Appalachian Celt

[Woodland Detectors]

I find a lot of interesting things using a metal detector, and sometimes I get lucky to find wonderful Native American history. Problem is, I know little on ID'ing them. I dug this in Appalachia North Carolina searching for a iron target with my detector. Recently ID's as a Celt

Thanks!

 

[ShieldJaguar]

Looks more like a pestle to me. Nice artifact.

 

[natchitoches]

looks like a broken pestle to me.

 

[Charmin]

It looks like a pestle to me, too......See how its round on all sides? Maybe to fit down in a 'hominy hole'. Here's a link to a post discussing those pestles: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,454092.0.htm
JOHUNT and Flintmel posted some on here.
Nice find, Mike!

 

[old digger]

Congratulations! Very nice find, go back and try to find other half.

 

[tmodel]

agree and Charmin!! posted about hominy holes in grinding holes and nuting stone on 2/26/2012/ Terry

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Pestle it is. Thank you for the ID folks

 

[Ohio_Doug]

Yep, that be a pestle and a very nice one at that. Nice find!

 

[catherine1]

I would say a worn, but nice pestle. Its not broken(bell). Great artifact/keeper!