Strange point ID help

[Patriot Relics]

Hey guys,

Found this point while walking along a river in Charleston, SC. Any help with the ID is greatly appreciated. The odd part is that the stone is slightly curved upward...?

 

[The Grim Reaper]

If it is a Point, and I have my doubts to that fact, it could be a Morrow Mountain from what I see in the first pic. The other two pics make me think natural though.

 

[Patriot Relics]

If it is a Point, and I have my doubts to that fact, it could be a Morrow Mountain from what I see in the first pic. The other two pics make me think natural though.

Thanks for taking a shot Grim, the edges have definitely been worked on the upper surface so I doubt it's a geofact. Perhaps a scrapping tool rather than a point.

 

[JT]

Looks like it's definitely been worked on the edges, but the curve is strange. Maybe it was a scraper, or a practice piece. Sent you a PM.

 

[Tnmountains]

Probably a break in production. It does have that mountain morrow shape like Grim said.

 

[SCrocks]

I think it may be a old broke piece of some type ceramic pottery. Most of the glaze has chipped off. I don't think it has been worked just the way the stuff breaks sometimes.

 

[Patriot Relics]

Thanks for the input guys, the point is made of chert SCrocks so definitely not pottery. Gheenoe78 has recovered a few marrow mountains in the area so certainly a possibility. The break in production idea seems the most like culprit for the unfinished back.

 

[SCrocks]

Take it around to a few shows. If the top collectors from the area tell you anything that's not similar to what I described if you are ever in the Rock Hill area I'll buy you lunch. I have no doubt it's pottery. Picked the same stuff up at times over the years.

 

[Charl]

Yeah, I think you'll find that SCrocks is spot on here......

 

[NCPeaches]

If it's chert then might have been a stone bowl shard. I don't see the typical Native American pottery characteristics such as the temper stones but it could possibly be a carved/flaked stone pottery or even something like a salt or alkaline glazed ceramic. It's real hard to tell sometimes unless it's in hand. I don't think it's a broken projectile point though but something else probably just as cool in it's own way. I would definitely take it to a specialist in the area to figure it out for sure if it was one of my finds.

 

[Tnmountains]

Thanks for the input guys, the point is made of chert SCrocks so definitely not pottery. Gheenoe78 has recovered a few marrow mountains in the area so certainly a possibility. The break in production idea seems the most like culprit for the unfinished back.

I sure have not seen any pottery that looked like that! When you zoom in it is easy to see. It almost looks like a bluish black chert we have here. No fire pop so just probably blew apart on them. Ooops!