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Stunning Treasures Thousands Of Years Old Sifted From The Bottom Of A Creek
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2023
- Treasure hunting Mississippi....A 5 hour sift produces a stunning arrowpoint and much more...thanks for watching
That first point was made by a true craftsman. So impressive.
Yea, just gorgeous! I’d love to find one.
Absolutely...and the fact that it survived that way for in excess of a thousand years....😳...thanks for commenting
@@Theditchwalker you are a wealth of information! I love your channel most of all on CZcams! This Philly chick learns so much from you🥰
Thank you ☺️
My pleasure Nan...glad you enjoy the vids....thanks again for commenting
@@Theditchwalker
Where did you go to school/college? (Not that Ole School ...) I hope!
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University of Memphis Alumni 🐾
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It's amazing that the bird point survives in such great condition throughout time including the sifting process that allowed you to find it
Questionable findings in my opinion.
The Madison was worth the price of admission on this one, not to mention all the other cool finds. Makes me want to get in a creek. Congratulations my friend.
What a killer creek. Awesome hunt
As always enjoyed watching thanks for sharing and good luck on your next outdoor adventure
Love your first point. So delicate. What a survivor.
Nice Finds, Love it!!!❤😊👍👍👍👍👍👍
That birdie is a killer! Nicely done Ditchwalker👍🏹
I appreciate it and goodluck out hunting...thanks for commenting
Unusual bird point. Man I luv your hunting!
Amazing historical treasures. I sure wish we had these kind of opportunities in PA. I’m definitely living in the wrong part of the country. Yours are much older and so much more prolific and the materials are outstandingly beautiful.
Killer bird point!! And I love that Mississippi color variation. Thank you for another great video.
The first one is an exquisite piece of art.
Awesome birdie!! 👍🏻👍🏻
Love the color
Hey man being a rock hunter/collector from north east Mississippi I love whatching your videos keep it up brother
Those little guys like him are the most impressive points to me. Nice work!
Appreciate it Scotty...as always.,thanks for hanging with me and commenting through the years....cheers my friend
Awesome finds!!!🙂👍👍👍👍👍👍
Much appreciated Kim...as always.,thanks for commenting
Awesome bird point !
Im only a couple years into following this sort of thing, but YOU are the best. Thanks for showing us all what wonderful things are out there. Here in Idaho, it's illegal to touch artifacts if you see them. I'm an outdoorsman. (Fly fisher, hunter, log builder, etc) . Would love to find a point someday!
Man I appreciate the kind words Roy...it's all my pleasure...been a passion of mine all my life.. thanks for commenting
@@Theditchwalker We have friends we visit in NE Georgia. Next time we get down that way, would it be possible to hook up and go out with you? (We know how to stay out from under foot)!
Just stupid that you can’t pick up artifact’s. I can see that IF it is on state/federal lands. These people would rather see them destroyed before letting us preserve them!
It is illegal in most all states, but only you and the spirits are watching....just saying.
Wow awesome colors
Thank you for all your hard work buddy
My pleasure Charles..as you know.,yes..,it is hard work.! I wouldn't recommend digging just any ole spot like I used to 😂...thanks for commenting
The colors are beautiful.
Hard to beat the wide array of volts we have here....thanks for commenting
You earned them
I guarantee it....thanks for commenting
Awesome bird point!!
Appreciate it Dan..thanks for commenting
It’s amazing the thin tips survived unbroken for so long. Thanks for the video.
My pleasure...that's why I like hunting sandy creeks...thanks for commenting
Amazing finds
I appreciate it...thanks for commenting
Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure Scott...thanks for commenting
Ahhhh… I think I know what I’ll be doing tomorrow. Beautiful points!
I appreciate it man...goodluck hunting. Thanks for commenting
AWESOME WORK MY FELLOW MAN !
I appreciate it my friend...thanks for commenting
Man what some killers! Love that little Madison birdie ! Stunner ! Thanks for sharing
My pleasure Warren...thanks for commenting
Wow… that first point you found, whoooo a real craftsman made that. Dang it was pretty.
Beautiful
Killer hunt brother, that birdie was a stinger. Hope there’s plenty more in there for ya.
Hi Ditchwalker! I don't know how else to tell you thank you for the bottle openers you sent. I didn't see any email address, so thank you! It was a neat surprise!
My pleasure...see you from the creek soon
Wicked bird point!
Yes sir that’s some pretty colors.. congrats man💪🏻✌🏻 Damn what a stinger!!
That's one of the reasons I love sifting those sandy creeks...many North Mississippi points have no damage...sometimes it's hard for even authenticators to believe....thanks for commenting
I just think it is so fun watching these videos. Do you think you would ever do a collection video with some of your favorites you have found? That would be so fun to watch. Wonderful job!
I’d love to see that too!
Glad you enjoy ....as with any hobby.,people tend to get into the money aspect of it and I was one of those ...I've sold most of what I've found to my local collector friends ...these people have collections worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and display them at public shows all over the country....that's better than them sitting in my drawers and I get compensated well for them. I haven't been able to part with my paleo beaver lake point that is my most viewed vid at 1.8 mil views...it's worth thousands. So.,I would have to bring people together and the stars would have to align perfect for me to do such a vid unfortunately. Nonetheless., I have.,and have always had a burning desire and passion to find the oldest relics made by ancient man.
@@Theditchwalker Well what a talent you have as a treasure seeker. Thank you for bringing this history back to life and sharing it with us.
What a haul great day
Very cool.
Great video 👍
Appreciate it John..as always.,thanks for commenting
You aren't kidding when you say , the colors there are killer!! The colors for shark teeth and Fossils here are just as good! However, the Arrowheads don't even come close to what you find! Great Finds!
I appreciate it.....the crudest of points here in North Mississippi can be beautiful..! Good luck hunting and thanks for commenting
Best point channel on CZcams!
Appreciate the kind words...thanks for commenting
Always interesting. Love watching what you find and your knowledge of everything.
I appreciate it Eric...glad you enjoy. Thanks for commenting
Some more good finds. Enjoyed watching. Thank you again for sharing
Glad you enjoy Mark...thanks for commenting
I like your sifter design, I may have to adopt it
It's a yard fire pit top reinforced with half inch hardware cloth ..and of course the floating noodles zip tied to the frame
Great Vid. Enjoyed the journey.
Some nice finds there, bro! Good hunt!
Appreciate it my friend...good luck hunting
Thanks for posting these videos, and thank you for including type and dates on the points. I really look forward to watching these.
I’ve been watching your channel every since it’s been on can’t wait to here the bell that you have a new video coming up , I’ve seen you and your friends pull up so many killer things and love it ,and another thing I love about your channel you explain if you can what it is what it’s made of and about how old it is , you just keep pulling them out brother and all of us will keep watching, and I love all the jasper points in where you live that stuff is killer , be safe brother man 😎
I really appreciate you hanging with me Randy.....I'm just following a lifelong passion of mine...the burning desire to find something made by ancient man I don't guess will ever leave me...I absolutely love it and love studying about the rocks....thanks for your persistence...even through my dry spells...there's been plenty..😂😂
My gosh I have spent months searching for just one find like yours. MT is hard to find things. I would give anything to be where you are!
Yeah.,the southeast is loaded with ancient sites....thanks for commenting
These videos blow me away every time!! Crazy finds.
Even the crudest of points in Mississippi can be beautiful....thanks for commenting
Awesome hunt, man 💥!!! Hope ya got that Lil bird point home in one piece ✌⛏⛏
I appreciate it....I did....thanks for commenting
@@Theditchwalker
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Holy cow!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
love to see you posting! what a good spot you got there! that little birdie is fucking gold buddy
Appreciate it Alec...I'm glad the sand blew outta there so I can dig it again....I went from 4 hotspots like that.,to two because of sand covering everything....see you soon
Hard work pays off for sure!! The triangle is beautiful!! And the others also. Blessings to you.
Thank you Norma...as always.,thanks for commenting
Thanks for sharing
My pleasure Greg...thanks for commenting
@@Theditchwalker Welcome
All I can say, is …. Your videos are truly some of the most absorbing content on CZcams.
Nice points Bro....
Appreciate it Roy...thanks for commenting
Awesome! Congrats brother
I appreciate it man...thanks for commenting
Yes sir. Amazing and you deserve respect for your knowledge and time spent walking the ditches.
Appreciate the kind words Doug....I've spent a lot of years doing it and doing it with great passion and effort...thanks for your views and comments...they are appreciated
One of the nicest triangles I’ve seen brother. You killed it man
I found one years ago.,way before youtube .,with needle tips...put it in my watch pocket and it broke the needle tip off....talk about a buzzkill...😬...thanks for commenting
Just found your channel....i've had good luck on black and red creek in south Mississippi. Going to explore clark creek in Claiborne County next week....subbed
I appreciate it man and goodluck out hunting
thanks
My pleasure man...thanks for commenting
Brother again that triangle is the absolute best in color and manufacture that I have seen anyone pull!!! God damn!!! I love the colors of the material you have in TN!!! In PA it’s all camouflage looking, hard to dry sift!!! Keep em coming brother I love the live sifting your doing it just really adds to what you do!!!!
Where in PA? I've been hitting around the Perkiomen lately.
I appreciate it man....gonna try to keeper coming...thanks for commenting Scott and goodluck hunting
nice points !
Appreciate it...thanks for commenting
Awesome finds. Your dog sitting on your bag cracked me up. It was definitely ready to go 😂😂😂
Appreciate it Jennifer.......😂😂 I think it tires them out even more hanging around on the banks while I dig 😂😂...they were so chipper when we packed up and left....thanks for commenting
Nice
Very nice arrowhead, like those flint creeks too. Thanks for the hunt brother 🤝
My pleasure man...thanks for commenting
You know the madisons are really just a cool point I mean they take very little material you only need to make little flakes no notches really gives a good knapper the perfect chance to easily make many of these in one sitting most of them fine and very sharp you have found a few I've seen but rocks coustou has to have the best madison collection I've seen .I'm not a physic but for some reason I see a dalton type point in your future good luck
I hope your rite lol....been some years since I found a dalton.....thanks for commenting
Turned out to be some nice sifting action with awesome finds probably a great place to return to anyways happy hunting👍
Appreciate it Ben..absolutely....I've been making videos in this creek for about 5 years....goodluck hunting and thanks for commenting
Wow what a killer. Madison point beautiful material also, mississippi gravel chert or jasper? nice finds and broken drills/that is definitely a nice spot to stick a shovel . Congrats my friend
Appears to be heat treated jasper....it's a very good creek....when I want to find something...I can do it there....appreciate it Billy...thanks for commenting
Hey Ditchwalker , awesome finds ! You are inspiring me , I’m in north Mississippi also , near one of the flood reservoir , haven’t done much hunting lately , but have a few points that I would like more info on , one is very large , the size of the palm of my hand , could that be a tomahawk point ?
Those tiny bird points are SO hard to knap! That probably all the maker of that point did in his village! 1 point = 2 rabbits, etc.
Absolutely....thanks for commenting
That point !!!!!!!
I have a bird point exactly like that one.
Would you please consider telling how you made your sifter? I need one like this!! Thank you!!
This was made with a yard firepit top reinforced with half inch hardware cloth ziptied in place...floating noodles were split and zip tied onto the frame....you can also make a frame with pvc pipe
@@Theditchwalker Many thanks!! I am going to work on one and may reach back out! 👍
What do you use for your sifters mesh? Most I see are done up with 1/2" or 1/4" hardware cloth, & thats what i currently use, but yours looks finer, & I like it & would like to copy it. Also, what state are you hunting these in? I am in north georgia & hunt a small creek near my house. Its loaded with flakes/debitage/partials, but I havent found anything full yet.
This is actually one of those yard firepit tops. I left the factory mesh on it and put half inch hardware cloth because I felt the factory mesh wouldn't hold up. I kinda wish I would have taken the factory mesh off because I feel it catches too much of the finer material...however.,I may have lost that birdpoint if it weren't on there. If I were you and hadn't found anything whole in that creek yet..,I would move upstream a little at a time....I've seen where flakes and other lighter stuff will get washed farther downstream than the heavier full points....hope this helps...I am hunting in Northern Mississippi
@@Theditchwalker Thank you sir, it helps a lot actually! Thank you for the reply as well! I have another question - have you ever seen gold or pyrite in an artifact? A lot of the flakes or debitage I'm finding have either gold or pyrite; quartz debitage with black specks or lines in it. Very dark but when held up to a light or the sun, crystal clear. I find mostly quartz based stuff.. Lotta feldspar too. Some flint/ chert, some slate, a few others. A few I've found are made out of garnet or olivine. Lotta cooked material. I started with a half inch gold sifter & pan, then moved up to quarter inch sifter so I could catch the finer stuff. I've built some larger wooden ones or pvc ones with 1/2 inch or 1/4inch hardware cloth, & pool floats zip tied on but still mainly use my pans half inch sifter, since im going after gold too.. albeit painstakingly slow, I want the gold too lol. Quarter inch is good too - but i like how ultrafine yours is; doesnt let much more than sand through. I feel like your setup would be perfect for hunting fossils & artifacts in fl/south ga. & I'm about as far up the creek on my property as I can go, but I can talk to my neighbors and see if they're cool lol - I appreciate that tip a ton, that helps so much & so did the info about your yard fireplace topper - I love your ingenuity! You find such beautiful pieces. Im actually park cherokee, a very small part, & finding artifacts that could have been from a distant ancestor has been an amazing, enlightening, life changing experience. I'd like to thank you as well for helping me on my journey by inspiring me to get out there & start hunting for artifacts, & for your knowledge in general. Thank you for preserving these pieces of history as well. You're welcome to come hunt at my place any time, if you're ever in georgia, or looking to travel! Just drop an email or lmk to if youre interested. Happy hunting!
9:05 you found a gold fish cracker 😂
Lol I guess....thanks for commenting buddy
How did you.maje your shifter or can I buy one ? Patsy your hunt was awesome
This one was made with a yard fire pit top reinforced with half inch hardware cloth and floating noodles zip tied in place...you can also make them with pvc pipe for a frame....thanks for commenting
I love your videos they are so educational and your finds are history in the mak8ng hugs 🫂 patsy
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The trouble in Idaho, is the streams are mostly freestone (not much silt or sand), so you'd probably have to dig old multigenerational sites which is illegal. Sigh
I couldnt help but to notice what looks to be pottery mixed about in some of your siftings.
Is that shale or actual pottery?
Shale....that's something I find strange in this creek. Usually., as you probably know.,woodland sites are loaded with pottery....I haven't sifted but a few shards out of this creek in about 5 years
Ditch! you're too famous now. commercials every 10 seconds....ahhhh!!!! That Madison though!
Love the Madison. I live right next to a site ( north of peppertown ) and it is loaded with madisons.
Hit me up if you wanna hunt some new sites. I know of SEVERAL.
That first one would take a deer out in a second.
Did you say we are going to "sieve what happens " lol that looks like a dalton
When I get all tounge twisted in terminology you know what I call it.glad I didn't get stuck with that is usually the term !
Might a been a piece of honey calcite you found there.
Do you have a video on how to make your cool sifter? What size wire? 1/4”?
I do not....this was made with a yard firepit top reinforced with 1/2 inch hardware cloth
@@Theditchwalker good idea. I like the portability of your sifter.
How often do you find shark teeth?
Pretty often...I haven't found any in this creek though...thanks for commenting
Would you consider taking 1 or 2 others on a paid dig?
AMAZING…but WHO WERE THEY???
Woodland period peoples were getting domesticated...they had villages and hunted.,fished and farmed. They lived in a colony of huts and everyone had there assigned jobs...point and tool manufacturers.,pottery makers.,hunter gatherers. There is evidence that they were beginning to domesticate animals. I could go on but I have to get to work...🙂...thanks for commenting
Wore them dogs out 🦅🇺🇸
Yeah.,I think they get more tired sitting around while I dig 😂...thanks for commenting
I need a video on howw to make this
What all materials did did you use to make that sifter
A yard firepit top.,1/4 inch hardware cloth.,zipties and floating noodles
@@Theditchwalker thanks man… enjoying your videos
So I gotta get some pointers. Where I live there a good running creek. Up on land where bull dozer has pulled dirt up from creek, I can find tons of flakes and whole points. Mostly red Jasper. How can I find them in the creek water without pulling up on land?? How deep to dig, where to dig in water. Just getting no results in creek water when I dig
Hey man, I got to work this morning start drinking my coffee. Check my phone out turn on CZcams and there you are what a excellent way to start today watching you pick points out of a creek. Thank you very much for another great video y’all stay safe and sound.👍
Good deal....I appreciate it Jeff....sand blew outta the creek to where I can get to some deposits 🙂...as always.,thanks for commenting
Just started sifting for arrowheads and know for sure there was Indians all by my house the two rivers I mainly started looking do not have a single gravel bar in them how do I find where to sift
Walk your creek till you find a mounded up sand deposit. Or where a log is caught up in the creek. Good little catch all. Just have to dig around and sift them out
Always helps if there is a rock deposit or better yet a lot of flint in the area.
Snakes?
All the time
Have you considered getting local university help and excavating the bank at the fire pit/hearth? Why did you label the drills as flakes?
I've talked to archeologists...that's as far as it went...very difficult to almost impossible to pinpoint where these things are coming out of the bank because of all the sand.. I don't think I labeled the drills as flakes...appreciate you commenting sir
Can't you take the glass out of the crick? That would be nice to watch.
He's not there to make videos on cleaning out glass. He's there to find arrowheads and artifacts. If you're so concerned about the glass, get on out there and make your own videos cleaning out glass. Then you can watch it all you want and do something you are interested in. Win, win!