Ground stones, fire starter and others

[TheTh3rd]

Not sure about the red one...





What about the notch on these?






Borer/graver and knife?

 

[quito]

Boy, I'm just not seeing it. But don't give up, they are out there.

 

[TheTh3rd]

Boy, I'm just not seeing it. But don't give up, they are out there.

Seriously?

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

There are no signs of any work by man, just nature...

 

[rock]

Not all round rocks were used. It takes a long time to be able to see the use wear on rocks you have to look at a lot of different examples to be able to see the wear and know if it was used. I collected rocks for years before I collected artifacts. Now its the best of both worlds all in one collection. None of those show me anything but natural.

 

[quito]

Seriously?
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Yes, seriously.

The little bit of nibbling showing on that edge, could as easily have been incidental, as purposely put there. You have a better view. So, I'd call it for now, a *could be*.

 

[TheTh3rd]

Not all round rocks were used. It takes a long time to be able to see the use wear on rocks you have to look at a lot of different examples to be able to see the wear and know if it was used. I collected rocks for years before I collected artifacts. Now its the best of both worlds all in one collection. None of those show me anything but natural.

I'm at work right now but here are other pics I took last night of the pecking/hammer stones... I realize not all round rocks were used. To me, these show signs of human use....



I found them in the area at the top left of the picture

 

[quito]

the first one looks like it has definite possibilities, but not so much concerning the second one.

 

[Charl]

Yeah, if the blonde colored area on the lower portion of the first rock is actual battered cortex/skin, and not simply a color change, then it might be a hammerstone. I don't see it with the second stone. But I'd be curious what usage you actually see on that stone, just to better understand why you think it's an artifact. Because it shows no usage at all in the photo. Not apparent to my eyes, at least...

 

[TheTh3rd]

Yeah, if the blonde colored area on the lower portion of the first rock is actual battered cortex/skin, and not simply a color change, then it might be a hammerstone. I don't see it with the second stone. But I'd be curious what usage you actually see on that stone, just to better understand why you think it's an artifact. Because it shows no usage at all in the photo. Not apparent to my eyes, at least...

I will get better pics of the first one once I get home... I guess I thought the other one was a tool bc I found them beside each other and it has that corner notch.

 

[monsterrack]

The large stone looks as if it was used from what I see in your photo, but the others all look natural.

 

[rock]

I will show you some I found now some of these are grinders to. The old timers call all of these pounders but some are grinders.
Now the one in hand is a grinder note the color change in the stone from grinding and the smoothness

 

[The Grim Reaper]

All I see are naturally fractured and polished stones. Nothing there has been altered by the hand of man.