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It is less that they are "arrowhead" hunting as that they are doing something that satisfies the intense need to conduct repetitive and fixed behavior. We, in my neck of the woods, have had this problem and recognized it for at least 10 years, making warnings to personnel through out that time period when encountering these characters that there is a danger. That the Arkansas Sheriff reported it only made a connection by noticing that the users were paying their bail money by selling collected artifacts. Users like to do this ('collect") because it is focused, repetitive behavior. Sort of like the dismantled clock, refrigerators, and automobiles one sees around their living abodes. It is also quick cash if they can sell the points for two or three dollars with no cash outlay to get the artifacts. I had one case from four years ago where an individual collected every lithic flake they could pick up from an eroded shoreline site over about a three hour period and had
the stuff in his cargo pants - almost five pounds of rock. They conduct similar activities when they actually are digging up sites, just the repetitive motions of shoveling seems to satisfy most of these tweakers. My understanding is that it is similar to the repetitive needs and movements of parkinsons patients. Beyond that these individuals are dangerous. Once tweaking they are agressive, really unpredictable, paranoid beyond belief, and are not fun to deal with.
Ron May <[log in to unmask]> wrote: There has been a relevant discussion on the ACRA list that a significant
number of dealers in meth drugs are "arrowhead hunters" and that they trade in
artifacts. Incredible as this might seem, indeed law enforcement has begun to
track drug dealers and abusers through this underworld of artifact collecting,
digging, and trading.
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
S.P. Austin
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