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Rural/Farm Life

EFerrari

(163,986 posts) Tue Jun 26, 2012, 02:17 PM Jun 2012

I think I found a stone tool on Sunday [View all]

walking near a newly turned field.

It's been worked on three sides of the top. The two longer sides have been flaked to a sharp edge. I can't tell what it might have been, maybe a scraping tool.

It fits in your hand nicely although, that third (shorter) side is flat on both surfaces and could have accommodated a handle.

The sharpened edge goes right around the point, although the point is not sharp now.

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I think I found a stone tool on Sunday [View all] EFerrari Jun 2012 OP

Could be. I guess it might take an expert to tell you for sure. Denninmi Jun 2012 #1

Iirc one way you can tell if a rock has been worked on is the little cone-shape breaks that happen EFerrari Jun 2012 #4

HELLO ye of many posts-- the term is "knapping" .hope that helps. johnnytoobad Jun 2012 #9

Hey there, johnnytoobad, thank you. EFerrari Jun 2012 #10

looks like a chopper Viva_La_Revolution Jun 2012 #2

The sharp edges are sort of amazing because EFerrari Jun 2012 #3

yep, not something they would want to tote to the next site Viva_La_Revolution Jun 2012 #5

That looks like an old arrowhead to me. We have found many but my son in law does not want us jwirr Jun 2012 #6

It's about the size of a kitchen utensil. Which it might have been. :) EFerrari Jun 2012 #7

looks like it could be a knife---- johnnytoobad Jun 2012 #8

Every rock near me is a stone tool. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #11