Newbie in North Georgia

[Wolley302]

Hi all,

Wolley302 here, while on a walk along the local lakeshore yesterday, my 6 year old daughter and I picked up this piece of quartzite. I may be grasping at straws here, but I think this is a broken piece of a spearpoint. The edges of the point are very sharp, and in my opinion, it seems to be more symmetrical that a random piece of rock (I have never found a 'real' arrowhead, and I'm really excited!!) We are just now beginning to research local indian artifacts, but we have researched the history of our area a fair amount. We know that the immediate area we were in was the site of a ferry that crossed the now flooded river along what was then known as the 'Old Federal Road', a significant route that led from TN down into Milledgeville (once the capital of Georgia). This route led through the middle of the Cherokee held lands of northwest Georgia prior to the land lotteries and ultimately their removal on the trail of tears.

Any experts think this may be a true spearpoint?? Or am i overly optimistic??

[Flyjunkie]

Welcome to the Board Wolley, you are at the Place to be for anything Arrowheads/artifacts...

that probably is a Arrowhead/Spear head made from that tough Quartzite they have in that area of the Country.. (I have a great many Relatives in East Central Alabama and we've found points made from the same material)..

as to type, i have no idea..but would suspect some members here , who live in the general area, will chime in with helpful information for You...

Welcome aboard and ask questions, contribute and basically enjoy this Board.. it's #1 , in my humble opinion...

[shartis]

Welcome- You have what is called a Guilford. The point is broke off. Quartz Guilfords are probably the most common type in and around the upstate of S.C. Probably around 4 to 6 thousands years old.

[longtimefree]

quartz 8th hardest natural material, very hard to work with , what you have to me is an artifact obviously worked by the hand of man , type i cant help on but shartis is a local expert , so guilford is most likely exactly what type it is, lots of sites on the internet that show local types , just type in your location and ask. welcome to the site , happy hunting

[ghost recon]

Yep, looks like a Guilford. You're into them man.

[Steve Valentine]

Looks like a Guilford to me as well and more than likely a Knife and not a Spear Point. Still a nice find though and I would check that area more thoroughly to see if anything is else is there.

[Wolley302]

Wow! Thank you all very much for the information. I had no idea what we had. I definitely have some research to do now. So, being in a pretty densely populated area of northern Georgia, do you all have any tips or tricks for the novice hunter? Anything that might improve my chances of locating some more of these beautiful pieces?

[jimt]

top of hills,best if it's near a creak...loaing decks where trees are loaded onto trucks after cut..any bare land, i especially like the tan soils but red clay is fine...make yourself a poking stick to flip stones with..as my friend says "points are where you find them" meaning , if you found one, there are more around..yeah, Guilford blade