Possibly a First Nations tool?

[BL89]

Hey, I was just wondering if anyone could help me identify if this is a First Nations artifact or a rock with a vein of softer rock which wore away. From my amateur anylsis I would assume is has been carved. There seems to be tool marks in the the main large groove. There are also multiple other straight lines that are faint, which don't seem to have any other mineral in them.

Thank you in advance for any help. If more pictures are need I can easily snap some.

 

[stefen]

Looks like the groove has been ground mechanically...maybe a rototool or dremel.

Cut seems too perfect in width and depth to have been made by chipping...

Native Americans didn't have actual carving tools or any means to leave tool marks...

Also the overall patina would be the same and not two-toned...

To tell you the truth, it just doesn't pass the smell test...

 

[quito]

Welcome to the forum!!!

something to indicate size would be helpful.

 

[BL89]

Was found in a fairly low traveled creek bank that I frequently take my dogs to. Was panning for gold and found it a few feet down. The two toned appearance in the second picture is caused by sand still sticking to the inside of the geoove. If not native I'm wondering how it formed? Thanks for the reply.

 

[BL89]

 

[BL89]

I also found a perfectly proportioned pyramid shaped rock about 2 minutes before I pulled that out of the ground. I disregarded the rock as a freak of nature but in hindsight realized I should've probably kept that aswell. It was almost perfectly preportioned with rounded edges.


Edit:

I also should mention in the first picture set, the rock is fairly wet. I ran it under water to try and wash the sand out of the groove.


Double edit:

I doesn't seem like it could be cut with a rotary tool either. I don't think you could get the interior edges cut without going too deep in some areas. If it was machined it would have had to have been sanded because it is also to in-even to have been turned on a lathe or something similar.

 

[BL89]

The picture comparing it with the golf ball shows the tool markings best. But the marks look like the groove in the illustration above.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Edges of groove looks like natural stone, not flaked or ground, appears natural stone made by mother nature.

 

[rock]

Not sure myself maybe a hard stone finder will chime in. The only thing that comes to my mind is a crude Plummet if it is a artifact. Welcome to the forum

 

[BL89]

Thanks for the replies everyone!

 

[The Grim Reaper]

I don't see anything that would lead me to believe that is man made. Looks completely natural to me.

 

[kingskid1611]

Looked like a broken bone end to me washed in rocks for a while. It would make an interesting centerpiece. Welcome to the Party. Good Luck and Happy Hunting and go back and get that pyramid.