[Rockhounds] Collecting Arrowheads

[Charles Baran]

Ok.  Now that we have the legal stuff out of the way......where do I 
find said arrowheads?   Chuck

Steve & Marilyn wrote:

> If you have permission from the land owner and document where and when 
> found It is legal to pick up artifacts Steve
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Adney Jr." <rfadney at hotmail.com>
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> collectors" <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 7:11 AM
> Subject: RE: [Rockhounds] Collecting Arrowheads
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> I have been told by several collectors that the laws apply to public 
> lands only, not private property.  Does anyone know if that is the 
> case or not?
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>> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:08:28 -0700
>> From: kcbaran at arczip.com
>> To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com
>> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Collecting Arrowheads
>>
>> Thank you for your report.  My question still stands:  Anybody know of
>> any collecting sites in Oregon or Washington?  Thanks.
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>> eeyoreandladybug at comcast.net wrote:
>>
>> >Collecting Arrowheads
>> >The Antiquities Act of 1906 was the first major preservation law 
>> >protecting prehistoric and historic ruins and making it illegal to 
>> >excavate or disturb such sites without an antiquities permit. The 
>> >Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) of 1979 has taken the 
>> >place of the Antiquities Act for purposes of antiquities violations. 
>> ARPA >recognizes first that archaeological resources are 
>> non-renewable and >second, that they are endangered because of a 
>> growing commercial market. >ARPA sets criminal penalties at $10,000 
>> and/or one year imprisonment. If >the value of the resources involved 
>> exceeds $500, penalties are $20,000 >and/or two years. For a second 
>> or repeat offense, penalties are $100,000 >and/or five years.
>> >
>> >. Arpa has a clause that excludes surface collection of arrowheads 
>> from >criminal penalties. However, ARPA does include surface 
>> collecting under >prohibited acts. What this means is, it is illegal 
>> to collect arrowheads >from the surface, but one cannot be fined 
>> under the criminal penalites in >ARPA. Collecting arrowheads from the 
>> surface is included under the >prohibited acts listed under ARPA 
>> Section 6, Subsections a, b, and c. >Arrowheads collected from the 
>> surface are still subject to forfeiture >under ARPA.
>>
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