I find the most mysterious things in my artifact field. I'm not cleaning any more, the brown shell part is coming off. For what I can see, looks to be made from clam shell or some type of shell. Kinda thick. Game piece? It had to of been smoothed down.
Holy cow, Gomerize that bish quick! That orange patina/crust/shell should stay on the piece. Sweet. Either a large bead blank or game piece and I lean towards game piece AKA shell disk cause it's mighty thick.
I think it looks like an ear spool, RiverRat....look at these examples: Stone Ear Spools
What ever it turns out to be, I bet it was a thrill for you to find it, wasn't it?
I'm with reaper on this one! I think it is a bead preform. Sure is small for a game piece only being the size of a quarter.....................Nice find RR...................GTP(Chris)
I have two frames of game pieces. They are fairly common just over the VA. Line . I have some quarter size to 50 cent piece size . The back of his is what makes me say game piece. As far as beads go, I've only found one my whole life. So, I'm no help on the bead comparison.
Very similiar in make and design. I did not know they made game pieces so small. Are they historic or woodland? Up here in Pa and NJ not too many game pieces found. if they are found they are discoidals.
Are you guys forgetting that this is shell and was most likely made where the shell came from. You would have to compare it to artifacts from the gulf coastal region.