War club or tool?

kenstein

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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?
 

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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.
 

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?
 

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.
 

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.
 

Nice net weight!
 

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.
 

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

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