✅ SOLVED Flint, worked or not?

[Nutriasub]

Found this piece of flint yesterday, and I don't know if it's been worked or it's just been broken like that.
Thanks for the help

 

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[bigfoot1]

looks like a core stone,or whats left of it.I would say the pieces that were removed were worked.So yes say I.

 

[unclemac]

...could be a gun flint too i'm thinking...

 

[bigfoot1]

never considered that unclemac....sure could be !!...

 

[Indian Steve]

I was thinking gun flint too.

 

[recondigger]

Gun flint

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Confirming... it is the correct shape and size to be a flintlock musket's gunflint... and the four evenly-spaced flakes along the edge in one of the photos show it is indeed "worked," not a naturally-occurred chunk of flint. Those are the ID-clues which were given to me several decades ago after I found one (a gunflint) when digging in the Confederate trenches at Port Hudson. For anybody here who hasn't seen a gunflint in its "ready-for-action" location, see the photo below.

 

[Nutriasub]

Well guys thanks a million for the help, it's really appreciate it!
I thought ithadbeen worked somehow, beacuse of the evenly chipped area!
That's great!!!
Thanks!