The basic's of Arrowhead Hunting

OK, let's just get this out of the way. No one that is a avid arrowhead hunter call's them arrowhead's. We just call them head's. Also we are not going to tell you all the good spots to go to. We will save those for ourselves. By the way, good spots are called a honey hole. There will be more terminology as we go along. OK, now that we have that out of the way. The first thing you need to no is that you can not tresspass on someone Else's land. Make sure all you newbie head hunters get permission before entering Private property. The second thing you should no is that we do not dig up Indian burial sits. You would not want some dill hole digging up your grandpas grave, would you?

Where to look. Well let me just say this, you can find heads anywhere you can think of. I know a guy, who is a roofer. He was putting a tar and rock roof on a commercial building. When they were putting the rock part on, he found a head in the rock on the roof. Turns out they used river Rock out of the local river. So like I said you can find them anywhere. Here is what you need to look for when looking for a good spot (Honey hole)Water is first and foremost. Lakes, not man made rivers , streams. The Indian had to have water to survive. I am not saying you can't find them in places where there is not water. Because I have. I am just saying you have a better chance of finding more and in better quality, by water . The ones I did find, where there was not water was in southern AZ. In a town called Ajo, on the Mexico boarder. Probably made by the Papago Indians.

Another thing you need to have is good farm land. Indians had to eat to .I know all you newbie’s are going to run right out to grandpas farm and start looking. That's not a bad idea, but keep this in mind when looking in farm fields. Most of the heads you will find in them will be broken. Hundreds of years of plowing tends to brake heads up. That being said, they are still worth hunting some of my favorite honey holes are plowed fields.

Other things to look for, wooded hill sides and Forrest used for hunting and protection. So this would be the perfect layout when looking for that honey hole, a big wooded hillside that leads down to a field with a river ,stream or a lake close by.

My next entry we will talk about what to look for and the tools of a head hunter.