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It looks like threaded hole. This would lead me to believe that it's not work done by Native Americans. Not sure what it is though.
 
It looks like threaded hole. This would lead me to believe that it's not work done by Native Americans. Not sure what it is though.

Thanks Mike, not too sure what to make of it then. Can't think of any reason it would have a drilled hole in it and be found in the stream right were we found our last 2 arrowheads.
 
Definitely looks like a threaded hole. I agree with Mike, in the fact it's not Native American. What kind of material it is might be a clue as to what it is. It doesn't appear to be a hard stone?
 
Definitely looks like a threaded hole. I agree with Mike, in the fact it's not Native American. What kind of material it is might be a clue as to what it is. It doesn't appear to be a hard stone?

Sorry it took me so long to reply Full Bore.

This stone has me baffled. It has a perfect hole through it that actually resembles threads. I believe it is a piece of flint type material with a softer stone on the edges, including the place the hole is located. Looking at many examples of Indian artifacts on the internet most holes are not this perfect. It just doesn't make much sense what could have caused it and have that rock be 1/3 of a mile from any house or road and smack dab in the middle of where we have found Indian arrowheads before. If you have any ideas please post up your comments!! Here are a couple of pics with it dry:

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Here is another rock I found and I have never found one colored or shaped like this in the stream before. It has scrapes on it in uniform lines and even a bevel on the one end that seems to fit a finger or perhaps a thumb. Very hard rock I believe but just not sure what to make of it. Perhaps for napping flint?? This was also found right in the area we have found arrowheads before.

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How heavy is that last one? It appears to look like Hemotite? It is definitely an artifact. It's well ground and polished somewhat. Another example of a stone hand tool. Nice find!
 
How heavy is that last one? It appears to look like Hemotite? It is definitely an artifact. It's well ground and polished somewhat. Another example of a stone hand tool. Nice find!

It's heavy enough for it's size that I actually took a magnet to it just to make sure it wasn't a metal.
 
OK, so asking on an artifact forum that Ohiosam recommended, a couple members thought the "threaded hole" is an actual fossil from what they called a crinoid, sea "animals with rough, spiny surfaces and a special kind of radial symmetry based on five or multiples of five."

http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Extension/fossils/crinoid.html

After re-examining the hole I determined the rings actually do not spiral down but are single continuous rings which would support the idea of them being a crinoid.

Thanks for the help Ohiosam!!
 
OK, so asking on an artifact forum that Ohiosam recommended, a couple members thought the "threaded hole" is an actual fossil from what they called a crinoid, sea "animals with rough, spiny surfaces and a special kind of radial symmetry based on five or multiples of five."

http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Extension/fossils/crinoid.html

After re-examining the hole I determined the rings actually do not spiral down but are single continuous rings which would support the idea of them being a crinoid.

Thanks for the help Ohiosam!!

That figures.( Cool shell fossil inside there too further supporting a aquatic plant stem.)


Nice find Sam. Injun probably broke it off on a deer's shoulder...
 
A member on the artifact forum also felt that the red stone (hematite) it's purpose was likely that it was used as a pigment block;

Abrasion of the hematite produces a fine bright red powder than can be mixed with oils or fats to make paint - for decorative purposes, especially on bone, wood and leather artefacts; on pottery; for ceremonial use; as war paint on faces, bodies and horses etc.

Of course last night I did some more looking through some of the odd stones I collected over the years and found that I had a few more hematite stones, one of which possibly was used similarly as well. The one on the top right and further below has similar wear and abrasions. The biggest one in the picture, top row second from right weighs a fraction under 2 lbs.

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Here are the 2 heads I found within about 30 yards of each other (different years) in the creek in the big holla.

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