My wife found all of these in one spot.. Carlisle Shippensburg area. Are they good. Why would they all literally be in one spot?

[Nonameisneeded]

 

[Nonameisneeded]

Any help guiding me to understanding what these are would be helpful. The best piece is that axe like one. It seems like it would be a hide skinning tool. The others are spear heads daggers fish spear tips and lots of unknowns. There's also a honing stone.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Noname...that is an interesting collection of rocks, but to be honest I don't see any evidence of them being worked by man.

 

[newnan man]

Those are just natural rocks. No evidence of grinding or edge work. The material is not the type NA's used to make artifacts. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ticndig]

I agree, pointy rocks , not artifacts.

 

[Nonameisneeded]

Noname...that is an interesting collection of rocks, but to be honest I don't see any evidence of them being worked by man.

Noname...that is an interesting collection of rocks, but to be honest I don't see any evidence of them being worked by man.

 

[Nonameisneeded]

I appreciate your honest opinion. At first that's what I thought except this one made me think twice. Like it was a spot they worked the stone.

 

[Nonameisneeded]

The finger spots are worn

 

[Nonameisneeded]

When I picked this one up it's too perfect of a shape. The thumb spot is too perfect. The wear on the handle is right where my fingers go. The others all seemed to be worked but failures.

 

[Nonameisneeded]

I'm trying to show it better

 

[Nonameisneeded]

Don't be gentle. I don't care if they all are just pointy rocks. But that last one really seems made and the wear marks are just slightly up from where I hold it but I have a palm the basketball sized hand. I don't see tool markings on any of them either. That's why I hunted this site down. The truth is the truth so I'll take it as it is.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Natives used flint for arrowheads and igneous rocks for axes and celts. Your rocks appear to be sedimentary, like shale or mudstone. Those kinds of rocks are not strong enough for tool use. Get a piece of a tree branch and see if you can break it with your rock. I’m guessing the rock will fail during use.

 

[Nonameisneeded]

Natives used flint for arrowheads and igneous rocks for axes and celts. Your rocks appear to be sedimentary, like shale or mudstone. Those kinds of rocks are not strong enough for tool use. Get a piece of a tree branch and see if you can break it with your rock. I’m guessing the rock will fail during use.

Thank you. Yes. Most are definitely sediment based shape. A lesson in how the brain plays tricks in us.

 

[CreekSide]

Just naturally formed

 

[unclemac]

ask yourself always.... "a tool for what"... stone tools the world over have modern day equivalents the look and act like their ancient predecessors. A stone chisel, is pretty obviously a chisel... a stone axe head, is pretty obviously an axe head... etc. Look also for use wear, if you think a tool was used for pounding.... the end should show that.

 

[Rockdog]

Nature and water wear does some interesting things to rocks. We have all seen things that leave us scratching our heads. You didn't find any artifacts this time but keep looking. They are out there. This is a good place to get info when you need it.

 

[Fred250]

I believe the controversial 20,000 year old sites in Chile and Brazil were primarily quartz and limestone tools. So if the finds at those sites are in fact tools then it is likely limestone/sedimentary stone tools were being produced in North America in that same time period.

 

[unclemac]

we take Fred with a grain of salt on this forum...

 

[dirstscratcher]

I don't see anything in that collection other than sedimentary rock that disintegrated over time by acts of nature. That being said, I do know of a few legitimate points and celts made out slate/shale having found them myself..

 

[robertk]

I believe the controversial 20,000 year old sites in Chile and Brazil were primarily quartz and limestone tools

Quartz and limestone would be positively awful for making tools out of.