N.A. artifact?

[Michiganne]

Hi good people,
It was suggested I post my rock here and see what you folks think. I was MDing this past weekend at one of my field sites, former 1873+ home, and found this very rectangular rock. It appears man made. I was thinking some kind of early sash weight but several MDers have mentioned it looked N.A. Someone on the MI forum thought it looked like an abrader. Any thoughts? The site is high ground that is not far from a low area that I was told was once a lake.

TIA for any help!
HH,
Michiganne

 

[wvwildman]

its part of a broken sharpening stone

 

[Michiganne]

its part of a broken sharpening stone View attachment 770360View attachment 770362

So not N.A. then?

HH,
Michiganne

 

[joshuaream]

Probably not Native American. A lot of people have small ones like that for sharpening fishing hooks/pocket knives, broken from a longer piece like the one pictured that used to be common on most farms and households 100 years ago.

 

[Michiganne]

Probably not Native American. A lot of people have small ones like that for sharpening fishing hooks/pocket knives, broken from a longer piece like the one pictured that used to be common on most farms and households 100 years ago.

Thank you much, that is what I wanted to know.

HH,
Michiganne