Mysterious countersunk holes

[Andrew11]

I came across an interesting stone along a creek in Southern Oregon. The stone has 4 countersunk holes, 3 of which are intact. The holes appear to be spaced according to a pattern. There is also a beveled face that looks shaped with a tool. Has anyone encountered something similar or has a clear idea what the object was used for? Thank you.

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

Natural, called omarolluks, omars for short.

Omarolluk - Wikipedia

 

[Andrew11]

It doesn't match the signature of omars

Natural, called omarolluks, omars for short.

Omarolluk - Wikipedia

 

[crashbandicoot]

Well,I learned something today,never knew such a thing existed,filed away in the old colloid data bank!

 

[newnan man]

Personally I tend to lean towards some type of gorget. Holes look reed drilled and too perfectly spaced. Others with more hard stone experience will chime in soon.

 

[Tdog]

Lining from a brake pad. Holes were for rivets. Gorgets have biconical drilling.

 

[Up-North]

Sure does look like a gorget..
Certainly the right material and shape.. I don’t have enough experience
With forgets.. to say with any certainty… definitely would have come home with me.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Personally I tend to lean towards some type of gorget. Holes look reed drilled and too perfectly spaced. Others with more hard stone experience will chime in soon.

You may be correct, dont know, the spacing does almost looked planned, but the holes dont look hand drilled when blown up.

Would like to see picture of broken side.

 

[Tommybuckets]

Brake pad makes a lot of sense.

 

[Missouri Breaks]

The fourth opening was either eroded/tumbled away naturally or if it was an anchor or fishing tool of some kind was damaged and somehow that edge was smoothed through use, or there was never a complete fourth hole. Those scenarios don’t preclude or indicate that it is an artifact, I’m simply trying to see some kind of clear story in the piece. Jewelry… pretty heavy I’d imagine but also not a definitive reason it couldn’t have been worn. The gorgets I’ve seen are thinner is all. The other three holes are evenly spaced but each one looks to worked slightly differently, whereas a detail like that on an adornment would usually be uniform. That’s all I got.

 

[Relicgrubber]

The counter sunk holes tell me that a metal insert went into those holes like Terry said.

 

[Andrew11]

Well, I appreciate all the help and ideas.
Unfortunately, I think I found a brake pad. Fortunately, you all have spared me the embarrassment of placing the brake pad on my hearth and believing it's an artifact.

The counter sunk holes tell me that a metal insert went into those holes like Terry said.

 

[newnan man]

Hey, we all would have picked it up and checked it out. The ocean wore it down enough to make it interesting.

 

[fyrffytr1]

What is it made of? And, wouldn't a brake pad be curved? Just throwing it out there because I can't recall ever seeing a flat brake pad.

 

[newnan man]

Disk brake pads are flat but usually curved to the shape of the rotor. That would be a big one though. Maybe for a truck? I'm not up on my brake pads!

 

[smallfoot]

Determine the material. If stone, it's not a brake pad...

 

[Relicgrubber]

If you zoom in on the pictures you can easily see green fibers mixed in the material. Not stone.

 

[smallfoot]

Can we see a shot of the other side. Guys, not trying to start a fight but that does not look like a brake pad to me.( i've seen a few...) Most often, even the early ones of disc brake type had no holes in the friction part of the pad. The drum brake pads did to fasten to the metal shoe. Even on maximized pics I cannot identify the material it's made of. If you feel funny about displaying it as NA, I wouldn't call it a brake pad either. May be something else...

 

[Relicgrubber]

Not all brake pads are on motor vehicles...

 

[1320]

Not all brake pads are on motor vehicles...

Correct! And not all brake pads are "'pads". Looks like an industrial brake block to me. They are typically made with various fibers which is apparent in the images, at least to me.