Nine year old Alec Burchick, while out on a nature hike at the Starkey Wilderness Park came across something that caught his eye in the rocks."It was something different, so I picked it up"
He knew he had something special but had no idea hea had a 6,000 year old artifact.
He showed the spear point to Katie MacMillen the camp's rec leader who in turn showed it to Dr. Burton Golub a local dentis and amateur archaeologist.
After consulting with others at a artifact show at Saint Leo University they confirmed that the peice was a Newnan spear point and dates to the middle of the Archaic period. A time when humans who had been nomadic had started to settle into groups in Florida.
Keeping artifacts that are on public land is against the law so after a week of bragging to family and friends Alec will return the spear point to be displayed at the park's education center with credit going to Alec for finding it.
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