Possible gouge, or precursor stone?

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Possible gouge, or precursor stone? Found on beach in Maine

 

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[oldmxrat]

Just a rock worn by nature, no signs of being worked by man.

 

[spark_gap]

Yeah, I think you are right. Wishful thinking

 

[ToddsPoint]

Vesicular basalt. The voids were caused by gas bubbles trapped as it cooled. With the voids, the Indians would have avoided using it. One of the keys to pecking out axes is finding a preform close in shape to the finished product. It saves so much time.

 

[spark_gap]

Vesicular basalt. The voids were caused by gas bubbles trapped as it cooled. With the voids, the Indians would have avoided using it. One of the keys to pecking out axes is finding a preform close in shape to the finished product. It saves so much time.

Thank you! What do you make of this piece? IMO, it appears to be a very old piece of ceramic or stone, which looks glazed on both sides. I’m no geologist, but it doesn’t look natural to me & considering that it is thin and twisted & glazed on two sides. It was found at the same beach in Maine and no others stones had this appearance.

 

[spark_gap]

Thank you! What do you make of this piece? IMO, it appears to be a very old piece of ceramic or stone, which looks glazed on both sides. I’m no geologist, but it doesn’t look natural to me & considering that it is thin and twisted & glazed on two sides. It was found at the same beach in Maine and no others stones had this appearance.View attachment 2204422

Other side

 

[russau]

I'd have to find out what the inner (brownish) material is before I could give it a old Colledge guess !

 

[spark_gap]

Here’s another unusual piece I picked up at the beach in Maine. Because of its unnatural triangular shape, I thought it was an old piece of rusted iron, but it doesn’t stick to a magnet or set of my metal detector, so I have no clue. My wife suggested perhaps it’s a piece of slag, since they use foundry slag as road fill in these parts.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Thank you! What do you make of this piece? IMO, it appears to be a very old piece of ceramic or stone, which looks glazed on both sides. I’m no geologist, but it doesn’t look natural to me & considering that it is thin and twisted & glazed on two sides. It was found at the same beach in Maine and no others stones had this appearance.View attachment 2204422

Sorry natural stone, ancient Indian artifacts did not have a glaze, some did do "slip" which is mixture of clay and water sometimes with color made from plants painted on, and also "burnishing", a process of polishing the pottery smooth, sometimes even to a shine.

 

[unclemac]

all just curious rocks... you have a good eye for unusual and someday it will pay off.