My best arrowhead find of 2025

I apologize for my long absence from these pages. Arrowheads have gotten harder for me to find. The area where I live is increasingly built on and built up. Farm fields become housing developments or solar panels. I am sure there are great sites yet to be discovered but drives to potential new spots (that are likely void) are increasingly long and thus less appealing. After years of collecting, spending a whole day for a couple of broken quartz fragments does not have the same value proposition it once did for me. I still have a few favorite spots left, and I did add a few pieces to my collection this year, of which this was my favorite. 

I found this in May in a place where there is sand and not a lot of rocks. One walks slowly, examining every stone. There is not a lot to find but sometimes there is something really special waiting to be discovered. Suddenly there is a rush of excitement at the sight of an exposed sliver of stone. You think: this is it. This is what I came here for.

Now, the really fun part. You savor the moment, take some photos. You crouch down and examine the thing. It certainly looks good but it could be anything, it could be broken, it could be just a rock, a "faker." You try to visualize what it might be, picture some wonderful thing coming out of the ground. A lot of the time there is a disappointment when you pick it up. Not this time, though.

I hope everyone finds more of whatever they are looking for in 2026. Thanks to Peter for keeping this blog going for all these years. Happy New Year to all.