I would like confirmation that I found a grinding stone. I will be heartbroken if it is just an oblong river rock. It was found in a farm field in central Indiana. Obviously, it has been knocked around and scarred considerably by farm equipment. Also, a slab had been fractured off the...
I was out hunting Civil War relics today and stumbled across this possible Metate sticking out of small hump along the tree line where the hill starts to break over into a steep valley. The hump I think may have just been where a farmer had either pushed up or dumped some rocks and dirt from the...
Found over 100 ft from a stream off the James River In Eastern South Dakota (near Huron). Few pieces on top are difficult to show their qualities via photo; more to them than they appear. A bead in the center. Grinding stone. Etc.
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I found these two items on our old farm when I was 10 years old, that was over 30 years ago. We lived in northern Heard County in western Georgia. I know the Creeks lived there. Not sure about the Cherokee.
The grinding stone has two pits on one side and one larger pit on the other and are...