Unbelievable axe heads!!!

[arrow86]

My friend Lisa called me flipping out. She found a field and found all of these axes in the same area.she found a lifetime worth of artifacts in one day nevwr seen this red material before looks very soft
These last few pics not sure what they are definitely worked and smoothed

 

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[Trooper733]

Great finds!

 

[digging440yrs]

WOW !!! NICE FINDS

 

[GatorBoy]

GOOD GOD!

 

[GatorBoy]

There's even a giant raised ridge in there holy cow

 

[arrow86]

Yea if I hadn't gone an seen them all I wouldn't have believed it. I went out and found a ton of tools but no axe for me..... I thought my first axe was finally going to be found

 

[arrow86]

Any idea what the small square shaped artifact was used for? Also the curved piece is there we believe was part of a bowl with small legs.

 

[GatorBoy]

In the photos the rectangular piece looks like an adze.
The other piece looks like steatite "soapstone"

 

[PaDirtDigger]

That looks like a steatite or soapstone lug handle from a bowl... What state are you from? Ive seen very similar lugs from here in Pa And over the river in New Jersey...

 

[jamey]

wow..very nice

 

[monsterrack]

I would be back at that site with a probe if it is allowed. Super great finds of a lifetime.

 

[arrow86]

Padirtdigger: I'm from Maryland
Gator boy what was an adze used for?

 

[GatorBoy]

It was used basically like a wood chisel but mounted perpendicular on the handle so that it was swung into the piece of wood.. They were used a lot in manufacturing dugout canoes and I'm sure other prepared wood objects

 

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[arrow86]

Gator thanks for the info

 

[GaRebel1861]

I want to go hunting with Lisa! All joking aside, very nice finds!

 

[villagenut]

Keep that field in your memory banks and return often...especially after a good rain.

 

[arrow86]

Villagenut: field had just been plowed and we got 5+ inches of rain in the last 2 days

 

[GatorBoy]

With all those axe heads a lot of time was spent there there's bound to be more stuff and a camp somewhere around there.
I really like the idea of using a probe

 

[Charl]

That is the lug end from a steatite vessel. The curved portion is part of the vessel wall.