Last update: 16 July 2010

-Us-


John & Joann Dattilo: Welcome to our site!!!

 
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-My Hobby...Collecting Arrowheads-

Collecting Indian Artifacts has been such a blessing for me and my family. I started my obsession in my early teens with my friend and his dad. I loved it from the start. In 1993 my family moved to Springfield IL and it was then that I was hooked for life. My sons
were 3 and 5 and we would go out and talk and walk for hours. They were real intent
on finding arrowheads...for about an hour....then a grasshopper or a naturally  formed, aerodynamically perfect dirt clod would appear and I'd lose them for a while.

Collecting has not only provided me with my "rock" treasures but more importantly countless hours of memories with my wife, my sons, my father, my brother and friends!
I don't know what will last longer, my "rocks" or the memories.

Last but not least I want to share with you another aspect of this hobby you may not have considered.  If you collect...take time to plug-into your local schools to show some of your collection while they study your states history.  Most textbooks only cover briefly the era of the American Indian. Unfortunately most kids can't comprehend an Indian without a horse or John Wayne chasing them.  Few have any knowledge outside of what Hollywood has produced (99% bad).  Museums rarely let them touch anything.  You'll be amazed at how excited and appreciative they become when you bring in items like ax heads, knapping stones, pottery shards, points...etc. I have been blessed every time!!!!

Respectfully,
 John T. Dattilo

A Proud Member of the Following Organizations:

 IAACA (Authentic Artifact Collectors Association)

CSASI (Central States Archaeological Society Inc.)


Email me at: Flintframer@aol.com