Small Stone Ave

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Escape

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Very cool. Im no expert but judging by its size it looks like the type used by a medicine man to test reflexes by striking it on the knee. Hope someone knows what it really is.
Awesome find.
 

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pigeonman

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looks like this one has everyone stumped. the field where found has been very productive thru the years
 

joshuaream

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PigeonMan,

You posted this one in a forum for Central & South American relics, you should post it in the Native American relics forum.

Nice little axe!

Joshua
 

Goldfinger450

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Looks like it may have been used for knocking small dry branches off of tree's for firewood gathering, that is the best I can say.
 

JohnWhite

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I really don't know much about stone axes, even though I have a few...I even have a couple of small ones, but none that small...I have a personal view or opinion on the small axes...I personally believe that they are children's toys designed to teach a child how to use a larger one when they grow up...But I could be wrong...
 

releventchair

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How much weight in an axe would you want to carry on a hunt?
I have used a small iron/ steel bitted one to split a few pelvis on deer.
While it would hurt to get bonked in the head with ...If not designed for portability it was well crafted for a Squaw ,or youth tool.
 

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I moved thread to North American Indian Artifact forum. Nice double bit axe, maybe squaw axe.
 

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Nice find, probably prehistoric. And they would have used these as an all around tool/weapon.
 

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A tool to fit the job. Trick is what was the job? Great looking stone axe.
 

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Iv only personally seen one other axe similar to that one found here in Maryland I also thought they were probably used for chopping smaller branches and like others pointed out a small axe comes in handy for hunting and would be nice and light.
 

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No, they are Missouri.

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redbeardrelics

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Beautiful little axe. I have personally seen a couple found here on the Delmarva peninsula, and have heard of a few others. I think they could perhaps have been ceremonial or for display rather than functional. The only reason I say this is because of the ones I have seen or heard of, they have all seemed to be nearly perfect, and none were beat up as if they had been used much. I suspect if they had been used by children they probably would not have survived long in good condition?
 

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Who knows what it was used for but it sure is a nice one. Mystery ax
 

Escape

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Looking at it next to the quarter it looked realy small to me. Smaller then the ones shown by a another poster on his hand. Thinking maybe it was for symbolic or ritual purposes. Just guessing. Definitely a mystery ax.
 

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Some woodworking jobs required small woodworking tools. This small full groove axe is 2 3/4".

The two celts are each 1 1/2" long. The one on the left was simply crudely fashioned from a pebble. The green one on the right has a bit virtually obliterated, but the furthest extension has a little nib of the bit remaining, so it was just as small, and not longer. These must have been socketed, and used on jobs requiring a small wood cutting tool...

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2 3/8" long full groove, granite, with unique knob on top by groove. Pf Jay. Co. Indiana

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Not a kids toy!!! Resources were TOO valuable. Like others have said, right tool for the right job and prob made for traveling purposes. btw it's a beaut!!
 

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