Was This Arrowhead Shot For 2100 Miles?

Found the strangest arrowhead ever!

[@kentdeneal1188]

I hunt arrowheads in Nevada. I found a pipe made from red catlinite stone. Google research reported it was 2000 years old and was made in Minnesota. And said extremely rare to be found in Nevada or California. My personal find of a lifetime. I love your channel!

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Much Appreciated!

[@georgedouglas9342]

That's quite the find that far west. Many artifacts have been found of that material in the great lakes area, but that's definitely the find of a lifetime out west! Awesome 👍

[@teamflanneloutdoors5631]

Very sweet find👍👍

[@billm2078]

Pipestone Minnesota.

[@johnkelly9451]

It's really interesting to find where the stone, artifact material, flint or chert was from. Trading, traveling, moving, hunting, migrating, can only imagine sometimes how they got there. Homestead, summer winter homes, wars, ect. Great finds always!

[@jimmyz2098]

Man I LOVE this channel so much. Love the energy. The vibe. The wholesome feeling. The learning. I just love it!

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated

[@cleansweep999]

Who else loves this channel!!?? I do! 🤙✌️ ⬇️

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Much Appreciated

[@athelwulfgalland]

It's one of the few I keep the bell icon clicked on, actually. I love Clegg's content! (I've had to click the bell a couple of times though - no idea why YT hiccups like that.)

[@cleggsadventures]

@@athelwulfgalland much Appreciated

[@SavedTraveler-1975]

Love when people buy arrowheads on ebay and pretend to find them! That's what I love!

[@cleggsadventures]

@@SavedTraveler-1975 Woop! Looks like we have another one of these guys. Maybe if you comment the same thing about 50 more times, you’ll convince my 42,000 subscribers to leave my channel. SMH

[@meandmyshadow6269]

It's one of my dreams to find an obsidian point in my area. I'm half way between you and the west coast so this video just gave me a boost of hope! Clegg, that is honestly so cool! Great find. An important find, really. Congrats to you, sir!

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Guy! Yeah, I was shocked. I thought it was some high grade Flint Ridge at first, till I picked it up. Been reading about it, also a couple others said….. almost all the obsidian found here in in Ohio, comes from Yellowstone Park

[@stuffnthings247]

Possibly traded at the big gatherings in Cahokia!! Awesome find!!!!!!

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated

[@SavedTraveler-1975]

Yeah perfect ebay find!

[@cleggsadventures]

@@SavedTraveler-1975 great comment, very original

[@Howard-bj1jq]

Cahokia is not that old!

[@breakdanceexpress]

Great find! I personally found some obsidian rock buried 3-5 feet in the yard of my old house, not extremely far from where you are on the east coast, as well as an obsidian point lodged in the root ball of a fallen tree.

[@cleggsadventures]

These have to be rare on this side of the country

[@breakdanceexpress]

@@cleggsadventures To my knowledge, yes.

[@ThinkTexas]

Excellent find! Keep running those creeks. We love the adventure.

[@cleggsadventures]

@@ThinkTexas Very Much Appreciated

[@dmcarpenter2470]

Scott, cool find. Items traveled back then. Turquoise has been found in NC burial mounds.😊

[@cleggsadventures]

It amazes me

[@lewiswetzel8617]

Being that Indian were nomadic, it's not all that surprising. The items could have been generations old, from when the tribe was in the Southwest.

[@ralphdavis6052]

Another source is Yellowstone ntl pk. Obsidian has been found in adena burial mounds as had copper from lake Superior. Vast trading networks criss crossed the continent

[@cleggsadventures]

I’ve read about this as well

[@jimpowers9553]

Scott, I think you do an awesome job on your videos. This is one of my favorites on KZbin.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank you Jim

[@artifactsantlersoh]

Yes sir, that’s obsidian. Heck of a find! You’re the man 🤘🏼

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Much Appreciated

[@DoogiesEarthworks]

Makes you wonder if the Natives were more connected than we like to give them credit for!! Great find Clegg, cant wait for the next video.

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated Braden

[@DoogiesEarthworks]

@@cleggsadventures After doing a bit of research Clegg I think the obsidian to make this point traveled all the way from the Mayan Empire! Their sphere of influence was spreading around the time of the Adena's and since the Adenas trade network expanded all the way to the gulf coast I think it's very likely that traveled all the way from Central America. There was a burial mound uncovered here in Ohio that has uncovered an Adena pipe (the only human effigy pipe of an Adena ever found) that has a remarkably similar resemblance to a human effigy located in the ancient Mayan empire, both made around the same time! That is a freakin find of a lifetime brother! Congratulations

[@cleggsadventures]

@@DoogiesEarthworks More history than we know.

[@cleggsadventures]

@@MrHurricaneFloyd I’m now , since finding this piece, started reading about all this. Turns out almost all the Obsidian found here in WV and Ohio originates from Yellowstone Park. It can be tested to see which volcano area it comes from.

[@DoogiesEarthworks]

@@cleggsadventures Very very cool that they can test that, and I didn't expect native north american, Obsidian could reach that far in this time, you learn something new everyday. It must have been from an ancient caldera event, and the pyroclastic flows maybe pushed it all the way here, or maybe there was some ancient natives lived there that traded with the Adena.

[@fload46d]

Sarge, you are the best and most entertaining of all the arrowhead "geeks". This is just another proof that they traded very widely. Somebody in Oregon traded with the western tribes who then traded with the Sioux who then had contact with maybe the Ojibway who contacted the Miami who met Shawnee who met your local tribes. That stuff would have been very valuable so a little flake would have been revered. Cool.

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Much Appreciated 👍

[@allenrussell6135]

Thats a beautiful find. Your channels inspired me to get outside and start looking like i did as a kid. There were a few large "battles" in my area of S.W. NY so who knows what's waiting to be found. My ultimate goal is to get my 8 year old son interested as well. Thank you

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated Allen! Good luck out there

[@rocketsredglare1782]

They found obsideon in the great lakes from 7000 yrs ago. The obsideon came from oregon. Your find confirms a trade network ancient and long lasting.

[@SharekGadd]

As always, love your passion and your adventures!

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Much Appreciated

[@aaronwarner2768]

Thank you so much for sharing that with us!!! I am amazed that it wasnt broke or in worse shape from being in the creek. Your videos are informative and greatly entertaining! Thanks for your service and Godbless you Mr. Clegg!

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Much Appreciated Aaron

[@indianasmith8152]

Very cool! I found a small obsidian point in Hunt County, TX in 2008 - they tested it to see where the obsidian was from, and it sourced to a volcanic outcropping in Idaho, of all places!

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Cool!

[@Ur2ez4me81]

“Ya’ll ain’t gonna believe this…” Thank you Scott! Maybe it got washed out of a stone pile that was transported from our west?

[@cleggsadventures]

Yeah I don’t know

[@RESURRECTINGRELICS]

That’s Awesome Scott I’m glad you found one, that has to be one of the greatest feelings to find an obsidian point. I love how they stand out and are so easy to spot. If you have a sandy material you can see them 20 feet away! Sorry I haven’t been that active I’ve had a huge honey do list to try to get done now that the season is over. I may have to see if I can recruit Rocky to come help me get some of this work done😂👍👍👍

[@cleggsadventures]

They are scarce around here

[@RonMcCarl]

Very cool find, congrats. Love your channel, it's very educational and you mix a few laughs into to it.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks Ron

[@cynthiaswearingen1037]

Somebody back in the day traded for a hunk of obsidian. That is a gorgeous point and an amazing find!❤

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated Cynthia! If it could only talk

[@athelwulfgalland]

@@cleggsadventures What remarkable luck & a beautiful find. I'd likely soil myself if I found a point in the Upper Midwest of the USA made of obsidian. lol Are there any sort of volcanic formations in Ontario or Quebec perhaps? There are no extinct volcanoes East of the Mississippi? I'm as puzzled as you are... Do I ever envy you though! lol

[@cleggsadventures]

@@athelwulfgalland Much Appreciated! Not sure on that, I think most are in the western states here.

[@danielcarter7657]

The tribal trade routes were substantial

[@athelwulfgalland]

@@danielcarter7657 Good point. What are you thinking? All the way down the Missouri, to the Mississippi & then to the Ohio? Probably a little too straightforward. There are stretches of the Missouri that I don't think Natives were all that fond of due to their close proximity to Yellowstone?

[@thequietone9785]

Obsidian, aka volcanic glass, was one of the exotic materials which was part of the Hopewell trade network. Even late Adena culture utilized this type of material but usually only associated with high status burials from these two middle Woodland cultures. Both were in the northern Ohio Valley. The point is smaller than most Adena points, and only vaguely looks like it could be a Hopewell type stem, but maybe a later group found an earlier obsidian blade and repurposed it? And, it is only now getting a closer look, but Archaic period trade networks were far more advanced than previously thought. In any case, awesome find, man!👍

[@cleggsadventures]

It’s too small to be a dart tip, was definitely shot by bow.

[@scottnock5241]

Great find Scott!!! That’s a killer!!!

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated Scott! I’m glad I went

[@pointsnpoles4640]

Thats incredible! Ive heard of obsidian being found around here in Missouri up by me around the St Louis arew but its not suprising consodering the trade network set up around here....all the way by you is just INCREDIBLE!

[@cleggsadventures]

I was shocked

[@KonCunningham]

I just discovered your channel and I’m in love with it and your adventures. Your excitement is contagious and I love that you take us on your adventures with you!

[@cleggsadventures]

@@KonCunningham Very Much Appreciated

[@georgedouglas9342]

Yep, ebony obsidian, from the desert south west area. Buddy had a chunk we played with, he's a much better napper than I lol. Amazing you found a artifact of it this far away. Freaking awesome 👍 Thanks for sharing!

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated

[@jasontrautsch2373]

I found two obsidian chippings (flakes), years apart but same location. I'm from Wisconsin. I had the same reaction that you did.

[@MrMar21457]

I’m 67 years old and have been hunting and collecting arrowheads since I was twelve, in 2014 i found a black obsidian arrowhead in perfect condition in Franklin County Tennessee, the very first one I’ve ever found, before that I’ve never seen one before.

[@cleggsadventures]

They’re definitely rare on this side of the country. Nice find

[@BrianOliver73]

Wow!! Once in a lifetime find! Very cool. 👍🏼

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks 👍

[@dgartifactadventures]

Excellent video Scott👍

[@cleggsadventures]

Much appreciated guys! Y’all are pulling em’ out this year 👍

[@nikitamckeever5403]

Thank you for posting . I enjoyed that story 😁

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated

[@kolalawawokiya]

The natives had trade routs running from coast to coast as well as north and south. Items that were plentiful in one area were highly prized in another area.

[@cleggsadventures]

@@kolalawawokiya For sure.

[@swamptosoundadventures8337]

Glad to see this video and congrats! I have three obsidian(confirmed)points(one Dalton and two Kirk corner notch’s) I found together on one of my sites here in the outer banks. I’ve found a good bit of stuff on google claiming there’s obsidian in NC and VA but nothing really certain. I’ve been told an explanation for them surviving such a journey is that they could’ve been used for ceremonial purposes. I feel like there’s someone who would want to study these and see where they came from??, but I’m too new to arrowhead hunting to know who to ask or send them to. Congrats again on the point, it’s definitely my favorite type of material.

[@cleggsadventures]

Sounds like some great finds. I haven’t even found a Dalton of any flint yet. Still looking

[@swamptosoundadventures8337]

@@cleggsadventures oh wow. Can’t believe that considering how many points you’ve found. You need to come out here with me! Have a site my mom and I have gotten seven off of, same place as that Clovis.

[@cleggsadventures]

@@swamptosoundadventures8337 They seem to be scarce around here for some reason.

[@hardrockminer-50]

The Shoshone people in the Great Basin mined chert from a number of sites that made great arrow heads and other flint tools. Tools from those quarries have been found all over North America.

[@cleggsadventures]

@@hardrockminer-50 Must have been some prized material. Flint Ridge material is another cherished material, it traveled pretty far as well.

[@kevinkline6835]

Awesome point Scott !!! Sad that the Pro's don't collaborate with us too often. It would be nice to know if that was a common trade product. Here in Colorado they have found Parrot feathers from South America. So interesting for sure. Years ago I read an article in "Indian Artifact Magazine" about a necklace found in Texas exactly like mine found in Central Colorado. I called the Natural History Museum and spoke with a Archaeologist to see if they wanted to look at it and the article. A blunt "NO" was her answer because they weren't found by them. Very cool find for sure you've made Scott and once again History is saved. Many blessings Sir.

[@cleggsadventures]

Yeah, I think this stuff traveled farther than people think

[@kevinkline6835]

@@cleggsadventures Yes Sir, Such an important topic. Where, when. what & how? Will you try to find the source?

[@cleggsadventures]

@@kevinkline6835 Nah, I was reading about pieces that were found before in this area, and it all seems originate from Yellowstone Park

[@kevinkline6835]

@@cleggsadventures Cool

[@tracker1673]

As the comments say you can find out where it came from. I am from the west coast and there are many obsidian flows there. Glass butte in Oregon, Santa Rosa in California, and my personal favorite is the Paulina Peak obsidian flow. One of the most amazing sights you could ever see! Go to Paulina Peak in late summer to insure you can drive to the summit or it will be snowed out!

[@cleggsadventures]

A lot out there

[@Luciddreamer007]

You & that remarkable artifact were ment for each other. Congratulations. I stress to my daughter, keep your head down , work hard be disciplined , and blessings will come your way. Was Rocky Jealous ??? Man he sure beats everything ya know that.

[@cleggsadventures]

He was jealous. He had a snowcone , bit the off and sucked out all the juice. Then handed me the ice

[@walker9379]

That is absolutely amazing. Boggles the mind it made it that far. Awesome vid as usual! Thanks for the knowledge

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated 👍

[@Ivan-pl2it]

Obsidian found in yukatan peninsula along with dried salmon. Tropical Parrot feathers and turtle shells found in eastern Oregon. Many items were heavily traded before the arrival of horses. Thunder over the ochaco, a 5 book series about history of western us back to 1500, written by a white man raised by the shoshone. It spoke of trade over vast distances.

[@petermathews2915]

The natives traded many things. I have found abalone shell in the desert. I have found painted pottery in sites where I know the natives didn't make that kind of pottery.

[@Jack-h4q3p]

I am a geologist (among other things) and enjoy your adventures. As for obsidian locales in the United States, yes they are predominantly found in volcanic regions of the Northwest, but there are exceptions. I direct you to this paper: 'A (Near) Comprehensive Chemical Characterization of Obsidian in the Field Museum Collections from the Hopewell Site, Ross County, Ohio." If you can't locate it, I can email it to you. Doctor Jack.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thanks for the info, I’ll check that out.

[@joby1]

clown

[@Howard-bj1jq]

Catchy title! I have an obsidian point from OhiO near the OhiO River. I calculated that the closest obsidian is probably Yellowstone NP or southern Utah, over two thousand of miles away.. We both know that the materials were carried/traded over thousands of miles. I also have a Paleo lance from Licking Co., OH, that is made from Knife River "root beer" flint from North Dakota. That again, is from over two thousands of miles from the source material is located and it is about 10,000 years old.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank you

[@CSHracer]

When I was kid in the 90's, I found a fist size chunk of Obsidian in northern Maine, around Moosehead lake. Sadly, somewhere between high school and college, it went missing in a move or something, I haven't seen it since. Only recently, when I started watching and reading stuff about arrowhead hunting and what not, did I realize it's significance. There is no natural source for Obsidian in or near Maine. It had to be trade goods. Thinking back, it even has obvious working marks where flakes were taken off. I really wish I still had it.

[@IndigenousRelicSearch]

Great video man!!

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Much Appreciated

[@eastcoastlithics]

Holy crap the story that stone has to tell must be insane! Ive heard about obsidian being found on mounds in Ohio and Georgia but never expected anyone here to ever find a point made of it!! Does the point type align with the mound builders?

[@thegeorgiacreekwalker491]

I found a little chunk of obsidian many years ago but never a point, that little chunk disappeared from collection unfortunately!!

[@cleggsadventures]

It’s not as old as the mound builders, around early Mississippian times I would say

[@charleswerdung8588]

That obsidian point is an amazing find Clegg. Do u think it was traded during the Hopewell culture? They did have quite the trade system across the US. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@cleggsadventures]

I think it’s a little newer than Hopewell.

[@toddincabo]

👍 Jammin' bro, congrats on that obsidian, there are life-timers all over the east that have never made that score. Thanks for filming it. I had a buddy toss an obsidian fake in my row during a field hunt one morning. It was too clean and a weird shape I'd never seen before so I kept calling him on it and he finally gave in toward the end of the day. Still have it.

[@cleggsadventures]

Good find, it’s rare here

[@LeeBond-k8c]

Trade among the Indigenous Peoples was a part of both their commerce and supply. 'Neat find Clegg. Thanks for sharing and May God continue to bless you and your channel! 😃

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated Lee

[@alanbrooke3237]

My older brother found a quartzite arrowhead, 100% clear translucent, area the Grand Kankakee Marsh in northwestern Indiana. I've never seen one like it since I've been hunting 68 years old.

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Nice! There’s definitely some gems out there

[@jimspear3033]

Ancients used the rivers extensively to trade. Andesite tools from nova scotia were found in the upper peninsula of michigan in old copper mining sites. The copper eas traded extensively through north america 2 ingot of michigan copper were found by bob ballard in an ancient black sea ship wreck. When tested it came back as michigan copper. This wreck site is dated b.c.

[@tedb3562]

We found a bunch of arrowheads here in connecticut last year in a large field at the edge of a small river, private property, and some were out in the open but most were down 1-3 ft ..someone told us we have a bunch from Texas, Oklahoma and a few states on the east coast. There was also a small axe head that a professor looked at and said she thought it was material from Kentucky.

[@cleggsadventures]

Sounds like a great area

[@jaredc433]

I have heard a lot of the Midwest arrowheads made from obsidian are sourced from Valles Caldera NM or sites in Central WY. Nice find!

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated

[@skypieper]

Cool find. I'm in Cali on a creek. I find some heads every once in awhile. They are usually pretty beat up tho from high water in the winter. it's hard to find a nice one like yours.

[@cleggsadventures]

Usually the same here, very rocky

[@nepahistoryandarchaeologys8623]

Awesome find! It's rare, but I have heard of obsidian being found here. In all the years I've searched along the Susquehanna River here in Pennsylvania, I have found only 1 medium sized flake of Black snowflake obsidian. Super rare material for the east, for sure. Thanks for sharing, good luck on your next hunt!

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Much Appreciated

[@ColdplayDallas]

My father found one in north Louisiana a few years ago. We had the same reaction! It had to have traveled for hundreds of miles to get there and was completely intact.

[@cleggsadventures]

@@ColdplayDallas I think most of it comes from Yellowstone

[@AncientTools72]

Obsidian has been found in the Adena culture mounds in Ohio too. So it was traded a long way. Pretty impressive actually for material to travel that far

[@bonesstones6584]

Awesome find for sure but are you positive it's obsidian? I have a broken point in my collection I found many years ago on the shores of the lower Potomac river in Virginia. The arrowhead was made from bottle glass, post contact. There are many examples of the NAs using glass as well as other materials obtained from the earliest settlers such as copper kettles, glass telegraph line insulators, etc. Please know I'm not saying your artifact isn't made of obsidian. I used to have a friend who found an obsidian cobble with clear indication that blades were struck from a prepared platform. He found this artifact on the lower eastern shore of Virginia.

[@cleggsadventures]

The Arrowheads I find around here that are newer than this type are all triangular made. If it was a triangle, I would say glass would be possible.

[@GonzoPhysics]

Fascinating vid! Amazing and exciting find!!!

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Much Appreciated

[@anneglass8084]

I found a few obsidian artifacts in New Mexico, but to find one around our region is absolutely mind boggling. Great find!

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Much Appreciated

[@DBENTLEY369ig]

My uncle has a wooly mammoth bone with spearhead stuck in it. It takes 10,000 years for petrification to happen

[@normaferro8054]

What an exciting find ! Definitely needs a case of its own.

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank you Norma

[@historybuff9276]

I live in the Middle Western part of Alabama within 120 miles of the Mississippi State line. I have a spot I go to that apparently was a camp at one time near a large creek. I've found a few Kentucky Blue or Bullseye blue points, deep dark red,white,pink as well as obsidian but they're always broken. The type of points I've found (in an area of 100 ft x 100 ft) span thousands of years it really confused me when I started finding so many different styles of points but I think I've figured it out enough to keep me from constantly thinking about how they got there. The area is close to a bend in the creek so points from miles away could've been pushed up onto the bank after a flash flood,or the area was a camp that they kept returning to. Also there was a good bit of mining (small slope mines) in the late 1800 till around 1920 so the solid has probably been rolled over a few times. Still it amazes me to picture the network they had set up back then for trading flint and other items. I've also found very old trade bells and round musket balls that are so heavily encrusted they have to be 200 yrs old,my favorite find is a clay bead shaped like a gourd or butternut squash that has designs all the way around it. I'm glad I found this channel I also like the ditch walker but he makes it look so easy I may get envious 😂😂.

[@cleggsadventures]

Sounds like you have a great spot

[@historybuff9276]

@@cleggsadventures it's great and really a beautiful place. My hunting trips are now planned around hunting season because part of the area was leased out to a hunting club. Luckily when the 1st started numbering the trails and planning the sections I met the owner and he gave me free range as long as it wasn't hunting season. Love your channel

[@8simonking8]

I really love the enthusiasm! 👍👍

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated

[@denisportier8311]

Thank you Clegg! This is Geology 101 at its finest.

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated

[@StevenShelley-m6s]

Theres a good chance that it is from Yellowstone area. Obsidian from this source gets traded throughout the Missouri-Mississippi river system. It is rare.

[@cleggsadventures]

Yes, most found here is from Yellowstone .

[@robbbentley9973]

Each Volcano is unique and has very specific silica and mineral content. You can essentially conduct a geochemical fingerprinting of obsidian at most respectable Universities Geology/Anthropology Departments and find out EXACTLY what volcano (state & region) your point migrated from. I bet they wouldn’t even charge you since it’s for academia purposes…..

[@cleggsadventures]

Cost a lot I’m sure. Carbon dating cost me $600

[@yankeetimeline]

Is it black glass from the 1600s or is it obsidian? If it's obsidian or any volcanic glass it will have banding or shaded lines from when it cooled. Back light it with a strong light. Either way great find!

[@cleggsadventures]

The point type is older than American settlements. Much Appreciated

[@Daniel-gi3jo]

Yup, highly prized for the edge it keeps, very cool. I'd say traded more than a few times, possibly been much larger, new owner flint nap.

[@cleggsadventures]

Wish we knew

[@thepeopledownriver9948]

Thats awesome brother, everyone out east dreams of finding an obsidian point. Congrats on that one. Pretty special

[@cleggsadventures]

Thank you, it was a first for me

[@charlesdaniel2313]

I've had large chunks of Mahogany glass.. Thin cuts shine through..

[@jtravis8493]

Nice, I have two that I found in the same creek one year apart, same size , and material. Found in north central Arkansas. Both jump out as none of the other gravel was black

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Nice 👍

[@larryotis4720]

Looks like Napa Valley Ca. obsidian from Glass Mountain. Lonesome and a long ways from home all right!

[@cleggsadventures]

Very long way 👍

[@denisportier8311]

BTW: Copper from the Keewenaw of Michigan has been found in scandinavien burial sites. We are truly a commercial species.

[@cleggsadventures]

It’s been found close to me also. Grave Creek Mound

[@raulmorales9967]

Went back in time, They got this on vacation.

[@vargvikernes3103]

Hell yeah awesome point. Our points in Trinity Co California are almost all made from obsidian. There was a massive outcropping called “glass mountain” that supplied materials for a lot of tribes. Can you see different bands of color in it when you hold it up to a light?

[@cleggsadventures]

I was reading about that

[@cA7up]

I knew it, saw you're post had to check it, very cool 😎 find Clegg

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated 👍

[@Everett-eh4nn]

I have a block of obsidian in front of me. It's about 6 in by 4 in thick. You can see where it's been chipped away at and used to make tools it's so obvious it's screaming. I've had this thing for years and I'm in Ct.

[@cleggsadventures]

@@Everett-eh4nn amazing

[@TheJstroud24]

About 5 years ago I found a basketball sized chunk of obsidian lodged in the clay bed of a river. I asked around and there was no known volcanic activity or obsidian in that area so it must of been brought in from trade with other tribes or something.

[@cleggsadventures]

@@TheJstroud24 Traveled a long way

[@leahkennedy3991]

I found a white crystal quartz digging in Tennessee and I haven't found any like it so I'm sure it was brought here as well. Love Obsidian

[@cleggsadventures]

Quartz is scarce where I’m located

[@AndrewGrey22]

Clegg is my favorite American.

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated Andrew

[@shawncurtis3686]

I'm sorry but I dissent, it looks like a souvenir arrowhead from a rubber tomahawk and postcard store in the southwest. Just like the model T tire and the railroad tie in the background a lot of people have left their mark in this area.

[@cleggsadventures]

Ok

[@future_me_6067]

That obsidian came a long way. Probably from Texas area. Obsidian is found on sites in states without igneous activity.

[@cleggsadventures]

Long way!

[@teamflanneloutdoors5631]

Very cool to find in your neck of the woods🔥

[@cleggsadventures]

I was shocked

[@truspirit1925]

Tribes traded things for centuries so it was probably involved in a trade.

[@cleggsadventures]

Yes , I said that in the video

[@garsoncornwell5382]

Very nice! Just think a rock trail across America! Makes you wonder what they find out west, that came from the East.

[@cleggsadventures]

Yeah some of this stuff travels far

[@lelandshanks3590]

I'd have to scope it Scott , but it's jet black and polished 4 sure.

[@cleggsadventures]

I tried getting a good picture, very glassy

[@DBENTLEY369ig]

That is one hell of a find

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated

[@oliversteen1303]

The farthest east a confirmed specimen has been found is somewhere in lake huron, it was just a couple of flakes and i'm not sure which part of the lake.

[@cleggsadventures]

Long way

[@JoseyWales-ed]

It was probably traded at the biggest Native American settlement. The city of Etzanoa, in southern Kansas! Good luck, be safe!

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated

[@rickhale6396]

Since the arrowhead is a type you find . The obsidian was traded in . I would think that it was highly sought after since obsidian is scapula sharp. Great find.

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated

[@johnobrien7860]

I have found similar stones... in lreland. Big and small... could they be for an artists pigmentation powers or Paint? Or territorial markers?

[@cleggsadventures]

@@johnobrien7860 I think you’re commenting on a different video, but yes that seems to be the most popular theory

[@larryfleak5908]

Hey Clegg, I have seen obsidian on the ground in Jackson County, Ohio. It was close to the Limestone furnace.

[@cleggsadventures]

Nice

[@pplusbthrust]

That little piece of obsidian has a story to tell that would be a guaranteed New York Times best seller. Obsidian rhymes with indian and they crossed a prime meridian.

[@cleggsadventures]

I wish we knew the stories behind this stuff. That’s a nice jingle👍

[@bobdlowrider]

A lot of obsidian points are found in the eastern states. I'm in Ohio and they've been found here. I've read that from analysis of the obsidian it's origin is from the Yellowstone area. It got here through a trade network. Tools made of copper from the Lake Superior area are also found far from there.

[@cleggsadventures]

I’ve heard the same

[@mre3161]

Great find brother. I found a 5-inch one in New Jersey when I was 13 obsidian spear Point / skinning blade.

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Nice! Rare for sure

[@cherokeehippie]

It could also be from Mexico or Central America! The southeastern tribes have roots in Mexico and Central America! The oral stories tell of traveling from a land of volcanoes in the south! Richard Thornton talks about it on his blog!

[@cleggsadventures]

Yeah, no way of really knowing where, but I wish it could talk

[@historylooker7]

That's awesome, brother Clegg!! 😎👊

[@cleggsadventures]

Much Appreciated Brother 👍

[@historylooker7]

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[@LuciaBeans]

My ex husband and his brother found bones along the banks over here in NKY, when they were young (around 35-ish years ago). Apparently a lot of graves were being washed out aling the OH River.

[@cleggsadventures]

Wow! I don’t find anything like that here

[@Ty_Conway]

I have a spot in northern Alabama on family land that has produced hundreds of artifacts. Pretty sure its an old camp spot that is by a creek. I recently found an artifact made from obsidian, and many flakes as well. I was very surprised to find it.

[@cleggsadventures]

Very Nice 👍

[@HunterMaytime]

Doubt you’ll see this, but I was wondering if there are certain areas I should go to look specifically in WV. I live in Wetzel county, and wanted to know if there are any places within the Wetzel or Tyler counties to go out in look. Thanks!

[@cleggsadventures]

I see all the comments friend. It’s all good in this area, especially on the river. From Wheeling to Parkersburg, any beach below a field has good potential. Creeks running through flat land are good as well. Places that flood , like the marina, are not good. Someone said the small creek across from the McDonalds is a good one. It goes way up the valley, but not sure who owns it. But creeks are a lot slower finds than the river. Sometimes it takes a while to find them in the creeks, but they are there for sure. Best bet is the river bank below a field.

[@Luciddreamer007]

@@cleggsadventures I read a lot of the comments also and I love the fact that you give people real good information and are enthusiastic about others who enjoy this hobby. You sure are a good Joe - Scott.