Stone Thingy SOLVED!

[Corrupted]

Years ago my Uncle was walking his dog through a field near his house and came upon this polished stone. Other than that, all the info I can give you is that it is 3" long 2 1/2" wide by 1" tall. It almost looks like it could have been worn as a decorative piece with a string. It was found near the town of Harrow Ontario Canada.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Re: Stone Thingy

Interesting. That could have been Attached to an old wooden door or window. I see the holes appear to have marks through the holes as if it was drilled with a modern drill bit.

 

[Diggerbarns]

Re: Stone Thingy

Thats got to be a stop of some sort.Those holes are drilled and tapered to accomidate a wood screw.

 

[lostcauses]

Re: Stone Thingy

Drop it into the Indian relic forum down below. Tapered holes are a good sigh in such material.

 

[Likely Guy]

Re: Stone Thingy

Drop it into the Indian relic forum down below. Tapered holes are a good sigh in such material.

It stands to reason. First make a larger hole, then have it gradually taper down to the size you want. Way easier than having just your small bit doing all of the heavy work, especially through stone.

Yeah, see what they say.

Fishing weight?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

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Like someone said, a tapered hole (countersunk) is usually to set the wood screw flush with the surface. Two holes would make me think it was screwed onto something.

 

[blindpig]

Re: Stone Thingy

Hi there Corrupted , I think you may have a Native [way north] American "Gorget" there ,... but I'm no expert ,believe me !! If it is , your right ,... they wore 'em !! And if it is a Gorget they are worth a few hundred dollars [+/- ] ,....sorry ONLY U.S . $ 's that is !! Anyway you should head on down to the "American Indian Artifacts" forum ,.. lots of good peaple down there that can I.D it for you ,.... even if it did come from Canada .
Best of luck with that ,.. Blindpig

 

[Likely Guy]

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If it is a 'gorget' Blindpig (and I mean that in the nicest terms ) that's a brilliant ID.

Below photo from: http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgu...om+indian+gorgets&ndsp=18&hl=en&safe=off&um=1

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Stone Thingy

Drop it into the Indian relic forum down below. Tapered holes are a good sigh in such material.

It seems that these gorgets have tapered holes. I guess its hard to drill a hole with another rock.

http://www.antiquehelper.com/catalog/200

looks like its Indian.

 

[coin1921]

Looks to me like a fossilized clam shell, complete with growth rings?

 

[Corrupted]

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