A few strange rocks from a cornfield, Have to be Native American something.

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Nice stuff! :icon_thumright:
You have a good eye for man-made lithics!
Just about all seem to be, save one or two.
I'd have to see how the parent rocks fracture, first,
to tell, but........
 

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Most look good I’d say cores or choppers
 

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In my opinion, the larger black piece could be a quarry blank but I have my doubts. The smaller black piece could have been used as a scraper. The rest are naturally formed rocks.
 

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I would probably call the large black one a hand axe, the others don't appear to be useful
 

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They could have been "worked more recently." Can you bring them to a geologist for an opinion?
 

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The black material looks to me like Esopus chert. Here's one made from Esopus from the net. Gary

esopus chert ny.webp
 

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