Arrowhead found

I get so jealous whenever these threads get posted. I've never found one. Pretty cool, Gauxt

Cool find! I don't have any experience with Louisiana points but it looks like a Pontchartrain to me.

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Gary maben possibly.

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The shoulders look too small for a Gary Maybon to me, could be a Gary Melvern.

For the OP

That might be a spear point.

I found one similar in Homer, LA.
Looks like an atlatl point. Used by Choctaw and Caddo Indians.
Very cool.
A couple of years ago, someone found a dugout canoe when the Red River washed a bank away and exposed it. I think it was 5000 years old. You never know

My neighbor found one in my front yard. I hope to find one soon.

Generically it's an adena-type point, definitely a spear/ atlatl point. Doesn't look like any tallahatta quartzite material that I've ever found and I have hundreds. Looks like a chert type lithic material or maybe even Ouachita river material, it can be pinkish like that and was highly sought after.

Op'er, if you're creek hunting (all I do as we have very few ag fields around my parts), then the prime time to hunt is later winter to May. There's no snakes, the leaves and litter are at their lowest point, the water runs clearest, and we've had some big rains to move the river beds around some. Their aerodynamic properties also means points move during big rain events more so than natural forms.

Odds are good that there are more in that creek. I'd hit it after every big rain in January to May. Don't look too small, zoom in and out. Arrowheads are everywhere, and if you're a rock hound always looking down you'll find them in the craziest of places.

There's no snakes,
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I won't have to worry about TigrrrDad snooping around

Thanks for all the great info and opinions! I'll be looking every chance I get.

Pontchartrain Type II IMO
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I agree after reading about it, and a couple of pics look very close.

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Generically it's an adena-type point, definitely a spear/ atlatl point. Doesn't look like any tallahatta quartzite material that I've ever found and I have hundreds. Looks like a chert type lithic material or maybe even Ouachita river material, it can be pinkish like that and was highly sought after.

Op'er, if you're creek hunting (all I do as we have very few ag fields around my parts), then the prime time to hunt is later winter to May. There's no snakes, the leaves and litter are at their lowest point, the water runs clearest, and we've had some big rains to move the river beds around some. Their aerodynamic properties also means points move during big rain events more so than natural forms.

Odds are good that there are more in that creek. I'd hit it after every big rain in January to May. Don't look too small, zoom in and out. Arrowheads are everywhere, and if you're a rock hound always looking down you'll find them in the craziest of places.

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Where do you live? My camp is near Greenwood, MS.