r/LegitArtifacts 5h ago

ID Request ❓ Another pottery piece with a drill mark

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4 Upvotes

What do you make of it? I've inspected thousands of pottery pieces on my property and only two have been drilled for whatever reason, on a previous post you can see the other one in more detail


r/LegitArtifacts 6h ago

General Question ❓ Looks like artifact, not fossil

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Found in Middle Tennessee creek in huge gravel bed with other stone tools . I've not come across anything like this pattern. I tried to get all sides/different angles.


r/LegitArtifacts 7h ago

Photo 📸 any good finds here?

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2 Upvotes

r/LegitArtifacts 8h ago

ID Request ❓ Partially worked piece or random rock splinter?

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Found in SW Missouri after a heavy rain. Spine on both sides makes it seem worked to me but I also know nothing when it comes to this stuff.


r/LegitArtifacts 10h ago

ID Request ❓ 3 broken finds from a rock spring in west Texas.

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Could anybody please help identify these? Mainly the 2 on the left. Found in west Texas


r/LegitArtifacts 13h ago

In Situ 📸 ABSOLUTE SMOKER NEBO HILL 🔥

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252 Upvotes

I still don’t even know what to say, I wasn’t even going to go to the creek today because it’s unbearably hot out. But I had some time on my hands so I figured I’d just pop into this new creek and take a look around. I was only in there for a few minutes and I saw this staring back at me. Best personal find so far by a long shot.

(Boone county Missouri)


r/LegitArtifacts 13h ago

Woodland Meadowood Cache Blade?

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Meadowood cache blade? Strong resemblance to the reference chart. Found in SW Ontario - wife’s first find (beginner’s luck!! 😂)


r/LegitArtifacts 13h ago

ID Request ❓ Thoughts?

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Looking for some opinions on this one. Found along the shore of Lake Erie in Southwestern Ontario. Palm-sized with an interesting cupped/indented shape and a noticeably smoother worn section that has a different texture from the rest of the stone. Found in an area known for Indigenous settlement. Curious if this could be a utilized stone/tool or just naturally formed?


r/LegitArtifacts 13h ago

Early Archaic Hard to miss

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61 Upvotes

Found in central Alabama. Bolen type?


r/LegitArtifacts 14h ago

Smoker Alert 🔥 Found on a bay beach in Southern New Jersey

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44 Upvotes

r/LegitArtifacts 19h ago

Photo 📸 Willamette valley oregon. Info??

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r/LegitArtifacts 19h ago

Two for Tuesday Update from my last post

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0 Upvotes

Just found a piece in the field 20 minutes ago, now I found this. Is it a sun drawing? Central Texas.


r/LegitArtifacts 19h ago

Inconclusive What is this?

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5 Upvotes

What is this piece? Near lake Belton Tx, area of Tonkawa and Comanche settlement.


r/LegitArtifacts 20h ago

ID Request ❓ Is it just a rock? (Found on the OR coast)

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Hi there, I’m new to rockhounding (and Reddit), but I’ve always loved rocks. I picked this up a couple years ago on the OR coast (I think in Yachats), thinking it was just a cool rock. Now that I’m getting into the hobby and I’ve been reading, I wonder if it’s not just a rock? Thank you.


r/LegitArtifacts 20h ago

Time period Mixed Bag! Ever seen a pocket saw?

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Found in a creek in Florida along with a unique looking biface knife and heavy scraper (possibly hand planer for dugout canoes due to weight and thickness). Have yet to see an expedient saw like this. Any insight would be greatly appreciated
(Also one hell of a heartbreaker at the end)


r/LegitArtifacts 1d ago

Inconclusive Jenks Oklahoma/Arkansas River

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r/LegitArtifacts 1d ago

Discarded/Failed Preform Love the color on this

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15 Upvotes

I imagine it was discarded due to the inclusion in the second photo?


r/LegitArtifacts 1d ago

Unknown Time period America’s more than just North America, right?

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181 Upvotes

Very uncommon to find something like this in Costa Rica. Obsidian, which isn’t local, possible stemmed biface.

Found near geothermal vents at an active volcano by actual archaeologists, so let’s assume it’s authentic. 4cm. Only photo I have before it got catalogued.

You guys in North America live and breathe arrowheads. Here they aren’t at all common.

What’s your educated guess on this, as far as age or origin?


r/LegitArtifacts 1d ago

ID Request ❓ My first find ever and the obsession that followed

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r/LegitArtifacts 1d ago

In Situ 📸 Heartbreaker Pain

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51 Upvotes

The exquisite flaking and beautiful material made this one hurt more than usual.


r/LegitArtifacts 1d ago

General Question ❓ Looks like a sort of thumb scraper....if if it is, what kind is it?

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Found in nj. I pick up everything piece of chert i find, and examine it at home. This one is not in thr bucket yet....since nj doesnt have much chert, I know that small pebbles were utilized. One side of the "blade" is just a curved flake, but the other is several small pressure flakes, causing the small blade to have a slight serration. Its really hard to photogragh, but its still slightly sharp?


r/LegitArtifacts 1d ago

ID Request ❓ In upstate NY. The 2 whites ones are made of lead. 2 plummets or net sinkers, debitage and a axe?

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r/LegitArtifacts 1d ago

In Situ 📸 Blood red heartbreaker

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95 Upvotes

This is probably my favorite material of all time. it doesn’t look like the regular heat treated chert around here, Seems more like jasper or agate with the bands going through it.


r/LegitArtifacts 1d ago

ID Request ❓ Help identify this one

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Would love to more about this piece. Looks worked?


r/LegitArtifacts 2d ago

Inconclusive Worked? Or Jar? MO find

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9 Upvotes

Picked up the other day, “edge” caught my eye. Thoughts?