New field, quick hunt, nice result

[quito]

Got to check out a field I just got permission to hunt. First place I stopped, there was flint chips galore, found 3 thumb scrapers, one point on the crude side, then this. A very nice metate. It's about 10" by 8" and shows some real nice use wear. I can't wait till it warms up and the field gets worked.

 

[1320]

Let's see the scrapers!

 

[quito]

Let's see the scrapers!

Here you go. Like I said, the point is crude, but it's a point none the less.

 

[yakker]

Not being a wet blanket at all- but you should explain why that's a metate so folks won't think that any flat stone might be one... !?! Thanks (you know...)

 

[NCPeaches]

Not being a wet blanket at all- but you should explain why that's a metate so folks won't think that any flat stone might be one... !?! Thanks (you know...)

I need to know since it looks like a rock to me lol

 

[old digger]

Nice Metate. seems that they are harder to find around here than the mano's.

 

[quito]

Not being a wet blanket at all- but you should explain why that's a metate so folks won't think that any flat stone might be one... !?! Thanks (you know...)

Metate is what was used to grind grain on. How I know is because the material is very grainy, except where it has been used. There, it is becoming concave, or dished out and smooth.

 

[Sheperdess]

That is a nice size. Awesome find!

 

[rock]

Cool finds. Most of the Metates here are broken. The others that are whole look just like flat rocks on the comp screen. In hand its a different story, rock