Stone with hole in it continued

[oldbattleaxe]

What is it?

 

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[Toecutter]

All natural is my thoughts, how close to the water was ya when you found it?

 

[SanMan]

It's a "Doughnette"

The Ancient name for a small doughnut.

 

[old digger]

You did it! You found the engagement ring that Wilma gave Fred Flintstone.

 

[Tdog]

I'd say it's a concretion whereby softer material in the center eroded away leaving the hole.

 

[quito]

It’s cool, but natural.
I’d keep it!

 

[Charl]

There is a known class of artifact known simply as a donut stone. I don't know if that is what you have, and I am not familiar with how widespread their existence is. Here is an article showing and describing California donut stones:

https://escholarship.org/content/qt2dw945vq/qt2dw945vq.pdf

Of course, as others have noted, it is entirely possible for such stones to be created naturally. I just wanted to point out the existence of native donut stones....

That said, the link shows some asymmetrical man made donut stones. It's possible the question of man made or natural is still an open question where your holed stone is concerned....

From the article: "Asymmetrical doughnuts weremore expediently made, and little attention was paid to ner nishing details. Asymmetrical donuts are lop-sided,often have off-center holes, and exhibit surface blemishes."

 

[GaRebel1861]

I’d said it’s natural but cool. If I had found it, I would have brought it home as well.

 

[oldbattleaxe]

No water in the area. I was in Joaquin Valley visiting and old army buddy.

 

[Charl]

More examples of man made donut stones....

http://www.pcas.org/documents/Donut-shapedArtifact434.pdf

 

[oldbattleaxe]

That was solved fast.

 

[Charl]

No water in the area. I was in Joaquin Valley visiting and old army buddy.

Well, in that case, you may have found it in an area where the Chumash used donut stones, and I would look at the links I left....

 

[oldbattleaxe]

Very interesting site Charl.

 

[gilmerman]

I wish I found it.

 

[oldbattleaxe]

After looking at some of the websites above provided by Charl. I am not sure if this stone hole was made by erosion or a digging weight. I have to take it to get it looked at. It could be a digging weight? This stone is very hard and heavy. Not sand stone. I had found some other pieces in the near by area years ago. Here is a pic of what describes this similar stone.

 

[oldbattleaxe]

 

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[Charl]

After looking at some of the websites above provided by Charl. I am not sure if this stone hole was made by erosion or a digging weight. I have to take it to get it looked at. It could be a digging weight? This stone is very hard and heavy. Not sand stone. I had found some other pieces in the near by area years ago. Here is a pic of what describes this similar stone.

This article suggests some donut stones had the holes started in a natural manner, via a shellfish known as a piddock clam, and were then further modified by humans:

http://www.pcas.org/documents/DonutStoneFishingSinkers.pdf

Piddock clams:

https://www.shapeoflife.org/blog/finding-hole-truth-about-piddock-clams-monterey-bay

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Looks more like made by mother nature than man made.

 

[jamey]

i found one too