Albemarle, Va

[Barjr2478]

Primitive stone tool?

A plow dug this up... Made of stone around 8 inches or so long.

 

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[Montana Jim]

Is it stone? Steal? Lead? How long is it?

 

[Barjr2478]

Stone, 8 inches long

 

[Indian Steve]

Wow! Is the short piece sharpened on the end? My first thought was a platform pipe but it doesn't look drilled. Is it?

 

[Barjr2478]

No not drilled

 

[ipsilateral]

I'm from Albemarle County and it's tough to say. The area yields an occasional arrowhead but there isn't tons of native American stuff that I found in a childhood running around the fields and hills.. So, it could be the form for a pipe. It definitely has the right shape. It's possibly the head of a cane. But, the stone is pretty soft given the scars in it. The area is rich with history from native American to Rev War to Civi War. A very interesting item.

 

[Barjr2478]

Been trying hard for two days to figure out what this thing is. It was plowed up on a sandy bottom on the rockfish river next to the wayside. From the 1969 flood I would have thought it would have been washed away but here it is.

 

[Tony in SC]

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