Hardstone

[dognose]

I am cleaning and moving the hardstone cabinet around. i put them out on the table out of the way while the work goes on.
Some of these have been posted before. Many are personal finds. A few are from David Young collection - Who's Who #5. Some of the others I obtained from farmers over the years. A few complete slate items; One is a full groove axe and another is a celt. Undamaged slate axes and celts are not common in this area.

 

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[Dakota Sioux]

That gigantic point looking piece on the far right is killer in my book

 

[Tpmetal]

Hot dang that is a lot of great artifacts! I have seen museums with worse collections than this.

 

[southfork]

Fantastic collection of hardstone artifacts

 

[Kray Gelder]

Wow! Awesome collection!

 

[Tpmetal]

What is the one up top, slightly right of center? Lools interesting and appears to be flat on the bottom? Or am i just not seeing the thickness correctly and it looks thicker than it is?

 

[antmike915]

Nice, wish I could find hardstone artifacts in my areas.

 

[MAMucker]

Not just a good number of them, but an A+ on quality and diversity.
Man, you are hardcore. Nice collection!
Smooth hardstone artifacts are so hard to find in my hunting areas. I would say extremely rare.
It may be because they are not found far-flung from historical villages or camps.

 

[dognose]

That gigantic point looking piece on the far right is killer in my book

I think you are referring to a celt 7 1/8 inches long ex David Young collection - Who's Who #5.

 

[dognose]

What is the one up top, slightly right of center? Lools interesting and appears to be flat on the bottom? Or am i just not seeing the thickness correctly and it looks thicker than it is?

I think you are referring to the spade 9 inches in length.

 

[Dakota Sioux]

I was talking about the chipped broken one on the right actually although all your stuff i s good

 

[oldmxrat]

That's a mighty fine assemblage of hardstone, thanks for sharing that!

 

[Relicgrubber]

Nice Collection for sure!

 

[dognose]

I was talking about the chipped broken one on the right actually although all your stuff i s good

Is this what you were referring to? This is a cache blade made of Harrison County flint.

Found by Byron Woodford Baxter (b:19 Jan 1885 d:30 Aug 1957) in Grant County IN about 1930s; I obtained this from his grandson Jeff Baxter.

 

[Dakota Sioux]

Haha no not that one the broken one right below the one that has the 6 or 9 on it that goes to the right edge

 

[dognose]

The Notched Hoe?

 

[dognose]

Here are some images of the notched hoe.

 

[Dakota Sioux]

Oh its a Hoe very massive and impressive looks almost like an owl if some eyes were put in. Thanks for making the extra effort to get me a better view. I assume it is Archaic maybe? like that would be the oldest hoe you ever held in your hands

 

[pickaway]

I am cleaning and moving the hardstone cabinet around. i put them out on the table out of the way while the work goes on.
Some of these have been posted before. Many are personal finds. A few are from David Young collection - Who's Who #5. Some of the others I obtained from farmers over the years. A few complete slate items; One is a full groove axe and another is a celt. Undamaged slate axes and celts are not common in this area.

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That ax by the plummet holy chit!!! trophy ax?

 

[dognose]

That ax by the plummet holy chit!!! trophy ax?

That was one of many relics found 04/11/2020. Here is that post.