Ohio Paleoindian Scraper?

[Atticus Finch]

15 years ago I was digging a pond in my back yard and the homesite sits on an old glacier melt ridge. There is a word for it. Anyway I found this stone object that is stained with brownish red areas and appears to have been man made, yet a bit weathered. I am posting a few pics and hope an expert can ID it for me as far as age. The only rock in the general area is shale. So this item must have been carried here. I live in Florida now.
Thanks for any feedback.

[ohio]

What would lead you to believe these were made by a Paleoindian? Just curious.
Chuck

[Atticus Finch]

What would lead you to believe these were made by a Paleoindian? Just curious.
Chuck

Maybe I'm just stupid.

It looks nothing like anything found in Ohio ever. I even checked out the museum in Cleveland. I believe it is very old.

Maybe I am stupid.

Thanks for asking.

[ohio]

Cappy, I would not say you are stupid at all. It may well indeed be a crude tool. It is just difficult to place such items into such a time frame unless they were found in context with material from that period.

I think paleo tool is used far too often especially to describe unifacial and flake tools. In my area I have found such tools on sites from Ft. Ancient to early Archaic. Maybe somebody else will way in.

Chuck

[Atticus Finch]

Cappy, I would not say you are stupid at all. It may well indeed be a crude tool. It is just difficult to place such items into such a time frame unless they were found in context with material from that period.

I think paleo tool is used far too often especially to describe unifacial and flake tools. In my area I have found such tools on sites from Ft. Ancient to early Archaic. Maybe somebody else will way in.

Chuck

Can I send the artifact to you. I will pay for all postage both ways.
CZ

[Flintfinder of Mo.]

Cappy Z, It looks like a natural rock to me. JMO. It might be a crude tool of some sort, but I doubt it. I'm not trying to get under your skin, but just trying to help. John

[Neanderthal]

I think paleo tool is used far too often especially to describe unifacial and flake tools. In my area I have found such tools on sites from Ft. Ancient to early Archaic. Maybe somebody else will way in.

Chuck

AMEN!

[pickaway]

Looks like a spall of flint...

[uniface]

My Opinion : Flake Core.

Definitely an artifact, although not a formal tool.