A nice Drill and an odd flint piece

[TL Missouri]

This is a nice drill I found back in the late 90s and a odd shaped worked flint piece I found in july of this year. Both were creek finds. I have seen a couple other flint pieces shaped like this odd one from adair co missouri. but, dont know what they were used for. Any Ideas?

 

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[Tnmountains]

Hey you think it may have been a type of Graver?

 

[pickaway]

Killer drill, the other may be what is called a eccentric...

 

[unitas]

I'm with Pickaway--looks to be an eccentric...........hard to find,nicely done. Oh,fantastic drill by the way.

 

[creek astronaut]

cool relics.that eccentric/exotic is like the others said a rare find.some were made as effigys and some are believed to be purposely made that way maybe as a practice piece for a young/beginner flint knapper?i dont think anyone really knows what function these exotics had.thx for sharing the pics.

 

[Keokukjeff]

Nice Dalton Drill!
The Eccentric piece is probably Woodland period.In Missouri Eccentric's were used artifacts.....tools ect
Not Effigys..............but tools to use.
Maybe some day Archeologist will come up with a reason why so many are found in Woodland context when dug up in Missouri............

 

[creek astronaut]

Nice Dalton Drill!
The Eccentric piece is probably Woodland period.In Missouri Eccentric's were used artifacts.....tools ect
Not Effigys..............but tools to use.
Maybe some day Archeologist will come up with a reason why so many are found in Woodland context when dug up in Missouri............

not effigys?some are effigys and have been found in all of north america,and they have been dated from the archaic thru mississippian period. these found often in mo?