Finding Prehistoric Artifacts In The High Desert

Ten thousand years ago in what is now the Great Basin Desert, people lived and hunted along the shorelines of ancient lakes and wetlands.
Today, the Great Basin Desert is just that, a desert. Encompassing multiple states, it has many layers of history and cultures. What a fascinating place!
Returning to that desert, we scour the small hills and rock outcroppings looking for what might have been camps where people gathered to produce the tools they used to get through life.
And on this trip we made some great finds! We came across quite a few scrapers so we felt that the area we were searching, more than likely, was a hunting camp probably used for generations. Simply our own speculation.
So join us as we head out to discover what once was...
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Visitation to sites such as this should be done with the utmost respect. The artwork is not simply graffiti, it is a window into the past and it is culturally significant. Please take great care when visiting and observing these places.

[@EnigmaClandestino]

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[@user-gw2bi9xr7e]

Enlightened collectors leave them in place and take a photo. It's way more fun that way. Glad to see you're one of us.

[@emmettrobinson9708]

Hey, my friend, this is Emmett.Mick love you shows man.Keep it up don't stop

[@maxwellgarcesguitar]

What a spot! Treasures galore!! 🏹🪨

[@donwagner7395]

Wow! Great finds of spear points, arrow heads and points, butchering and scraping tools! This was an intriguing trip to what was obviously serious hunting grounds. Thanks for sharing!

[@dtork47]

That was fun, exciting! Thanks for taking us along! Be safe!

[@danielmadrid7765]

Thank you for taking the time to put together these videos. I have been really enjoying them.

[@karinavirgo5145]

So awesome. I can only imagine the feeling when you find these things. I’d probably cry if I ever did. lol

[@paultaylor3529]

Thanks for bringing us along again!👍

[@davidtrapp7877]

Keep them coming....I feast on new content!

[@jersey63]

You found some nice large obsidian tools. Very cool!

[@user-xz8bi1yj6b]

Cool stuff! thanks again!

[@naturalimmunity3040]

Have found plenty of obsidian, Jasper, Agate rock flakes. Love it.

[@learjet45]

Really enjoying your adventures. With that much lithic material there has to be points around. Visualize what that area was like thousands of years ago. Hunters would have stalked animals drinking along the shoreline of that ancient lake. Many of the atl atls thrown would have missed their mark being lost forever in the water. Multiply that scenario repeating over thousands of years. There has to be thousands of spears around that shoreline. Most are buried forever by now but some may remain. I'd spend some time around that shoreline.... if it's still visible. Good luck!

[@G53X0Y0Z0]

The tools that you call scrapers may have also served as a knives and choppers. Like some of our modern tools that we use as multi-function, they would have tended to do the same thing, in my opinion.

[@delfic1108]

awesome!

[@johnnyoutwest]

super cool, thanks for sharing!

[@EnigmaClandestino]

Thanks for watching!

[@raymonddettlaff1386]

The piece at 12:10 is spectacular. This looks like the time frame where they're losing the Clovis point skills. No longer able to make the bleed chanel.

[@369motoman]

That is a western stemmed type or tradition point, they have been dated as old or older than clovis type points. They are more common in the great basin than clovis

[@jamespazera3038]

Cool

[@stevenhigby3512]

I used to find a lot of them in California.

[@naturalimmunity3040]

Nice finds. I am interested if you found any archaic points, or possibly a Clovis ?

[@cjdeschu]

Wearing a dress up hat to impress Jen 😂

[@TrailStrider909]

Love the artifact hunt! Happen to have a video on Lovelock caves in Nv??

[@EnigmaClandestino]

No, haven't been there yet but am familiar with the story of what might have occurred there. Very interesting indeed!

[@TrailStrider909]

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[@focusmerida6863]

Fun video! Any idea where the obsidian comes from? I wish you'd turned over some of the geoglyph stones to see if there was a difference in the desert varnish. I've had good luck looking around the largest trees or biggest stumps (cedars and bristlecones) to find knapping areas. Shade was a commodity on hot days.

[@EnigmaClandestino]

It was collected locally. Yes, that geoglyph was interesting. I'm under the impression it has some age due to the design and location.

[@ruthmusser4449]

If on private land in Utah you can keep surface finds ! 😊

[@Howard-bj1jq]

What is the source of the obsidian?

[@jodylyn6777]

Where is the obsidian found to make tools etc with?

[@EnigmaClandestino]

Locally. That's why this area is covered with lithics. It was a major tool production spot.

[@tylerlenzi3180]

Where did they find the obsidian to make tools?

[@EnigmaClandestino]

It was collected locally, the area is (was) volcanic.

[@Xrpurple]

You are one of them, the ones that fell for the stories., prehistoric and Stone Age., I know that it’s difficult because it’s pretty embedded, but every 552 years, there is a complete reset, and we are going to be needing all of those 500 year old arrow heads and anything else that you find. Because when 2046 comes, you are definitely not going to want to be in the U.S., it’s a complete reset where everything is going to be turned into stone., flipped upside down, new oceans and yeah, a new beginning, but most likely no survivors. This 2046 is the 552 year, but you have fun. I like your channel for the locations that you choose.

[@swamptosoundadventures8337]

Yeah and the earth is flat and the rest of the world revolves around it. Oh and Bigfoot is real and aliens made the pyramids

[@thomasbennett9444]