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Title: Need help to ID artifact
Post by: Mike Gerardi on June 09, 2014, 11:31:00 PM
I find artifacts in my field every year. This one was found several years ago and no one has been able to ID it or tell us what it was used for.

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Title: Re: Need help to ID artifact
Post by: Mike Gerardi on June 09, 2014, 11:33:00 PM
One person that looked at it said the rock was very high in iron.
Title: Re: Need help to ID artifact
Post by: Mike Gerardi on June 09, 2014, 11:36:00 PM
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w266/MGERARDI_2007/IMG_20140609_170609654_HDR_zps22572428.jpg)

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Title: Re: Need help to ID artifact
Post by: 4dogs on June 09, 2014, 11:44:00 PM
War club?    :dunno:
Title: Re: Need help to ID artifact
Post by: Mike Gerardi on June 10, 2014, 12:17:00 AM
I thought that at first. But I can not find any others that look close to it.
Title: Re: Need help to ID artifact
Post by: Sixby on June 10, 2014, 12:27:00 AM
Iron Ore war club. When I was a kid in Missouri I saw several that were very similar to that one but usually had a groove that was used for split shaft hafting. The interesting thing about this one is the hammer end. That makes it different than the ones I saw in that they had either sharpened or rounded tops. This one could be used to pound tent stakes or to stake hides down or, Perhaps to knock an enemy out instead of killing him.

God bless, Steve
Title: Re: Need help to ID artifact
Post by: Mike Gerardi on June 10, 2014, 03:23:00 AM
It is definitely unique Steve. No one has ever found one like it in my area.
Title: Re: Need help to ID artifact
Post by: Dave Worden on June 10, 2014, 06:44:00 AM
I had a similar one I found in Michigan as a boy.  I made a handle for it and played with it.  Somewhere along my younger brothers lost it.  I believe it is called a celt.
Title: Re: Need help to ID artifact
Post by: Charlie Lamb on June 10, 2014, 09:01:00 AM
Could just be an indian sex stone.

Having said that I don't see how this is bowhunting related so I'm closing it.