what type of a indian artifact is this red flint

[kygirl1227]

Found this in Arnolds creek in grant county ky....any help of what kind or what it was used for....

 

[Indian Steve]

Hi, It looks like a piece of jasper but I can't see any work on it that would make it an Indian relic. Post in the North American Indian Artifact section for better opinions.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

There is no flaking or any sign of man's hand.

Moving it to Indian artifact forum...

 

[kygirl1227]

Thank you all for replies....It may not be anything but it's Def not jasper, I can tell the difference...but it's odd for sure, I just found it in this pic so it had a lot of dry mud on it still...

 

[1320]

Looks like heat treated Jasper, artifact in the making?

 

[theviking]

Hard to tell the material with shadowed pics, but it kinda looks like Hematite. I agree with the others, probably not an artifact. If found in an area that produces artifacts it maybe left over from a larger piece. It certainly does not look like any of the red Jasper we find around here. Good luck, and welcome to T-net.

 

[kygirl1227]

Thanks you all....

 

[GatorBoy]

Hard to tell the material with shadowed pics, but it kinda looks like Hematite. I agree with the others, probably not an artifact. If found in an area that produces artifacts it maybe left over from a larger piece. It certainly does not look like any of the red Jasper we find around here. Good luck, and welcome to T-net.

I agree it does look like hematite

 

[GatorBoy]