War club?

[NC field hunter]

Today turned out to be sort of a bummer. Dad and I had planed on going to an artifact show in Collinsville, VA. Luckily I went online last night and found out the show was cancelled. Since the show was cancelled, we decided to check out Rosseechee Springfield museum. Rosseechee Springfield has 20,000 local artifacts found by the late honorable Judge Tisdale. Tisdale is a local artifact legend. He has published books on the Occaneechee tribe. He devoted quite a bit of his life to studying the tribe and their hardship during the Bacon's rebellion. Any way..... The museum is not advertised. A google search yields little info. about the museum. However, I did find an address and business hours for the museum. The VA. State website stated the museum was open Saturday 12:00-5:00 appointments were to be made for any other day. Turns out it's an appointment only type deal every day of the week. I'm not sure why, it seems odd to me. A museum that is never open, oh well! We traveled an hour to see artifacts, instead we had to find our own. I found some busted pottery, a uniface tool, a tip to a point, a whole point in 2 pieces, a hammer stone and an odd river cobble that I initially thought was a nutting stone. Tired of reading? Here are a few pics.



























Here is the odd piece. I'm pretty sure it's been altered by man. It's not a pretty piece, instead really really crude. It would put 3 knots on a mans head with one strike. Give me y'all's opinion. Is it natural? Is it a war club? Any input is welcome.































Thanks for any word you can give!!

 

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[rock]

The last 8 pics are natural. Pic #2 and #7 look good though

 

[NC field hunter]

The last 8 pics are natural. Pic #2 and #7 look good though

I respect that. I actually expected the natural call quite a bit. I wish I could pass this one around the class. I am upset that you don't like my hammer stone.lol! Thanks rock!

 

[reuellis]

Looks to me that you live in an artifact! What's the story on your cabin?

 

[NC field hunter]

Looks to me that you live in an artifact! What's the story on your cabin?

Lol! I really do live in an artifact. The logs were hand cut by slaves. My dad tore old barns down and built this house. The house has recently been remodeled and added on to. I couldn't bear all of my logs being covered. I kept logs showing in two rooms. I love history!

 

[larson1951]

that hand cut wall is beautiful.....whoever did the chinking on it did a heck of a nice job


as far as that 'club' goes i have to agree that it is just a rock......and we will never be able to romance it into an artifact lol

HH'ing Rusty

 

[Indian Steve]

Hi NC, I live about 20 miles west of Collinsville, near Fairystone Park. I've got a pretty good collection of local and southern states relics. Come by and visit sometime. steve

 

[monsterrack]

The stone in the last photo does look like it was used to hammer on at least one end maybe, but I don't think it was a weapon of some type. The others are nice finds

 

[Indian Steve]

Are the three knobs red in color? We have a lot of large garnets in granite in this area.

 

[NC field hunter]

Are the three knobs red in color? We have a lot of large garnets in granite in this area.

The knobs are not red. They are black and seem to be harder than the rest of the stone. I also appreciate the offer to check your artifacts out. I may take you up on that deal.

 

[Indian Steve]

Come on by.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

At the most a possible rough hand held hammer even that is only a maybe.

 

[NC field hunter]

At the most a possible rough hand held hammer even that is only a maybe.

Thanks for the input! I feel pretty confident that this piece has been altered by man. It may have been hit once or twice only to be discarded. Who knows? It's a neat stone and it looks pretty happy around my flower bed.

 

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Cool finds NC!