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Paleolithic tool...
- Thread starter SuperMac
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it "does have" some parallel grooving along the left end radiating away from the edge which could indicate human handiwork, but...it COULD just be a rock too.
how's that for a non-committed waffle response?
how's that for a non-committed waffle response?
this rock was cut to fit in the hand...
this rock was cut to fit in the hand...
that square tip on the right side isn't natural, it was made. My guess would be for breaking open bones for marrow or to scrape hides. Trippy to think whose hands held it before mine...kinda like beans....
this rock was cut to fit in the hand...
it "does have" some parallel grooving along the left end radiating away from the edge which could indicate human handiwork, but...it COULD just be a rock too.
that square tip on the right side isn't natural, it was made. My guess would be for breaking open bones for marrow or to scrape hides. Trippy to think whose hands held it before mine...kinda like beans....
Flying Monkey
Member
Yeah they look like hide scrapers. Top one could be a hammerstone or just a rock.. Whered you turn them up fella?
xxPeacePipexx
Member
Natural formation with the rock. The others are blades used for scraping and defleshing hides and also used as a knife when fastened with handle. I have a couple hundred in a collection that I am just the keeper of.
I'd say the first one is simply detritus left over from manufacture of a stone tool . It seems to have a couple bulbs of percussion/flake scars on it.
The second one (is that some sort of Jasper?) is what we call a sex rock, as in Its just a fucking rock.
The second one (is that some sort of Jasper?) is what we call a sex rock, as in Its just a fucking rock.
JustSumTomatoes
Indicas make dreams happen
That first one? Just a piece of moon rock some alien probably ditched out the window with the galaxy police on his ass. That second one though... Man that looks like some top shelf space rock!
I recently found this point on the shoreline down the road.
I find this type of stuff walking the dirt roads around here.
I like to knap glass every once in a while.
I use tools I've found looking for artifacts along with antler and bone.
The two white ones are made from toilet tank porcelain.
I find this type of stuff walking the dirt roads around here.
I like to knap glass every once in a while.
I use tools I've found looking for artifacts along with antler and bone.
The two white ones are made from toilet tank porcelain.
This gets my vote. Cool topic. I am sure a lot of us have boxes of old interesting rocks.
JustSumTomatoes
Indicas make dreams happen
What's that first one made out of Capt.Ahab? Looks similar to the sandstone around here, but I know that doesn't hold an edge well.
I think that sort of stuff is so cool. I've never found anything like that but my girl found an arrowhead digging in her yard and my stepdad found a very well crafted and intact spearhead while digging up trees at a nursery many years ago.
I think that sort of stuff is so cool. I've never found anything like that but my girl found an arrowhead digging in her yard and my stepdad found a very well crafted and intact spearhead while digging up trees at a nursery many years ago.
extra large kidney stone
I worked on a sod farm one summer that sat on top of a Huron site. A couple of longhouses were still visible after we cut. All of the nearby fields had lots of goodies to find. It is a subdivision now.
Lucy and Naia were years apart...
Lucy and Naia were years apart...
What's up with that?
Any whose, all of these rocks were found on my property but must have been brought in. They all have 1) a point and 2) a place for your thumb 3) and each rock is different.
Thanks for the excellent questions and contributions to this thread everyone!
Lucy and Naia were years apart...
What's up with that?
Any whose, all of these rocks were found on my property but must have been brought in. They all have 1) a point and 2) a place for your thumb 3) and each rock is different.
Thanks for the excellent questions and contributions to this thread everyone!
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Flying Monkey
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Awesome. So many nice points Ahab and nice glass knapping too. Pretty amazing how sharp a flint can be. Ive skinned a few smaller critters with stone flints just for fun and a good flint is like a razor.
toilet tank material AKA "johnstone" lol...great stuff for knapping.
