War club or tool?

[kenstein]

I found this yesterday in a gravel bar in North Sulphur River of northeast Texas (Fannin County). It looks NA, but not sure what it would have been used for. Too small, I would think, for a war club. Maybe a tool, or a weapon for small game? I don't know. Size is 1.25" x 1.75" x2". Any ideas?

 

[cedar6712]

I found this yesterday in a gravel bar in North Sulphur River of northeast Texas (Fannin County). It looks NA, but not sure what it would have been used for. Too small, I would think, for a war club. Maybe a tool, or a weapon for small game? I don't know. Size is 1.25" x 1.75" x2". Any ideas?

I had one just like it. I was told it was a fishing weight for nets.

 

[kenstein]

I had one just like it. I was told it was a fishing weight for nets.

Thanks Cedar. I hadn't thought of that. It makes sense. Where did you find yours, if I may ask?

 

[cedar6712]

Thanks Cedar. I hadn't thought of that. It makes sense. Where did you find yours, if I may ask?

Coosa River in Alabama if memory serves me correctly. It's been a long time since it was found.

 

[quito]

No doubt about it. Sinker, or net weight.

Nice One!

 

[Neanderthal]

They call them "Waco Sinkers". For a long time it was believed they were all net weights, but nobody is really sure - they could have easily been bolo stones or served another purpose.

 

[catherine1]

Cool net weight find!

 

[rock]

Nice net weight!

 

[monsterrack]

It's a nice findBe it a weight or Bolo stone

 

[kenstein]

I sincerely appreciate all the response from everybody. Honestly I consider myself more of a detectorist and fossil hunter, and confess my ignorance of Native American artifacts outside the obvious arrowheads. Would somebody care to elaborate on Bolo stones? Thanks again.

 

[Charl]

Yep, as Neanderthal pointed out, in Texas such weights are called Waco Sinkers.