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Tenderfoot
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As stated, this is my first (non-introductory) post. If I'm breaking any rules (i.e. if my post or questions belong else where) please let me know and I'll update this post.
Anyway, I've always enjoyed being a "lazy" artifact finder. This meant that as a kid I would wonder around freshly plowed fields in Columbia, SC, kicking up the dirt and picking up any rock that looked like a possible arrow head or chip off of one.
While in college, I attended a school in North-East, GA near Franklin Springs. While attending school I managed to find a few items in the dirt next to paths that I would walk on from my dorm to my class. The three items listed below come from these periods of my life.
What I'd like to find out is, are these genuine artifacts? Next, if they are I'd like to know a bit more information about them. Who made them and how old they may be, general info about these tools. Just anything useful. Last, I'd like to know the general value of these items. I know with artifacts, value can be quite relative. Still, if any of these items are exceptionally rare and of high value, I'd like to know. These items are worth something to me. Still, if they are highly collectible or of exceptional worth, I'd like to know.
With that stated, here are my finds.
A Grinder of Some Form?
Ok, this is probably the worst item I have but after carrying it around for nearly 25 years, I'd like to know if it's just a rock or something more.
This stone happens to be a rock that I found as a young kid. Back when I was around 8-12, I would collect rocks that I liked. Yes, odd, but that's the way I was. However, when I was a bit older, I found images of Native American grain grinder implements. This rock looked rather similar to those stones. I'm not sure if this is a grinder or a rock. I'd really appreciate some clarification.
I found this stone in Columbia, SC, near the Congaree Swamp region.
Item Gallery (4 Photos)
Scrapper Tool
This is an implement that I found in Franklin Spring, GA. While walking down a stair-step path, through the woods on a rainy day, I noticed this tool in the dirt where some water was running down the hill. At first, I thought some kids had just carved a bone, but after inspecting this bone device, I noticed that it appeared to be quite old and, possibly, petrified. It's very hard!
I have found pictures of tools that look like this and most of them have been classified as a form of scraping tool that was used in the tanning process. Most of the tools I've seen online are much longer and skinnier. This one is obviously more squat and dense. What type of animal did this come from and how old might this be?
Item Gallery (6 Photos)
A Tomahawk or a Hatchet?
This is my favorite find, ever! Sorry, but I have to tell a small story of where this one came from. Again, while I was in college, the local grounds keepers were doing a bit of landscaping work around my dorm. Beside our parking lot, the workers had pulled up and set aside three, large juniper bushes. When they pulled up the bushes, large clumping piles of good, old Georgia Clay had piled up around the bushes that they had laid on their sides.
Setting on top of one of these clay piles, was a very odd, triangular shaped rock which had the most odd cut-out. When I first saw the rock, my curiosity was piqued because I couldn't figure out how such a perfect, 90 degree angle could be naturally be cut into a rock. (See image for the angular cut. This is what I saw lying flat on the dirt mound.)
I picked up the rock, and just held it in my hand. I still didn't see it. I was just confused at how this rock was uniquely broken, and seemed to have a natural, 90 degree cut-out. Then, I flipped the rock over and I noticed, it had a warn grove down the center of the other side. Immediately I began to feel my heart racing.
Next I flipped it on it's side and I noticed the the back-side of the 90 degree cut out was in good alignment with the grove on the other side.
Wow! Was this a real, Georgia Tomahawk (go ATL Braves!) It sure looked like it! This has become one of my favorite finds for a few reasons. First, I'm kind of amused at just how long it took me to see what this could be. I probably stared at the thing for a good minute, possibly two, before I flipped it over. Next, it really does look like a tomahawk on the Atlanta Braves logo. Last, I've searched and I've searched. I can not find another stone tool that looks like this. Maybe I've just been using the wrong search terms, but I've never found an indian hatchet or tomahawk that looks like this one. If this is legit, it feels like a true one-of-a-kind.
Item Gallery (5 Photos)
So, those are my artifacts. I'd appreciate what information I can get. Thanks fellow hunters!
Anyway, I've always enjoyed being a "lazy" artifact finder. This meant that as a kid I would wonder around freshly plowed fields in Columbia, SC, kicking up the dirt and picking up any rock that looked like a possible arrow head or chip off of one.
While in college, I attended a school in North-East, GA near Franklin Springs. While attending school I managed to find a few items in the dirt next to paths that I would walk on from my dorm to my class. The three items listed below come from these periods of my life.
What I'd like to find out is, are these genuine artifacts? Next, if they are I'd like to know a bit more information about them. Who made them and how old they may be, general info about these tools. Just anything useful. Last, I'd like to know the general value of these items. I know with artifacts, value can be quite relative. Still, if any of these items are exceptionally rare and of high value, I'd like to know. These items are worth something to me. Still, if they are highly collectible or of exceptional worth, I'd like to know.
With that stated, here are my finds.
A Grinder of Some Form?
Ok, this is probably the worst item I have but after carrying it around for nearly 25 years, I'd like to know if it's just a rock or something more.
This stone happens to be a rock that I found as a young kid. Back when I was around 8-12, I would collect rocks that I liked. Yes, odd, but that's the way I was. However, when I was a bit older, I found images of Native American grain grinder implements. This rock looked rather similar to those stones. I'm not sure if this is a grinder or a rock. I'd really appreciate some clarification.
I found this stone in Columbia, SC, near the Congaree Swamp region.
Item Gallery (4 Photos)
Scrapper Tool
This is an implement that I found in Franklin Spring, GA. While walking down a stair-step path, through the woods on a rainy day, I noticed this tool in the dirt where some water was running down the hill. At first, I thought some kids had just carved a bone, but after inspecting this bone device, I noticed that it appeared to be quite old and, possibly, petrified. It's very hard!
I have found pictures of tools that look like this and most of them have been classified as a form of scraping tool that was used in the tanning process. Most of the tools I've seen online are much longer and skinnier. This one is obviously more squat and dense. What type of animal did this come from and how old might this be?
Item Gallery (6 Photos)
A Tomahawk or a Hatchet?
This is my favorite find, ever! Sorry, but I have to tell a small story of where this one came from. Again, while I was in college, the local grounds keepers were doing a bit of landscaping work around my dorm. Beside our parking lot, the workers had pulled up and set aside three, large juniper bushes. When they pulled up the bushes, large clumping piles of good, old Georgia Clay had piled up around the bushes that they had laid on their sides.
Setting on top of one of these clay piles, was a very odd, triangular shaped rock which had the most odd cut-out. When I first saw the rock, my curiosity was piqued because I couldn't figure out how such a perfect, 90 degree angle could be naturally be cut into a rock. (See image for the angular cut. This is what I saw lying flat on the dirt mound.)
I picked up the rock, and just held it in my hand. I still didn't see it. I was just confused at how this rock was uniquely broken, and seemed to have a natural, 90 degree cut-out. Then, I flipped the rock over and I noticed, it had a warn grove down the center of the other side. Immediately I began to feel my heart racing.
Next I flipped it on it's side and I noticed the the back-side of the 90 degree cut out was in good alignment with the grove on the other side.
Wow! Was this a real, Georgia Tomahawk (go ATL Braves!) It sure looked like it! This has become one of my favorite finds for a few reasons. First, I'm kind of amused at just how long it took me to see what this could be. I probably stared at the thing for a good minute, possibly two, before I flipped it over. Next, it really does look like a tomahawk on the Atlanta Braves logo. Last, I've searched and I've searched. I can not find another stone tool that looks like this. Maybe I've just been using the wrong search terms, but I've never found an indian hatchet or tomahawk that looks like this one. If this is legit, it feels like a true one-of-a-kind.
Item Gallery (5 Photos)
So, those are my artifacts. I'd appreciate what information I can get. Thanks fellow hunters!
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