How To Find and Identify FLINT and CHERT in the WILDERNESS!

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[@TheChangelingBrony]

What state were you in when you found these rocks?

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

@@TheChangelingBrony New York

[@nigelleyland166]

@@TheChangelingBrony State of delusion I suspect!

[@rosaleee3879]

I'm a 17 year old girl, today I just made my first bow with some greenwood I found and twine I made from vines that were all over the ground in a pile at a park. Very proud! Can't wait to find some flint and practice knapping!

[@mekskraptrakkz5718]

Hell yeah, happy birthday and congrats on your first bow. That's awesome

[@WellWisdom.]

Congratulations, your chances of survival in any situation just jumped exponentially. An example to be follow.

[@blobfishchin]

@@LunaceAdams i guess that means im not the only one who graduated and instantly decided to make random stuff in nature.

[@beans1557]

Bruh I wish I got a childhood like that the fuck

[@zenazharhiromie4631]

And i am 16 year old male making bow out inferior wood(dry) and arrowhead make from various material like wood ,stone ,bone that's it

[@charchuk7456]

I love how calm, casual, and conversational your presentation style is. Thanks for showing us. I collected some beautiful Kingston chert this afternoon. Learning to knap is my next goal because I have collected far too many rocks already.

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Kingston, New York?

[@dalehammond1749]

There's a lot of knowledge offered in this video. I'm 76 and have never been a serious Native American artifact hunter but no matter where I've lived these ancient items may be found. The secret as you know is to locate the places where they concentrated their efforts for the making of the tools of survival. Find the natural resources and you'll find the artifacts more easily. But they're actually everywhere because at one time these people were everywhere. Good video, thanks

[@fardknockerguy]

This video actually helped a lot. I live deep in the woods, and now I collect flint 😂

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Yw

[@Carlos-cu4ms]

I am happy just by looking how happy this guy finding rocks.

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

I am so happy

[@zapachehelicopter5163]

I cannot thank you enough for this. I heard when I was a young kid about the sound flint makes if you hit it with another rock but I could NOT find if that was true anywhere. Everyone else would show based off of strictly looks. Thank you SO much!

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

No prob!

[@smvodicka]

I need this too because it wasn't granite I found I think it was Flint which I just needed to hear the sound to be sure 😅

[@thomas-i5o7h]

This reminds me of a class I had in Physical Anthropology years ago. According to the textbook we had at the time, the authors made the claim that Flint is NOT naturally occurring anywhere i North America amidst other claims.......

[@smvodicka]

I thought it was naturally occurring in north America??

[@ColdHawk]

9 out of 10 Clovis People disagree with that textbook. In a more serious vein though, do you think the authors were making a distinction that would characterize European “flint” as a distinct, specific classification of a type of chertz which rocks in the U.S. don’t fit into?

[@philipatoz]

I learned a ton in just 20 minutes watching this. After 20 years of being an artifact hound, I'd never really considered knapping - until now. I don't have the best rock close by (have granite, quartz and slate). But I'll be in New England soon, and you bet I'll be on the lookout!

[@philipatoz]

Follow up: Well, on my trip to New England, I was out in a field, in northern CT, looking for knappable rock. There is stone piled everywhere from when farmers cleared the fields in the 18th and 19th centuries. Looking at piles of interesting rocks in my MIL’s back acreage, I immediately found a very nice stone axe head.

[@BreakingBarriers2DIY]

If we are patient...the goods on how to recognize good napping material are in this video. Love the information and assist for finding. Especially the number of different types and how to recognize better materials. This was exactly what I needed.

[@elijahrea]

Found a perfect piece of flint today at work. ur vids have inspired me to try to make an arrow head with it

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Awesome, let me know how it goes!

[@moggtheboss3087]

Also those pieces you chip off can be used as free razor blades

[@smvodicka]

​@@moggtheboss3087I prefer obsidian for razor blades

[@wirtification]

Cool as usual!!! We're checking out the river by our house as well as the ocean beaches. Great video!

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Check out the newest video!

[@AndrewPlace-zw1jh]

I just found ur Channel and I wanted to say great video for sure deff helped me because I was doubting myself and u clarify alot...thank u again man

[@Catboy-hr2qp]

Definitely very helpful, hopefully i can find a couple good chunks so i can get started practicing knapping gun flints

[@trentonpaasch5678]

Fantastic deep dive into the process of finding the right materials

[@lostpony4885]

Niice scores there. I brought home some promising first choices to try but so far i cant get into the dark shiny one and it hurt my hand bones. Thanks for reminding me to try again and see if i have a practice stone yet or not.

[@aladymcsomeonestein8593]

Awesome informative video, thank you!

[@smvodicka]

Thank you for this video! I'm very sound orientated so I used that to identify a lot of my rocks and crystals. Especially weight for a few. I have singing quartz it sounds amazing but if I'm correct calcedony is a softer variety of quartz which does have a higher pitch than majority of the courts, especially the ones you get either Arizona or Arkansas. I can't remember. I'm so sorry.

[@lunastar832]

Well I guess limestone could be a nice practice stone for beginners in Flint knapping

[@Arariel3]

thank you for sharing your hunt and commentary!

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@TBCHSV517]

What can flint be used for other than weapons ? Lighters?

[@robertjackson1407]

Thank you 😊

[@pavelyakunin1409]

Very interesting video. I only suggest than one has to use protective glasses when breaking down the stones, just to prevent small pieces from getting into one's eyes

[@johnny6148]

rock hammer helps too

[@woodspirit98]

And cleats, knee pads, gloves, hearing protection and helmet.

[@LeahMcNeir]

Loved this one!

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Me too

[@Noscrubjections]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING!!!!!

[@wornsoul7277]

Heck yeah guys thank you so much, a lot of awesome information I’m definitely gonna recommend this video and send it to anyone that takes interest in knapping

[@wornsoul7277]

I really appreciate the emphasis on sound, when I’m searching for stuff sound and touch are 2 of my most important senses, it seems like no one talks about what stuff sounds like, how does the flint feel? I imagine it feels heavier or more dense as well

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Heavy, dense, smooth and very sharp

[@ferrarivisual]

We don't have much flint in the parts I'm in that's why you find white quarts arrow heads everywhere

[@otisnapper4107]

Score! . Been watching you from the beginning. Very happy for you. in Charleston South Carolina I have no hope finding flint.

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allendale_Chert_Quarries_Archeological_District Look in creeks near there. Just make sure you aren’t taking from an ar archaeological site and make sure it’s legal to collect stone

[@peachypietro9980]

From what I understand, the Carolinas have only slightly better chance than the northeast when it comes to flint deposits. Better than my next of the woods here in Maryland, too. Good luck!

[@lostpony4885]

Randomly found salamander house stole his knapping rock

[@jimbusmaximus4624]

Watching this gives me an undescribable hunger to go outside and start digging through the snow and frozen mud for knappable rocks.

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

It’s doable, check out my winter videos

[@peppermanners1191]

i found this video because of outer wilds, now im interested in rocks for some reason.

[@radman9219]

What I’ve learned for not only this video but all the ones that I have watched. Number 1 - flint or chart make a different sound than rocks. Number 2 - flint or chart smell like gun powder when a chip is knocked off and number 3 - I don’t have the patients or knowledge to pick up a ringing rock and make it to anything but dust! Luv ur channel. Hopefully u r feeling better!

[@nillytv]

Great video! Thank you

[@peterott-tn6pf]

That was pretty cool man. Where were you when you found the flint?

[@XX-qi5eu]

Meet the Flintstones.

[@jameshouser8089]

I’m new to this flint knapping. How do I look for when in out in the wilderness.

[@bds123087]

I hate to be Debbie downer but always wear safety glasses if you are chipping at Flint!!! You get a piece of that in your eye and you’re screwed

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

It is the best advice, everyone should listen to it. I’ve gotten flint stuck in my eyeball a few times and it is not fun at all.

[@Soviless99]

@@Wildernessquestoutdoors advice heeded!

[@sailman9454]

Thanks Debbie

[@jameshighfill7220]

😂😂😂😂 only the weak

[@JoeGarza-ff4rm]

I'm in Texas.Is it gonna be the same whatever you're at in the country to find flint

[@Soviless99]

very informative thank you!

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@DingerOutdoors]

I was trying to find some today 😂 didn’t go awesome still learning. But I did cut myself lol. I’ll load the video soon 😆

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

I often cut myself in some of my vids. Flint is sharp

[@user-ty3vd8qr5j]

I'm in North Texas, we have 2 creeks running through our property. We've found knappings and sign above the high water mark, but haven't looked for flint or high quality limestone cause I didn't know what to look for. I have a few flintlock rifles, I'd like to make some decent flints for them. Thanks for the info.

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Texas flint usually sparks awesome ⚡️

[@bretfaulkner]

God bless.

[@loul8897]

Great video, VERY informative!

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Glad you liked it! Make sure to subscribe :)

[@stevo48602]

I was just in Denmark and flint is all over the ground.... everywhere.

[@bracoop2]

Damn. Found some good stuff.

[@rdaugherty52]

What part of the country are you in I am in Kentucky and I can’t find jack squat.

[@charringconnett7071]

It would be helpful if you described how to identify and what it’s uses are

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

I’ll do that going forward

[@normanphair8488]

I think I just heard the Flint police, you better hightail it

[@JaydenTimop]

I really suck at identifying flint, i have tried to break open rocks and have gotten decent flakes. I also have gotten the smell of gunpowder before and just passed it as useless 😭

[@JBOutdoorsAndMore]

loved it well done sir. Thank you for sharing. 👍

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Glad you enjoyed! Share it around into some Facebook groups and such :)

[@galewollenberg786]

The lay of the ground is similar to manhattan kansas.

[@bigDbigDbigD]

I think we need lessons in where to look for flint. I don’t believe there is any in east central Minnesota

[@lostpony4885]

I still.think they should reshoot Rambo and he starts in the forest without his knife so first he has to spall some crude stones and the fire scene would include flaking his arrowheads etc.

[@ericfranzen8413]

Great video! Awesome content

[@lostpony4885]

Considering the taming of my area im going to have to hunt at the landscape rock store

[@johnhoward7298]

Looks like You found the Mother load of flint ! Is it the kind of flint that makes guns go bang ?

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

The link in your email message worked! I wish I could do that... Cool video

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t!

[@McNastyxx95]

In the beginning when u we’re driving on the highway was u comming down I90? Comming from PA towards WV into Dallas pike ?

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

What state are you in? The landscape looks a lot like the Arkansas Ozarks where we live. Great video, I’m going to have to try finding some flint!

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

New York here

[@paulscarponescarpone.8681]

Where are you located buddy?

[@Wilders53]

What area (state) are you hunting

[@fliboi9]

Where would you find flint

[@ecv03]

Heads up. This video is mostly a guy wandering around the woods looking for Flint. No how to find Flint.

[@Brewersprospecting420]

Nice 👍🏻👍🏻 Hunt

[@robertryden8036]

Sadly,,, I live in the mid east sany coast of North Carolina. We have yard stone sakes sites but they only have sand and limestone.

[@mudpiemudpie785]

Can you heat treat the shale to make it better for snapping?

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Possinly

[@margaretburnham5683]

Am planning to be residing in Missouri by next summer. Are you willing to divulge where you found the flint and the location of that pretty waterfall

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

This footage is from New York State

[@saibabu4842]

Nice vedio bro 🤜

[@johnbaker-p1d]

Hey boss. Did you ever do that giveaway for the arrows and knife edge? I've sorta been slacking but haven't heard anything about the winner. These videos have given me yet another thing to be aware of when I'm in the woods....as if we needed anything else to catalog.😂

[@jamesfulwood5691]

Not to be over bearing but I didn't think we had flint in America only Chert?

[@jackranger3149]

I been looking through an old run down creek bed behind my house and i can't tell what flint looks like cause of its different colors

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Check for smooth and glassy interior

[@CassandraShadowheart]

Didnt realize quartzite was knappable. How large can the grain be?

[@yamabiru4553]

Skillz

[@MrLearningMan1]

What is the location?

[@calvincollison9182]

Is there some flint that work for fire steal and other flint that doesn't?

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Yes the shale based flints don’t seem to work.

[@jimmydunning-ki5nk]

I live in Southern Illinois Williamson county I don't know how to find flint or chert

[@shadygremlin9702]

where did you find the rock? which state / area.. I am trying to find chert myself in NC currently

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

@@shadygremlin9702 uwharrie forest, check if you need permits and look at laws

[@shadygremlin9702]

@@Wildernessquestoutdoors Thank you, is there camping & fishing nearby? Pray for Our Republic. Be at Peace

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

@@shadygremlin9702 yes there is camping all throughout the woods, lots of free sites some good fishing sites too. Always praying for peace. ✌️

[@sammybrown6133]

I live in N. MS. What stones should I look for to begin knapping.

[@STD43]

Fort payne chert or Horse creek chert. Much material in that area. Carry a heavy hammerstone and bust nodule open.

[@warchildodin]

Thanks for the financial advice. I heard if you put that in the comments it helps the channel. And it is in a way ut helps with survival that is primitive FINANCIAL advice.

[@moritzmatz6605]

I am from Hamburg, Germany and would really love to find some flint nearby… do you habe any recommendations where to look around?

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

do you guys have public geology maps ?

[@lundysden6781]

@@Wildernessquestoutdoors usually in limestone areas

[@jstyxftw]

Badass my man

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@donaldallen1276]

Flint is a round ,brown in color creek stone, as you break them open they have every color you can imagine 🤔

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

:)

[@donaldallen1276]

@@Wildernessquestoutdoors ✌️😎

[@nigelleyland166]

Flint is the petrified remains of marine sponges, it is not multi coloured and can only be found in ancient seabeds. Anything else is not flint, rocks and stones certainly are not!

[@donaldallen1276]

@@nigelleyland166 Your correct and you do find sea fossil imprinted on some of them and on the inside. As America as we now know it was in our past under the ocean and a sea floor 🤔

[@metalman7393]

Your by a mound or on a mound. The rocks are all animal effigy rocks and if you take a pic of them and zoom in theres alot of artwork on them that cannot be seen easily with the naked eye. I hope you dont get a curse from breaking them. lol

[@alabamacowboy]

where is this at ?

[@edmondndrecaj4377]

I definitely wanna take my daughter hiking and looking for some flint rocks, where are you located if you don't mind me asking

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

New York! Surpassingly

[@edmondndrecaj4377]

@@Wildernessquestoutdoors I'm in jersey over here I've tried couple spots around the Delaware River no luck

[@benf1111]

Our property has so much flint its hard to distinguish points from rocks.

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Cool what state!?

[@benf1111]

@@Wildernessquestoutdoors Texas Hill country near Fredericksburg.

[@robertsmith616]

Flint or chert where i live in West Virginia we have chert

[@meggzallain5062]

Hello hello so 1st off I wanna say I ABSOLUTELY LOVE UR VIDEOS VERY EDUCATIONAL AND COOL TO SEE .... 2ND COULD PLEASE TELL ME UR LOCATION OR WHERE THIS PLACE IS IN VIDEO???? I AM LOCATED IN WORCESTER MA... AND MY FATHER DOES/DID FLINT NAPPING BUT Hasn't DONE IT IN YEARS WE JUST RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT HE IS IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF DEMENTIA, I KNOW THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING HE ABSOLUTELY LOVED DOING AND I WOULD LOVE TO BRING HIM HERE OR ANYWHERE I CAN TO GET HIS MIND GOING AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL STIMULATE HIS MIND TO BRING IT BACK TO SOMETHING HE LOVED DOING. ANY INFO GIV|N WE WOULD BE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL. Letting him watch ur videos made him smile and got him talking about flint NAPPING and brought back many memories!!! Thanks for ur videos please keep sharing and posting!!! Ur helping more people than u know ❤❤❤💯🙏🏽👌🏽😁🌞🌛

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Email me, [e-mail] and I’ll give you some tips on where you can go to explore

[@dt4676]

What state is this filmed in?

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

New york

[@kluper1157]

what state has a large amount of flint?

[@amospena2046]

What part of the country are you in to be finding flint like that, I'm in new Mexico which has a lot of good knappable material and it isn't the easiest to find

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

New York State, Vermont and New Hampshire.

[@timmock5152]

Where do you usually find flint ? Rivers creek fields ? I live in Georgia.

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Yep! Georgia, try the Macon area creeks

[@t.j.h2810]

@@Wildernessquestoutdoors Your right, I live along the Flint River which runs from Atlanta down to the Florida line where it joins the Chattahoochee River, both rivers are loaded with real flint boulders in the water and along the banks.

[@simonphoenix3789]

It would be tough to make points out of that stuff. Possible, but man would it be hard on your joints. That stuff looks as rough as fine grained basalt.

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Check my Knapping vids :)

[@artichoke890]

100k. Wahhoo

[@jackwoodland]

Awesome video, what state is the wild sediments residing on?

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Most my vids are in New York

[@PaulWade87]

Any idea for Hodges Alabama where I could look for Knappable stones Sir?

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

This should help www.projectilepoints.net/Materials/Search/Alabama.html

[@PaulWade87]

@@Wildernessquestoutdoors Thank you sincerely Sir 👍🏽👍🏽I really appreciate this & you alot! I'm subscribing!!! Consider me a friend!!!

[@stevendemarais6452]

Where is this?

[@Shoova]

What do you find to be the ideal hammer stone?

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Hard quartzite or basalt. IMO

[@laurenli6411]

Cool video! Are you from Maryland or Georgia? And which of the 2 state are you finding the Flint in?

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

She’s from Maryland and I’m from Long Island New York. I found flint and jasper in both Maryland and Georgia!

[@laurenli6411]

Thanks so out of curiosity, may I ask are the flints you found in Maryland and Georgia, in the counties like Allegeny MD and Walker county GA?

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

near macon in GA, and right after that huge bridge in MD

[@richardduvall6512]

Do have a question what area of the country are you hunting in just found your Chanel and this video I have a fair amount of George town my budy in Texas got me but would love to use local flint. I'm in south western PA or north west West Virginia

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

I have some videos in Pennsylvania :)