Two days in a row the chief has pointed out collectibles but when I looked none were in sight. What am I doing wrong? How exactly does he point them out?

First, there are tons of rainbows over his head and he moves in several directions, until finally he stops. When he stops you go looking in the direction he stopped in. But hurry before it poofs away.

What i do is as soon as i hear a Gong sound i pause the game. I Go Looking everywhere with a child nearby. Every time i try i usuallay find it

That's not how it works. The chief does not point in the direction that the collectible can be found. The collectible can be in any area of the map where collectibles normally appear. A rare collectible will always appear somewhere, but it can be hard to see if it's behind villagers (if you have a large tribe), trees or other objects. However, if you are in the habit of pausing the game to help find and gather collectibles, you may prevent one from appearing.

Oh, I thought it worked that way

1. Get the chief to make a lecture
2. Quickly put the chief on the mountain to make a rare collectible appear
3. Pause the game
4. Look for the collectible. Note that coral is found by the beach, tablets near the rubble, turtle shells by the waterfall and feathers anywhere! I find it easier to quickly check the three first spots to make sure it's not a feather
5. Get a kid to pick it up
(The lecture is made so that any villagers standing on collectibles will get off them and go to the ampitheatre.)

um... Lady Keeps Saying NOT to pause the game when looking for the chief's collectible.... unless I am wrong . . . I have been known to be wrong... lol

never mind ...

The collectible may take a minute or two to appear. In addition, Collectibles do not appear or dissapear while the game is paused.

Therefore, if you start an event that causes a collectible to appear, and the game is paused when it's supposed to appear . . . you're short. You don't get a collectible. No soup for you.

The moral of this story grasshoppah, is that chief-collectibles and pausing do not mix well.

I don't pause the game. I grab a kid and just start looking. Twice in a row there simply has not been a collictable. Very frustrating.

Ohh, I always pause the game....it works for me Maybe you have to pause it after the chief sits down. Sorry!