black stone cylinder

[lovinlife]

So I'm strolling along this stream and look down to find this stone cylinder looking thing? Not sure if it's a core sample, although I'm out in the middle of nowhere just fields and woods. it's smooth with some slight indentions maybe from the stream maybe from being held idk. What do you pro's think? It's 18 inches long and weighs like 7lbs. Both ends are somewhat rounded off and oval in shape, 1"1/4 and the other is 1"1/2 not sharp at all? Let me know what you think? Could it be a Native American tool?

 

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[jwarner51]

I'd lean toward pestle. I've never seen a battery core like that before and it just doesn't look right.

 

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[lovinlife]

All of your suggestions still leave me excited. The ends are definitely chipped, ovalish and worn, it definitely weighs 7lbs+ it looks and feels to be a solid dark stone. (Without getting gross) as you feel for any indentions on the length of it, there are definite slight curves in the stone, possibly from holding or water, just can't be sure.

 

[lovinlife]

I'm trying to send pics but finding it very difficult

 

[lovinlife]

magnet doesn't stick

 

[delboy63]

Looks like a honing stone , for sharpening knives and sythes .

 

[BuckleBoy]

It's probably a 70+ year old carbon rod from a dry cell battery. They were popular in the early 1900's and came in many different sizes. Some were massive.
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I might also add that the rods from these bateries do ring up on a detector in many cases. So if the thing you found beeps, it's not Native American.

 

[niffler]

Also, carbon conducts electricity, carbon rods are used for gouging metal in welding. I don't know if stone conducts electricity.

 

[MuckyBottles]

Yea, too many variables in question to make it native American

 

[lovinlife]

I might also add that the rods from these bateries do ring up on a detector in many cases. So if the thing you found beeps, it's not Native American.

does not ring on metal detector at all.

 

[jwarner51]

The carbon rods aren't perfectly smooth like your "pestal" looks to be. They are slightly porous almost. Also the carbon rods will make a black powder if you scratch them with a penny. If yours doesn't do that I don't think it came from a battery.

 

[lovinlife]

update on the black stone cylinder

I emailed a pic to the UofM professor and he said it looks to be a native American pestal, possibly 500 yrs old and a great find! Yay!

 

[IAMZIM]

Due to the nature of my work, I've been around hundreds of core samples.
Depths to over 100 feet and I've never seen a core sample like that.

I'm leaning towards the Pestle also.

I will concur with both you and Jeff of PA, I also have been around hundreds of core samples, and have a small collection from specific mines in my area. That is not a core sample.

 

[IAMZIM]

IMO it looks like it is made of basalt. I have many basalt artifacts, and have "worked" basalt myself. I am leaning toward an artifact. of course I would have to see it in person to be sure. Great find if it is!!! If it IS basalt, I bet I know exactly where they got the material to make it! I would go back to that area and search carefully, and I bet you will find more stuff! And lastly, Welcome to TNET fellow Montanan!

 

[shoague]

This is very cool. This made hundreds and hundreds of meals for early americans.