just a box of rocks

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WOW...and what a box it is ! not your everyday finds for sure ...
 

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Very Interesting Box of Rocks! The piece with two holes and the piece in the bottom left on the first picture look good to me. Can we get some extra pictures of individual pieces?
 

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Here's a couple
 

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The greyish colored rock, with a deep groove, just above the stone with two holes, looks like steatite or soapstone. As such, if that's the case, it's likely an artifact. Likely is even if not soapstone. But I am not sure what it might be. Gotta put my thinking cap on, lol....
 

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here's a few shots of that piece
 

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Is the black knife with the square base not complete ? Maybe tip missing looks like a really nice one regardless any better pics of that one?
 

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You mean this piece? Looks like a square break. I was thinking arrowhead.
 

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How's that?
 

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I think the rocks with holes are natural, the artifacts I think I see, have flaking in them.
 

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I think the rocks with holes are natural, the artifacts I think I see, have flaking in them.

I'd have to agree with this. The Flint pieces look like some broken up Points or Blades, but everything else looks to be naturally eroded stones.
 

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The ones with the holes I probably would of brought them home to just to ask. I dont find many drilled pieces. Thanks for posting them, rock
 

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The greyish colored rock, with a deep groove, just above the stone with two holes, looks like steatite or soapstone. As such, if that's the case, it's likely an artifact. Likely is even if not soapstone. But I am not sure what it might be. Gotta put my thinking cap on, lol....

I thought it could be an atlatl weight. It has the shape of an atlatl weight and some atlatl weights have a groove or string line along the keel. Although unique and can see why some may think its just a rock.
 

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