small grooved hammers
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monsterrack
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Very nice didn't know they came that small, are you sure they aren't weights. Great find
NCPeaches
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Those are nice!
larson1951
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hey hey joel
we got some of them around here i will try to look for some
the nice granite ones could be decorative or war hammers that may have seen little use......
fishing weights are sandstone with a groove cut into them but i am only talking about this area and not anywhere else
larson1951
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i have some of these kind.....these are amongst the better examples but i took some images of the business ends and they do show wear
they are also kinda polished so i really can't see what their use would have been but they are granite and i like them
what do you think?
they are also kinda polished so i really can't see what their use would have been but they are granite and i like them
what do you think?
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I figured you would be coming up with some nice examples Lars.
I forgot to mention, these were 3/4 groove. I am sure there were many uses for a small hammer, and ceremony seems least likely, to me anyway.
Whatever they were used for didn't leave any signs of any hard use, and 2 out of 3 of mine are pretty much completely polished. The other, not polished at all, so maybe just not finished.
I forgot to mention, these were 3/4 groove. I am sure there were many uses for a small hammer, and ceremony seems least likely, to me anyway.
Whatever they were used for didn't leave any signs of any hard use, and 2 out of 3 of mine are pretty much completely polished. The other, not polished at all, so maybe just not finished.
larson1951
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ok i forgot about the 3/4 groove thingy
i don't have any of them
but i can get some more of this size and also more round ones
one i remember in particular is a very nice quartzite full groove piece that had a real nice groove and is about exactly the same size as a baseball
i will go see what else i can find now
larson1951
i don't have any of them
but i can get some more of this size and also more round ones
one i remember in particular is a very nice quartzite full groove piece that had a real nice groove and is about exactly the same size as a baseball
i will go see what else i can find now
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I thought the big one was an optical illusion. I am bad about looking at pictures before reading. Nice axe/maul Quito! I have a 3/4 grooved one.
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Pretty sure that's a canoe anchor
larson1951
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so all of yours are full grooved then?
It's pretty amazing the various sizes. I have one 3/4 groove that weighs 13 pounds.
whoa man!
that is huge
i was just sayin i am gonna look for one hat is like the one in the bottom row in the middle that is made from quartzite
i might gotta go look at johns house across the river cuz he might have a real good one
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I'm thinking Ice Breaker. No use wear at all, and was found right above the river. One that freezes every winter.
Trees were few and far between up here back then, and the rivers and creeks around here run to low for much navigation except during times of unusually high water. Spring melt, and after heavy rains.
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That is a nice big one. We always figured they hobbled their horses with the big ones.
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Well if it is a hobble, it wasn't put to use yet. There is no sign of any wear. It was pecked to shape, and never polished.
gb...I don't think a few decades of slamming into ice would put much at all for wear marks on it. There is enough current the ice doesn't get real think, in fact it isn't completely frozen over very often at all. AND, they didn't have to get through 2 foot of ice, like we do in the lakes to ice fish in the dead of winter.
Anyway, who knows, it is just a simple theory I have had for a while now, just because of the lack of use wear, And where it was found. The stretch of river was known to be heavily used by the natives for swimming, bathing and washing. (I have some older neighbors who's grandparents, the homesteaders remember the natives living nearby, and that is the story.) So I suspect they needed access to the water at times when it was hard on top. A big rock is the best thing I can think of for getting through some river ice. I also understand the need to have a provision for attaching a rope to it, hence the 3/4 groove
gb...I don't think a few decades of slamming into ice would put much at all for wear marks on it. There is enough current the ice doesn't get real think, in fact it isn't completely frozen over very often at all. AND, they didn't have to get through 2 foot of ice, like we do in the lakes to ice fish in the dead of winter.
Anyway, who knows, it is just a simple theory I have had for a while now, just because of the lack of use wear, And where it was found. The stretch of river was known to be heavily used by the natives for swimming, bathing and washing. (I have some older neighbors who's grandparents, the homesteaders remember the natives living nearby, and that is the story.) So I suspect they needed access to the water at times when it was hard on top. A big rock is the best thing I can think of for getting through some river ice. I also understand the need to have a provision for attaching a rope to it, hence the 3/4 groove
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