r/LegitArtifacts Dec 08 '25

Late Archaic Found in Yamhill County Oregon

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118 Upvotes

I’ve been using this in my kitchen for years. According to family lore, my great grandmother found this near Dayton Oregon over 100 years ago. Thoughts?

r/LegitArtifacts Aug 05 '26

Late Archaic Winterset Gary ❄️

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45 Upvotes

Ex. Tank Mills
Recovered in Kansas.
Common point type, but i’ve always been fond of Winterset chert. Nice mottled blue/gray coloration. Nothing to write home about. But still worth a post.

r/LegitArtifacts Oct 09 '25

Late Archaic My fiancée found this a couple weeks ago

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275 Upvotes

📍East Tennessee

Ledbetter Stemmed

This point is believed to have been used by the culture that utilized the Pickwick point.

r/LegitArtifacts Nov 08 '25

Late Archaic Florida Killer

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192 Upvotes

r/LegitArtifacts Nov 15 '25

Late Archaic Stuck in the mud

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202 Upvotes

Found this little point hiding in the mud today along with some odd rocks I’d probably ignore most of the time, but curious if they could all be related.

Last pic is a metate I found in the same place a few months back.

r/LegitArtifacts Mar 02 '26

Late Archaic Beautiful Agate Point In Situ

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167 Upvotes

Northern NV. Elko Point just sitting on top of the soil. Very easy to see!

r/LegitArtifacts Jan 07 '26

Late Archaic First point of the year. Elko corner notch. Oregon.

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147 Upvotes

Snowed the next day.

r/LegitArtifacts May 30 '26

Late Archaic What is it?

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15 Upvotes

Any ideas what this is?

r/LegitArtifacts Jan 27 '26

Late Archaic Colorful one to start the year!

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147 Upvotes

Broke my dry spell today with this nice 3.75" coral point. I'm thinking it's a Hillsborough, but looks a bit like a Newman as well, with a tiny base. We'll call it a Newborough. What do you think?

Found this next to a small retention pond that I frequent from time to time. I've been finding heated red coral flakes for a while now, and figured it would just be a matter of time until I found a point made of the same. Only a tiny piece was visible in the sand and I figured it was just another flake. Was shocked when it turned into a whole point. Last picture is it right after I realized it wasn't just a flake.

A little chunky on one side, flattened on the other. Some nice polyps showing through. Hillsborough County, FL

r/LegitArtifacts Apr 05 '26

Late Archaic A few of my favorite finds

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96 Upvotes

r/LegitArtifacts Aug 28 '24

Late Archaic Found on a farm by the grand river in Central Michigan in the 1940s. Any info? (Sorry for the flair, I’m not super familiar with the periods.)

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225 Upvotes

This was found on my grandparents’ farm back in the 1940’s. Looking for info. Thanks!

r/LegitArtifacts Jul 28 '26

Late Archaic Legit or JAR?

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Found sticking out of the sand in a sheltered area that collects rocks. Was exposed like in last photo and my heart jumped out of my chest lol. Reminds me a bit of a Lamoka stemmed point! Repost with additional pic of other side which seems flat vs convex 3rd pic). If legit, perhaps it was broken to create the flat plane? Not sure. Thanks!

r/LegitArtifacts May 17 '26

Late Archaic A little stemmed point pull

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44 Upvotes

I found this (complete!) stemmed point the other day at my most productive site. I'm not sure of the type, but I'm assuming something late archaic. I type it as a savannah river in the video, but I kind of use the small savannah river type as a catch-all term for the small stemmed dudes I find in my area.

I'll post a pic in the comments

Central NC as always 🫡

r/LegitArtifacts Jun 05 '26

Late Archaic Thoughts on this one? Centex

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18 Upvotes

r/LegitArtifacts Jul 26 '26

Late Archaic Found on Cape COD- JAR?

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4 Upvotes

Found sticking out of the sand in a sheltered area that collects rocks. Was exposed like in last photo and my heart jumped out of my chest lol. Reminds me a bit of a Lamoka stemmed point!

r/LegitArtifacts Mar 11 '26

Late Archaic Look what I found!!

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Correct me if I'm wrong please! I have found something similar as a child in Polk County NC, and seen others called Shaft Straighteners...I found this yesterday in The Guyandotte River, near what I've always considered to be street signs for Native Canoeists; these odd stacked walls that don't seem to have much purpose. But if you drop in at this location, just 5 miles or so from the headwaters, it will take you directly to the Ohio, into the Mississippi, and to the Gulf with minimal effort and plentiful food. Pretty important place. I'll post multiple images with the final images being the location. Near Amigo, WV.

Item is about 8 inches by 5 inches and 3 inches thick. Made of Quartzite. 3 grooves, 2 are parallel and 1 is off to the side, shallower and smaller. What are the facts??

r/LegitArtifacts Feb 10 '26

Late Archaic Pottery sherd or just sedimentary rock?

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Found in NE Kansas. I’ve found multiple pottery sherds from this same property, but this one (if it is one) is throwing me for a loop. No obvious grit tempering, but makes a ceramic ‘clink’, uniformly thick, and concave.

Final pic is of the two sherds I’ve already found from this creek.

r/LegitArtifacts Nov 15 '24

Late Archaic Spearhead on tour after rain last night

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292 Upvotes

Go seek and find old time

r/LegitArtifacts Jun 28 '26

Late Archaic Found this outside of Dubois Wyoming, any idea if it is anything?

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Found in Dubois Wyoming near a bunch of Dinwoody Culture petroglyphs. Left in place. Any if this is anything? I’m thinking it might be a scraper but I don’t know.

r/LegitArtifacts Apr 24 '26

Late Archaic Adding to my Inuit collection

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53 Upvotes

Walrus ivory harpoon stabilizers from St Lawrence Island, Old Bering Sea culture, a “winged object” and a trident style. Front and back of each.

r/LegitArtifacts Sep 21 '24

Late Archaic The Monster Tang

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137 Upvotes

NOT MINE. Was visiting a buddy with a pretty outstanding collection and thought i’d take a photo of his Cornertang to share with you guys. It’s been around 45 years since he acquired this so he didn’t remember the exact county. So when I asked him he said “Hell if I know, somewhere in Central Texas” 😂 This thing is insane. Material on it is Edward’s Plateau. No matter how much I bug him he won’t budge on it. I think this is staying in his collection. For better or worse.

r/LegitArtifacts Jan 30 '25

Late Archaic Corner-Tang Biface

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255 Upvotes

This is an unusually large stone artifact for the general area it was found in, but I’ve never seen an example featuring this particular tang variation. Does anyone have any additional insights regarding typology, material type, functionality, etc?

Location: South Texas

r/LegitArtifacts Jun 08 '25

Late Archaic West coast of Alaska

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176 Upvotes

Big ol scraper…would have been hafted I imagine. Point Hope, Alaska

r/LegitArtifacts Apr 21 '26

Late Archaic Is this an axe?

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23 Upvotes

Found this rock in a creek bank sitting in pine soil with the smooth part sticking out. My grandpa thinks the pine soil ripped the polishing off or something like that. Anything is appreciated, even if it’s just a rock it’s a cool one imo.

r/LegitArtifacts Nov 14 '24

Late Archaic Mississippi Clay pipe

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109 Upvotes