'Ice-age' era spearhead unearthed by accident on Paris, Ont., farm

16-07-2025

When Mike and Laura Vellenga were working on their family farm in Paris, Ont., the last thing they expected to find was what may be a 12,500-year-old piece of history. The couple has accidentally unearthed two pieces of an ancient spearhead that are small enough to fit in your palm and made of a piece of chert flint — light grey, with thin gold veining. Thousands of years ago, it would have been used by a hunter-gatherer as a weapon at the end of a stick. CBC K-W's Aastha Shetty went out to the farm to speak with the Vellenga family about their once-in-a-lifetime discovery.

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