bean man Hero Member Joined Sep 2, 2006 Messages 834 Reaction score 7 Golden Thread 0 Location Central Iowa Nov 16, 2007 #1 My oldest son found this today. No idea on the material, but it's the first we've seen of it. Amazon Forum Fav 👍 How to Research for Treasure Hunting and Metal Detecting From Lead Generation to Vetting - Grab it through Amazon! Upvote 0
My oldest son found this today. No idea on the material, but it's the first we've seen of it. Amazon Forum Fav 👍 How to Research for Treasure Hunting and Metal Detecting From Lead Generation to Vetting - Grab it through Amazon!
Cannonman17 Bronze Member Joined Jul 16, 2006 Messages 1,558 Reaction score 35 Golden Thread 0 Location Wisconsin Nov 16, 2007 #2 Cool piece. Looks like some type of quartzite to me...maybe even a low grade type of hixton.
tymcmurray Gold Member Joined Jul 14, 2007 Messages 5,634 Reaction score 54 Golden Thread 0 Location Maryland Nov 16, 2007 #3 Nice. No idea what kind.
bean man Hero Member Joined Sep 2, 2006 Messages 834 Reaction score 7 Golden Thread 0 Location Central Iowa Nov 16, 2007 Thread Owner #4 Thanks Cannon and Ty. I think your right C. I looked at it again and it does look like some sort of quartzite.
Thanks Cannon and Ty. I think your right C. I looked at it again and it does look like some sort of quartzite.
romeo-1 Gold Member Joined Jul 29, 2005 Messages 9,859 Reaction score 7,118 Golden Thread 3 Location Romeotopia 🥇 Banner finds 3 Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Nov 17, 2007 #5 Cool find!
Adena_man Hero Member Joined Feb 5, 2007 Messages 883 Reaction score 5 Golden Thread 0 Location Nicholasville, Ky Nov 19, 2007 #6 Nice find Bean Man! Pretty material. Brian
geo4472 Hero Member Joined Feb 19, 2007 Messages 926 Reaction score 619 Golden Thread 0 Location paterson nj Detector(s) used discovery 2000 , ace 250 & x-terra 50 Nov 19, 2007 #7 it looks like a thing the indians would of used when they were tanning animal hides some kind of scraper check here http://www.westernartifacts.com/flinttools2.htm
it looks like a thing the indians would of used when they were tanning animal hides some kind of scraper check here http://www.westernartifacts.com/flinttools2.htm
bean man Hero Member Joined Sep 2, 2006 Messages 834 Reaction score 7 Golden Thread 0 Location Central Iowa Nov 19, 2007 Thread Owner #9 Thanks guys! Sure Geo, it could have been a scraper. I called it a knife because of the shape.