Creek find

[CHUDs]

Hello all! I was walking in a nearby creek today near Santa Cruz, Ca with a friend who is an east coast weather refugee and an artifact hunter and found this. He had no sooner said how great it would be to find a point out here when I spied this. I haven't found artifacts since I was a kid back east and I don't know if this is an artifact. He said it looked like a weight of sorts. It is very symmetrical and the groove is very uniform. It was found about 3-4 miles inland and weighs 6-7 pounds. I'd love some input. Thanks everyone.

 

[quito]

Very Nice!!!

 

[unclemac]

show us close ups of the groove. I have some coastal weights but nothing like that one.

 

[NCPeaches]

wow! It's large! Good find!

 

[CHUDs]

Unclemac, I will get a closer pic for you.

 

[CHUDs]

Here are some closer pics. It doesn't look worked more in relation to the rest but the whole thing looks pecked all over.

 

[Mark Todd]

Very interesting rock for sure. If I'd found it I'm sure I would of pondered what it might of, could of-been, or was for quite a while. I'm glad you took more pictures of what could be called a groove, because I saw your post earlier today and had the same desire as "unclemack". To me the so- called groove doesn't look man made . However, you only showed two of four shots I'd like to see of the groove. I can certainly imagine that it could have been used as a hammerstone or an anchor weight for a fish trap or such but the constriction on your rock, at least in the pictures, to me looks natural, albeit unusual. Having said all that, I know "nothing" about trap or net weights in your particular area. I'm looking forward to anything unclemack may have to say.

 

[unclemac]

for your area this is what i would expect to see. A full and obvious groove on a fairly round stone.

 

[Mark Todd]

"Unclemac", I presume that is what you called a "coastal weight" can you elaborate on there use, salt water net weight, trap weight, etc. Thanks!

 

[CHUDs]

Thanks y'all for the input. Probably just a interesting shape to a rock. I think I'll turn it into an artifact by using it for something for a while then I'll chuck it back into the creek for someone else to find in a few thousand years.

 

[choo]

Sorry but that's just a geofact! I find a lot of rocks like that creek hunting!

 

[unclemac]

here is a good graphic...

 

[rock]

Probably natural but interesting shape