A bone or granite scraping tool? Artifact or nothing at all. My first post

[eworth]

Hi Folks!!

My first post!! Been enjoying this site for the past month. Appreciate any help identifying the object below in photos that I found. This past week, my father gave me his Whites DFX metal detector while I visited him in SW Missouri. Yee haww!! I was digging a metal target and THIS bone object was in the same hole. The metal object was recent trash and had no connection to the item below.

It is 1 1/2" long and 1" wide. I'm pretty sure it's bone and not rock of any kind. Is this an American Indian artifact? bone scraping tool of some kind.

Would appreciate any help you all are willing to offer.

Thanks in Advance!!
Mark

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Minelab PRO-FIND 35 Waterproof Pinpointer Metal Detector for Experts with Tone ID & Adjustable Sensitivity - Grab it through Amazon!

[trikikiwi]

Re: A bone scraping tool? Artifact or nothing at all. My first post

Welcome to TNet Mark

Cool find. I'll be interested to see what the wizards say

Mike

 

[eworth]

Re: A bone scraping tool? Artifact or nothing at all. My first post

Thanks Mike!

I'm real curious if it's something fashioned by man or something otherwise.

Hope someone will have an idea what it might be (if it's anything to start with)

Mark

 

[traderoftreasures]

Re: A bone scraping tool? Artifact or nothing at all. My first post

welcome eworth. awful nice of your paw to give up a 1200.00 machine. the item almost looks granite are you sure it's bone?

 

[eworth]

Re: A bone scraping tool? Artifact or nothing at all. My first post

Hello,

Thanks for joining in.

You know, it could be. I'm not really sure. It doesn't feel "weighty" enough. Would think it would feel a bit more heavy but I could be way off.

It kinda sounds more like rock when I lay it down on the countertop.

 

[eworth]

Re: A bone scraping tool? Artifact or nothing at all. My first post

Oh yah!!

Your right!! DAD was SUPER good to me to let me have it. He didn't even put two hours use on it. Let it sit a year and a half and then said I could have it. My other one is a Whites Matrix M6 that has been good to me. When I got the DFX home, I took it to the park a block away and found an 1883 Indian Head penny in the first 20 minutes.!! Way cool. Gotta lot to learn about setting it up correctly and just bought Jeff Foster's Digging Deeper with the DFX. will be reading that all winter.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Re: A bone scraping tool? Artifact or nothing at all. My first post

I'm thinking stone, looks more like stone then bone........

I use to live in columbia Missouri, did a lot of hunting in Missouri as well as the Illinois/Missouri border. Lot of artifacts in that area so lots of luck...

If it was me I would do some research on the old riverboat towns along the Missouri and start there..... Rocheport and Booneville are ones I would check for sure with my detector...............

 

[eworth]

Re: A bone scraping tool? Artifact or nothing at all. My first post

Dad lives in SW Missouri but I now live in SW Wisconsin, not too far from the Iowa and Illinois borders.

old Mississippi river towns near by.

 

[traderoftreasures]

i know of the location of a jewlery store in iowa that was bashed down the river, after a flood messed the train tracks up. some time after, the flood a train had come by on the bad tracks, wrecked and took out the jewlery store. rumor has it gold, diamonds, silver, platinum, and all are spread out along the tracks and down the river.

 

[Tnmountains]

Hi Folks!!

My first post!! Been enjoying this site for the past month. Appreciate any help identifying the object below in photos that I found. This past week, my father gave me his Whites DFX metal detector while I visited him in SW Missouri. Yee haww!! I was digging a metal target and THIS bone object was in the same hole. The metal object was recent trash and had no connection to the item below.

It is 1 1/2" long and 1" wide. I'm pretty sure it's bone and not rock of any kind. Is this an American Indian artifact? bone scraping tool of some kind.

Would appreciate any help you all are willing to offer.

Thanks in Advance!!
Mark

Mark Welcome to t-net first
If it was an ancient tool they would have more than likely presure flaked the edges. I think it may be natural though it sure looks like it ought to be something.If you have thick skin,haha post it in American artifact section.Some real knowing dudes over there.'My opinion is Geo-fact, I hope its not though.
Welcome aboard sir
TnMountains

 

[traderoftreasures]

Hi Folks!!

My first post!! Been enjoying this site for the past month. Appreciate any help identifying the object below in photos that I found. This past week, my father gave me his Whites DFX metal detector while I visited him in SW Missouri. Yee haww!! I was digging a metal target and THIS bone object was in the same hole. The metal object was recent trash and had no connection to the item below.

It is 1 1/2" long and 1" wide. I'm pretty sure it's bone and not rock of any kind. Is this an American Indian artifact? bone scraping tool of some kind.

Would appreciate any help you all are willing to offer.

Thanks in Advance!!
Mark

Mark Welcome to t-net first
If it was an ancient tool they would have more than likely presure flaked the edges. I think it may be natural though it sure looks like it ought to be something.If you have thick skin,haha post it in American artifact section.Some real knowing dudes over there.'My opinion is Geo-fact, I hope its not though.
Welcome aboard sir
TnMountains

thick skin i'm with you there. it's a tough bunch over there.

 

[eworth]

HA!! re: the other posting section.

I'll just throw it in a drawer for now.

Thanks for saying hello Tn Mountains!!

Think I'm gonna like it here on the forum!!


Mark

 

[Silver Searcher]

I agree what the outhers say eworth but anyway...........

SS

 

[eworth]

HA!!!! Sillver Searcher.

Even my family doesn't give me a big WELCOME like you......!!!!!!

A big smile first thing this morning.

THANKS!!!!