Ohio man finds 15,000-year-old flint spear tip

Akron Beacon Journal ^ | Monday, December 17, 2007 | Associated Press

[SunkenCiv]

found it here:

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[ken21]

good work.

when i was a kid i looked and looked and looked for arrow heads and found very few.

[9422WMR]

AAH but according to some, the earth is only 6,000 years old.
How can that thing be 15,000 years old?

[digger48]

Didn’t think Clovis Points were all that rare. Not here in Indiana, anyway.

[Brad from Tennessee]

from COLUMBUS DISPATCH:

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/12/11/Clovis.ART_ART_12-11-07_B1_308O8BG.html?sid=101

[GregoTX]

"I Didn’t think Clovis Points were all that rare."

Well maybe its news because Don Johnson found it.

"...Don Johnson of Heath found the Clovis point about four years ago while on a walk. "

[null and void]

It was created old by a puckish God to fool modern scientists...

[SunkenCiv]

[blam]

Don Johnson of Heath holds the Clovis spear point he found sticking out of the ground a few summers ago. The flint artifact is 15,000 years old.

[digger48]

DID YOU SEE THE SIZE OF THAT????

It’s MAYBE 2 inches long!

MASTADONS????

ROFLMAO!!

I’ve seen ‘em 7-8 inches before, and I’m not really a hunter or collector. Just play in the dirt a lot

[ApplegateRanch]

I have lots of flints, but I never, ever would have considered putting them on the tip of a spear.

Obsidian, OTOH....

[GregoTX]

Looks a little smaller than I expected. Ol Don Johnson was paying attention.

[ApplegateRanch]

Well maybe its news because Don Johnson found it.

No; it is news because Don Johnson is now a farmer.

the Knox County tree farmer

Hope he's a better farmer than he was an actor.

[org.whodat]

Did it have the date and mint mark on it??

[Grammy]

I grew up in central Ohio and found so many arrowheads I had no idea they were special. I remember a cigar box of them that I wish I had now.

[BreezyDog]

I found a 3 inch spear tip in perfect condition made of flint or some other white-copper colored stone in the sand on the beach on Daufuskie Island across from Hilton Head about 14 years ago. Its bigger than that one. Its wrapped in bubble wrap in my upstairs dresser drawer. Grandma Norma was pissed I didn’t give it to her for her collection. My son takes it to show and tell.

[Brad from Tennessee]

I’ve always believed there was nothing inferior about these people—and that probably they were smarter than us. I find points, and scrappers and blades in the area where I live. I find shards of pottery with etched designs.

We live on the pinnacle of civilization where it seems everything has been invented. But 15 or 20,000 years ago a man had to use his brain, his senses and his physical strength to survive.

[Dumpster Baby]

MASTADONS????

ROFLMAO!!

I've got a bunch of that stuff, and the largest spear points I have are 9 inches and 14 inches long, and the 14 incher is missing the notched base. I don't know what that guy's holding, but it sure doesn't look like a spear point.

[Rudder]

Hey, that’s just a few miles down the road from here.