Dug
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- SC Lowcountry
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- XP Deus/Sovereign GT.
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- Relic Hunting
Hi;
Many years ago I dug out a deep trash pit in a rural part of the coastal SC Lowcountry. The bottles I pulled out were 1880s period. I was still hitting some brick and oyster shell debris below the bottles so I kept digging down. At about 4 feet I ran into this axe shaped stone. Since this area is coastal it is primarily sand and finding stone and rock is not common. I was still feeling occasional pieces of shell and small brick with the probe deeper but no heavy layer of anything. I don't know if I was in a well but there were no walls of any sort and it was too dangerous to dig deeper without fear of collapse of the hole. My thought is that I was digging the trash dump of an 1880s period home. I'm guessing the stone may have been a souvenir that was dropped and broken and then discarded. The thing that has me thinking fantasy piece is that the stone is very smooth almost as if it was sanded down and polished when made. I would guess that if it was an Indian tool it would have been chipped from chert or something with a hard edge.
I'm spring cleaning my display cabinet and if this is a broken fantasy piece I see no reason to hold onto it. Opinions?
Many years ago I dug out a deep trash pit in a rural part of the coastal SC Lowcountry. The bottles I pulled out were 1880s period. I was still hitting some brick and oyster shell debris below the bottles so I kept digging down. At about 4 feet I ran into this axe shaped stone. Since this area is coastal it is primarily sand and finding stone and rock is not common. I was still feeling occasional pieces of shell and small brick with the probe deeper but no heavy layer of anything. I don't know if I was in a well but there were no walls of any sort and it was too dangerous to dig deeper without fear of collapse of the hole. My thought is that I was digging the trash dump of an 1880s period home. I'm guessing the stone may have been a souvenir that was dropped and broken and then discarded. The thing that has me thinking fantasy piece is that the stone is very smooth almost as if it was sanded down and polished when made. I would guess that if it was an Indian tool it would have been chipped from chert or something with a hard edge.
I'm spring cleaning my display cabinet and if this is a broken fantasy piece I see no reason to hold onto it. Opinions?
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