"SPRAY-PAINT GREEN" EBay "artifact"

[Buckeye]

Ridiculous!

Flint Ridge Blade #6 OH ---SUPER RARE COLOR!!!!!! Ohio Indian Artifact Arrowhead

I am well aware that most collectors are going to look at the beginning bid on this one and immediately conclude that it has to be a typo, but ...

It may be worthy of note that I have found well over 300 of these Flint Ridge blades over the years, BUT THIS IS THE ONLY PIECE I HAVE EVER FOUND WITH WHAT MY WIFE CALLS "SPRAY-PAINT GREEN" IN THE COLOR SCHEME. This blade is somewhat chunky, but I am sure this color is as "rare-as-hens teeth." Not only have I never found an aritfact or even a piece of flint Ridge chert this color, I have not seen this green in the numerous Ohio Archaelogical museums I have visited.

Flint Ridge Blade #6 OH ---SUPER RARE COLOR!!!!!! Ohio Indian Artifact Arrowhead | eBay

He not only owns one but TWO of these rare spray painted looking artifacts

Flint Ridge Blade #7 OH Ohio Indian Artifact Arrowhead | eBay

[CDEAN]

He has some other pieces for sale that look real, so I'm not sure why he would try to sell something like that. I'm not an expert on Ohio material, but I think if that was a real color of Flint Ridge, other people would have found some too.

[ghost recon]

I've seen and own some green ridge but it looks nothing like those blades. They look pretty strange imo. Noticed he said he found them at Flint Ridge, isn't it illegal to hunt there?

[CDEAN]

Some of it is on private property.

[James Riley]

Probably is green spray paint. It looks to be on the surface to me. Where there is a chip, it get's lighter on the vertical where the paint would not hit at 90 degrees, and then goes back to darker on the face below. Even the underside looks to have residual spray. Just doesn't seem to permeate the rock. Somebody was probably out in the woods spraying something else (camo gear on a bow hunt?) and some rocks got it.

[drdave514]

I've seen Flint Ridge material with green streaks through it. Seams that are quite green. I haven't seen anything quite like this though.

[MidlandMan]

Possibly a bad prank by a another artifact hunter not happy with someone collecting in what they perceived as their spot? I know of a prank here in Texas gone wrong when someone who knows better tried to plant a fake point on a hunting partner that was lost on site and he was forced to go on a site used by locals and warn others to be on the lookout.

[Buckeye]

Originally Posted by MidlandMan

Possibly a bad prank by a another artifact hunter not happy with someone collecting in what they perceived as their spot? I know of a prank here in Texas gone wrong when someone who knows better tried to plant a fake point on a hunting partner that was lost on site and he was forced to go on a site used by locals and warn others to be on the lookout.

Yeah, that was my thought too, esp. after looking at his other pieces.

I just don't see how it could be anything other than spray paint, every indication is that, that is what is is.
It's obviously just on the surface ( at least to my view, I've used spray-paint artistically on canvas and projects) has a very 'produced' green color that is not natural to anything I've ever seen in stone and I know there certainly is some green stone out there. The spray pattern and the way it is applied on the rock is a dead giveaway.

I just sent him a "question" below, we'll see what he has to say:

"I think your wife is right. I've worked with spray paint before ( artistically on canvas/projects) and that is exactly what that looks like: color, spray pattern... everything.
I honestly don't see how it could be anything else.
Maybe someone was playing a prank or something?
You can try lightly scratching it off with a pin or use a bit of paint thinner on a Q-Tip to check.
Best of Luck."

[Flyjunkie]

I know Nothing about Flint Ridge Material , but I Know when something has been spray painted..

Those Artifacts are spray painted!! kinda makes you wonder about him and whatelse he's offering on Ebay...

[Buckeye]

His response:

Thanks for the input, and I agree with your statements. However, T is not spray paint or anything similar. That is the color oof the stone. It will not even scratch with a hardened finishing nail.