Hello from Central North Carolina

[TarHeelPoint]

Hi all!

Just joined the board a couple of days ago. I live in southwest Wake County. I started collecting NA artifacts when I was 10 or 11 years old. I found my first (originally from Harnett County) point while my dad was searching(metal detector) for Civil War artifacts. Stopped looking when I went off to college and then the military, but trying to get back into it after many, many years. It's hard to find places in Wake County these days. I actually dug one up while tilling my backyard garden last year. That obviously got me interested again. :-)

We had some open land behind our subdivision until about six months ago, but before they started building houses on the land I spent some time walking the 10-15 acres. It was farm land and had not been plowed in several years so it was hard to find bare ground but I found a few broken points near a small creek that runs through the property.

The single quartz point is the very first point that I found when I was a kid. I have not been able to id it so if anyone has any ideas I would welcome them. :-)

[gregszybala]

Welcome to the site and thanks for joining us. Nice first find no wonder you have kept the interest all these years.

[Sugaree]

Welcome to the site TarHeelPoint I'm in WNC but mostly hunt the Piedmont around Mecklenburg glad you are here! Wake sure is growing fast. We have quite a few knowledgeable NC folks here and some fellow Wake county hunters. That's a wonderful first find I'm thinking it's a Yadkin Eared but wanna hear what others have to say as well. Thanks for your service! My favorite NC Archeology book is Time Before History the Archeology of North Carolina I think you would like it if trying to get back into this awesome hobby.

[utilized flake]

Welcome from the NC coast!! and welcome back to this amazing hobby. The ID is a tough one because it looks similar to two types, yadkin eared like Sugaree said, and a Potts point. Both are from the woodland period. The people and knowledge here are top notch!

[redrocks]

Welcome from Connecticut. That first find is awesome

[TarHeelPoint]

Welcome to the site and thanks for joining us. Nice first find no wonder you have kept the interest all these years.

Thanks, gregszybala! I've definitely kept the interest, but a busy life has prevented me from spending more time hunting. :-)

[TarHeelPoint]

Welcome to the site TarHeelPoint I'm in WNC but mostly hunt the Piedmont around Mecklenburg glad you are here! Wake sure is growing fast. We have quite a few knowledgeable NC folks here and some fellow Wake county hunters. That's a wonderful first find I'm thinking it's a Yadkin Eared but wanna hear what others have to say as well. Thanks for your service! My favorite NC Archeology book is Time Before History the Archeology of North Carolina I think you would like it if trying to get back into this awesome hobby.

Thanks for the welcome, Sugaree! Correct on Wake. I have a friend that owns land in Johnston County and he let me look there until he sold it for a new subdivision. LOL. It was a very good site and I don't think it had ever intentionally been hunted. I found some decent points and tools in just a couple of trips a couple of months ago. I actually have the book and agree it is awesome.

[TarHeelPoint]

Welcome from the NC coast!! and welcome back to this amazing hobby. The ID is a tough one because it looks similar to two types, yadkin eared like Sugaree said, and a Potts point. Both are from the woodland period. The people and knowledge here are top notch!

Thanks for the welcome and thoughts on the point, utilized flake! I was kind of thinking Woodland period just wasn't sure which type. I'm not familiar with Potts, but I looked it up and I think you might be on to something there. I'm not sure how I didn't discover this site before now.

[TarHeelPoint]

Welcome from Connecticut. That first find is awesome

Thanks for the welcome, redrocks! I'm showing my age here, but I found it over 40 years ago. Glad I've been able to hang onto the majority of the artifacts that I found in my childhood.

[SDhunter]

Welcome, and good luck on your new searches

[HikerGalNC]

Welcome TarHeelPoint! Also in Wake County. Yep, the houses are fast occupying every remaining bit of former farmland here. And strip malls. "They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot"!

[TarHeelPoint]

Welcome, and good luck on your new searches

Thanks, SDhunter! I lived out your way in Nebraska while serving in the Air Force. Super bummed I never got a chance to look while living out there, but had other pressing things that took priority. ;-)

[TarHeelPoint]

Welcome TarHeelPoint! Also in Wake County. Yep, the houses are fast occupying every remaining bit of former farmland here. And strip malls. "They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot"!

Thanks, HikerGalNC! You got that right. When I do see a field or an area being cleared for construction I always think to myself, I sure would like to look there.

[Havenhunter]

Welcome from coastal VA! Hope you stick around!

[PointHound]

welcome from VA. Nice finds. Don't feel bad, they haven't turned the fields around here in years either. Hopefully one year they will have to for some reason. Good luck out there!