digger460
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Was invited to go hunt for Indian artifacts this morning with a buddy from work. He's been at it for about 28 years. Couple of my bucketlister's are a bannerstone & a hammerstone, so I was hopeful with his knowledge, this may be the day.
After about a half hour, this popped up.
He told me to walk down by the creek to look for my bucketlister's, and not 15 mins. I picked this up
I would greatly appreciate your opinion. My buddy thinks it's a hammerstone , but wanted to get your thoughts. I think it is because it fits like a glove,
and the surface under my palm is smoother then the rest of it. Some more pictures:
Then I found these 2 piece's of
? Got me baffled. Not sure if it's pottery of some sort, or modern floor/wall tile. To set the scene, we had to make our own trail through some pretty thick woods to get there, and there was no sign that there was a dump in the area, or for that matter, we didn't see any aluminum , glass, or nothing. Which makes this being on the side of maybe it could be an artifact. At least that's what I was hoping 
Things I noticed:
I only noticed 2 things that they could be just modern tile.
As some of you know, tile is usually glazed on one side. These have the appearance of some sort of glazing (or just smooth) on the other side. My question is, the glazed side usually is the part you see or walk on, so why are the symbols on the back side of the tile where you glue it to the wall or floor.
The other is, the piece on the right at the bottom of the piece show's a classic score and snap tile machine. Just don't know.
One reason I don't think it's tile, is because it's not flat and the thicknesses are different.
this is glazed side to glazed side.
Another thing I noticed.
The wall of the hole has lines up and down, like something was pushed through it to make it. The green area's are algae by the way.
Some more picture's:
Clouds opened up and we had to retreat, but it was an interesting morning.
Hope to hear your thoughts on the stone and the mystery item! I can take it either way By the way, we were in North Central Illinois.
After about a half hour, this popped up.
He told me to walk down by the creek to look for my bucketlister's, and not 15 mins. I picked this up
I would greatly appreciate your opinion. My buddy thinks it's a hammerstone , but wanted to get your thoughts. I think it is because it fits like a glove, and the surface under my palm is smoother then the rest of it. Some more pictures:Then I found these 2 piece's of
? Got me baffled. Not sure if it's pottery of some sort, or modern floor/wall tile. To set the scene, we had to make our own trail through some pretty thick woods to get there, and there was no sign that there was a dump in the area, or for that matter, we didn't see any aluminum , glass, or nothing. Which makes this being on the side of maybe it could be an artifact. At least that's what I was hoping Things I noticed:I only noticed 2 things that they could be just modern tile.
As some of you know, tile is usually glazed on one side. These have the appearance of some sort of glazing (or just smooth) on the other side. My question is, the glazed side usually is the part you see or walk on, so why are the symbols on the back side of the tile where you glue it to the wall or floor.The other is, the piece on the right at the bottom of the piece show's a classic score and snap tile machine. Just don't know.
One reason I don't think it's tile, is because it's not flat and the thicknesses are different.
this is glazed side to glazed side.Another thing I noticed.
The wall of the hole has lines up and down, like something was pushed through it to make it. The green area's are algae by the way.Some more picture's:
Clouds opened up and we had to retreat, but it was an interesting morning.
Hope to hear your thoughts on the stone and the mystery item! I can take it either way
By the way, we were in North Central Illinois.
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