whatcha get for teaching kids

[nose2ground]

my 9 year old daughter likes to go rock & artifact hunting with me, was frustrated about not finding anything - so spent extra time teaching what to look for. She finds this sitting in a path I had just walked over!!!




unfortunately no tip, but next to largest spear head I have ever found. Was at the museum 2 weeks ago, and they had one exactly like it in there - said it was 8000 years old. Anyways, thought I'd share - and be careful with kids - they learn fast, and then find all the good stuff!

[claycat]

Don't feel bad. Kids have the advantage of being closer to the ground so it aids them in finding more. Nothing to do with eye sight and old age, I keep telling myself that, anyway.

Great find, now she will really be hooked.

[kurts]

Wow...yeah, my first reaction was the size of that spear point!
We see nothing like this in my region of CA.
What a great experience for you and her.

[nose2ground]

I can accept the eyesight bit, why my back hurts so much these days! That, and I was distracted by a purty shiny that turned out to be glass. BUT - I ain't lost it just yet, had found this a couple of weeks earlier - same type of stone and same size, different design -



these have been rather large for the spear points in this area as well - in 30 years have not seen anything like these before. Hopefully Arrapaho can pitch in at some point on pinning these down.