Early morning Kansas sweet finds!!

[ROCKateer]

So far so good huh?? What is everyone's thoughts? More pics of others as they are found..

 

[NC field hunter]

Nice day!! Heck, that's a nice year for most, myself included!

 

[Charl]

Looks almost like a Toma Hawk but I have never found one and really havent ever seen one before. Does that groove go all the way on the other side?
Is there a bit on it on the fat end? Looks cool to me a mystery piece.
Welcome to the site.

rock and ROCKateer, it's a three-quarter groove axe. With some damage to the bit. Can't see the bit end completely, if blunt to begin with, would be a three-quarter groove hammerstone. 3/4 groove axe as opposed to full groove.

 

[IlliniGuy]

rock and ROCKateer, it's a three-quarter groove axe. With some damage to the bit. Can't see the bit end completely, if blunt to begin with, would be a three-quarter groove hammerstone. 3/4 groove axe as opposed to full groove.

Charl is right. No mystery here. It is a 3/4 groove axe with the bit broken off. Tomahawk is a term used for metal historic pieces made by Europeans and traded to NA.

 

[painterx7]

No it's not.. tomahawks are stone too indians also had war hammers blunt on both ends does anyone read anymore ....well maybe I'm wrong I'm gonna have to keep reading I guess lolololol

 

[painterx7]

No it's not.. tomahawks are stone too indians also had war hammers blunt on both ends does anyone read anymore ....well maybe I'm wrong I'm gonna have to keep reading I guess lolololol

We are referring not to the grooved axe but this piece

 

[steve71]

sweet finds

 

[Smurufett]

Yep I would agree yours was probally a little larger than mine. But I would bet $100 that yours is a grooved axe too. Congrats on all your finds!

 

[joshuaream]

Very nice finds!

The bone you found looks very similar to a turtle bone. I have a few. Like a shoulder bone in a sense

Yep, it looks like one of the bones from the bottom of a soft shelled turtle (but I guess it could be any decent sized turtle.

 

[GatorBoy]

No it's not.. tomahawks are stone too indians also had war hammers blunt on both ends does anyone read anymore ....well maybe I'm wrong I'm gonna have to keep reading I guess lolololol

Sorry double post.

 

[GatorBoy]

No it's not.. tomahawks are stone too indians also had war hammers blunt on both ends does anyone read anymore ....well maybe I'm wrong I'm gonna have to keep reading I guess lolololol

You might want to be a little careful where you take the terminology and ID'S from... War hammer sounds really cool especially if you want to sell it to people that don't have a lot of experience.. most are actually mauls and used mostly as a utilitarian tool.. not quite so flashy.

 

[painterx7]

The book and professor I talked to explains that they used there utility tools as weapons when it was time a small hatchet axe for cutting wood or a small hammer for a maul became a tomahawk and a war hammer in battle so if it best suit you I will call them utilitarian tools instead of tomahawks and war hammers

 

[painterx7]

Stick that in your platform pipe and smoke it hahaha .............I thought it was funny

 

[painterx7]

Indians where I'm located did a lot of fighting so I guess it depends on your location

 

[GatorBoy]

Okay man.. my ex hit me with an ashtray once.. of course what was available at the time may have been used for something else.. I open paint cans with a screwdriver alot.. it's still called a screwdriver.
Look up tomahawk.. in a real archaeological document.

 

[painterx7]

I apologize friend I was hot earlier from the comments earlier from someone else and I took it out on everyone sincerely painter...

 

[painterx7]

A negative opinion is one thing but being criticized is totally different I know those things would get laughed at a show lol I'd laugh but not in the guys face make sense smart a$$ comments like the one made by Illinois guy come on man Lolol

 

[painterx7]

I open paint cans with quarters but I can't kill you with one lol axe , tomahawk whatever I don't sell stuff so tomahawk sounds better that axe atleast my kids think so

 

[ROCKateer]

We are referring not to the grooved axe but this piece

You know I have been following this website/thread/app for past month or two and finally decided to get an account... and I have to say its one of my favorite things so far!!

 

[ROCKateer]

Looks almost like a Toma Hawk but I have never found one and really havent ever seen one before. Does that groove go all the way on the other side?
Is there a bit on it on the fat end? Looks cool to me a mystery piece.
Welcome to the site.

So no one commented on this one. I was just wondering if this is a dalton blade or what??

 

[Tnmountains]

So no one commented on this one. I was just wondering if this is a dalton blade or what??

Welcome to artifacts . Great handle. It is a very nice piece. I do not know if it is Dalton though. I have one somewhere similar and think it was classified as a spike or tn river knife. It was a wicked tool but not as nice as yours. Glad you decided to join and look forward to reading your post.
HH
TnMtns