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I found this beauty this past weekend in an area that I hike often. Near Concho, Arizona, the Mesa Redondo Ranch Road area stretches approximately 2 1/2 miles east to west and almost 3 miles north to south. Much of the land is private, but very few people reside there. I've found pottery sherds, atlatl points and arrowheads, stone scrapers and similar small tools, monos and metates, petrified wood artifacts, an old basalt knife, and one very nice large stone hammer/axe.
Although all the creeks are dry now, it's obvious from the terrain that a lot of water flowed through that area in the past. The ground is mostly sand, which makes it nice for searching even after rain. It's my favorite place, only about 45 minutes from home and almost always empty. I've only seen other people a couple of times, and that was always on the roads.
I found this beautiful knife/scraper lying by itself near a bush, although there were other tools in the general area. It wasn't in an area of runoff, and I'm amazed that it lay so long without being stepped on by elk or antelope and breaking. It's very thin and light, and is the largest intact piece that I've ever found. Most of the tools and points in that area are much smaller.
Although all the creeks are dry now, it's obvious from the terrain that a lot of water flowed through that area in the past. The ground is mostly sand, which makes it nice for searching even after rain. It's my favorite place, only about 45 minutes from home and almost always empty. I've only seen other people a couple of times, and that was always on the roads.
I found this beautiful knife/scraper lying by itself near a bush, although there were other tools in the general area. It wasn't in an area of runoff, and I'm amazed that it lay so long without being stepped on by elk or antelope and breaking. It's very thin and light, and is the largest intact piece that I've ever found. Most of the tools and points in that area are much smaller.
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