help anyone ??

[rdebinski]

has anyone found a shaft straightener? I believe they are rather rare in Texas? I'll try to dowload a pic tomorrow. its an oval stone about 7 x 3 inches, 1 inch thick, has a shallow groove in the middle and "cuts " in the stone on one side of the groove that are perpendicular to the groove, on one side only. The cuts are very clearly "man made" and very clean, about 2-3 mm deep. 1-1.5 inches in length. a very interesting artifact. I have yet to show it to our Texas Parks and Wildlife resident archeaolgist. Found on my ranch where several spear heads, arrow heads, a bird point and a drill have been found on the surface, 2 have been dated by archeaologist to be 3000 to 5000 years old.

 

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[GatorBoy]

Correct..the point I tried to make was the name came from Europeans and was given because they resembled an Item that they called a gorget.

 

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[Neogeo]

Here is mine...

other side.

 

[larson1951]

looks like a stone for either sharpening awls and such or grinding the bases of arrow points
this is a gues... i have little knowledge of there kind of pieces
anyway they don't look natural

 

[GatorBoy]

That's a biggun..here are a few Florida versions. One is a Straightener or wrench as Larson calls them. It was adapted from a fossil tube

 

[Neogeo]

they used the other side for grinding.The cuped part is BabyButt smooth.

 

[newnan man]

That big one got some serious use! Thanks.