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Photos: Lone Pine relic hunter

Lone Pine resident Norman Starks, 76, with a framed collection of arrowheads at his Lone Pine home.

Lone Pine resident Norman Starks, 76, with a framed collection of arrowheads at his Lone Pine home.  (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)

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For Norman Starks, the anti-hero of Owens Valley, they are his trophies, the product of a life’s obsession with gathering ancient artifacts from the surrounding lands -- and they are the reason 53 federal agents raided his home last month on his 76th birthday.

Lone Pine relic hunter

Norman Starks holds a small portion of his arrowhead collection, left behind by federal agents who raided his Lone Pine home.  (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)

Lone Pine relic hunter

Norman Starks of Lone Pine holds an arrowhead from his collection, much of which was seized by federal agents.  (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)

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