Nice find. Did you ever use it?

Keith

In the closeup, it looks like it was pecked at by another rock, from the roughness. I believe omars are usually smooth. It might be the start of an atlatl weight.

Keith

Those beads are really nice. They were hard to make. They were probably made with a tiny, flint tipped bow drill. Your wife is lucky you gave them to her.

Keith

Nice finds.

Here's some from North Carolina I have. You can often tell where an artifact is from by the style and material. You can see stylistically that some of our points are the same and the material used is the same too.

In some cases, experts can actually tell that one specific person made many found artifacts. They can also follow how a new style spread from group to group.




Keith

A couple times when I was younger by about 50 years.

That's a nice grooved hammer. I really like the bell pestle. I've never seen one that short. That was likely used for a very long time.

Keith

This rock has a flattened out side on each side. Not sure what the original design was for....but I know what the indian that I sleep with uses it for....garlic crusher! Keeps it next to the rolling pin and pie plates.

Pecked is a much better discerption than chipped like I said. I looked up atlatl weighs and I would think this would be on the heavy side and a odd shape for one. But I do agree that the doughnut is pecked out.

Stone Gouge.





It's the only gouge I have. It's hard to see the curvature of the blade end in the pictures. It's pretty cool. I bought it with 34 other hard stone tools today.

Keith

More grooved axes.



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Keith. How much do the stone groove axes go for?? I found 1 20 years ago. Sitting on top of a beaver (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman). I gave it to the land owner. He didn’t think much of it. I wish so would of kept it. Never found anything since then

Those are awesome Keith.

Wayne, on Ebay grooved axes like those mostly sell between $80.00 and $200.00 each. Prettier stone, higher polish, larger size and no damage brings higher prices. I paid a little under $40.00 each on those averaged out.

There should be more artifacts in that same area you found the axe in. Most of the artifacts I've found have been all in small areas, within feet of each other. The Native Americans apparently had a camp right where my back barn was. I've found a total of 60 some tools on 3 sides of my barn.

Keith

Carl, I think your wife's garlic crusher may be a nutting stone. Here's one for comparison.




The small pecked out depression was enough to hold an acorn or other nut still, while it was smashed open with a hammer stone.

Keith

Thanks.

Keith

More hoof pestles.




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Grooved hammers.




The first hammer pictured has a really nice level of polish. It feels good in the hand.

Keith

More celts and adzes.






The names celt and adze are used fairly interchangeably, but technically a celt is more balanced and closer to identical on both sides.

Keith

Banded slate. A lot of very beautiful gorgets, banner stones, pendants and other ornaments are made from banded slate.




Someone started working on this piece and then quit.

Keith