Stone tools?

sunnysideup · May 6, 2021

Love this forum! Brand new as a member, but I have stalked posts for awhile. 😁 can anyone help me ID these stones? They were found within a 40’x60’ plowed field area. We have a history of many Native American artifacts found on our property from previous owners, with a large pond, creek and natural spring near by. Are these grinding or hammer stones or just rocks? Also pictured are 2 broken points found at the same location. Thanks in advance!!

uniface · May 6, 2021

The last two are artifacts.

Treasure_Hunter · May 6, 2021

Bottom right hand picture are broken artifact, rest are natural.

sunnysideup · May 6, 2021

Thank you so much for the input!

The Grim Reaper · May 6, 2021

Here's a link to an old thread with some great examples of Stone Tools. Also some new pictures of my display. These should help you identify the Stone Tools a little easier. Welcome aboard.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/north-american-indian-artifacts/185839-stone-tools.html

antmike915 · May 6, 2021

Agree with above comments

sunnysideup · May 6, 2021

The Grim Reaper said:
Here's a link to an old thread with some great examples of Stone Tools. Also some new pictures of my display. These should help you identify the Stone Tools a little easier. Welcome aboard.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/north-american-indian-artifacts/185839-stone-tools.html

Wow thank you so much!! I had researched so much trying to find resources. I had a collector tell me the smaller round stone was a grinding stone because of the markings on the bottom and the dark lines on the top, but I wasn’t sure! I’m new to all of this, but find it so fascinating. Really makes you feel connected to the earth and our early ancestors.

sunnysideup · May 6, 2021

Awesome thank you for that! I had researched so much trying to find resources. I had a collector tell me the smaller round stone was a grinding stone because of the markings on the bottom and the dark lines on the top, but I wasn’t sure! I’m new to all of this, but find it so fascinating. Really makes you feel connected to the earth and our early ancestors.

Relicgrubber · May 6, 2021

We call those Potato Rocks here in Shelby County.

Congrats on your two flint artifacts!

Kantuckkeean · May 6, 2021

I wouldn't dismiss the ones in photos 3 & 5 without closer inspection. It's difficult to tell from a photograph sometimes, but they could be tools. I posted these photos a while back. If I'd posted only the first photo, they'd probably be dismissed as just rocks. However, having them in hand, there are unnatural, highly polished areas with small, parallel scratches on a couple of them, and one of them was probably used for sanding. I'm not sure about the small triangular one, but something tells me that it was used as well, and the nearly spherical, black walnut-sized one resembles the ones that were found to have been used to extract bone marrow. I turned the stones in the second photo to show the polish and parallel lines. The one with the flat side beneath my fingers was used for sanding, although it's nearly impossible to show the polish in photos due to the texture of the material.

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

sunnysideup · May 7, 2021

Here are a few more pics of the 3rd rock. Not sure if you can tell any differently, but the 2 flattened areas are super smooth- smoother than the rest of the stone. It has a slight sheen to those areas as well, but not shiny. I love to research Native American artifacts, (even though my collection is only a few pieces at this point! ☺️) and something that I read that differentiates a River stone from a grinding stone or hammer stone can be the dark lines on them that are not made through nature. Have any of you ever heard of this? That is also what the collector I talked to mentioned. But I am a complete newbie, so I don’t even know what would make those wear marks. �� Thanks for taking a second look.

sunnysideup · May 7, 2021

Here’s #5 again. This one is just flat on the bottom, but no smoother than the rest of the rock like the one above is. I would say this one is just a “potato” :laughing7: