Need ID from beachcombing

[jerjdeg]

Hey everyone...first time poster and new user...

While beachcombing with my wife and kids this week in the panhandle of FL, I found this in my shell net (pictures below--sorry they are sideways). I have taught American, World and Biblical history at multiple levels of education, but came up sort of empty on what this is.

1. It seems to be made of soft rock
2. Not heavy, I am not so sure it is a fishnet weight
3. The hole is not centered in the disc
4. The disc is definitely rounded by human hands or means (too imperfect for a machine)

I've come across Mississippian-era culture fishnet weights or Archaic NA stone of some sort...but I am not sure what it is.

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

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[Noah_D]

Welcome to the forum! It's a neat one whatever it is.

 

[Retired Sarge]

Welcome to the forums from the Florida Panhandle.......

No ideal what it is, so I'll be watching!

 

[tamrock]

Could be native American. This site talks about artifacts found around Boca Raton https://www.google.com/amp/s/bocawa...ative-americans-jeaga-calusa-or-tequesta/?amp

 

[creskol]

I remember as a kid, around the house was a block of wood with a wire mounted to it, and on the wire were 10 or twelve stone gizmos that would slide back and forth on the wire.
I have no idea what it was used for, but we kids were amused by it.. It looked like this drawing:

 

[Retired Sarge]

I remember as a kid, around the house was a block of wood with a wire mounted to it, and on the wire were 10 or twelve stone gizmos that would slide back and forth on the wire.
I have no idea what it was used for, but we kids were amused by it.. It looked like this drawing:

Sounds like a crude counter......

 

[unclemac]

long shot but the hole is pretty small

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