New from Southern Indiana

[Mercydarko13]

Hello to all from Dubois County in Southern Indiana. I only hunt in the woods, creeks, and fields in my backyard since I've lived in my home for the past ten years... And until the last couple of years I only collected geodes and fossils - then I started finding artifacts near a small spring fed pond that is in the middle of our cornfield and shifted my focus after researching the history of where I live. Turned out I live on the Buffalo Trace in a section of the trace that was often referred to as the Mudhole Trace by the earliest settlers because of the mudholes buffalo had made. The White River is about a mile and a half from my house and most people I know hunt fields near it for arrowheads but I never did and stayed around my house hunting fossils and geodes which are numerous but usually only found in that abundance farther north. I have had to prove their existence on a couple of fossil forums due to my location... There are 2 spring fed ponds in the field behind my house and in April part of the little woods surrounding one was taken down and a dry damn was put in so more crops could be planted - since then I've been sifting thru dirt mounds and watching what pops up after heavy rains in the new run off trenches from the cornfield to the dry damn. Hopefully I will be able to get some input here since Im sorting my finds now instead of hunting due to the corn being too high. There's my backstory and salutations to all 😊

[antmike915]

Welcome from Georgia, feel free to post some pictures of your artifacts.

[Mercydarko13]

I actually just posted some pics to get an answer if any were possibly a bird stone in the question answer section... Take a look and tell me what you think. Thanks

[Hal Gorges]

A warm Florida welcome to you no. 13..A nice bio. it sounds like you’re in a good place that should produce some very nice Indian artifacts, Not a whole lot of difference between fossil, geode hunting or finding arrowheads...the flint piece you show, while it fits comfortably in your hand does not appear to have any secondary edgework indicating a knife or other such artifact..A closeup of the edges might reveal such a thing..Good luck.

[redrocks]

Welcome

[UpNorth]

Welcome from Minnesota…✌️

[gregszybala]

Welcome!

[SDhunter]

Welcome

[Mattern]

Welcome to the family Mercy. Kim from Central Pa.

[Trapper712]

Welcome from Ga.