A few decent finds.

[quito]

Picked up a few artifacts today.
One nice mano. First I took a picture showing a very fresh implement strike.you can still see the sheen of the metal. Looks like the disc lost more than the stone.
I also found a Nice strawberry colored scraper, and a decent little prairie side notch.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Nice looking finds.

 

[NCPeaches]

Awesome finds!

 

[quito]

Thanks Steve and peaches!

They Made my day!

 

[joshuaream]

Nice finds!

 

[Mine Shaft]

Congrats.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Looks like some very nice finds.

 

[creekhunter]

Good hunt!

 

[reuellis]

What leads you to believe the river cobble was a Mano?

 

[Greg Lafla]

Give the guy a break who really knows from a pic over a screen.

 

[reuellis]

Exactly Greg, that's why I asked.

 

[Greg Lafla]

I aplologize for my snarkiness reuellis, being just like what I was complaining about.

 

[quito]

What leads you to believe the river cobble was a Mano?

What makes you so sure it’s a river cobble?

You know my area, our materials and sites?

 

[reuellis]

Touché quito. I thought it could be an erratic after my initial response. But enough with the guesswork, why?

 

[reuellis]

No, I don't know your area. Please explain. That is the reason for my initial response. Not questioning judgement, but reasons for such judgement.

 

[quito]

Give the guy a break who really knows from a pic over a screen.

give yourself a break

 

[quito]

No, I don't know your area. Please explain. That is the reason for my initial response. Not questioning judgement, but reasons for such judgement.

Well, you did kinda make it sound like you knew what it was and labeled it.

First off, it was not found where it could have been deposited by any river.

The edges are not highly polished like the rest of the stone.

It shows pecking scars around a lot of the edge.

It also shows some use wear along one edge, likely from having done a little pounding.

We don't find highly polished, symmetric river cobbles around here.

Some of the smartest people on here did recognized and didn't question it, and even complimented the finds .

Oh and it fits the hand well,

and it even has a spot for the thumb.

 

[reuellis]

Yes, I guessed. Is it a cobble or erratic? Where did you find it?

 

[quito]

I found It in a large 20+ acre vegetable garden I’ve been hunting since I started.

We have a lot of glacialy deposited materials in our area also. Hard to say where some things come from around here.