Hello all -
I am new to this site and hoping to learn more about a collection passed down from my father. He was an amateur collector in the Ohio River valley primarily in the 1950's and 1960's. He has a lot of points as well as fossils and the images below are of an impressive axe head that I have had on my bookshelf for some time. I do not know exactly where this was collected but likely in the Ohio River valley, he told me that they use to prospect in the freshly plowed fields near the Ohio river in small towns like Petersburg, Ky.
I would like to learn more about the likely origin and age of this artifact and the Native Americans that likely produced this. My Dad had many points and smaller, more rounded axe heads but I was always intrigued by the size and mass of this thing, I could only imagine this strapped to a large branch and the force this would have exerted when swung at full force. Was this likely most used for splitting wood, as a weapon, all the above? It weighs 5lb 9oz and is about 7 inches long. It seems to be made of granite or some other metamorphic rock but I could be wrong about that, it is certainly not made of limestone or other sedimentary rock that is very prevalent in this area.
Any info anyone can provide would be appreciated. I am less than an amateur at prospecting but very interested in the answers.
I am new to this site and hoping to learn more about a collection passed down from my father. He was an amateur collector in the Ohio River valley primarily in the 1950's and 1960's. He has a lot of points as well as fossils and the images below are of an impressive axe head that I have had on my bookshelf for some time. I do not know exactly where this was collected but likely in the Ohio River valley, he told me that they use to prospect in the freshly plowed fields near the Ohio river in small towns like Petersburg, Ky.
I would like to learn more about the likely origin and age of this artifact and the Native Americans that likely produced this. My Dad had many points and smaller, more rounded axe heads but I was always intrigued by the size and mass of this thing, I could only imagine this strapped to a large branch and the force this would have exerted when swung at full force. Was this likely most used for splitting wood, as a weapon, all the above? It weighs 5lb 9oz and is about 7 inches long. It seems to be made of granite or some other metamorphic rock but I could be wrong about that, it is certainly not made of limestone or other sedimentary rock that is very prevalent in this area.
Any info anyone can provide would be appreciated. I am less than an amateur at prospecting but very interested in the answers.
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