artifact help

[SONYAB]

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

How many people does it take to lift it?

(Welcome - if you give some indication of size and maybe another view it would help a bunch).

 

[cudamark]

Also, give us some indication of the material it's made of, and the type of site where it was found. Welcome to Tnet!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Welcome to the forum!

Could you determine its weight? place a ruler next to the object in both directions (length and width). Please take photos from the three directions.

Good Luck on your quest

 

[HuntinDog]

I think it looks like a Mortise lock part.

 

[A2coins]

more pics would help

 

[A2coins]

Welcome also from MI Tommy

 

[SONYAB]

 

[SONYAB]

 

[SONYAB]

i found this in the river of private property it is made of rock and weights about one half pound

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Very interesting. There may actually be something up with this. Similar, though I didn't come up with a match, are the stone weights used on the atlatl to "load" the throwers arm muscles up to lanch the large dart. Right material, right size, almost the right shape. Could be a regional thing. Worth asking at a museum, perhaps.

 

[SONYAB]

would it be valuable

 

[Reanm8er]

Welcome Sonya!

I echo Charlie P.!

I thought atlatl too!

 

[SONYAB]

thank you

 

[Rookster]

Looks like someone started making a knife and the fire went out. Welcome to Tnet.

 

[Sidevalve45]

Atlatl weight seems likely.

 

[SONYAB]

thank you

 

[SONYAB]

thank you

 

[flyadive]

Sorry, I disagree. Wrong shape and looks too big and brittle, no tie off marks either.
It is a very interesting find though.

 

[SONYAB]

thank you