Hammer or Grinder?

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willjo

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Nice shape, I would have brought it home neat.
 

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why not both?,,,if you needed something like that you would use it anyway you wanted.
 

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Often grinding stones exhibit hammering wear on the edges. I'd guess they often had to do some pounding to break whatever up a bit before it could be ground worth a darn. Think about a dry corn kernels, you couldn't just go to grinding with out first cracking them up a bit.
 

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I am very green on thows kind of tools. like quito mentioned maybe for crushing up meal.
 

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Thanks I thought maybe both to. I dont find many of that material in that area so when I saw it was flat on 1 side with a slight dimple I figured it was more than just a rock.
 

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Thanks I thought maybe both to. I dont find many of that material in that area so when I saw it was flat on 1 side with a slight dimple I figured it was more than just a rock.

Sometimes we just never know for sure. That's what a portion of the special out door rock garden is for round here.
 

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Hey Rock. I see the dimple. It may have been used for starting fires with a bow drill. Definetly would have been a useful tool.
I think maybe some people look right over the larger rocks. Good find.
 

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I got a few kinda like that with the dimple on one side that i found years ago on a village site.
 

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I got a few kinda like that with the dimple on one side that i found years ago on a village site.

Well it was found just below a site down at the bottom of the hill. Could of washed down very easy over the years. Funny thing is that I have seen it laying there and never picked it up for over a year now, lol
 

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Keep looking rock, there is bound to be something better.
 

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