Antique Trader Indian Arrowheads Price Guide (Antique Trader Arrowhead Identification and Price Guide by Jason Hanna)

Just what I ordered

With this book, I mostly wanted to do my best to confirm that there was no metal technology in the America's around 600 BC or anywhere near the time of the alleged events that are described in the Book of Mormon (Latter Day Saints), if there were no metal technology, it would seem pretty clear that the Book of Mormon could be safely concluded as a fabrication since metal technology is clearly described in the BOM in the context of ancient Central America. Out of about 1/2 a dozen books I bought and checked out at the library to confirm this reasonable premise, this book was a great resource and I found it interesting beyond my intentions for it. Every page is in color and printed on high quality paper. The author gives an approximate value, size, and grade for approximately 800 antique tools, weapons, beads, etc., and it came as no shock to see that there is no metal used in any of these collectibles... obviously I had never heard of a metal arrowhead in Central or even North America but it wouldn't have been fair to conclude without proper testing, so I tested.Anyway, back to my premise for buying this book, I should say that suspiciously the Book of Mormon claims metal coins which would mean at least 3 very large cities (described in the BOM) that would have been utilizing metal technology as well as thousands of metal weapons and swords described (among other metal objects) and even the plates themselves are claimed to have been written on metal by men. In other books and movies I've seen on this topic of pre-Columbian metallurgy in North and Central America, even highly ornate and large pre-Colombian weapons were made entirely of stone... did the "cursed descendants of Nephi" forget how to do make things out of metal? Is it reasonable to believe that we wouldn't have at least found something by now or at least found the cities themselves? Does technology ever get forgotten apart from being replaced by better technology... since many of the "descendants" are still supposedly here, shouldn't the technology have remained with them? How could the natives of the America's forget how to refine and manufacture using metal especially when they were supposed to have that technology in the Americas approximately 2100 years before Columbus?By no stretch of my imagination can I justify this rather illogical whim to say that the technology must have been forgotten... on top of that I've also seen no archaeological evidence at all, so no evidence is not an exception, but a pattern. I have no anti-supernatural bias, and in fact I find that the Bible is overwhelmed with such support to the point that secular scholars even use it to go find things because they know that's how so many things have been found in the past... that's quite a stark contrast to the BOM. If you want faith without evidence become a lemming and see what happens when you fall. A "burning in the bosom" is argued from every religion out there, so Mormon's are asking me to roll the dice and pick their unsupported book. Eeny meeny miny Mormon... no thanks! In terms of archaeology and historicity the BOM doesn't hold a candle to the Bible, and I would go as far as to say that it doesn't pass a single test that the Bible passes... no city or site has ever been found to lend any support to the BOM being inspired by God.

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After much anticipation of purchasing this book it was to say the least a huge let-down. I agree with Don Blankenship, he wrote a terrific and honest review. I am not a man of so many words. I just know that the author thought that he had something going for him and he decided to write a book. I have to hand it to him for trying to make a good book on the subject. That is all the credit I can give him. With all the useless artifact books out there we didn't need another one. I was trying to find a book that would be somewhat comparable to Overstreets book, but to no avail, this doesn't even come close. So don't waste your money. This was just another attempt by someone that thought they new what they were doing (like most of the artifact books available). He is just after the money from the book and to my knowledge he doesn't have a clue. I beleive if you are going to do something then at least have the common courtesy to do it right, and don't waste our time trying to belittle yourself. Save your money.

Our daughter has an arrowhead collection and we bought the book for her. She loves it because she is able not only to identify arrowheads she has, but also can determine the value. I highly recommend it for collectors. we had seen the book at our local library.

another good book. these are all good books.

no problems with the seller or the product

The book has very good pictures of arrowheads. But, it lacks sufficient information to make it useful for people who do not already know about arrowheads. The book was divided into time periods, but after that it seemed to be a radom collection which made it difficult to find usuful information.