going through some boxes in the barn 4

[dognose]

9 3/8 inch flaked slate preform, for something, found 05/14/2011 in Shelby County Indiana.
many plow strikes, good mineralization.

 

[robertk]

Slate? Isn't that too soft for tool making? What did they make out of it?

 

[newnan man]

Slate was used a lot for gorgets, bannerstones, and also axes/celts. It isn't a durable tool stone for sure but it was used often.

 

[Fred250]

Maine slate

Ive been fortunate to be able to hunt an old Red Paint indian site here in Maine.In the past i have found pieces of broken hexagonal slate bayonets.These bayonets have been found fifreen inches long in their entirety.I recently found another piece that showed that it had been repurposed into a...

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