Belt Buckle? Or something else?

[Chiggerbait]

Hello everyone! New here and my first post. I was walking the creek over the weekend (upstate SC) trying to beat the heat and found this different looking “rock”. It feels like a rock hardness wise, and sounds like a rock when it’s rubbed or tapped. It looks like the stuff I know is rock that was all around it. It doesn’t attract a strong magnet. The rusty looking areas on the grooved side seem to be some sort of fabric, maybe, that are the remaining bits of whatever covered it. When looking at it through a loupe I can see little strands of fiber in those spots. On one of the long sides it has a hole with a “pin” inserted in it. Oh, and it doesn’t float in water. My best guess is it’s a piece of old junk that got washed down the little creek, but I hope it’s something more! Anyone have any ideas?

 

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[Reanm8er]

Welcome Chiggerbait!

What's the bar looking object on the back!

 

[firemanphob]

Welcome from Indiana but I don't have a clue on this one.

 

[Hawks88]

Welcome to tnet from Niagara Falls.

 

[Chiggerbait]

Welcome Chiggerbait!

What's the bar looking object on the back!

Thanks for the welcomes! It is an indention or groove about 3/8” wide and 2” long. It’s depth is probably 3/4’s the thickness of the piece. Here’s a pic I took in the sun the day I found it that shows it a bit better.

 

[GaRebel1861]

Try posting it in the Native American forum. If it's stone and has been altered by man, someone there might be able to I.D. it for you. Good luck.

 

[A2coins]

Welcome looks a little like a brake pedal

 

[Chiggerbait]

I’ll post it over in the Native American section and see if anyone knows anything about it. Just wanted to make sure it wasn’t some obvious “junk”. I had the vehicle pedal or brake shoe/pad thought earlier today. I searched the web and couldn’t find anything that looked like this. Not saying it isn’t, I just haven’t been able to find it yet. Thanks to all!