Stone Hand Axe Thing. NEW TO THIS! (IRELAND)

[paddy]

So I've had these sitting around for a while. I don't go looking for artefacts but these were found by my father who said they were hand axe things. Are they worth anything? Pictures are very poor quality, sorry about that.. Btw I was sent here from the what is it forums who said you people knew alot.. They say their naturally formed but a second opinion can't hurt

 

[The Grim Reaper]

The piece in the first 5 pictures does look natural to me, but the other piece is definitely an artifact and most likely a Celt. You can see the blade edge in the picture of you holding it sideways. That's a very nice piece right there. Are these from Ireland?

 

[SOHIO]

The piece in the first 5 pictures does look natural to me, but the other piece is definitely an artifact and most likely a Celt. You can see the blade edge in the picture of you holding it sideways. That's a very nice piece right there. Are these from Ireland?

so what your trying to say then is that that pc has been altered by man ?

I agree, most closely resembles a celt but also it could have been a hand held tool/chopper or even a weapon, look how that guy is holding it he's ready to shank someone. The first pc could have very well been briefly(don't look used much except some end use/damage?) used for the same things esp if found in the same area. Thing is unless you have some other flint or tools from the site those came from to relate to a certain time period then about all you can find out about them, or at least one of them, that it was "altered by man" right steve ? and its WORTH keeping because your father found them, but to put a dollar on that "celt" probably a 10 spot.

 

[paddy]

Thanks but whats a 10 spot? I'll try to find out where exactly it was found. And would you say .. ebay? (to sell)

 

[SOHIO]

10 dollars

 

[paddy]

Oh well thats dissapointing Well thanks for the help..

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Trust me, it's worth more than $10. I'd say you could get $35 at least for it.

 

[SOHIO]

maybe you should buy it ?

 

[NY ROB]

pm sent

 

[birdpointgriswold]

Money is worthless when it comes to amazing artifacts created by man 1000s of years ago! Don't sell! Keep forever!

Johnathan Griswold

 

[paddy]

OK I appreciate al your opinions very much. Thanks for that. But I'm going to post it up on ebay now. Can you give me an ambitious starting bid.More photos, but again poor photography. This axe is about 16 centimetres , it fits the hand perfectly two ways.It is well used but still quite sharp...

 

[rginn]

Glad you made it over here, Paddy. Once again, 'fits the hand perfectly' means nothing archaeologically speaking. Hope you do well selling them. Ebay is a perfect place for 'a fool and his money...' And a belated welcome to Tnet. My ancestry is Scot-Irish and native American, from the Chahtah and Tsalagi nations. And by extension, Messican and African. We have absolutely no designated drivers among us. Welcome to Tnet!

 

[SOHIO]

im american

 

[paddy]

So have you a better place to sell? And I have no interest in archaeology or history.No offense but its not for me. Fits the hand perfectly is just me trying to make up for poor poor photographs and to give a better idea of what it looks like.

 

[rginn]

I don't sell artifacts so I wouldn't have a clue. I am also not familiar with your prehistoric culture, but that one does look like an artifact, and you got a thumbs up from Grim Reaper who knows his stuff. Put it on Ebay, but come up with perhaps some provenance or how it was used. I'm american too, sohio, even though many of my ancestors were born in what your government said was a sovereign nation. I am proud that in 1847 the Choctaw Nation felt so bad about the Irish losing their potato crop that they tried to help them out. We sent them a little money and some of them come over to live with us in SE Oklahoma. Lost history. Did your Dad have any other artifacts, Paddy, cause it would be cool to see those.