worlds ugliest end scraper

[GatorBoy]

Haha... these guys really had to make do. This is another piece from the island. Completely in context with the other items.

 

[theviking]

Thats ugly...

 

[NC field hunter]

What beauty!

 

[GatorBoy]

I like it.

 

[rock]

It does have the shape of one.

 

[NC field hunter]

Is it coral?

 

[GatorBoy]

No..its a conglomerate stone made of shell and sand common in the area. It is surprisingly sharp.

 

[old digger]

You have to make due with what you can use. Uggggllyyyy! but interesting find.

 

[GatorBoy]

Haha

 

[larson1951]

Haha

you can't be serious?

 

[natchitoches]

I don't see any flaking

 

[Age_old]

Sorry, I don't see it.

 

[GatorBoy]

I didn't figure most would see it. But yes I'm completely serious. If you were to look at archaeological reports from South Florida you would see many examples. Not something a collector would necessarily want but yes a tool none the less.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I personally don't see anything in pictures that shows it is an artifact, but maybe its bad picture.

 

[GatorBoy]

I don't see any flaking

That is not a flakeable lithic. They were ground and they don't hold up well

 

[GatorBoy]

Here is a bunch of documented ugly artifacts from the Miami Circle site.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Sorry, but picture is of such poor quality I can't see any detail, you can't blow them up...... documented by who?

 

[GatorBoy]

I figure I might as well Get real ugly.


Scraper


spokeshave


Sanding stone
net weights

 

[GatorBoy]

Documented by the Florida Museum of Natural History/ Miami circle.

 

[GatorBoy]

Tool used for " knapping" shell