How To Find Arrowheads With a Simple Stick

In this one, I head back to the Ohio River and show you a trick to find arrowheads (multiple arrowheads) that I discovered by accident. With a simple stick cut from a bush, you can find several Ancient Artifacts and I’ll show you how. From a botched time travel, and a side trip to another ancient discovery, join me in this packed adventure. As always, Thank You for watching and supporting my videos.

[@judyherman1249]

I am Native American on my mom's side. When I was young we went on a trip to Arizona to visit the Grand Canyon. While we were walking an area above the Canyon my mom found an arrowhead right on top the ground. It was so amazing to me because that was the first one I had seen in real life, and not in a book. I would love to find one of my own. I live in an area between three Indian Reservations, so I might have a good chance of finding one. Thank you for your tips.

[@cleggsadventures]

Nice! Good luck, find a nice one

[@wakingrose1956]

NEW SUB HERE! I havent hunted in years because i had to care for both my elderly parents. Recently i was admitted into the hospital and ended up on oxygen. Watching your videos has sparked that desire in me once again to hunt my favorite spots along the river. You may not realize how your videos have pushed me towards working to get off oxygen and become active again so i can do what i loved doing. Arrowhead hunting gave me time to pray and enjoy fellowship with God as i would see him all around me in nature. Back then i had so much more peace in my life and always walked away with treasures the river would faithfully gift me with. Your videos have urged me on towards my goal for better health and reminding me that was truly living. Being chained to this machine i was only existing but now thanks to you and God my hope is resurrected that life is a gift in itself and theres treasures just waiting for me to find. Sir i cant express enough how valuable your videos are to me as i will continue to watch till the day i have the strength, stamina and courage to get back out there again. Thank you

[@cleggsadventures]

❤️Very Much Appreciated

[@srf2112]

The natural phenomenon happening is identical to what happens when you stand at the shoreline and let the waves wash up and back over your feet. The water flow and fluid dynamics lowers the density of the sand around the obstruction and your feet sink. The stick is causing the same circumstance and any errant rocks/arrow heads that get too close fall into the low density well where they're trapped. Similar to a gravitational pull.

[@cleggsadventures]

Correct, they will actually be in a funnel shape around the stick

[@COWBAYOUBADASS]

I disagree. This is most likely voodoo.

[@donniev8181]

​​@@cleggsadventuresou ever watched Richards rockhouse here on youtube? Have you ever heard that the women and children of the tribe usually made the points? I can't remember if I read that or watched it on a documentary but I know some historian said that the women were the ones that made all those perfect points because the men were usually out on long hunting trips.

[@cleggsadventures]

@@donniev8181 yea, I heard the same. It was “Hunt Primitive” ryan Gill. I think

[@donniev8181]

@@cleggsadventures it makes sense once you think about it. Have you ever watched an of Richard's videos over on Richard's Rockhouse? I've never seen anyone find as many gigantic points as he does, he just found a huge axe the other day. He doesn't post that often anymore but his back catalog is absolutely amazing. The big points out there in Missouri are much more common than here in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky.

[@Detillion81]

Congratulations on the time travel, and thanks for taking us with you. I reside in Lake County Ohio, I am excited to see what I find. Your passion for the hunt mixed with your comedic personality, makes for a very entertaining set. Thank you for sharing, and thank you for the inspiration.

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Much Appreciated Matt👍

[@davidsnodgrass3493]

It's always nice to fine someone that's passionate about something. I live in northern Missouri but have never gone arrowhead hunting, due to a lack of knowledge of what to look for and an understanding of the craft. You are an inspiration.

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated David 👍

[@renasears5705]

Interesting.

[@Jiggy_Bones]

They are all through missouri

[@cleggsadventures]

@@Jiggy_Bones One of the Best places it seems!👍

[@MrBob714]

Northeast Missouri myself, Kahoka

[@johnnybickle13]

As someone that cuts a lot of saplings, limbs, etc. to make impromptu blinds. A pair of single handed garden shears is the Cadillac for quick and precise, one squeeze cutting. It fits in your pocket and makes the work ten times easier. I love these artifact hunting videos, good stuff !

[@cleggsadventures]

I need a pair!👍

[@matthewfisher3201]

Can't understand why you don't have 100x the amount of followers as you currently have! Super informative, creative and fun to watch you save history one piece at a time! Thanks for your efforts and for taking us along for the adventure!

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Guy!👍 Last several videos haven’t done great. In the analytics they haven’t been suggesting my videos. Not sure why, they were pushing my old videos more and they weren’t even as good. It’s probably all a money game. I’ll keep trying, the subscribers are growing slow. I’ll give it a little more time. That’s why I share on Facebook and try to advertise the channel everywhere I can.

[@sarahbeals5707]

Totally agree great stuff. Can't wait to try this!

[@cleggsadventures]

@@sarahbeals5707 Thank you Sarah, hope you find a Nice One!👍

[@aamantium1]

Just a suggestion and I could be totally wrong, but it seems that 90% of this video, the camera is pointed at your face and the sky. For someone who wants to watch "content", they don't care to watch you talk.

[@pplusbthrust]

@@cleggsadventures Google KZbin doesn't like real.

[@thomasmorano17]

Im an American indian I'm jealous. I live in mass n would to find arrow heads..I know there were alot of tribes around in different towns ..I'm definately hitting lakes n ponds n waterholes this summer..I'm inspired by this video.thank you

[@cleggsadventures]

Hope you find some nice ones 👍

[@extraterrestrial4287]

I have only ever found one arrowhead. I have found the American Chestnut that were dropping nuts and I planted the nuts and they came up as little trees. Very rare since the blight hit over 100 yrs ago. I have found rattlesnakes and copperheads. Old traps. 100 yr or more old bottles. 200 yr old coin. Wild honey bee trees. I got a 100 yr old or more family method for that. Have seen plenty of bear and found 2 bear skulls. Have seen plenty of huge bucks, walked up close to them. Found plenty of shed antlers even a matching pair. Used it for a tire stop/ wheel chuck behind the tire of my little Honda because my emergency brake was gone and while I was in the store somebody stole it. My Grandmother referred to herself as American Indian her whole life. My father was blood brother to Oneida Indian and taught by Cherokee Indian. Dad was one of the best hunter, fisher, trappers this continent has ever seen. No exaggeration. 200 mile trapline, 1000 coon in 3 yrs.

[@bobbiandmaylynn]

I am part native American and I always have no luck finding arrow heads,but I hope you have some uck and find some great ones

[@extraterrestrial4287]

Research "flint mines" in your area. They're there.

[@beverlydyer2521]

@@extraterrestrial4287 All States?? Alabama

[@bill2342]

Just ran into this channel! Them screens are something. I've been successfully hunting the Old North Trail here in Montana for many years. ARTIFACT FEAVER!

[@cleggsadventures]

I love it!👍

[@tubularfrog]

When you tell a tale about travel portals on the river bank, you're supposed to wink at the camera. My Dad used to tell me about the stone artifacts they'd find in Arkansas when tilling the fields. He said they had a large selection of arrowheads and tomahawk heads collected over the years. This was back in the 1920's. He said they left them behind when they made their way out West to California in the 1930's.

[@shadydayday]

Awesome story wey wish they had kept them lol

[@yellowdog762jb]

Great vid. The first one of yours that I found. The fire pit you found reminds me of some firepits we used to find in west Texas. They were along creeks as well. They were narrow and about 12 to 18 inches deep. They were used to steam snails. There were always hundreds of charred snail shells around them. You'd usually notice the shells before you noticed the pit. They were often in the top part of the Y where two small creekbeds met. Now days the creeks are almost always dry, but obviously they held water more often in the distant past in order to host so many snails.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Joel👍. Around here, it’s muscle shells. I haven’t found any in a fire pit, but around them. You’ll love the this video I did on a fire pit. How Old Is This Ancient Grinding Stone? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYWQeHyGmdqsnck And if you like something a bit more exciting, I get shot at by natives in this one. Indian Artifact Find of a Lifetime!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/onbQhGh4q613gZI

[@yellowdog762jb]

@@cleggsadventures Those were both great!

[@geoffreybudge3027]

Central Florida has many snail and shell heaps

[@maggiekirby2649]

I have sat in my chair and watched your videos ALL DAY- and not to be negative- but having grown up in the South- we all learned to wear a HAT while out in the sun- not for fashion- but it gets so hot in MS that we have to put on a hat- it really helps keep you cooler- plus you scalp doesn’t blister! Lol. No, I don’t recommend a bonnet- and all the older ladies wore those back in the day--but a hat- will help you stay out in the sun longer and more comfortably. If I were around, I would be constantly telling you to put on your hat! Just a suggestion. Back to watching your adventures!

[@cleggsadventures]

I know you’re right and have been told this before. Never was a big hat guy growing up. I wear a hat once in a while but usually in the sun I just wear a sweat band. If it get to hot though, I’ll definitely take your advice. Thank you Maggie, for your kind words and for watching my channel. Very much appreciated.👍

[@kathyhall2817]

This comment made the adventure comical. Thank you both. Laughing and fully enjoying your pushing a 🤠

[@Carmeansity]

I am in the Deep South and never wear hats. Don’t care what good they are. Hate the look of them.

[@maggiekirby2649]

@@Carmeansity i agree they don’t always look good. But, the sun can definitely cause skin cancers.

[@fjb4932]

maggie kirby, Tho i aree with you wholeheartedly ( and would add sunglasses, too ), i feel you're wasting your breath. Well intentioned, but as pearls before swine, wasted. " You can lead a horse to water, you can't push him in."

[@NorthShoreJoe]

New to the channel. Great information. I live in West Virginia near Harpers Ferry where the Potomac and Shenandoah Confluence is. I've always wondered if there would be arrowheads and artifacts found on these two rivers. I'm mainly a Metal Detecting Relic Hunter but you've given me new incentive to try my hand at other artifact and relic hunting. My Grand Daughter loves going down to the river and finding "Shiny and Beautiful" rocks. If she ever found an arrowhead or knife blade, scraper, etc. I know she'd be hooked. Thanks for all the great information.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank you, great to hear. If you can find a place with an eroded bank and gravel areas, you may have some luck.👍

[@danielhite2201]

That is an excellent place to look. I have always been told and have had good luck Arrowhead hunting where two rivers meet. For some reason Native Americans congregated in those spots. But those are bigger Rivers if you search where to smaller rivers or Creeks meet a lot of times Indians would use those to Corner animals when hunting

[@charlesbradley7987]

I live near Harper's ferry and also metal detect. Love finding old civil war stuff around the area. It's a good place to find civil war relics

[@cleggsadventures]

“Arrowhead Connections” explained. Don’t forget to give us a share.👍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3rIdqSvp56skMk

[@BHeisler59]

What doesn't make sense is the quantity of arrowheads laying around. There was either millions of years of small populations or during Pleistocene there was huge populations of men in north America dropping points carelessly or missing their prey and losing the arrow. No where among a modern wasteful culture will you find a compression of their gadgets on that scale except their local landfill. Maybe that ole saying of the earth you see in all directions is debris fields of past worlds going back into the midst of the mists of time. Either it was 35 million with small tribes of a few million or 150 thousand with huge nations to dot Americana with points. If we asked every American today to walk out to the nearest unpaved surface or field and throw a copper penny to the wind once per week. 318,000,000 pennies weekly hitting the soil, how long estimated till the pennies dot the US like arrowheads even nowhere near human habitat centers? The sheer scale doesn't fit what we think we know of North American history. Here in southeast Texas along the coastal marsh or in the big thicket arrowheads and shards are everywhere.

[@cleggsadventures]

@@BHeisler59 there’s several thousand years of life right above where I find the stuff. I mean, can you imagine how many villages rose and died off in that amount of time? I don’t think all the points were lost, maybe the broken ones or the ones that have been fractured on impact. But, this stuff is made of stone, it Has to end up somewhere. It doesn’t rot away. I think most of the stuff that I’m finding was maybe left in Their houses or wigwams when the stuff just fell in and rotted away. I mean, like you say, think of all the coins that are in the ground right now lost or left behind just in the past two or 300 years

[@cleggsadventures]

@@BHeisler59 if I can remember I’ll make it a point to talk about that my next video. Thanks for the comment

[@danlindey7368]

@@cleggsadventures Here's some statistics for you. I moved into a house/farm that was built in 1874. I bought a metal detector and found 178 coins in the yard and around the buildings in the first year. Coins dating from 1822 to today. That's 148 years of occupancy or 1.2 coin losses a year. Now times that by 9000 years (if it had been an Indian village). 10800 coins would be lost by just one family unit. Times that by multiple family units and you are going to come up with astronomical figures. Or look at it in a simpler way. 99.9% of all arrowheads made are still arrowheads. They are made of stone. They don't rot, rust or dissolve away. I've spent many hours walking the fields looking for the elusive artifact and thought about how we are able to find these pictures of the past. I'll subscribe. Keep me entertained.

[@cleggsadventures]

@@danlindey7368 You are correct, I find many that were originally arrowheads that were probably broken but reworked into something else. Wasted nothing. I actually will be featuring one on my next video.

[@dakotahorn9358]

Beautiful hand axe ...must have been a huge fella using one that size for very long . You may find more bi-faces and unfinished tools that appear to have been fire treated . Many large spalls were heat treated to make the rock more respondent to flaking (knapping ABO style ) , using hammer stones and antler flakers . What a find ....you have a great personality along with a keen sense of humor ... thanks !

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Much Dakota! Much appreciated 👍

[@jeremymaxwell8466]

Thank you brother for helping everyone watching your secret ways of doing things . Im sure you got this knowledge from God and im sure he is happy that you shared it with us . God bless your life and family.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank You Very Much Jeremy 👍

[@onewheelup]

dude your the luckiest guy in the world as far as im concerned,i live in texas just north of houston in the next county im in a national forest,im talking thousands of acres of deep piney woods all around my house,i walk out my back door 25 ft and im standing in the forest,theres some small creek beds but i dont know how to look or what,i do like old bottles i collect what ever i find,if i found a arrowhead i would think i was the luckiest guy in the world and wear it around my neck,oh well,im not,not that guy,i liked when you said this is crazy this is crazy this is crazy,my favorite movie of all time,vacation.well you blew my mind thanks

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated! Here’s the latest, I give some tips. How To Find Arrowheads With Clegg’s Adventures kzbin.info/www/bejne/a32om5KbpqeDZpY

[@philginn9087]

You’re looking at a firepit that was dug out a few feet down when the natives made it, those stones were used to cook on, they would crack from the heat and would need to be replaced after a few times. They would grind and prepare vegetation right on them before they got hot and they would cover the pit for a few days as it cooks. So the level of charcoal was a few feet below the ground level at the time of use as a fire pit and filled in. That area is covered with good finds.

[@cleggsadventures]

Good information! Much Appreciated 👍

[@gabrielgriffin9230]

i live in columbus ohio and just subscribed and walked my local creek today after watching this vid. thanks for the inspiration to go out and poke on the banks ..great vid

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank You Gabriel! Much Appreciated!👍 If you haven’t yet, in this video, I give more places to search. Good luck, hope you find a Killer! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWHLmIyNYrJ0gqs

[@colekeisler5653]

that “grinding stone” was an amazing celt or axe!

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Cole! I can’t remember what I found on this video, I’d have to go back and check.👍

[@mochaelwright7263]

For sure a celt. Nice find

[@Suncast45]

I am from Paducah, Ky. on the Ohio River. Still live on the Ohio further NE! We loved finding artifacts as a youngster and still do! Enjoyed and subscribed 2022!

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank You! Much Appreciated 👍

[@williamburdon6993]

I am looking forward to getting down to the river and trying out the "sticks trick" and just having some fun! Thanks for the motivation and knowledge to feel, I might even find something besides a dead carp.

[@cleggsadventures]

If you have some huge rocks to put down, they’ll gather more stuff. Just harder to handle. Check around anything that’s heavy and been sitting a long time. Hope you find a Killer!👍

[@dsj8838]

Love the explanation of indirect flint knapping. And the time period context. Subscribed.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank You, Much Appreciated 👍

[@Ja2808R]

Great info. Thank you for filming the adventure. Pretty infectious. I enjoyed finding heads in fresh tilled ag. fields in central VA/ James river Region when I was younger.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Much! Fields are definitely a good place to look.👍

[@LilYeshua]

My dad's sisters used to gather buckets of arrow and spear heads on their dad's farm when they were kids.

[@cleggsadventures]

Lots of them!👍

[@normaferro8054]

I like your entertaining ,creative ,fun videos. Congratulations on all you sweet finds. Interesting Thierry with the stick!! I am going to ponder that for awhile. Take care and happy hunting.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank you so much Norma👍

[@PaulCarterArt]

Thanks for sharing the positive insight and enthusiasm. I like to time travel as well. Great information.

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated. If you like time travel, this one’s better I Found Artifacts and Time Traveled kzbin.info/www/bejne/onbQhGh4q613gZI

[@pine6163]

Never seen such wizardry with that stick method you’re using , good stuff 👍

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Pine, Much Appreciated 👍

[@debiallen4053]

Love the wood thrush singing so pretty.

[@cleggsadventures]

It’s very nice in the summer time ❤️👍

[@Quantrills.Raiders]

honestly i think your best find was the ancient firepit, so cool to think an ancient human was sitting there cooking or chipping a point using the fire's light, good tip about the stick in the mud, thought you were pulling our leg at first lol

[@cleggsadventures]

Yea, That’s the best fire pit I’ve found in the bank. The stick is a good idea, it’s usually more effective in sand than mud. The mud doesn’t like to move around as much.

[@Quantrills.Raiders]

@@cleggsadventures great thanks man! Love your videos

[@cleggsadventures]

@@Quantrills.Raiders Much Appreciated 👍

[@RebeccaYoung-t9d]

I love finding artifacts and have found many in the fields surrounding our home. Now I’ll have to try the river next spring!

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Nice

[@tamidrake6368]

Omg! I'm so excited to find your channel! My farm runs parallel with the conodoguinet creek in Pennsylvania, I have found alot of artifacts on surface. But you can bet I'm going to try that stick trick the entire length of stream! It's nice to actually see someone with the same excitement and interests as mine, thank you for sharing!

[@cleggsadventures]

Right on Tami👍❤️

[@Everett-eh4nn]

Amazing stuff. That fire had to be thousands of years old. Absolutely incredible and educational channel. Love it dude. That bottle is probably 1890s to 1910.

[@cleggsadventures]

Here’s the age of the fire pit How Old Is This Prehistoric Grinding Stone? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYWQeHyGmdqsnck

[@SamtheIrishexan]

Way to make it fun! I have found what is clearly a manufacturing site going back to clovis here in Texas. The archeologist who did this build report I don't think realized the artifacts were uncountable once they dug up the creek. Can't step without hitting blade cores. I want to find a half tang knife now that I have clovis and other prehistoric points.

[@cleggsadventures]

Sounds like a Dream site Sam👍

[@Kavilion]

I would absolutely love to find a point. I’m in Amarillo and I wouldn’t even know where to go

[@DayTrader__]

You was shaking the dirt out of the sifter with your boot and all of the sudden my phone starts shaking with you! 😂😂 I was like, okay, too much KZbin!! 😂

[@cleggsadventures]

Connection to the past👍

[@norasheffield8036]

Wow! Been point hunting forty years and learned something today! Amazing technique I’ll be sure to put to use. This “viewer” subscribed. I like being in on the ground level! 😂 BTW, I love your “short cut portals”. Got to find me one of those…

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Much Nora! 👍

[@cdayperry2701]

The broken arrow heads are awesome too! Finding one is on my bucket list.

[@cleggsadventures]

I like em all, just a bummer when they’re broken. Especially the nice ones

[@rashakawa]

It's called a low pressure zone. Your correct in your explanation that's exactly what happens. Good trick with the stick.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Sean!👍

[@staceyroberts3468]

It’s crazy that a stick in the water produces those results!!!! Who knew??? Not me. Haha. I continue to learn so much thru your channel. U r such a blast to watch!!!!!

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated

[@SuperSlappy25]

looking for arrowheads is so addicting. I can't stop!! cool video man. I didn't know there was a worm hole on the Ohio River.

[@cleggsadventures]

It sure is! That next great find is just around the corner! 👍 Thanks Todd!

[@maryhickel1477]

Thank you and Have a great day!

[@shawnnorrell1686]

First time I have seen the stick trick. Awesome idea. I can’t wait to try it. Does it work in lakes also? Great video and info. Keep it up 👍. Happy Trials 😎👌👍

[@cleggsadventures]

If it’s a sandy soil and the water goes up and down. Waves help also. Actually you can use anything that does move. Bug rocks, old tires… ect. Sticks are just easier to handle. 👍 Thanks For the Support 👍

[@puppetforrest9050]

pretty dam sharp. I mean I would've never thought of looking for arrowheads in your way of discovery. amazing.

[@cleggsadventures]

I discovered this by mistake. I stuck a stick at the water level one day, to see if the water was raising or dropping. The water went over the stick several times and the stick stayed there for about a month. I was doing some random sifting and noticed it was just loaded around the stick. And a new method was born 👍

[@thequestforartifacts]

Thank you for sharing another tool in your artifact collecting tool box. I don’t find newer stuff in my creek and a triangle is on my bucket list. If you watch the return of the Collector when he finds one, he’ll make a comment about it being in my row. He found one the last time we hunted together. One day I’ll find one, but until then I’ll take the Archaic pieces I find...

[@cleggsadventures]

That’s surprising, I find more triangles than any other points. Location is everything I guess. I’d much rather find the larger stuff.👍

[@thequestforartifacts]

Have you checked out my last two videos from Sunday and Monday?

[@cleggsadventures]

@@thequestforartifacts Dude, I always watch your videos. You have much better creeks than I have.

[@tanyas.3812]

Wow, I was just thinking about arrowheads yesterday. This video is awesome. This is really “Early Native American Archaeology”.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank you so much Tanya!👍

[@willie714]

The sticks more likely create eddy currents which creates tubulence around the sticks removing mud exposing rocks and gravel already there. I dont think rocks migrate towards sticks unless its a Monty Python skit. Great videos.

[@cleggsadventures]

You’re probably correct. Big rocks work even better, just hard to handle.

[@jcass1970]

Cool video. I was trying to figure out his theory (which isn't a bad theory), and, basically, it's the same principle as with gold panning/prospecting where just the slightest variation in current causes heavy stuff (not largest) to fall out, and it builds and builds, etc. However, I think you are exactly right. Makes sense. Those sticks would really be insignificant, at best, in causing a current variation (unless something big gets caught up by the stick, like he said). I'm relating what you said (if I'm understanding you correctly) with standing on the edge of a beach and as the waves come in and out the material gets washed away from around your feet, and next thing you know you're ankle-deep in the sand. In this case, do you think the lighter material would wash away (mud and sand), and the larger stuff would remain ( arrowheads, flint, etc)? Or, as the material washes away from around the stick, and heavier stuff carried by the current falls out into that spot? I guess in that case both theories together would be correct.... I'm over-thinking this way too much. I gotta get a life....

[@jeffsnider7842]

Having hunted for years, flint walks. You find it where you find glass chards.

[@texasgirl9405]

Stumbled upon your video this evening. At first, I thought you were being a jokester regarding the stick in the water. Now, I'm a new subscriber.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks So Much Texas Girl!👍 Should be editing my next video tomorrow, shot the footage today.

[@sharonviola5631]

I enjoy your creativity!😊

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank you Sharon!👍

[@nick2focused]

I’m in south western P.a, ( Pittsburgh ) where their were a-lot of Native American villages down by the rivers . Thanks so much for sharing your method, and I can’t wait to give it a go.

[@cleggsadventures]

Good luck 👍

[@JohnaFactsDontCare...]

Ok, really thought you were joking about the sticks, but after watching the whole video, it actually makes sense. Wonder if the stick trick would work in the desert dunes... No water, but plenty of wind moving the sand. I may try it around big bend. Informative, creative and funny....think I'll subscribe and see what else I can learn. Thank you!

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated Johna! Not sure about the desert, this technique requires the artifacts moving slightly back and forth under the sand and water. I have several other “how to” videos, just unsure about desert searching.

[@barbaratodd1288]

Great video Scott 👍 At 27:00 showing how that was translucent was great

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank you much! I wish it’d been thinner, so it would’ve glowed more.

[@cynthiaswearingen1037]

You found some awesome artifacts! The grinding stone is a wonderful find! Nice tip about the sticks! Awesome Nervine bottle, that looks like a 1920s to me!💖

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Cynthia! That’s what I was thinking also.👍

[@KolourPMR]

Had a great time watching mate. Love from Adelaide South Australia 🦘🇭🇲

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated Yasmin!👍

[@maggiekirby2649]

Just found your videos and I have really enjoyed watching the “sticks”. Grew up in a rural area. My dad’s family own land that had a creek to the north and a “branch” to the east- and in and along that area was an area that sat higher than water level- about and acre- and all through the years we have found pottery and arrow heads. Also found the burnt areas along the north side as it sloped downward to the branch. I look forward to your adventures and the knowledge you provide. Thanks.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank you so much Maggie, for sharing that. Sounds like a beautiful place, and sounds like a lot of natives lived there also. I found a small broken arrowhead in my garden a few years ago. It’s amazing to me we live right where they lived but know so little about their lives. Thanks for watching and supporting my channel 👍❤️

[@juanitabefort8829]

Um...you sir are very entertaining n i feel like i know some stuff!

[@c.m.r.artifacts84]

Love your videos. That large abrading stone definitely has as bit end. That's cool, cool, cool.

[@cleggsadventures]

That was a lucky find, just sticking out. I’m going to try and glue back together.

[@theRobinKessinger]

Love this! Been picking up points for years. Can't wait to try the limber sticks in the water. Thanks for the stick in the water trick!

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank You Robin! Much Appreciated 👍

[@droidv1]

I loved the time travel bit 😂 your videos are the best!

[@cleggsadventures]

@@droidv1 Very Much Appreciated

[@HistorySeekers]

Enjoyed the video! Nice camera work and transitions!

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank you, very much appreciated!👍

[@LongueDuree]

When you are digging the charcoal layer there's a lot of wild yam growing! 👌 very nice!

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank You, Very Much Appreciated 👍

[@rhsking05]

I believe what you’re experiencing is a bit of the riverbed being agitated, perhaps with a bit of liquefaction (water getting into the soil of the river bed and working lose and working up debris long locked just below the surface of the riverbed), during flooding seasons of high and low riverbank levels. By putting a stick deeper into the soil of the riverbed, even by a few inches, you tapped down to firmer soil during these periods of agitation or “stirring up”, and created a pylon for passing agitated debris to get “caught on” as the stick ALSO makes that one square foot be more stationary during this agitation that debris gets caught into it before settling out deeper into the river. Very clever.

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated! Discovered by accident 👍

[@norasheffield8036]

I wondered if this would increase yield by adding more sticks in the same spot? Say about a foot apart and no larger than a foot in radius.

[@cleggsadventures]

@@norasheffield8036 The more the better. Actually Large heavy rocks work best, just har to handle.

[@danhaywood5696]

Neat! Somehow I've never found one for sure. Much rivers I been on and time in forests, it's surprising to me I've never found one. I need to fix that. Not that I've made much effort, but I find everything, I forage, and I look at stones and such. I've seen Indian fish trap rocks. Hope I find some. At least one nice specimen. Can never spend too much time in the woods and on wild rivers, specially with my pretty dog, she loves all that. Guy told me he's found pottery, and arrow heads back in the forest I hang out in everyday. I've foraged every inch of it. I know where certain rocks are, I know which mushrooms and plants grow where and when each year. I go down and walk the low areas which flood in rains. Nothing but trash that washes in. There's sinkholes. I don't go in them. Most drop almost straight down. I really gotta find one. Haven't been to river in a long time cause my car is turd.

[@cleggsadventures]

You’ll get one sooner or later. I give tips on where and how to look in this video. How To Find Arrowheads. Simplest Ways kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWHLmIyNYrJ0gqs

[@dizzyraven1029]

Thanks, Clegg. I love your enthusiastic style. I am an English archer just getting into flint points and have enjoyed sharing your excitement. Best Wishes

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated Dizzy! Me and the wife visited A couple years ago. Went to see “Last of The Summer Wine” in Holmfurth. Was looking for the grave of Robin Hood, but ran out of time. Heard it was around there somewhere.

[@brandonfranklin2747]

Just found you and I enjoyed my self learned some as well I definitely will be subscribing and turning on the 🔔. Thank you for the video I am going to show my daughter this evening I think she might enjoy it as well. Be good be safe be well Brandon from wylie tx

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank You Brandon, Much Appreciated! KZbin is starting to show my stuff more often. 👍

[@tintadawn2756]

How long after you plant the stick do you check it for loads ? I live in Northern Ontario Canada, I found an arrowhead on a beach once. I treasure it and keep it in a velvet ring box, to think that it could be as old as 8000 BC is so exciting. There are so many lakes and rivers around here with a deep native heritage- I can barely wait until the 3 feet of snow to melt so I can go out and try this technique for myself. Very enjoyable presentation, your enthusiasm is remarkable and just the pick me up the world needs right now.

[@cleggsadventures]

Seems to be, the longer the better. But I usually leave them there for a couple few weeks👍

[@zero_____given]

Just came across this channel this morning,I watch alot of these on this subject and this is my new favorite hands down, I actually learned something, may head down to the Ohio and try it out, thanks for the information.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Mark! Much Appreciated 👍

[@zero_____given]

@@cleggsadventures And I did subscribe

[@alaskaaksala123]

It’s funny how excited we relic hunters get when we find something…

[@cleggsadventures]

It’s exciting for sure !👍

[@deanreinglas3679]

just when i thought you were funny you went and did Chevy Chases line This is crazy this is crazy and ya made me burst out and laugh aloud lol

[@cleggsadventures]

You’re only the second person to get that. Great movie 👍Much Appreciated Dean

[@deanreinglas3679]

@@cleggsadventures thanx for the video and the laugh :)

[@bagpipes978]

My brother and I always dreamed of finding an arrowhead during our walks along the rivers and in the woods but we never did find one. So sad since my beloved brother passed away prematurely. But I just found this video and am a new subscriber! I learned a lot from you tonight and I am going to go and search for arrowheads out here in Nevada. I just need to sort where to actually look for artifacts. Thank you so much for your fascinating video full of helpful information. The first thing I'm going to do is build a screening device. 'Wish me luck, eh?

[@cleggsadventures]

Nevada. Not sure what the conditions are like where u are, but you keep looking, there’s one out there with your name on it.👍❤️

[@christophermccrary8080]

There were quite a few in Nevada. Here's a tip, find an area with high ground, close to the creek (those that are flat and sharply drop into a creek below), and do some research on what materials are common in Nevada and the artifacts found. You can look up those maps online, then cross reference known NA sites, with where that material is. They needed fresh water, shelter, high ground to camp on, and stone to produce tools. If you can find those together, you'll likely find a lot more than you'd think. Also always remember, lots of use looked for years without finding anything, but we learned. It's much easier when you know what land features your looking for. Good luck and don't give up.

[@MidMo4020]

I grew up here in central Missouri, on a farm in an area that was absolutely loaded with Indians back in the day… never found one. Everyone I know seems to just look at their stupid feet and come up with a perfect 5000 year old piece. I know dozens of people with boxes and boxes of them.. never found one. I’ve never found a morel mushroom either. Don’t be sad… because WHEN you find one it’ll be the best moment EVER😊

[@shakeme3290]

Look for crestware dish rack. Get the one with 1/4 inch holes. Makes a great sifter and will last almost forever

[@MidMo4020]

@@johndoppleguard you mean tweakers? Probably are. I’m from a different county though.. 🤣

[@terrywolford7880]

Clegg! Very entertaining!! I love how you travel along the river shore through your portals! LOL Using flexible sticks to round up rocks is genius! Your knowledge of various artifacts is exceptional as is your skill at finding them. I now live in NC now but originally from Licking County Ohio home of Flint Ridge and Moundbuilders State Park and numerous other mounds in the county. Finding arrow points was pretty common when I was young.

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated. I plan on visiting some of those places

[@terrywolford7880]

@@cleggsadventures There used to be some private property adjacent to Flint ridge park where folks could dig their own flint but I’m not sure if they still exist. I do know that quality flint was getting more difficult to find. Also of note mound builders park in Newark has a museum but I’m not familiar any more with what they presently exhibit? The mounds are impressive though. They are built like a large fortress.

[@cleggsadventures]

@@terrywolford7880 Yeah, I heard it’s maybe closed now. Nethers farm

[@charlemarcharlemar2401]

It's not, "pin" knife; it's PEN knife. It was called that as those were small knives used to sharpen a quell of a feature to make into a PEN to dip in ink and then used to write.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks for that , never knew that. Never really thought of how I was saying it. Must have grown up hearing it like that. Evolution of language 👍

[@MiniMidgMom]

That’s why we say “ink pen” in the South. Makes it easier to understand what we mean.

[@karynbrown7519]

Love old bottles.

[@mathewladroga4695]

You sir have got a new sub! I grew up in Thornville Ohio, Northern Perry County. Not far from Crooksville or Flint Ridge, this method I’ve never seen. I’d love to go back to some of the creeks especially near Black Hand Gorge and try this. I live Maine now near the St. George River in coastal Native land. Really great video, thank you

[@cleggsadventures]

Not sure it’ll help in a creek, where I’m at, is mostly Sandy along the river. Actually anything will work, like big rocks, tires, anything that doesn’t move. I just like the sticks, because they’re a lot lighter than big rocks and tires. Good luck to you hope you find a killer👍

[@johnl9067]

Like how you stop to demonstrate how they would make one. Ty really enjoyed!

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks John👍

[@dondtektor8537]

Very cool video. I wonder if the stick idea would help in recovery for metal objects? I metal detect and I find this very interesting.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Don. The stick catches any object that runs against it in the fluctuation of the water up and down. After a few stones catch, it starts piling up.👍

[@stratocaster1greg]

I knew 10 seconds in you are cool and this would be a good video. Thanks for sharing!

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank You! Very Much Appreciated 👍

[@tonykaczmarek278]

Now you got arrow shafts for your points you find .

[@cleggsadventures]

There ya go!👍

[@DavidfromMichigan]

Reminds me of when I was a boy on the little Wabash. I have two coffee cans fulll of them. I also found where they must have had big meetings or something because it looked like an amphitheater with big grooves for sitting or something. Very cool to find as a 5 year old boy. Indiana and Ohio had so many natives. Wonder what happened to them.. oh.

[@cleggsadventures]

I will be visiting some ancient ruins in my next video. If you haven’t seen my last video, check it out it has some ancient ruins and in it also

[@inceperimus]

The closest water route to flint ridge would be up Muskingum and on to the Licking River

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks for that information! I wonder if they were able to go that route. You’d think surely they would use a canoe if they could. Thanks for watching and supporting my channel.👍

[@ralphralpherson9441]

I've had some fun magnet fishing but my favorite was always mineral hunting down the Carolinas. Quartz, Amethyst, Sapphire, Aquamarine, even a few Emeralds, I've metal detected and come up with a few old coins, even came upon some old pre-civil war books and documents in an abandoned farmhouse attic. I've found numerous fossils, mostly plants but a few aquatic critters too. It's so cool unearthing a crystal or fossil and knowing I am the VERY first human being to ever set eyes on this little miracle. But I've NEVER EVER had luck with artifacts (unless you consider someone's beer bottles and trash from 1962 an "artifact"). I live in the Pittsburgh area near the headwaters of the Ohio River and I know this area was quite well populated with Native Americans going way way back to pre-history. I used to dig on my family's property north of Pittsburgh all the time looking for arrowheads and never came across a single one. Just the occaisional neat-looking rock or fossil. However this is a major city and so I'm sure most of the ground here has been torn up, dredged, razed, grated, bulldozed, mined, filled, and flooded more times than one could imagine over the past 200 years so I always figured all the good stuff was either found already or has made it's way 30 feet down into the muck. Would you mind telling me what part of the Ohio you are on so I know how far I have to drive before I can find this kind of stuff? I would love to have an arrowhead of my own, that I actually dug from the ground. Just to have that feeling like I am the first person to touch it ever since the Native American who made it shot at some deer.... or enemy. P.S. Interwebs say that that particular bottle of Dr. Miles Nervine potion was 1890s.

[@cleggsadventures]

I’m not far Ralph, I’m in WV, Ohio River. I wouldn’t think you’d have to drive far from Pittsburgh, seeing so many rivers. If you walk the river banks, you’ll come across one sooner or later, without a doubt

[@rickgreenwell4461]

Sure looked like a large celt to me. Some say they used them to plane wood off logs for canoes

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Rick, I’ve heard that also.👍

[@billrobbins5874]

First time watching. Best wishes to you on your hunt. Interesting to see what you found. 👍👍

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated

[@awso-noanazz]

If I hadn't come across this video I'd never know that I've come across arrowheads on beaches and didn't know what I had in my hands. I thought they were just lucky shaped broken rocks and such. So guess what I did with them. I never did learn how to skip arrowheads. 🙄

[@jeffreyschmoldt7798]

Your knowledge is great, thanks for sharing the stick secret, I will try this in Michigan

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank You, Much Appreciated 👍

[@paulbriggs3072]

I submit that the soil depth on top of the ancient fire pit was much more likely due to occasional flood deposits. In fact its well known that a VERY few catastrophic floods can dump considerable depths of sediment. Out of curiosity, what river is that?

[@cleggsadventures]

Yes, that played, I’m sure the most of it. The river has been up here a while. When it goes down, leaves about an inch of mud behind.

[@justinl9677]

I noticed he did not answer your question...

[@cleggsadventures]

@@justinl9677 Ohio River, Tyler County WV.

[@caitlintoothman3597]

@@cleggsadventures holy shit really?? That’s an hour from here definitely bout to go check this all out this summer!! That’s so exciting

[@caitlintoothman3597]

@@cleggsadventures no wonder you seem like someone Ik or would know. Everyone from West Virginia feels like that😂😂

[@djonpow]

Think I'll "stick" around!....liked, subbed,shared and....DING!

[@cleggsadventures]

Hahaha Good one John!👍 Thanks Much

[@kevinjakovec3783]

Clegg, Im glad someone finally mastered this time travel thing! You need to share this knowledge with us. I love your sense of humor! Nice find. The stick tip is pretty cool too.I enjoyed your video, so I subscribed! God bless you! Your new friend and fan, Kevin Nice finds.

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated Kevin.👍

[@TheCearleyCultivationPodcast]

Just finding this channel, Awesome stuff!

[@cleggsadventures]

Much appreciated

[@rysrelics]

Extremely educational and entertaining! This was fantastic, thanks for putting it out there! You’re very creative dude🤟🏼

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank you Ry! Much appreciated! More to come!👍

[@tomrobards7753]

He's full of BS I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME

[@salvatoreborriello4414]

I wish I had your enthusiasm. You kept my interest and made me subscribe.

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated 👍

[@sonnypate6808]

That Nervine bottle can be from 1880 -1930. I dig them in dumps and privies. About $15-20. That sandstone piece from the fire pit is definitely a abrading stone. I believe they were used to sharpen axes and celts. But they could also be used to shape slate like banners and gorgets. The point that was translucent looked early to me like a Kirk. Great video brother.👍☮️

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank you very much for all the information!👍 I think with the seams on the bottle, probably 1920’s.

[@auspiciouscloud8786]

You are AMAZING, and you are my new favorite channel!! ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you!

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated

[@thewatcher5747]

I was sceptical, but you won my heart. Keep it up. Ya know in my minds eye, our ability to wonder has been much diminished by indoctrinate institutions. Keep on wondering out there my brothers and sisters...

[@cleggsadventures]

Well said! People know what they hear and read in books. There was much more to life then besides hunting.

[@smrtrthnu1571]

Wow....this area must just be literally paved with Indian artifacts. You've managed to find more arrowheads in some videos than many find in a season. Spectacular. 😮

[@cleggsadventures]

It’s the best spot I’ve seen..

[@DannyBoYfutube]

You dont know how lucky you are..im 53 and went my whole life startingvas a kid trying and hoping to find an arrowheads...to this day nothing! I pray before i die to find one! And tobsee youbpull handfulls out?? It kills me..i love history and relics..even more if id find one. So keepbdoingbwjatvyour doing and ill live vicariously thru you! Much love n respect!

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated! I learned it’s mostly about where ya look. A lot of areas have more artifacts than others. There’s some things to know that help, but it’s all about how many people populated the area. There were many here along this river.

[@ShouldaWaved]

Same here, I can't find one, I remember being a little boy and seeing a bunch of obsidian ones just laying there behind some granite boulder, for small game bout half inch big, I find them so fascinating it's almost painful lol

[@cameronpiper877]

Great video. I learned a lot and was super entertained the whole time. I subscribed right after your second “short cut”/ time travel. This is my new favorite channel! Thanks for this!! Keep it up. I can’t wait to get my sticks in the water soon. What’s the best time of year for this skill? I live on the Columbia river between Oregon and Washington

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Much! I’m not sure of the conditions there, but here, best time is early spring.

[@quintinnance4697]

Yy

[@keithsteffen5770]

Mano... Nice one!!!! Keith In Florida

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Keith! I had that stone dated in this video . How Old Is This Ancient Grinding Stone? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYWQeHyGmdqsnck

[@steveperry1344]

i just came across your channel and found it very interesting. about how old would arrowheads be , like before european settlers came to america? prehistoric like hundreds or a few thousand years. my father would have really enjoyed this because he liked researching american indian information. thanks.

[@cleggsadventures]

I find all time periods back to 12,000 B.C.

[@steveperry1344]

@@cleggsadventures wow that is old. so do these artifacts wash down river from another place or was this an old indian site location? i live in massachusetts and there's a place were 2 rivers meet that my dad always said was most likely an old indian village. we used to fish in the area but i don't think he ever maid it to that spot to search, i may do it and pretend he's with me. thnx for the info and inspiration.

[@cleggsadventures]

@@steveperry1344 I explain it all here. Ancient Adena Ruins Found kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4nRiYWDiceFl9E

[@AmbysChan]

Wow I am so glad I found your Chan! Can't wait to try this trick. Great vid packed with so much knowledge. This video really made my day. Thank you for sharing! Looking forward to watching all your videos and I hope you upload more in the future. Instantly Subscribed!!

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks So Much Amber! Very Much Appreciated!👍 I have a new one coming out tomorrow.

[@CajunGypsy77]

I just found your channel. I love your enthusiasm for what you do. I love the info on how to spot ancient campfires and how to make arrowheads come to you. Lol. Listen to the birds. Peaceful. Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed it. Hi from Tennessee!

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank You, Very Much Appreciated 👍

[@SpiritualDevil]

Clegg! My wife and I watched this video last night and WOW what a great time we had watching your video! Thank you so much for helping me to smile AND to see some superb content while learning so much at the same time! You rock! By the way, if you are into wildlife and nature in general, here is my latest clip from here in Texas's Big Bend National Park, though my concern is not so much finding artifacts and more in the line of "why are there so many bits of trash" on the trails lately... Anyway, you probably changed the trajectory of my future videos but for now here is the best recent content that I have in exchange for the amazing smiles you gave us: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6vGZZeDpsmahsU Have a great day!

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks for the kind words. Very Much Appreciated 👍

[@SpiritualDevil]

@@cleggsadventures Absolutely! You got me to thinking quite a bit... The stick in the river bank and the ebb and flow of all the stuff under the water... I was camping at Dinosaur National Monument and I could HEAR the rocks shifting in the middle of the river now and then and noted some of the movement under the area near the riverbank while poking around just to see what was beneath the surface... That stick trick does indeed seem to be something that sort of "puts an obstacle" in the way for the solid objects as the mud and silt move ever so slowly... I look forward to putting this knowledge to use in some place or another closer to home here in San Antonio (I know there are remnants all over the San Antonio river to be found) and at the same time it was almost like being there with you as we watched the show, so I "felt like" I was finding arrowheads and fire pits and that superb old bottle right there with you! If you're ever in Texas, give a holler! The Big Bend National Park is our crown jewel and the video I shared shows a great and increasingly rare CLEAR view from the South Rim! Anyway... Thanks so much! I can't emphasize enough how much I smiled and felt genuinely happy watching your clip, you rock! :)

[@cleggsadventures]

Yes, actually anything heavy will work also. Like a big rock or an old tire. Sticks are just easier to handle