Strange object. Any Thoughts?

[Airborne80]

Now...... Cannon.... I know that you will rule this one a Geofact BUT... hear me out. Again, this was located directly on a spot that provides many Indian artifacts. It was a village site for thousands of years. Now... it is Stone, round and has edges like a stone coin. With this poor quality cell phone cam picture, you can't see it but there may be a trace of a pattern on one side. My wife and I think that its a sun or flower. I was wondering if they used stone stamps to imprint images onto pottery. Any ideas on this one?

 

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[Cannonman17]

100% geofact.. sorry. Keep them coming though, one of these days you're going to be like, "I don't think this is anything but..." and have a museum piece on your hands!

 

[Airborne80]

Sad to say Nick..... Geofact is a useless natural rock formation I find many and think that they are man made.

 

[Airborne80]

Well........ I am no rock expert but for the life of me I can't imagine how a rock could form into a perfect circle, even diameter and edge thickness and end up in a place that was heavy with Indian and early American activity. But then again... I am the new guy and do yield to experience. It is strange though.

 

[stryker-one]

I think those are man made, however I am basing that on my having found several similar examples of those Airborne80.

Usually when sandstone core samples (historic drilling) lie out they will absorb water, freeze then flake very similar to the example you hold in the cell photo. IMHO (in my humble opinion) Best guess given the photo.

Thank you for posting.

Stryker

 

[*Molly*]

Airbourne not to worry, I think all new hunters experience this, I know I did, I was finding alsorts of Geofacts, some even fitted in my hand, nicely, I wanted to believe they were artifacts, me being a newbie, but they wasn't, this all helps with learning. Take a better pic of that & post it again, lets see the sunflower, you are speaking of. Just keep plodding on hon, don't get disheartened, I would still keep all you find, these peices are still very old, still takes years to get these shapes, still interesting finds.
Well done, Good luck hunting.

Your friend Molly

 

[Jonnyreb]

Zacktly what Molly said, A lot of geofacts are problematical in nature, and it depends on the context of where you find it as to whether or not its native used or not. For instance, a river cobble on a gravel bed in the river...but find that cobble five miles from the river on a hill top on a known village site...see what I mean?
Keep at it dude. Your gonna do just fine.
Shawn

 

[Ohio_Doug]

No way can this find be ruled 100% geofact by this photo.

 

[Cannonman17]

Unless there is some man made carved lines in the other side that don't show up in the pic it is 100% geofact.

There is a simple rule of thumb when it comes to artifacts and geofacts: If you pick something up and are throwing out guesses right and left as to what something might have been or if it looks worked or really putting the imagination into third gear there's a real good chance it's a geofact. When you see/find a real artifact rather than an odd shaped rock, you will know, you won't have to guess at all, no wondering, no scratching the head, no little clouds popping above your head that say "well maybe....." You'll just KNOW.. most (yes, most, not all) artifacts are very easy to detect as having been man made.

The biggest problem with geofacts is that they can be found anywhere.... even indian camp sites. finding a stone on an old camp site does not make it an artifact.

When you gonna buy that camera?!?!?!?!?