How To Identify Indigenous Stones

I show and discuss rocks with conchoidal fractures, bulbs of percussion, and knapping marks made by indigenous native americans. Human and animal art was a very big part of their lives. They animated the entire world around them.

[@gabrielgriffin9230]

super job ... great examples

[@Creekstain]

Thank you Gabriel! I truly appreciate your support! I learn a lot from you so keep the vids coming!

[@gabrielgriffin9230]

@@Creekstain team sport .. we all learn together brother .. peace

[@paleobrostones2023]

Really good presentation and great images. Awesome Share Bro👍🏻

[@Creekstain]

Thank you Paleo Bro! 😊

[@robertmunker7884]

Ausom info.... thanks brother

[@Creekstain]

You bet! Keep looking, finding, studying, and learning! And keep sharing!

[@CityRockhounding]

Excellent video man, love this, very helpful brother, I needed this! Amazing pieces you have here, all really eye opening, makes me wonder about some rocks I've drop and kept walking!

[@Creekstain]

Thanks a bunch! I'm glad to hear it helps you! They are laying everywhere! We landacape with them and have no idea! When you see the vastness and amount of them, the matching depictions, and global art, it is mind blowing!

[@FacesintheStone]

Fantastic and descriptive presentation, very unique examples but some of them resemble each other quite a bit!

[@Creekstain]

Thank you Sir! I am really starting to notice the same depictions over and over. I am also realizing I had way more mammoths than I thought. I love the research. It's getting good!!

[@ikamtout]

I find stones with birds, mammoths, Saber-toothed cats, gorillas, snakes & turtles. One of the first characteristics I started noticing was side profiles of warriors with headdress. There are usually multiple images within a stone on each side. And in different lighting, at different angles you can see all kinds of images of people, animals & landscapes. They all tell us stories! I also find rocks with concrete + some with a core rock (usually partially exposed) and a thin layer of clay fired around it. I heard an archeologist the other day confirm that the natives would sometimes put pottery or clay around a core rock and sbape it for whatever reasons. Which confirmed what I was seeing. I also think they made some of their own stones and knew how to manipulate rocks a whole lot more than we know! I often wonder if they painted on some stones, which would have been with organic materials. And then over time it mineralized, making the images ingrained into the stones...possibly? We've been collecting rocks from our creek to put around flower beds and the yard for the last 20 years that we've lived here. However, I didn't really start paying attention until spring 2020 when I started tumbling smaller rocks. It was then that I started noticing effigies in the stones. I'm beyond ecstatic to have other people who can see it to talk to! Thanks for sharing! Ps I have a few that look very similar to your pyramid one! I also see deities in some + an Anubis looking thing in several! I also see several different types of people (nationalities) & their styles, too. Ok I'll shut up now. Sorry for the book.

[@Creekstain]

Keep writing tell me everything you know. I am blessed to cross paths with you. You're blowing me away with your words. You just confirmed everything for me. Yes yes and more yes! I swear they made some from scratch. Dry mix with added water. I'm going to re read and re reply now that I am a little calmer! 🫠

[@terrable2897]

I also find multi tools and effigies. Birds that are fish and snakes!

[@Creekstain]

Awesome! I can tell from your words you are knowledgeable on the subject! It's very nice to have you here! I love the birdstones. I find the snakes as well, sometimes with an open mouth eating an egg 🥚. Do you find many mammoths / elephants? I can't stop finding those.

[@terrable2897]

@@Creekstain I've found a buffalo a bird being hatched, a couple falic symbols even. Oh the best one is some sort of mole rat. I really need to make a video of my findings. I'd like to know how they compare to other parts of the country and way others are finding. I think it's crazy how many tools and artifacts are everywhere! I find them on dirt roads and I even found a tool inside a rock like it was being baked inside it,.. sounds crazy but I have the outer rock and the tool it goes back together like a puzzle... I kid u not

[@terrable2897]

@@Creekstain also hearts.. I find so many hearts n they are like little shadow hearts that set like a keepsake. Also I find getting them wet n being in dim lit room and also shining a flash light to see like a shadow puppet from the rock if that makes sense??

[@Creekstain]

@@terrable2897 they made everything they saw! A hatching bird sounds amazing! The mole rat sounds super interesting to me as well! I don't doubt your puzzle. It may be a child's toy, maybe not but sounds like entertainment and learning. I find a lot of beavers on my local pieces. I think it boils down to the location / time period they were in and what animals were around. I'd love to see your pieces. I'll sub to ya and hope you'll share them.

[@Creekstain]

@@terrable2897 yes that makes total sense! Most have some sort of image inside them when light passes through. I have no idea how they did it. Absolutely about the water, quick shine! Just like you said, a little keepsake or charm, made to set and display. So cool you're finding them!

[@FarginIceholeful]

That "ceremonial stone" at 5:20 is quartzite and its a hammer stone. I find them scattered near a huge camp near St. George, UT. The only quartzite for a hundred miles. All have the same exact shape.

[@Creekstain]

It's has been held a lot for sure! You can feel it lock in the correct position, it feels perfect. Thanks for the info! I assumed it was a type of Rose quartz or something. Good to know you find em too! It's funny where our minds can take us while we hold a stone. I assumed it was cerimonial. Again, thank you for the info. I appreciate it and it's awesome to hear you find them as well!

[@FarginIceholeful]

@@Creekstain The rest of your collection is pure imagination. The hammer stone was an actual tool.

[@Creekstain]

@@FarginIceholeful effigies are tools as well, tools for spirits. They all contain the art. Have a good day.

[@Ken-pf5yl]

That horned coral almost looks like the broken off tip of a stalactite

[@Creekstain]

The very first piece found at "the lot". Took my dogs to the grass to pee and there it was on the surface. Started bringing my dogs to work everyday after that haha. Lots of potty breaks lol

[@karyn674]

The wild bore one that you said you cannot figure out. I see a crocodile snout. The drilled hole is the eye. Interesting. I have never seen rocks this way.

[@Creekstain]

I'll have to have a re look! Nice eyes you have! I am so glad you can see! Once you see, it is impossible to unsee. Now the fun can begin! Go look for a couple! You will find them, I promise you that! They are everywhere just waiting to be appreciated. They are effigies, amulets, and charms, tools etc.... you'll find bears, beavers, apes, birds, boars, humans etc. They animated the entire world around them. From mountains down to handheld stones. Here is the kicker. It's the same art and depictions globally. The true history is in the stones!

[@brucedawson6991]

Just a casual observation based on the tools I recognize, it seems the place where these were found might have been a hide processing site? Maybe? I see several tools that would have been used in scraping, cutting, and perforating.

[@Creekstain]

A few were from a permission I have along a creek smack dab in the business district. Some I found down at the river. Some are from my yard, I live on old otoe-missouria reservation land. Believe it or not, I find a lot in bagged rock / landscaping rocks. Might be a couple dog park ones in their too. It's at a confluence of a river and creek and I hunt the base of a huge oak tree after it rains there. Sometimes the tools were left for the afterlife. Hard to say. A hotel was at one spot for years and it got torn down. They put in a walking trail and cut out about 3-4 feet of soil. They lay on the surface and what I can't collect gets the commercial mower treatment. I have buckets full from there. Too many to even pick up. I've been picking them up for 2 years and there is still plenty. Every rain brings out even more. I have a spiral drill bit twist arrowhead from there. It's broken but I matched up a shard to it. I am almost certain that the stone age lasted so long that they are literally under our noses. Rock Sling ammo is everywhere too. So much time has passed most people think they are just rocks nowadays. I found a makers mark on a piece and it came back zuni according to the web.

[@AncintArt2ndColony]

Amazing Examples ! Nice 🦣 ! The rose quartz hand piece may have been used for metaphysics , healing and transfers of energys ! Rose quartz is particularly a preference in ones medical and metaphysical arsenal !

[@Creekstain]

Very cool! Thank you for your knowledge! You should see it under a black light! Wowsers! Thank you so much for your support!

[@lesjones5684]

Just rocks 😂😂😂😂

[@Creekstain]

To some, yes.

[@Drhunley]

Great collection! Yeah, I find a lot of bigger stone tools with mortar or concrete on them. Trying to get some information.

[@Creekstain]

@@Drhunley thanks! Good to know you find them too! I assume from 1900's modern man? Like they were using them as aggregate fill? Maybe concrete is older than we think it is? Surely the indigenous knew about mixing water with a dry mix and molding into shape. They knew salt water made a stronger end result. 💪 I have concrete effigies and the only way for them to be carved and modern concrete is the fact the carvers were still out there not that long ago. I find red brick effigies. Super easy to shape. Of course they were making bricks and using geopolymers. I have many effigies that are fire hardened and look to be manmade homemade from scratch. I tasted one and it's salty! Just like the homemade playdoh my cherokee grandma made me as a kid. Cornstarch water and salt, dyes. Fire harden for everlasting effigy! Maybe? Would that work?

[@everettwilliams6952]

Oh my

[@trondirty]

For anyone watching this video, I'm obligated to tell you that this information is completely bogus. None of these stones are artifacts.

[@Creekstain]

I called them indigenous stones/ effigies. I did not mention artifacts.

[@Creekstain]

All one has to do is look it up for themselves. There is plenty of information out on them. But it's easier to lash out isn't it? Take the easy way huh? No effort, just running air out of your blow hole. 🐳

[@trondirty]

@@Creekstain Artifact: an object showing human workmanship or modification, as distinguished from a natural object.

[@Creekstain]

@@trondirty so you are calling them and considering them an artifact here? North America does not recognize them as artifacts as their written history is false and whitewashed. Nobody can replecate how to make them so they get called a leaver right. I call them what they are, effigies.

[@trondirty]

​@@Creekstain Wow, what a coincidence that no one can figure out how to replicate them. That's incredible considering that we know exactly how all other artifacts were made. No one can replicate them because they are NATURAL. Just rocks!

[@americannapalm]

I know what it is...

[@callmejackaroo4723]

Hey brother, I have no desire to insult or make fun of you, just to be helpful, & to compliment your passion and enthusiasm for our country's native cultures. I hope you will reconsider teaching about them until you've become knowledgeable enough not to mislead people... you clearly state in the video that you don't want to do just that. You mention that it's "all speculation" but it is definitely not. There are certain things to look for to identify true artifacts, & if you're not sure, you should never show it to the world for beginners to be misled as they begin their exciting new hobby. We want everyone to enjoy artifact hunting, & it takes joy from it for people when they don't know if they can believe what they see on KZbin, the most common source of info by far. Please find a local expert at a university or archaeological society & show your pieces so you can learn how to identify artifacts, then it would be great for you to spread the correct information. You seem intelligent, so if you take time to do this, you'll quickly have the tools to help others, & you'll likely find it more enjoyable as well. Thanks friend.

[@Creekstain]

@@callmejackaroo4723 state archeologists 🤢 I don't talk to them, they dismiss the art of purpose due to racism and white supremacy. Only in the united states though. The rest of the world knows and embraces rock art. I need no paid liar to tell me anything. Disinformation agents at best! Ha! State archeologist.... flippin good one!

[@callmejackaroo4723]

@@Creekstain I mean I don't disagree, just find an expert. There are plenty of old timers that have been hunting artifacts for years, you can find them on the internet and they'd be glad to talk to you.

[@Creekstain]

@@callmejackaroo4723 yes old timers like paleo mountain man and Jim Gaskins. Luckily Jim wrote and published 2 books on them before he died. He did an interview with pbs wyoming that is on youtube. They are story stones. A way to remember and record events before paper. They are old and worn. The smalls don't get beat up, they are still very very detailed. Good luck and happy hunting! Animal and human depictions. Animal headdresses. Animism was their belief and religion. They animated the entire world around them. Effigies, charms, amulets, grotesques, fetishes, portable rock art.

[@Creekstain]

@@callmejackaroo4723 some for hunting, personal protection, healing, cerimonies and rituals etc.

[@Creekstain]

@@callmejackaroo4723 if hunting deer a deer effigy would be placed in a pouch near the heart. When a deer was harvested they would quickly run over and suck the last breaths out of the deer and blow it into the nostrils of the deer effigy. They would eat the deer and then make effigies about it and leave them as an offering so the spirits would provide for them once again.

[@lesjones5684]

Your head is pecked 😅😅😅

[@Creekstain]

Sometimes lol 😆

[@BM-rg5ot]

What a BS... 😂

[@Creekstain]

@@BM-rg5ot you're going to have to try harder than that lol.