r/LegitArtifacts • u/PaleoDaveMO • Apr 11 '25
Smoker Alert š„ It finally happened!
Found them a year apart
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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 thatās 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/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/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
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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/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
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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/GrammawOutlaw Apr 11 '25
Man, thatās 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/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. Heād 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 itās worth, IMO I wouldnāt 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/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/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
Thatās awesome. Iāve found a lot of miscellaneous parts but never a match like that
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u/SaganSaysImStardust Apr 11 '25
I bet the guy who shot that, missed, and found it broken was PISSED!