Q&A for How to Identify Flint

Yes you can, but you have to make sure the sparks hit the right spot or there will be no fire.

Yes. Especially on beaches. You can also find flint on river banks or in streams.

Look along beaches. You should be able to find some flint almost everywhere along the coast.

You can strike flint with steel iron and carbon fiber to get a spark.

You can find it in river banks, near boulders, or near a batch of pebbles.

A quick web search should do the trick. Just type in if there is flint in (insert your area).

You can research it online. Basically, if you're not in New England, New York, most of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, then it's in your area.

You should find flint on the beaches.

Yes, but only If you live in Flint, Michigan. ;) Otherwise, you are out of luck.

Beaches, riverbanks, and streams are all good places to find flint.

If you go to a local hardware or appliance store you are bound to find flint.

You can find flint on the White River and along trails in some state parks. River Rock has also yielded a few pieces. I usually carry a small file to test it for sparks.

Yes. Where there is stone there is flint. Flint hides with other rocks or they can hide in a rock. There can be a stone with black/dark grayish color pieces of rock which are flint. To test this find a sharp edge of a rock and drag hit it. If it sparks, then it is flint.

Yes. In fact u can find flint in gravel. Gravel paths, driveways, roads, or near water. Streams, creeks, rivers, lakes, and ponds hold flint too.

Yes. Where there is water and rocks, there is flint. It's simple. Flint is a rock itself. It hides with other rocks and stones. And that is why its hard to tell. It can be grey or black in color.

Flint can be found all over the world if you are at a beach. If you don't live on the coastline, then you can go to a lake. There is even a chance to find flint in the gravel of your roads.