Help me take it to the next level!

[Craigaria]

New guy here!
looking for advice on next step.

At our family farm I have been arrowhead hunting for the past 5 years. Pretty much all surface hunting on roads and tilled up foodplots, and I have found a variety of points from early archaic to woodland.

My son has recently started walking the creek and is finding tons of pottery with beautiful designs. I feel like there must be whole, unbroken pots nearby. He has probably found 20 pounds worth in the last 3 hunts.

My question is where to start and what would be the best technique to take it to the next level.

I have attached 2 pics of the land including where we are finding concentrations of artifacts, circled in red.
the creek is where the pottery is coming from.

[Craigaria]

Additional pics

[south fork]

Nice finds! be careful when posting photos too much info your site will be invaded.

[Craigaria]

Thanks! I'll edit pics to remove markers

[Craigaria]

Here is the layout of the land and a topo map. What would the pros do next

[Craigaria]

On the satellite map the 2 small circles are where i found multiple surface finds, points. The creek is where the pottery is coming from

[Narrow Way Knapper]

See if you can put some of the pottery back together. Hal has proven that it can be done. 😁

[Craigaria]

He does have multiple pieces with the same design on them. Do you think the pottery is falling out of the creek banks? Should I dig on the walls?

[Craigaria]

I'd like to try some test digs also, hopefully someone can identify a good starting point.

This is a very small shallow creek.

[SGT.Digger]

Try where the two creeks/drainage areas come together. I see two on the map . Find the flattest areas where they come together And start there . There is obviously a large site based upon the amount of pottery and different ages too . Location location location and it looks like yours had water . Get 1/4” hardware cloth and build a screen to sift and start on the high bank of the creek . The flatter the better out of any floodplain . Won’t take very many shovels full before you know your on to something. Without walking the property it would be hard for anyone to say where to start .

[tomclark]

Test pit, test pit, test pic. To the hardpan.

[SGT.Digger]

Let’s see some of the points your finding

[Craigaria]

[Craigaria]

[Craigaria]

My son is 11 and he has been surface hunting the creek. I really want to start doing some sifting when I get back down there, hopefully this weekend.
I'd really like to try digging and I have a couple of spots that look like a good place but they are off the creek a couple hundred yards. With him finding so much pottery in the creek, and the fact that it is a small creek that rarely floods, im wondering if i need to start digging on the creek banks or should i rule that out?

[Craigaria]

Thanks SGT.Digger! Good info