indian artifact that the chigg found. I would wear it around my neck with a chigg T shirt. In my opinion, you are the best out there. This video is so relaxing.

[@HeartbreakerRelics]

That's a perfect place to sift the bottom. Scoop up the stuff on the bottom and run it through a 1/4 inch sifter.

[@combatcatfish5408]

Is it legal to dig into the sides of the bank? I'm sure there is stuff in there.

[@erichaskell]

All my desert wandering I have found many, many pottery shards, napping areas with flakes on the ground but only one point, and it was broken. You’re doing great.

[@christopherbrewer9368]

Nice points. I would go back and snorkel and fan the bottom when it is warm again. Also bring a screen...i know people that shovel into a screen and find points that way in an area they know has artifacts. Where I grew up picking up points in the fields true "arrow" points where about the size of a fingernail. The rest are dart and spear points. I would also check anything that looks like Obsidian. The Natives here in East Arkansas traded for Obsidian that geologists have traced to eastern Tennessee...so I would be it also got traded up in the areas you are searching.

[@coachkevinwilson1958]

Awesome finds, thanks for sharing. Nice discussion about the fire cracked rock, thanks for that too.

[@book7addict]

Around 3:00 I think you may have overlooked a really nice notched point. I love this type of video. What fun to find all those points and pottery too.

[@kilgoar]

I'm guessing that cutout at 19:47 is archaeological, the compacted floor layer of a dwelling.

[@jamiephillips887]

I was thinking the same. Possibly a commons area in a campsite 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@kilgoar]

@@jamiephillips887 yep. it doesn't appear to be obviously geological and it's quite flat. there's another spot he didn't point out down stream, and there's artifacts all strewn about. i'm not 100% on the idea of chig's that the embankment there is all recent sediment deposits. he's right that they're sediment deposits, but i think they're all older than the settlement. at any rate, very interesting.

[@aserta]

It's not, that's a soft sandy layer, likely from a big flood that wouldn't take clay along.

[@davidcaylor4286]

Dang Chigg...you are the Jedi Arrowhead Master!

[@lonniechartrand]

19:00 mark looked like a “pestle” or possibly an “axe” type weapon.

[@loriward5512]

Nice finds Chigg!

[@davidvogel8987]

Chigg another great video, I don't know the last time you made a video of the collection of artifacts you have in your basement, but I would enjoy a new video of that

[@terrencebuller7676]

Dude, awesome finds, thank you for sharing 👍

[@jamesholmberg7080]

When I was young, years and years ago, they used chopped up mica to spread on the Christmas tree to make it sparkle like snow.

[@charlesschreiber2558]

Chiggers, looks to me your in an area of Fort Ancient Indian settlement with the pottery not being overly too thick which would indicate Adena if thick. The triangular points definitely point to Fort Ancient Settlement. Cool finds, Good Eyes!

[@charlesschreiber2558]

That rebar "T" was most likely was a probe that archeologists use to find flint in the ground. Some guys will weld a ball bearing to the end of the "T" so it slides like butter through the ground.

[@legacyXplore]

Impressed you did so well in just a few minutes. Nice site and nice eye.

[@karenfromva]

Really enjoyed this. Relaxing

[@pamandjohnmc]

I noticed on the river bank behind you at 4:00 it looked like a straight line in the dirt, was it a fence line or part of what was a fording point across the river?

[@randlerichardson5826]

Them are nice ones Chigg wish I was there to be safe and GOD BLESS y’all buddy Amen 🙏

[@jeffmartin693]

you should take the quartz chunks and flakes with you or you will be picking up the same stuff every time you stop...

[@Endless_search_]

Awesome finds chig!

[@WayneTheSeine]

Funny that the main source for points was quartz which indicates they probably did not do much trading with other tribes further west where you will find more chert and flint and may also date them pretty far back. I am no expert but do have a significant collection. One large exquisite spear point I found here in Louisiana was fashioned from a form of purple quartz found in the north. Indicating trade likely occurred up and down the Mississippi. That was most definitely a drill point. Awesome day Chigg!

[@debispilker4392]

Thanks for the videos!

[@dianeburnejko2908]

So many amazing finds! Love to imagine the life of the Indians who made them. Beautiful stretch of river. ❤💯👍

[@rodbelding9523]

Wont even lie I get insanely jealous at arrowhead vids, been keeping my eyes peeled my whole life and have never found one haha.

[@vegasbattleborn1594]

With everything that gets swept under the rug, please go back & maybe sample that cliff side please?? I've found a couple here in the west. After rains they float to the outsides of wash areas. Thanks for all the great entertainment Chig.

[@sammycm21]

Look at 6:51... Looks like a spear point beside your thumb!

[@fredclemons8923]

Nicely done Chigg really enjoyed the video, great finds great history, catch you on the next one. 🇺🇸

[@MikeHere]

Thanks Chigg. That was a good time 🤘

[@mattheefisher2104]

Nice finds.

[@johnlangston1493]

that was great chigg ,with all the rivers you scour you probably pass hundeds of indian camp sites that are full of artifacts waiting for the chigg to find and film,more of this please

[@davidmorris4826]

That drill tip was probably made by the Makita Indians or maybe the Metabo . Both tribes were known to make quality drills back in the day.

[@garycousino4016]

Looks like nice flat ground along there. Stuff has been washing out of there for hundreds of years if not thousands. Probably a Neolithic scatter down stream from there for a ways

[@ligmaballs5536]

Looks like a good spot to sift

[@xxjoeyt07xx]

I always find it amazing that all these arrowheads are handmade, they must’ve made millions and millions of them

[@georgedavis6583]

Just think how long modern people have been here and then think that in some areas humans have been here at least 13,000 years before that.. so you're probably right .

[@xxjoeyt07xx]

@@georgedavis6583 Yeah it’s almost hard to imagine such numbers, I read today that native Americans lived in my state for 10,000 years which equates to 400 generations. I barely know anything about my family past 3 generations

[@ItsjustMerrick]

Hundreds of millions of Indians, who could make this points in as little as a few minutes. There could be hundreds of millions to find…

[@nate6795]

I found your old Masonic cave video and I was so happy to see that you are still doing videos. Love them all! Ever find out what happened in that cave?

[@williamburdon6993]

Do you think screening the top foot or so of that area where it looks like they probably camped would be fruitful?

[@HDDynalowrider]

Hey Chig . I love your adventures. Life long subscriber. Being a life long Mainer i love the history you have discovered in my home state. Great content Bud.

[@petekbleeepingaustralia8720]

Chiggs 🤘👍🏼🍺

[@americanmeteoritefan9670]

Pretty sure the oblong stone you found sticking out of the hillside is a tool for flaking those arrowheads. Look in the overhangs for more and the layer you identify as coming in later. Bet they sat under the overhangs making points while the women cooked walnut porridge. GREAT PLACE!

[@danafredrickson42]

i cringed when he threw it down

[@artifacthunter]

Yes it was, it's called a hammer stone for busting the rock through direct percussion.

[@aserta]

19:50 the entire section from the "cave in" down to that slightly upwards right going line is softer deposition. Likely less clay, more sand. Possibly something that happened after a very large storm. The clay being heavy stuck fast, and the lighter, easier particulate sand flowed like mad down river depositing. But that must've been a massive event, considering the thickness of the layer and how big it is (clearly past the banks). I'm not 100% sure of it, but it seems to be on track with some stuff i heard years ago regarding floods.

[@EZDiggin]

Some nice artifacts. Plus some nice scenery. Happy hunting and be well

[@normawinton6832]

Beautiful points and pottery. Would love to be able too do some searching. Just don't want to go alone

[@marygarner5249]

Love ya CHIGG 💟💟💟💟💟

[@paulpatton1]

Chigg your the man..... please come to Northern Ireland some time. Lots of history for you to uncover here.

[@aquachigger]

Love to. Hopefully one day soon.

[@Caniacforever]

it's so neat to see a little place like this that is suited so well for its purpose. the bedrock bottom, the low current, the lack of sediment for visibility... the natives may have hunted in that exact spot since any fish coming through would have virtually no cover. plus, the amount of broken tips from hitting that unforgiving bedrock probably claimed many points that were just discarded on site. it's interesting though because like you were saying, the majority of the activity was in a low pressure spot where the silt might be holding out against the seasonal floods. whatever was in the creek proper probably washed downstream until they found bedrock cracks.

[@debrabrooks6138]

Nice points! the very small points are what we call bird points, for hunting of course small birds, the longer thinner ones were used for fish and squirrels. Arrow heads come in so many colors and materials, chert can be grey , red, brown, black even, so it's focusing on the shapes that help. My father collected all kinds of points around a natural spring right on our property, which he built a spring house by it. Unfortunately, new land developers came in and the spot is now rows of houses. Nice clear water there and a whole embankment of clay..seems like a awesome spot to do some digging and sifting. I see flint quarts chert there, all make great points, and from the worn points I'd say a few hundred years old at least! And some of those flakes might be part of points or they too could of been used as is to scrape skins , hides, scaling fish etc, they tried never to waste anything of use. Nice pottery shards! I wonder what tribe those Indians came from...wondering what tribes were in that area? Susquehannock?

[@spiffymcshaftersoniii6719]

Bird points were used to hunt all game large and small. True arrowheads. Evolution of native tools. Came into use around 700AD in this part of the world replacing dart points.

[@alan30189]

Hope you answers your question regarding the Indians that lived in that area.

[@Diggerdano]

Should take a lite leaf rake and rake hole area then walk it and see what it uncovers

[@jongr7779]

Nice video looks like Woodland and Archaic era stemmed points really enjoyed.

[@bells1054]

How absolutely awesome!! What a great place!! New to your channel!

[@kickapootrackers7255]

Good huntin buddy, thats a fine lookin area. Water was perfect too, good saves brother👊💛

[@rockhunter6260]

Nice artifacts Chigg, those quarts points show up like diamonds in the water👍🏻

[@stanbarrett5552]

Found yourself a nice little hotspot! Definitely a good sized camp for sure. No telling whether those rocks are washing out of the bank? Or the river has graduated over the site? I would definitely keep the location to myself! It should produce artifacts for years to come! It's definitely a big rush to know your the first human hand to touch that rock in possibly thousands of years!

[@dawncloninger1798]

Way cool arrow heads chig

[@athelwulfgalland]

Another great adventure, a slight detour from your quest for civil war relics, but still just as relevant and interesting! You should get yourself a guidebook on Native American points, tools and artifacts so you can get an idea of the ages you're dealing with. Also! A simple garden rake would've done wonders for scouring the bank and even the shallows. I think your focus on quartz was actually steering you away from other tools and points. There were a few suspicious things I saw underwater but you were zeroed in on the quartz pieces next to it. No disrespect intended of course, they sure were pretty and stood out from the leaves and fire stones, but this might also be a good time to bring back the underwater vision bucket. That site appears to be LOADED!

[@cwb0051]

Wow, Beautiful, the water looks so Clean..

[@SoutheasternOutdoors]

Nice finds. T hunt the North Alabama area for artifacts. Happy Hunting!

[@cleggsadventures]

Need a little sifter and shovel. 👍

[@randymccollum7876]

Excellent video as always chig

[@CHAD-RYAN]

Chig, indians didnt score one side of the pottery, that from wrapping the pottery with rope/twine type stuff.

[@danafredrickson42]

you found a lot of really nice arrowheadsCongratulations

[@richardperkins6132]

Looks like your on a site that hasn't been hit hard by native artifacts hunters. If you had a shovel with ya an a sifter you may have found lots of those points. Seems like when i'm in a creek or river an I start finding several points or nutting stones, then most likely no one has hunted very much if any at all in that area. An yes they do wash out of the banks. That's the best places to look when you have a really large/high bank that's showing lots of eriosion. I'm sure you already know this. So yea chigg, grab a shovel an a sifter an go back to that area an do some sifting. About a foot or two from the bank an see what you discover.lots of awesome points I'm sure. Great video. An as always safe and happy hunting/digging. 😁👍👍

[@b.c.2230]

You'll find so much more if you sift that site. Definitely an occupation site and it's just falling out of the bank. Killer spot

[@sdcoinshooter]

I could search in that area every day for a month, you know what I would find? Rocks. Well Done Aqua!

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

Check it out after every good rain, if it's close to home! 😃

[@paulhalforc1889]

At 3.00 it looked like a larger point, middle bottom to the left of a lighter rock

[@susansmith6680]

You found some nice pieces

[@bassindan8607]

Bring nugget out there with a sifter

[@traveltip1427]

Was the fist size stone that you pulled out of the bank a hammerstone?

[@leannkennedy6568]

I was also thinking that those two pieces of quartz, at the end of the video, were probably parts of a drill.

[@jalleman61]

Have you ever persuade a point to see where they may have come from?