stumped

[unclemac]

ok, so I do not claim this to be an artifact but it is not just a rock either. I found it at a site my friend owns where a cabin stood until it disintegrated sometime in the 1920's or 30's. This place in one of those properties where the Indian inhabitants never left, never went to a reservation, never lost their identity and remain there to this day. I have found points dating back thousands of years there...along with trade goods from the early 1800's...medicine bottles from the 1880's...metal tools, blacksmiths tools, iron stove pieces, high lace children's leather boots...on and on and on. So my point is the context is very real and indisputable. However, i don't have a clue what this is.

What I suppose....
1. most definitely stone
2. edges are squared off and not naturally rounded (eroded)
3. shape seems purposeful
4. feels almost as smooth as a whetstone...a little rougher but not gritty at all
5. look at that broke end...see how it looks cut half way through and then snapped?
6. almost a banner stone look to it but of course not one.

help me out here....

 

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[KentuckyIron998]

Looks like an undrilled bannerstone to me maybe a preform

 

[arrow86]

Looks like an undrilled bannerstone to me maybe a preform

My first thought was un drilled banner as well

 

[unclemac]

mine too but (sorry) i forgot to tell you this is a PNW coastal find...pretty far from banner stone territory.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Looks to thin through the middle for a Banner anyway to me. It may actually be part of a large Scythe Sharpening Stone.

 

[joshuaream]

Probably something in the grinding/sharpening stone territory. If there was logging or fishing done there, maybe it was someone's personal sharpening tool?

Most of the really used knife sharpening stones that I have seen get worn in the middle from long strokes, but maybe an axe edge is done with a shorter stroke in the field that would leave a high point in the middle? (I'd expect a rougher grit for an axe, but something along those lines.)

 

[dognose]

I concur, more likely a farm sharpening stone tool rather than native american made.

I have found more than a few round or rectangular stone items, more often than not broken, which I think was a farm tool of some sort from days gone by.