miniturature tool or shamans stone?

[duffytrash]

found on the banks of the ohio river...sorry a couple of the pics a little dark

 

[Kentucky Kache]

I don't know what it is, but...good find.

 

[archaeon]

it might be a burnishing stone

 

[gilmerman]

Its probably a game piece. I've seen several described as such.

 

[Ohio_Doug]

I have no idea but it's certainly something

 

[EDDE]

tumbling media for de burring metal parts

 

[tomclark]

Edde, I was thinking the same thing. We find some around here that are cone shaped. But we do find them in the city. Was this find found on a known site or at least with other items nearby? Close to city or out in the sticks? Trash along the river there?
Neat, if I found it on one of the middens I walk then I'd call it an artifact made by indians, excepting the stone doesn't look native to my area.

 

[Ohio_Doug]

tumbling media for de burring metal parts

I thought small rounded stones was normally used for deburring

 

[duffytrash]

this was found on the river shore in an area ive surface walked for many years....its next to about 5 miles of river bottoms that in the last 15 years has been a golf course....the shore is sandy and stuff come outa there all the time....ive found cup stones-celts-drills-flake knives-lotsa flint ridge stuff-pottery shards-drilled mussel shells and paleo to fort ancient type things....i had a extensive collection that ive traded for marbles and sold to a collector...i refound this in a box where i put it and lost it....lolol...this is a rural area and i dont belive its modern...its polished real well and really differnt......one edge has a differnt angle to the other 2...im gonna take it to the guy in the area thats a collector and see what he sez.......

 

[Dc1013]

Very interesting whatever it turns out to be thanks for the view
D Capps

 

[tomclark]

Then I think for sure a killer piece there Duffy!

 

[Pinellas Man]

Very unusual and nice find Duffytrash 8) I definitely would have picked it up

 

[duffytrash]

thanks all you....i appreciate the info....

 

[EDDE]

http://www.iqsdirectory.com/tumbling-and-deburring-media/

 

[Hill Billy]

Tom , is that you and monster on EDDE's profile?

 

[archaeon]

HAHAHAHA Hilly Billy! tom has always resembled saddam! LOL! BTW HB, if you have pm'ed me, i can't get them...

 

[tomclark]

I DO NOT LOOK ANYTHING LIKE SADDAM!!!!

 

[archaeon]

LOL!, yeah, more like jerry garcia

 

[Mudonmyshoes]

From the photos it definitely looks like a deburring stone. I worked for an automotive supplier and we used this type of media to clean the parts after they had been heat treated. The "stone" (actually made of ceramic material) was used because of its hardness. We use to let employees take it home for landscaping after it became to small. Hope this helps....Big C

 

[archaeon]

at first i didn't think it was a deburring stone, but after those pics, it definitely looks like one