My biggest pestle

[CreekSide]

This one weighs around 20 lbs. probably used to crush nuts and bones due to the pitting on the bottom. If used as a grinder it would be smooth like the sides. I’d have to use both hands to make this work. I found it about 5 years ago in an early woodland setting in a creek where I also found one of my Celts and many other artifacts. Last pic shows the base

 

[dognose]

Thats a large pestle all right. I can't tell if the bottom has a dimple. Is there a dimple? The pitting on the bottom, are the pitts deep?

I have found a number around my area, most are "hoof" style but a bell style is also found occasionally.

 

[newnan man]

They used that for heavy duty stuff. The bottom is still stained.

 

[CreekSide]

Thats a large pestle all right. I can't tell if the bottom has a dimple. Is there a dimple? The pitting on the bottom, are the pitts deep?

I have found a number around my area, most are "hoof" style but a bell style is also found occasionally.

No dimples just showing pounding divots the sides are smooth so it’s possible it was used to pound then grind with the sides

 

[CreekSide]

They used that for heavy duty stuff. The bottom is still stained.

I use it for the garden rock decoration and nobody even knows what it is

 

[unclemac]

great example of a fairly unmodified rock, picked up, fiddled with and utilized.

 

[Tnmountains]

If I was to guess its use was for marrow extraction.

 

[southfork]

I don't study them real close just for pitting on one end or the other. When I have a chance, I wash and have a better look.