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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3641208" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>It's kind of like hunting morel mushrooms in the spring. You have to acquire the "eye" to recognize them. Once you see one or two shrooms, you start looking around and there are dozens that just slipped by you. </p><p>You look for something somewhat shiny that indicates flint. If your in an area full of flint it's a good area that might hold artifacts as that may have been an encampment or just a resting place for a few days. </p><p>People ask how can so many artifacts be found in these midwest river bottoms. It's because the natives hunted these rivers for many thousands of years. That is where all the fish and game were for the most part other than the roaming herds of bison. River bottoms move due to erosion exposing new artifacts that used to be on the banks and so on. </p><p>Before the natives hunted it, there were millions of years of most of the middle and NW parts of the country being under the sea, which is why we see the crinoid fossils that look like plants but are actually animals, and prior to that it was a jungle with mammals like mastodons roaming everywhere.</p><p>If anything I've said is wrong, I hope [USER=3746]@Neanderthal[/USER] will correct it. I'm just a rank amature at this stuff trying to learn more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3641208, member: 5412"] It's kind of like hunting morel mushrooms in the spring. You have to acquire the "eye" to recognize them. Once you see one or two shrooms, you start looking around and there are dozens that just slipped by you. You look for something somewhat shiny that indicates flint. If your in an area full of flint it's a good area that might hold artifacts as that may have been an encampment or just a resting place for a few days. People ask how can so many artifacts be found in these midwest river bottoms. It's because the natives hunted these rivers for many thousands of years. That is where all the fish and game were for the most part other than the roaming herds of bison. River bottoms move due to erosion exposing new artifacts that used to be on the banks and so on. Before the natives hunted it, there were millions of years of most of the middle and NW parts of the country being under the sea, which is why we see the crinoid fossils that look like plants but are actually animals, and prior to that it was a jungle with mammals like mastodons roaming everywhere. If anything I've said is wrong, I hope [USER=3746]@Neanderthal[/USER] will correct it. I'm just a rank amature at this stuff trying to learn more. [/QUOTE]
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