“Living out her childhood dream of being an archaeologist.” Awesome 💜

Isn’t it great that Mrs. Yeoman wanted to be an archeologist and will now have a dig in her own backyard?! ❤

This literally could just be a big chunk of obsidian that a previous homeowner brought back from a road trip or something.

If she digs beneath where that obsidian stone was at the base of that rock wall, she may find a tin box with a bunch of $50 dollar bills and a note from Andy Dufresne.

Very cool love to get an update on what they find

My backyard in Australia would be a bonanza of exotic rock types (including chunks of obsidian) for any subsequent house owner or archaeologist to find. But then I’m an archaeologist and it’s exactly what you would expect to find lying around or half buried. There are at least four universities in Edmonton that teach archaeology, meaning thousands of archaeology students and many professors. Best to check to see who had previously owned or rented the house.

As a fellow Edmontonian, I am excited for you. Please keep us updated!

In the mid 1990's I went Cretaceous fossil hunting on a beach near Parksville Canada and found a discarded 2 inch black rock looking worn and rounded from the beach sand but had a fresh break on one side with the unmistakable look of broken obsidian. I would guess the rock was broken by a previous fossil hunter then thrown away. I originally assumed the obsidian was encased in 70 to 80 million year old fossil matrix from Cretaceous times which was documented that a nearby volcano existed from that era. It wasn't until a decade later when after hearing a professional archeologist. I discovered the object was more likely deposited much more recently by ancient humans from centuries or even millenniums past. Theoretically the obsidian likely traveled hundreds or thousands of miles carried by ancient native humans on land or by canoe from distant volcanic areas from the North American mainland. I still have that black rock today.

I have a piece of obsidian rock sitting outside my door that weighs about 20 pounds or more and I live in North Eastern Nevada. I also found a piece of Coal in West Central Manitoba back in the 1970s. Later on they discovered a Coal Seam about 40 miles away that they couldn’t explain.

People have been collecting rocks forever. It may have been put in the yard back in the 1950's marking a buried pet or decorating the garden.

As a Rockhound..this is so much fun. A beautiful piece of obsidian..and now waiting for additional info as the time goes by.

That is stunning. What a wonderful find for this lady.

Thank you for sharing!!

Perhaps someone from Idaho moved there in the past few decades and brought it as a novelty he found in the 'wilds' of Idaho. There is no way of being certain who put it there or when. Now her yard is going to be dug up. Lesson learned...

Great attitude. It will be an exciting adventure, indeed. I hope you have a great time with it.

Id love to see her document the dig and share it with us on KZfaq

Yeah, anyone watch Creepshow ( The lonely life of Gordy Verral). "Gotta take it to the college!". Yeah, Obsidian was like gold to the indigenous people. They even buried it in graves with their loved ones. It is pretty intense and scary to knapp with too. I am just a very beginner though.

How cool!

Being a flintknapper, I can say with confidence that chunk was recently worked, it is not a native american artifact.

Everyone should start digging in their own backyard. Who knows what we'll find!

The Shuswap and Kutenai of British Columbia, the Coeur d'Alene and Nez Percé of Idaho, and the Flathead of Montana all traded together. Why is this mysterious?

That poor women's back 😢 I'm sure that is painful. I'm super excited she found this though

That will be very interesting for the lady to be able to watch that take place in her own backyard

GREAT story! Keep us posted!

I remember reading how obsidian scalpels cut on the molecular level. Obsidian is really amazing.

Ancient people had vast trade routes, many Artifacts are made from material that only come from one place. Example! Alibates Chert comes from Texas, it is Red with white inclusions. Artifacts made from it have been found in the Mid West.

So cool, I'm sure she'll enjoy seeing what the archeologists uncover. 😊

Hope she has a blast watching all the activities in her backyard. 👏👏

Awesome! The trade network was amazingly vast. Minnesota Woman died 7,000 plus years ago and she was found with a seashell only from Florida.

We have obsidian here in NM my brother in law dug it up all the time 😊 such a wonderful crystal!

1:32 See the face on the left side of the core piece ! This piece from this position appears to be a hand axe ! You can faintly see the cutting edge following the back of the cranium and down to the chin ! A Very nice piece if I'm correct ! 👍

Awesome discovery!

Obsidian was extremely rare to early people because it could be easily worked and because if it’s sharpness. And there would be trade routes going for thousands of kilometers for items like this.

It’s wasn’t found near a long wall under a lone tree on the hill was it. Oh, Andy.

so thats where i left it

Fantastic!! Wish I’d find some in my yard! Dig away.

It belongs in a museum!

Sea-shells, flint, pottery, pemmican, beads...all were Trade Goods. The native peoples of the area had an extensive trading system...from Northern California to Alaska.

Obsidian is a popular type of rock that people pick up. It’s more likely it was transported north recently than in ancient times.

Its likely that what she said was true. If someone chooses to study the area more, they need to definitely use some sort of ground mapping akin to what divers use to find objects and remains in hard to see places/lower depth places. Maybe they can uncover history never heard before.

Two options: whether it was there because it could be an archeological site and this was traded, and that is incredible. Or someone brought it recently. I have a knack for flinting obsidian and have brought and bought material from Mexico and made my experimental tools in Alberta.

We gave out tons of that at SFCC in Spokane, Washington. Part of anthropology class/ stone age survival

So cool.

That’s interesting I dug up something very similar to this in Toronto, double the size it’s still in the backyard I will have to take a closer look. I thought it was a piece of old charcoal or a petrified timber but now I’m wondering if it’s obsedian!

Awesome.

First nations traded materials. Im from Nelson BC on Kootenay lake and myself, my mother and my grandfather have found arrowheads here made of obsidian and there is no local source. It came from somewhere else...maybe Edmonton.

Roy Orbison! Wow, right in their backyard !

could have been brought from another area during prehistoric times or even brought back from a holiday trip relatively recently

That would be so damn cool. It's my dream to be an archeologist

Great find for your town

I found a chunk that size im yard when i was a kid living in Sarnia Ontario. Mid 70's

1:14 I use the same username & password for my XRF gun mate😂

“This is our last great adventure” was so sad😢

It's called trade. People traded for it.

So lucky!

Damn stone age man dropped the rock out of the reed and grass backpack

Well i hope they find something interesting this summer then, and that i get to hear about it:) great find. I found a small chunk of obsidian here in england and wonder how it got there.....though it is not far from where victorian rubbish was dumped.

What a great story and so informative! Tu. Bet they may find other "goodies" in the garden besides the obsidian. 🤗🇺🇲

Okay, this is amazing 💖💙💖💙💖

so much for the garden idea............

What a dream 😮❤

Very cool

It was brought there and put in a garden 30 years prior.

It’s most likely it was placed there by someone as a garden ornament. I have of piece of rose quartz in my garden I collected from Dillion MT years ago. I live in NJ.

i didn't even realize there was a volcano in idaho wth.

The most interesting thing here is that isn't the usual technique used in the America's. It's a very early and specific technology. The fact it's north of the last ice margin and with distance from source seems to me to be someone's hobby stone being so close to the surface or extremely ancient which brings up it's own set of problems.

nice

Looks like an ancient door stop.

thats awesome

“Looks like Ya found ya a shiny Black Rock there, eh?” “Take off hoser”

I live in Ontario Canada and had no idea that it was a rare Rock I have it in my backyard too

We have a small rock garden in the back yard that is littered with Obsidian , much bigger than that.

Before I moved out, I dumped a bunch of fossil corals and shells in a garden bed next to the house. I hope they find them.

i have one of these!

"This is our last great adventure." One day, I, too, will say that. 😥

Nice.

That's nothing guys.....

Plot twist, last homeowner was a mineral and rock hound and put rocks in their garden...

I found a neolithic butchers blade made from obsidian in a local stream.

Was it by a rock wall under a big old oak tree?

I found a lil black rock just like this in Saskatchewan 😮

Fascinating!

If it were buried several feet below the surface it might of been there a while but i doubt it predates the home.

How I find points on my property easily. no flint so they totally stand out, and the others are white quartz which are easy to pick up as all my quartz is orange

That is a beautiful obsidian! Can you imagine if she was planning on a family get together in her backyard for this summer? Does she get paid to have them dig in her yard? Does she have any rights to the stone or what they find? What a fun experience too!

How lucky is Mrs. Yeoman, to find obsidian in her backyard. I’m attracted all my life with natural stones, I have my own obsidian necklace favor many years!🙌👏🏻😍

Glad she is enjoying the moment.

I have similar rock for so many years I don’t know who to contact to authenticate my rock

Lovely story

Cool

Thought I found something like that before, but it was a big blob of roofing tar.

Southern Idaho, that's a long way's away , maybe ware the Fenn cache was found? Wouldn't that be cool!

Did anyone else laugh when she said “big black rock “?

Nice

Dont forgett to put the pool in when they are done digging.

Probably left there years ago as a garden decoration nothing amazing just one person finding another person's things.

I'd love to know how far that rock travelled with people to end up there.

Lucky you!

Wow, keep it, it's a powerful crystal for grounding and protection. Very special find

Old native northern trade route to the Okanogan.