What the heck is it??

[Edgychris]

Hello,

Found this in the search for points. Its harder than clay and softer than a solid stone. Much less fragile than shale. It looks like a casting or mold for something. Any ideas of what and how old?

 

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[Edgychris]

Hello,

Found this in the search for points. Its harder than clay and softer than a solid stone. Much less fragile than shale. It looks like a casting or mold for something. Any ideas of what and how old?

After a lil scrub with coldwater. Seems like very sturdy clay with what seems to me as a native design. Perhaps a bit more solid than clay. Also if i had to bet its seen fire.
No idea but dam. In a very productive point spot

 

[jewelerguy]

the lines in the object are very straight and suggest that another tool was used to imprint/cut as the main body rotated to form the piece. My vote is that it's a broken piece of clay sewer/drainage pipe

 

[CRUSADER]

Surely its an old bit of Native Pottery??

 

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[No gold in NY]

Does this piece have any curvature to it as in pottery?
Sewer and drain pipe would not be decorated like this. In my days of construction I have dug all kinds of old clay pipe out of the ground. Even wooden water mains.

 

[villagenut]

Maybe a frag of a kiln saggar pot

 

[charley2hats]

No not sewer pipe that is very old pottery The reason your finding good points is your in an old Indian camp no sitting around doing nothing in those days busy making points making arrows cooking . I definally belive that is a piece of pottery Charley2hats

 

[GaRebel1861]

Interesting but, I have clue to what it is.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very interesting piece!