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Jun 22, 2011, 08:06 PM
#1
I could use some help from you experts.
Howdy Y'all,
I don't post here much, because my meager finds pale in comparison to what I've seen here. In fact, I've never even found a complete arrowhead, point, or whatever. Everything I've found has been broken in some way. I did find this rock the other day, and I think it may be a tool of some sort, so I'd like your opinions. I hope that it's something, but if it's not, no big deal. I could probably get some better photos if you need that, but here's what it looks like:





Kindest regards,
Kantuck
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Jun 22, 2011, 08:19 PM
#2
Re: I could use some help from you experts.
It looks like it might have been a digging tool, though I don't see any polish on the bit so it may have never been used.
"Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends."
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Jun 22, 2011, 08:20 PM
#3
Re: I could use some help from you experts.
looks to me like it has had some working on it, but im also no expert and could be wrong....
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Jun 22, 2011, 08:30 PM
#4
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Jun 22, 2011, 08:43 PM
#5
Re: I could use some help from you experts.
The flaking on the supposed bit end of this is more modern in flaking as you can see a patination variation from the fresh flaking to the old. This does look like some sort of Blade or hoe......................................GTP
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Jun 22, 2011, 08:45 PM
#6
Re: I could use some help from you experts.
WOW
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Jun 23, 2011, 08:41 AM
#7
Re: I could use some help from you experts.
A hoe strikes me as a possibility, although I only have seen those as photos in books. I would have been thrilled to find that piece.
artorius
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Jun 23, 2011, 08:43 AM
#8
Re: I could use some help from you experts.
Definitely worked...not sure if it was ever finished. I'm with the others. Digging tool/Hoe.
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Jun 23, 2011, 10:03 AM
#9
Re: I could use some help from you experts.
nice
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Jun 23, 2011, 12:30 PM
#10
Re: I could use some help from you experts.
i agree with most of the others, hoe or chopper, very nice find. by the way if u google indian hoe make sure u add the word artifact or some crazy stuff will pop up. i googled indian hoe a while back and boy did i have some options, but none of them had to do with artifacts or tools.
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Jun 23, 2011, 03:30 PM
#11
Re: I could use some help from you experts.
welcome to Tnet. AIA forum, what ever you find post it, it be any less than mine will be if i ever learn how. Terry
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Jun 23, 2011, 07:20 PM
#12
Re: I could use some help from you experts.
I agree it could be a hoe, the chipping on the end looks like it might have been done resharpening it.
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Jun 23, 2011, 09:05 PM
#13
Re: I could use some help from you experts.
Thanks for all of the comments!! I'm glad that you all think that it's a tool as well. When I brought it home, I asked wife if she thought it was just a rock or a native American tool, and she thought that it looked like a tool, so I thought that I might have something. I'll put my other finds together and post them here in a few days.
 Originally Posted by musky44
i agree with most of the others, hoe or chopper, very nice find. by the way if u google indian hoe make sure u add the word artifact or some crazy stuff will pop up. i googled indian hoe a while back and boy did i have some options, but none of them had to do with artifacts or tools.
That's too funny!!
Kindest regards,
Kantuck
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Jun 23, 2011, 10:12 PM
#14
Re: I could use some help from you experts.
hay Kantuck!! me and this keyboard are not on the same page, my first post should have read [ it CAN NOT be any less than mine] i was in a hurry and did not proof read it till now, your artifact is supper, i think it is a hoe there look like there is some patina on the reworked end, so it would have been many, many years before it was found by a different people and reworked and relost, the other end it looks but i am not sure if it was originaly made that way or is it broke, if not broke it could be what they call an ice pick. Terry
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Jun 24, 2011, 12:28 AM
#15
Re: I could use some help from you experts.
Looks like a large chopper to me. I can see where it would help take a hide off and 1/4 up an animal pretty quick. Very nice tool and will make a good display item. Once an item like that got dull a couple whacks and you have a sharp blade again. Nice find. I like tools best.
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Jun 24, 2011, 11:03 PM
#16
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Re: I could use some help from you experts.
welcome to tnet!!cool tool find
aint gonna find any heads sittin on the couch
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