Is it or isnt it?

mainer · Sep 10, 2010

Hey guys I found this today, and was wondering if this is an artifact or just a rock. I look at it and I really have no clue. Certainly is shaped like one? Thank you in advance for any help.

flintdigger · Sep 10, 2010

I beleive it is, but I am not sure of the type.

jpitt1970 · Sep 10, 2010

it is

mainer · Sep 10, 2010

Thanks for the help. Wasnt sure if it was or not. :icon_thumright:

wells · Sep 10, 2010

yeah, that's one but it is made of a soft material and has been eroded and weatherd so that the flake scars are no longer sharp, the edges are all rounded off. not sure what stone it is but some of your softer materials are- argellite, silt-stone,rhyolite,indurated shale. H-H.

mainer · Sep 10, 2010

Not sure what kind of stone it is either. It was found along the shore, so the sea has weathered it over the years, just had me fooled. Most of the points I find are made of flint. :icon_thumleft:

Rockiologist · Sep 10, 2010

I have found on many trips points that have sat in water made of soft material lose there edge. I have found a few that have been in water so lone that they are just almost brittle. Back home in Arkansas this year they drained a lake that had never been drained to fix the flood levy. In doing so there were pieces everywhere some out of flint and some out of shell limestone etc. The softer stuff would just crumble most of them you could not even pick up.

*Molly* · Sep 11, 2010

Definetly a point, one of those classed as an "Ugly Point" still a nice find. I have many ugly points from NC..

Molly.

mainer · Sep 11, 2010

I'll take what I can get here Molly. I was metal detecting and just happened to notice it. Glad I picked it up, I thought it was juat a rock. :icon_thumleft: