Is It Legal to Own Arrowheads

You may need to comply with the laws enforced in your state. Something may be legal under one law, illegal under another, and legal in practice because no one is ever charged. The Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) is controversial and hated by artifact collectors. Check your state`s laws. Finding arrowheads on public land is most likely illegal; on private land, most likely legally. See Chapter 4: Arrowheads and the Law – This chapter provides detailed information on the legal relationships between citizens, landowners, rocks and public waterways. See Chapter 10: Archaeology and Ethics – Learn the Facts Before You Dig. It`s up to you to be ethical, so I`m going to lay out all the information you need to make your own decision. See Chapter 11: Digging into the Past – Information on Excavation Techniques and Rescue Archaeology.

REMEMBER TO BE FRIENDLY, TALK TO PEOPLE and ALWAYS ASK PERMISSION. DO NOT ENTER. YOU COULD GET SHOT! Click here to return to the home page I have been a collector for 30 years. My collection is very large. I couldn`t put a number on it. All are photographed and indexed by location, gigabytes of photos, maps, notes. 99.9% of these were collected from cultivated fields or creekbeds, all with the permission of the landowner. In recent years, almost all of them have been found by rivers.

I have never sold an artifact in my life. I have written literally dozens of articles for collection publications, my knowledge of my small collection area is extensive. My findings are almost all non-contextual and legal, but I constantly hear that these cultural materials “belong to all of us” and I destroy history by legally removing non-contextual isolates from gravel banks. I used to be very willing to work with any professional who contacted me. I still correspond with some very select on what I find, but when it comes to personal visualization of artifacts or location data, no. I advise any collector who asks not to borrow artifacts for study that you may have to fight to recover them, otherwise they may be missing. It has been proven to me that there is a significant segment of professionals who cannot be trusted, because there is a mood in this segment that would like to see the collection of artifacts stopped, no matter where and how they were recovered, by any means possible. I don`t need anything from the professional archaeological community.

I can help you and I would be willing to do so, but not as long as I am attacked. I find arrowheads on the ground or not far below. I rarely dig into the ground with a shovel to find arrowheads. I found a lot of arrowheads near the surface and much less when digging. ABOVE: Winter hunting in Missouri after a major flood. Flooding causes erosion, and erosion knocks arrowheads out!! In Missouri, it is legal to hunt to the normal high water mark. State law also prohibits knowingly interfering with human remains on private property without MDAH`s permission. In addition, if human remains are discovered, all disruptive activities must cease and the sheriff of the affected district must be notified immediately. Because of the many questions asked by collectors in our state, we will examine the laws as they affect point hunting, both at the state and federal levels. Some laws are very clear in the way they are drafted, while others are more complex; It should be noted that some of these laws have not been fully tested in court cases. All laws are subject to interpretation, so don`t take anything here but legal advice in any way. I wonder about the points in the coastal areas of the beach.

Coastal laws stipulate that the area between low tide and high tide all. So I see an argument for surface hunting on public beaches. But let`s say you`re walking on a beach that isn`t owned by a state or federal entity. Many people collect arrowheads this way. Are they doing it illegally? But there is a loophole for arrowheads found on the surface of public lands. According to 16 U.S. Code ¢§ 470th Section G, “Nothing in paragraph (d) of this section shall be deemed applicable to any person with respect to the removal of arrowheads from the surface of the ground.” Document Reference: Is Cornell Law School Illegal to Hunt Arrowheads in a Creek While It Is in the Water? Is it true that you can`t legally own a stream or river that runs through your own property? I`m not saying someone says they own it just because they don`t want you, but legally wise. Do not intentionally break the laws when hunting arrowheads.