River Find - Any Ideas

[DirtyVerm]

Found this last weekend while on a canoe trip. Any thoughts or ideas on what it is?
Thanks

 

[Tuberale]

Could you show a close-up of the end furthest from the hole? Looks kind of like chert. Also, can you tell us where it came from? Welcome to TNet, DirtyVerm.

 

[tahomatom]

Doe's a magnet stick to it.

 

[GaRebel1861]

I'd say that it is a natural water worn rock.

 

[Steuss]

Hatchet head would be my guess, if it's metal.

 

[A2coins]

Scrap I find stuff like that all the time

 

[DirtyVerm]

A magnet does not stick to it. I thought it was natural made hole but wondered about the curved sides. It was found in central Illinois.

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[Tuberale]

Ancient axe? That would be my guess, anyway. Looks like it was intentionally created so that it could be attached to a shaft.

 

[ToddsPoint]

It looks very similar to Mill Cr. tabular chert from So. IL. I'll post some pics of Mill Cr. later today to compare. Gary

 

[Hawks88]

Welcome to tnet from Niagara Falls.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Here are a few pics of Mill Cr. chert for comparison. This comes from Union and Alexander Co.'s in So. IL. Gary

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Interesting find!