✅ SOLVED Rock ? Or something good?

[Joecoins]

Hi thanks for looking,
I found this myself.
When i was young maybe 12 or something.
Specificaly it was in Lachute Quebec, the county of Gore, Lake solar.
It was in the the shallow water on the side of the river near the bushes not the main beach.
I remember i though it was an actual fish at first sight..
Me and my family spoke with someone at the lake who said it was a native tool used to take scales off of fish.
Since then ive held on to it at display in my parents cottage, now on display on my shelf,
I Never had anyone look at it yet, it may just be a rock, it looks the part of a dagger ,
Looks like iron and feels heavy, but its a rock, i checked with a magnet.

 

[RGINN]

I never gave much thought to N-D-Ns scaling fish. There would be no point in it. You could just throw them in the fire and peel the skin when done, and for drying you would probably skin them. But if you wanted to scale a fish, that rock would probably work as well as any other I guess.

 

[Joecoins]

Sorry it was a lake not river,
N-D-N?
I dont think the person that said it was for scaling was an expert...

 

[Joecoins]

Is it a neolithic knife ?maybe?

 

[Mark Todd]

Hey joecoins, I have to compliment you for taking pictures from so many different angles, many post one or two pics. and presume someone here can give a definitive answer to their "is it or isn't it question. You did it right.
Unfortunately your rock doesn't look like an Indian artifact. I think it's part of a natural rock that has been fractured in such a way that you noticed a peculiarly recognizable shape when viewed from a certain angle, hope that helped, it's just a rock.

 

[Mark Todd]

I never gave much thought to N-D-Ns scaling fish. There would be no point in it. You could just throw them in the fire and peel the skin when done, and for drying you would probably skin them. But if you wanted to scale a fish, that rock would probably work as well as any other I guess.

Hey RGINN, have you ever cooked scaled fish that way? I have no idea how the Indians did it, I presume there were a variety of methods that were used.
Years ago I hiked a mile or so through the woods out to a local strip mine lake for an overnight camp and fish adventure. I decided to cook several of the Bass I caught over the campfire with a stick through there mouth and gills, all I did was gut them. Unfortunately it was the nastiest fish slimy tasting meal I ever ate, and I'm like "Mikey" I'll eat pretty much anything. Fortunately I had a 12 pack to wash it down with, must be an acquired taste!

 

[BagLady]

I think it is a man made tool. What it was used for, I'm not sure. Maybe fleshing a hide? I like it.

 

[RGINN]

Why yes, Mark Todd, I have eaten fish that way. We threw them in the coals alive. (Fish with scales, not catfish) You would turn them, and when the skin was black they were pretty much done. Peel the skin off and the meat was fine. I never noticed any slime. And I can pretty much tell you that is one NDN technique, as it was passed down in my family and about half my ancestors were indigenous to this country. ('NDN' is a play on the word 'Indian' that some natives came up with. Used to have a T-shirt with 'NDN' on it and some vague political statement below that.)

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Just natural sand stone rock....... Erosion....

 

[Mark Todd]

Why yes, Mark Todd, I have eaten fish that way. We threw them in the coals alive. (Fish with scales, not catfish) You would turn them, and when the skin was black they were pretty much done. Peel the skin off and the meat was fine. I never noticed any slime. And I can pretty much tell you that is one NDN technique, as it was passed down in my family and about half my ancestors were indigenous to this country. ('NDN' is a play on the word 'Indian' that some natives came up with. Used to have a T-shirt with 'NDN' on it and some vague political statement below that.)

Thanks for the reply, perhaps my downfall was gutting the fish before roasting it, all I know is that the fish was permeated with the taste of fish slime, and that taste was still in my mouth the next day. But I always like trying a new recipe, so I'll try "threw them in the coals alive" next chance I get.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

I have to agree that this stone is 100% natural and not an artifact. There is no evidence on it anywhere of it ever being altered or used by man.

 

[Thunderbolt]

Wow, solved? Ok...I thought the "imaginary" pretty obvious on this one.

 

[Joecoins]

Wow, solved? Ok...I thought the "imaginary" pretty obvious on this one.

? Not shure waht you mean? Can you elaborate,? I marked it solved but still have some small doubt... Could it not be man made and the tool marks faded in the water. Looks like a pick or hammer attachment, or for fleshing....

 

[Joecoins]

Doesnt picture 7 look like tool marks?

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Joe, it is just natural erosion, it is your imagination trying to see something not there, it happens to all when they first started hunting, especially if there wasn't an experienced hunter with them to help...

 

[Joecoins]

Okay