All artifacts sold on this site are guaranteed 100% authentic.  They are guaranteed to be made by the hands of prehistoric man.  They are guaranteed to be devoid of modern re-chipping unless otherwise stated. 

Each piece can be returned for a full refund for 30 days after receipt of the object.  If the buyer needs more time to have the object authenticated, please contact me for additional time.

I have added another component to my guarantee in a continuing effort to make it the best guarantee in todays market.  If you purchase a point from me and it is deemed not authentic by a recognized authenticator, I will pay your authentication fees and I will publish the piece with the letter from the authenticator at the bottom of this page.

I accept the opinions of all the AACA recognized authenticators.  These authenticators include: Bill Jackson, Tom Davis, John Berner, Jerry Dickey, Greg Perino, Dwain Rogers, Jim Fisher and Ben Stermer.

Here are my recommendations as to authentication with links to the authenticators website.

1) Bill Jackson - If you choose to use this source, I will honor the opinion.  Please remember that I also accept opinions from family pets if they look at the artifact funny.  

2) John Berner - Collector grade hardstone and slate.  All bannerstones, gorgets, pipes, discoidals, plummets, birdstones and all other problematicals.

3) Tom Davis - All items in need of a "grade" on a scale of 1-10.

4) Jerry Dickey - Tennessee Valley artifacts. Phone: 931-759-7213.

5) Dwain Rogers - Texas/Oklahoma/ Arkansas artifacts.  Dwain can be reached at: Phone- 254-791-5520. 4102 Birch Blvd., Temple, TX 76502.

6) Jim Fisher - Northeast artifacts.  Former AACA President.  B.A. in Anthropology and 25 years collecting experience.

7) Ben Stermer - West of the Rocky Mountains and particularly Columbia River artifacts. Address: 4293 N Miller Road, Scottsdale, AZ  85251 .

GALLERY OF SHAME

1) Northwest Pestle-  Probably should have known better but I bought into the story.  If anyone wants a piece of junk to grind up their vitamins with, I can send you this piece.

2) Hardin-  This one was dropped off as a consignment.  The mineralization was just good enough to fool me on this out of my area lithic material.  I learned a valuable lesson on this one.  Stay within my area of expertise and don't assume knowledge on points outside of my collecting area, material knowledge and typology knowledge.  Point returned to consignor.