At second glance, the axe may be a 3/4 grooved. Can you give us a show of the other side, please?Quito was right on the money with the raised ridge call. Only thing that I can add to what he said is its a 1/2 grooved axe. I'm pretty sure, correct me if I'm wrong. The groove doesn't go around the whole axe, right? That is a remarkable find. I can not say that I've ever seen a 1/2 grooved raised ridge before. I'm glad you sought information on these pieces before someone tried to talk you out of them. Unless you are in a financial crunch, don't sell these!! They don't make these "real ones" any longer! Lol! Welcome to t-net!
The axe is mid archaic. That is around 6,000 years old. I wish I could help you with the point but it's not from NC. so my input would be invalid.I know little or nothing about this. When would these have been made? What group of people were in that part of Ohio at that time? Thank you for your prompt replies. Tim
My bad! It looked like you had rotated the piece 180 degrees rather than flipped it for the second pic. Some readings list these as 6,000BP others list them 6,000BC. BP is before present and BC, of course, before Christ. Archeologist seem to have trouble deciding which initials to use and it causes complication in determining how old artifacts are. I have read that BP is inaccurate. It's a long drawn out argument but in a nut shell BP makes 1959 the start of time. Nice piece!!There is a front view and a back view of the axe in my post