Amateur Archaeologist Makes Discovery of a Lifetime

Join me on the River as I make one of the best discoveries ever.

How Old Is This Ancient Grinding Stone?

[mariahall]

As soon as you got it into the sun I screamed "IT'S THE END OF A BOW!" Awesome find!!!

[therebelpatriot]

I've been watching your videos for a couple months now. I'm a Civil War relic collector and your videos got me into arrowheads. You are by far the best arrowhead/native artifact channel on YouTube! I predict you'll have 100k followers in no time. Thank you for the awesome content and God bless!

[meandmyshadow]

I had to come back and watch this again. That's really something special. We see a lot of stone and occasionally bone... but wood... now THAT is a rare treat. Thanks for rescuing and sharing it with us

[sethmoberly]

8:10-ish. As soon as you find it’s possibly organic, determine length, carefully dig AROUND the artifact while leaving a small amount of soil matrix to support and preserve anything important around the item, and try to maintain same temp & moisture as location conditions until proper preservation can occur. One of the most important rules with wet organics is to preserve moisture, not dry them. It can create more loss of artifact material, fading of inks and dyes, and even total loss of the artifact. Still a find of a lifetime. You should get it verified by an anthropologist or archaeologist, then you’ll have a scientifically important find with a provenance record.

[Certified_Art_Teacher]

In most plains tribes, when a person passes away, they'll usually burn all of their possessions. This might be a theory of why you found burned remnants of a bow. My tribe's history is that we'd burn everything that was theirs.

[billcarpenter]

Hi Scott, I was unable
To sleep, I turned on
you tube, and there was your smiling face . Congrats on finding the piece of
bow ..that is a very rare find . It shows the passion you have
for finding artifacts
Of all the people on
you tube , hunting items you are by far the most knowledgeable person out there . For
The young, and those
just stating, to hunt
artifacts you you are
a wealth of knowledge to help them in there new
adventure , a guide to
many happy times . I
will soon be 75, and it
is still an adventure, and learning experience, each time I go out, God bless you for all that
you do . I'm looking
forward to your next
video

[Boneman]

I agree, it does look like the end of a bow. I am a rockhound and a avid Native American tool and points hunter . I watch your show more than any other artifact show, your joy and enthusiasm is exactly how i feel when im out hunting, even if i dont find anything. Ive never hunted on a major river before, mostly smaller creeks and feilds where i of your most favorite finds from the river and wherever else you hunt.
✌, ❤ and 🪨-n-roll

[drhobbs]

I don’t think I’ve ever commented on a you tube video. But I have to. I hurt my back a few weeks back and ended up laying on the living room floor for 8 days. Found your channel and got hooked. I couldn’t wait to walk again. Finally. Last weekend came and found a few things and then yesterday found my first 3 points. You are an inspiration and I appreciate you sharing your finds.

[prophez]

There's not a doubt in my mind that it's definitely an end of a bow. What an outstanding find sir! Very awesome! Thank you for taking us along with you on this find. I'm an artifacts hunter up in northern New Mexico in the mountains. I have a whole wilderness of land that I can search on and I've found tons of cool stuff. My 5 year old son is hooked on it just like I was when my dad first took me out on our first hunt. He's already found a handful of nice arrowheads and he has a good eye for them. Nothing brings me more joy than watching him find something cool. Keep up the great job and as always good luck in the future!

[davethompson]

So glad to see you’re still producing content. You fuel my artifact adventures as I travel The Great Basin. Keep it up.

[CharlesNolanArt]

When I was a young boy around 10 or so, we would stay with our grandparents. They lived about 200 yards from a main river in Alabama. Their neighbor had a huge field on the river bank where they used to plant a massive garden. When they plowed the field every year, I would walk along and find 20, 30, or more just like you show in your videos. I had no idea how old they were, but I had hundreds of them. I remember getting tired of picking them up and leaving a large pile. Someone knew their value as they were stolen when I took them to school. I always admired those arrowheads and wonder if there are any left as that was nearly 60 years ago. When we can hold in our hand items we know were used over 1, 000 years ago it is special.

[Colichemarde]

Finding a piece of a wooden bow that may be thousands of years old is an amazing accomplishment! Kudos to you, Sir!

Last Summer I bought 20 acres with a couple old homesteads. I spent most of the Winter cleaning up glass dumps and hauling away remnants of old houses. I dated them to the 1920's -1930's. Even though my findings were very recent compared to yours, it was still fun finding little clues and piecing together objects to tell a story.

[The_Defiant_One]

_"It's just a stick."_

- Somebody in there

[Wvnursey]

Have you ever taken anything to the Moundsville museum? They have a lab there with guys that would love to identify and verify any finds that you may have questions about. I love your content! Your enthusiasm and knowledge is amazing!

[missourioutdooradventures]

As always enjoyed watching thanks for sharing and good luck on your next outdoor adventure 👍

[larrydrewett]

That's awesome Scott, I hope you can preserve it. I found what I think was the middle section of a bow but there were no tool marks and it was deteriorating quickly. GL next hunt 👍

[TracyZdelar]

That's awesome! I wish you'd do a close up of the stones from the pit. Several years ago we were on the bank of the Ohio River at an artifact show and I found some red rocks on the beach close to the water's edge. I asked one of the women there (I believe she was one of those working the show) about the red. She couldn't remember what it meant. I've been thinking maybe it was a fired rock like what you're finding. I've kept some from the beach that day. I think it was Manchester, Ohio - the event was at a place called The River Barn, I think.

[cptjshaffer]

11:05 I’m watching about the fourth video from your library. I’ll turn 55 this year and I’ve always loved history and artifacts since I can remember. I was a History Minor at Fairmont State. However, looking back, I wish that becoming an Archaeologist would have been more of a passion for me. I was always worried about the income and location of where sites may take me and my biggest desire was to raise a family.

Anywho, long story short, we’re retired now in Kingwood and we live near the Cheat River. I would love to get any direction from you on your thoughts about the Cheat and how to proceed as a beginner. Enjoying your videos and amazing knowledge, Warmest Regards, Joe

[michaelmcguire]

It's so funny, as soon as you pulled it out, it thought to myself that it looked like the end of a bow. Then you said it. So I stand with you on it.

[alexgonzales]

Great find! I would love to see a video of you and professionals preserving this artifact. Thanks for your dedication!