Anyone identify these finds

[bellroundhead]

one is made out of stone etching on it with two holes drilled in it. other looks like an iron arrowhead thought arrowheads were all made from flint other peice is a heavy chunk of metal feels like lead or silver found not far from the stone that has holes in it. thanks

 

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[RGINN]

Nice find. I'll go with gorget. I believe it pre-dates the Cherokee occupation though. Arrowheads started being made of iron as soon as the white man got here. Traders offered manufactured iron points. Iron wagon wheel rims were used by the natives to make their own. I'll step out on a limb and say that after the l850's, 'flint chipping' was fast becoming a dying art. I don't think what you have is a metal point, as it doesn't fit the typical style.

 

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[TheHunter1]

[/quote] The stone with two holes appears to be a gorget ( necklace piece ). Not sure about the others but look at them closely for grinding marks and small scratch etchings along the sides as to where the stones were possibly being brought into a future shape, also look for polished areas.

 

[Tnmountains]

I've seen a couple different pieces like that over the years made from broken bowls or broken steatite bowls. It looks like a piece of worked pottery to me, I can see some grit/temper in the material. I'd call it a pottery gorget.

I don't think you can specifically call it a Cherokee Artifact as they were fairly late arrivals to most of what today is considered 'Cherokee Country', it could easily be 10 to 1000 years earlier than their arrival (or it could have been made by them, you just can't know for certain.)

Nail on the head with that gorget. A very nice find and artifact
I think Nancy Ward betrayed Chief dragging canoe a man who's trails I haunt today. I actually fish over his grave and passed by his long gone village today. Very interesting history as she was known around these parts as well.
Happy hunting !
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