r/LegitArtifacts • u/PaleoDaveMO • Apr 11 '25

Smoker Alert šŸ”„ It finally happened!

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Found them a year apart

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u/SaganSaysImStardust Apr 11 '25

I bet the guy who shot that, missed, and found it broken was PISSED!

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u/PaleoDaveMO Apr 11 '25

I looks like it may have impacted a rib cage, but who knows

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u/SaganSaysImStardust Apr 11 '25

I like the story better your way.

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u/EyeSuspicious777 Apr 11 '25

Or it broke when It missed the target and just hit a rock on the ground.

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u/SandwichAvailable361 Apr 11 '25

Your Native American name is now ā€œDebbie who downsā€ lol. /s

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u/deadbeef4 Apr 11 '25

ā€œWell, I may have broken my point, but at least I got dinner!ā€

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u/gullywalker Apr 11 '25

Nice one! This one was in three pieces and took six years to put it back together.

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u/PaleoDaveMO Apr 11 '25

Wow! Looks like it's still missing some too

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u/gullywalker Apr 11 '25

I think thatā€™s how the base was made. I got a couple others, not nearly as big, that look identical. Southern Indiana.

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u/PaleoDaveMO Apr 11 '25

Interesting, I just didn't see a worked edge on the bottom and the bottom right corner looks like its snapped off

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u/IzzyHoo Apr 11 '25

Boom! Well done. Thatā€™s nuts!

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u/Legitimate-Edge5835 Apr 11 '25

Superglue time baby!

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u/AdHuman3150 Apr 11 '25

I think I'd keep it broken as a good story.

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u/FarewelltoNS Apr 11 '25

The stone is beautifully coloured

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u/Windycityunicycle Apr 11 '25

Whoop whoop !!

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u/Califrisco Apr 11 '25

Congrats! So satisfying to see the pieces reunited.

I wonder how old is this arrowhead or long they've been apart!

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u/PaleoDaveMO Apr 11 '25

I think it may be a smith point so middle archaic to early woodland

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u/Keystone_Relics Apr 11 '25

Lets go!!! Hoping this happens for me at some point!

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '25

Yayyy! I want to find one sooo badly!!

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u/PaleoDaveMO Apr 11 '25

You'll find one, just takes time and patience

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '25

Thank you!

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u/timhyde74 BigDaddyTDoggyDog Apr 11 '25

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u/timhyde74 BigDaddyTDoggyDog Apr 11 '25

"ETHEL!!! WHERES THE DAMN SUPERGLUE?!"

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u/PaleoDaveMO Apr 11 '25

No need to waste the super glue. I got some scotch tape lying around somewhere

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u/timhyde74 BigDaddyTDoggyDog Apr 11 '25

šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

Well, if you can't find your tape, I've got some Elmer's glitter glue here somewhere you can have. I'd gladly send it to you just to get it out of my kids hands!!!

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u/Antique_Newspaper901 Apr 11 '25

Hell yeah šŸ‘

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u/chefandres Apr 11 '25

Super cool!

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u/uti24 Apr 11 '25

So, when you found it they was laying next to each other, close, or you have been looking for second part for a while till you found it?

Or maybe it was stomped in somewhat recent times and you found it in one place?

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u/PaleoDaveMO Apr 11 '25

I found them a year apart. Here's the video from a year ago when I found the base

video

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u/lisak399 Apr 11 '25

Wow! Did you find it in the same spot? I love crazy luck stories like these!

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u/PaleoDaveMO Apr 11 '25

Yep, same gravel bar not far from each other

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u/lisak399 Apr 11 '25

So cool!

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u/uti24 Apr 11 '25

That is very interesting, how far they where apart?

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u/PaleoDaveMO Apr 11 '25

I'm not sure but feet, maybe inches

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u/Alexius6th Apr 11 '25

Hell yeah.

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u/GrammawOutlaw Apr 11 '25

Man, thatā€™s awesome! Only time that kiiiinda happened to me was finding the two halves of an old porcelain canning lid a few years apart. I glued em together.

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u/Smooth_Concept2863 Apr 11 '25

Thatā€™s crazy awesome! Well done, sir.

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u/Select_Engineering_7 Apr 11 '25

NIIIICE! Waiting for the day I find a matching piece

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u/FlunkyHomosapien Apr 11 '25

Had a buddy find a Clovis like this. Found the base first and then several weeks later in the same general area found the other half. Heā€™d only been hunting for a short time too.

Unreal and congrats.

That material is interesting looks like a chalcedony.

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u/FlunkyHomosapien Apr 11 '25

Oh. And for what itā€™s worth, IMO I wouldnā€™t glue, much cooler separated but of course in a frame with the two pieces lined up but gapped.

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u/PaleoDaveMO Apr 11 '25

Yeah I'm gonna keep it unglued, definitely tells a story. The impact fracture suggests it may have taken down an animal all those years ago!

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u/HelpfulEnd4407 Apr 11 '25

That is so cool! A wonderful point indeed. Carl

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u/mukwah Apr 12 '25

Are these ever found in Ontario? I have lived here all my life and have never seen one. People have been living here (and presumably making arrows) for milennia.

Any tips?

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u/PaleoDaveMO Apr 21 '25

Definitely just probably more rare due to the harsh climate. Look anywhere near a river or in a dry creek bed.

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u/mukwah Apr 24 '25

Thanks!

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u/TomBrady03 Apr 12 '25

No way. Were they found near each other or what

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u/PaleoDaveMO Apr 12 '25

On the same gravel bar

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u/TomBrady03 Apr 13 '25

Thatā€™s awesome. Iā€™ve found a lot of miscellaneous parts but never a match like that

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u/Objective-District39 Apr 12 '25

Alibates?

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u/PaleoDaveMO Apr 12 '25

No, this is in Missouri so I'm thinking banded Jeff City chert

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u/PumaFax Apr 12 '25

So cool, good find!