Any guess as to what this is?

[drewa77]

Not quite sure what to call this. I found this today while walking a creek in southern Ohio. It is stone but I have no idea if this is an artifact, or what. Ideas/suggestions are appreciated

 

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[drewa77]

The scars created by the drilling/abrasion technique used can only be seen about 1/4 inch going into the hole if that makes any sense. The stone itself is not a symmetrical circle. It looks like it would have used a river cane to produce the hole which is a fraction bigger on side than the other. Diameter of hole is about 1". I did some research at the local museum on drilling techniques and found several examples of a drilling technique similar to the hole in the stone I found. Hopefully the pictures help! Thanks for looking!

 

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[unclemac]

take it to THAT museum for a look see.

 

[marion moore]

I have no idea what is, but if you look at the second picture one way it looks

like it has a groove cut into it, look at a different way, then you see ridge the way it normal is.

thanks for posting, marion

 

[lincha]

thanks for posting, its a cool find, will be interesting to know what it turns out to be

 

[rock]

With the seam running around the middle I would say Historical made. Maybe late 1800- early1900s Looks to of fit into something else. Pretty cool whatever it is.