How did so many artifacts show up in landscaping rock?

[elbeau]

Recently I was walking past a landscaped area by a nearby park and saw a flat stone among the other stones there and I picked it up because it looked so unusual. On all sides except one side that is broken it is perfectly flat with uniform, well-rounded edges. In the middle of one edge there are matching notches on both sides of the stone. I'm guessing it was maybe a hammer of sorts.



I went back to the site today and started picking up these landscaping filler stones and a number of them are a little similar to the one I picked up, but even more seemed to be very old hammers and scrapers or the like.

It wasn't so strange to think that a hammer or scraper or two could get caught up in a bunch of landscaping rock, but what is very strange is just how many of these there are there. There are hundreds of the tan/yellowish rocks that all look like they've been flaked in some spots (especially central spots where a handle might get mounted) and then the ends look very pitted like they were used for hammering. Some of the rocks also showed flaking that looked much more recent, and the way it looks I don't think it's all attributable to landscaping machinery breaking all the rocks.



Any thoughts on this? Am I crazy and these are actually just regular landscaping rocks?

 

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[antmike915]

Regular rocks, all of them.

 

[newnan man]

Just rocks.

 

[pepperj]

Agree with the other replies.
Though I have found sharks teeth in landscaping materials in FL.
Found chips (cast off from knapping) before also in driveways-so it all depends on the source of materials for the landscaping.
Keep looking-the next one might be something that was used as a tool/arrowhead/weapon.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Sorry, but none of those stones are artifacts. They show no evidence whatsoever of being altered or utilized by man.

 

[Tony in SC]

One clue is that you won't find that many real artifacts in the same spot.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Welcome to TreasureNet/ Sorry, have to agree with others, they are natural rocks, not artifacts.

 

[PaleIO]

I have a friend that found two grooved axes In landscaping but it doesn't happen everyday. Keep looking you have the eye for it!

 

[SoIll]

Artifact do show up in landscaping because most of that stuff is dredged out of a river.

 

[angelito1]

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[ArfieBoy]

Welcome to the forum from N.E. Oregon! Looking forward to seeing whatever else you find. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Arkansaw]

I’ve found several points in local landscaping rocks. You can sometimes find me hunched over in the Chili’s parking lot!