Hello everyone. I am new here, and to collecting in general. I am looking for a little advice from those of you that have been at this for a while.
I would like to start a small collection of points from my local area. Ideally, I'd love to be able to find them myself, but am not sure where to begin. I live in Oregon, close to the middle Columbia river. I have read the laws regarding collecting in my state, and it appears that the only way to legally collect them is on private property with written permission? Since I don't know anyone that I can ask about collecting on their land, I thought maybe I would look to buy a few online.
I have found a couple of sellers on ebay that seem to have some nice points from my area. But after reading different threads on this board, it appears there are a lot of fake artifacts out there. I have begun learning about the different types of points and materials that would have been used in this area, but still don't feel that I would be able to tell a genuine artifact from a fake.
If anyone has any advice for me on how to get started I would really appreciate it. Are there some legit online sellers that you could recommend who would have points from my area? Thanks in advance for your help.
I would like to start a small collection of points from my local area. Ideally, I'd love to be able to find them myself, but am not sure where to begin. I live in Oregon, close to the middle Columbia river. I have read the laws regarding collecting in my state, and it appears that the only way to legally collect them is on private property with written permission? Since I don't know anyone that I can ask about collecting on their land, I thought maybe I would look to buy a few online.
I have found a couple of sellers on ebay that seem to have some nice points from my area. But after reading different threads on this board, it appears there are a lot of fake artifacts out there. I have begun learning about the different types of points and materials that would have been used in this area, but still don't feel that I would be able to tell a genuine artifact from a fake.
If anyone has any advice for me on how to get started I would really appreciate it. Are there some legit online sellers that you could recommend who would have points from my area? Thanks in advance for your help.
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