Possible Grinding Stone?

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Thanks for any help you can provide. I've found arrowheads on my family's farm in South Carolina, but never anything like the attached until recently. I could be off on it possibly being a grinding stone, so I'd like some help from others with more knowledge... Thanks

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Batea

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I’d call it one if I found it around here.
Could it be an Indian discoidal stone? I found one in Pigeon Forge TN. I pick it up off the ground because it looks unusual. Investigated and found they played a game kinda like horseshoes. Just a river rock shaped up for tossing.
 

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I don't see any scrapes or signs of wear from being used in the pictures posted
 

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Tough call going by the pictures, if you found it in a area where other obvious artifacts were found I would hang on to it.
 

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On a grinding stones and Manos, look for paterns and evidence of wear.
Here’s an example that I found in CT.
 

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On a grinding stones and Manos, look for paterns and evidence of wear.
Here’s an example that I found in CT.
Lots of signs of being used. 👍
 

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