Indian artifact from Virginia?

[powerofmum]

My grandfather gave this to me in the early 1970's.
I do not know anything about it.
Any information is much appreciated, and will be shared with others...
THANKS!!

 

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[Tony in SC]

Appears to be an axe. Try posting over on the North American Indian forum. Welcome to Tnet. Tony

 

[powerofmum]

Thanks!

 

[powerofmum]

Western Virginia stone artifact info requested.

My grandfather gave this to me in the early 1970's.
I do not know anything about it.
Any information is much appreciated, and will be shared with others...

 

[ctalmadg]

Thanks!

Nice Groove stone axe...! Date could be [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]4000-1500 B.P. - So it could be very old![/SIZE][/FONT]

 

[rock]

Nice ax with some use wear damage on the bit. Can we see the damage area it see if it is recent or ancient? Nice gift

 

[powerofmum]

 

[powerofmum]

Any ideas on age? Value? Origin? Material made of?
Thanks!

 

[powerofmum]

posted some damage pics... THX.

 

[quito]

Welcome to the forum!

i have No idea of the age or material, but it would probably do you better as a paper weight than a money maker.
dont get me wrong, it's a nice artifact, but not one that will fetch much money.

 

[digging440yrs]

Nice grooved axe

 

[creekhunter]

Full grooved ax, but the bit damage kinda does it in for value, still a cool relic!

 

[The Grim Reaper]

What you have is a Full Grooved Axe and considered the first stone type utilized around mid Archaic. Yours was definitely used extensively.

Here's a link with some info on Full and 3/4 Grooved Axes.

https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/38862/Bob_Evans_axes.pdf

 

[monsterrack]

It's is a nice axe ,but like the others have said not worth much since it as damage to the bit end. If I had an artifact that my Grandfather gave me, money could not touch it. Welcome to T-net and thanks for posting this.

 

[rock]

Yes more of a personal value with the damage. But it looks like a old break seeing all is the same color. It would make a nice study piece.