pestle

  1. The past mantle relics #13, pestle

    This pestle was found 05/20/1991 in Indiana, the same site area as an earlier posted pestle. This site stretched along the waterway for a quarter of a mile. The rise where this was found was the prolific site location. The same day I found this specific pestle I found a full groove axe, a...
  2. The past mantle relics #7

    This small roller pestle is only 3 3/4 inches long, its 2 3/8 inches in diameter was found in Hancock County Indiana. Multiple small plow strikes are visible on its surface, both old and new. Peck marks are still visible on some areas of the body while most have been removed from being used, on...
  3. wife moving furniture today - again

    cold and rainy outside, I planned to work on the 2026 oak firewood in the barn for a while, nope. my wife decided to move furniture around. so I have to move my pestle display.. it's a game of musical chairs and furniture again. move, dust, vacuum, restore.
  4. Pestle

    Doing some cleaning and re-arranging of relics. This pestle was found 12/07/1998 not too far from my home along the east facing rise to the creek. The field had been moldboard plowed. The flat face and pounding damage to the base would indicate this was used as a roller pestle and one to...
  5. Inherited possible native artifacts, pestles, hand tools?

    Hi everyone, thanks in advance your help with these. My grandpa left pails of rocks in his garage when he passed, which after some investigation over the years I’m thinking might be native artifacts? Doing some spring cleaning so I decided to finally clean them up and snap some pictures to...
  6. Ancient Ohio Stone artifact?

    Hello, the other day while walking along an undeveloped valley's secluded creek bed (a small tributary to the West Fork Mill Creek in Hamilton County Cincinnati OHIO) I came across this. At first I thought it was a large cephalopod or horn coral fossil, but after picking it up and looking closer...
  7. One Whole, Two Brokes and a Pestle

    My new field is turning up some colorful pieces. We're in desperate need of rain...no plowed fields around here have received a single rain this season. This spot should be killer once it gets wet. As for the piece I'm calling a pestle: I realize it shows zero signs of being worked. However, the...
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