stone bead

[dirt diva]

Found this in the sand along the tom bigbee river in Al. this week.
looks like some kind of bead.length 1/2 inch x1/2 inch.One end small hole,other end larger hole.
Any ideas. Could just be a rock thanks

[larson1951]

it's a rock
this kind of rock sure seems to come in weird shapes
here is a similar type rock (I think it is the same kind)
it sure looks like a Buffalo effigy
but it's just a rock

[The Grim Reaper]

I agree with larson. It is just a natural formation. Now that doesn't mean it couldn't have been utilized as a Bead, especially if it had been found on a village site, but finding it on a river bank means it's probably just natural.

[dirt diva]

I agree with larson. It is just a natural formation. Now that doesn't mean it couldn't have been utilized as a Bead, especially if it had been found on a village site, but finding it on a river bank means it's probably just natural.

Thanks for the info
I am not very knowledgeable in the rock and stone area.
I have learned to keep everything until you find out what it is.

[mlhudson]

There was a very large number of native amercians on the Tenn. river area, and there were French traders a long the rivers and streams here in bama for some time. This looks like a early type " trade bend " from the early settlements made by the natives for thousands of years, did be
discouraged, any thing is possible in these rivers,, keepa hunt'in


mlhudson

[Tnmountains]

True on the Tennessee river. But most things I have found are reed drilled with sand. We also find those little natural bead fossils that are not drilled and think when found on sites they were used as a bead though they are not drilled. Soooo if you found it on a site may be a bead. They did a lot of little shell beads. I will try to click a pic of some when I have time from the Tennessee river. Thanks for sharing.
regards,
TnMountains

[Tnmountains]

Looks like a pretty nice high rack buck in your avitar