Help me identify what this is - was

[Bodfish Mike]

Found in a creek as a kid in the SF bay area.
May have been Miwok.
Very well made and looks to be granite.
The shiny thing in the pic is a quarter for size (the flash went off).
Cheers Mike

 

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[southfork]

Very nice Charm Stone . I found one as a kid up by the Devils Punch Bowl East Oakland .

 

[redbeardrelics]

Could it be a form of plummet of fishing/net weight?

 

[welsbury]

Charmstone,plummet,net weight- it is a very nice one and well made

 

[Tdog]

Charmstone.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Very nice Charmstone.

 

[arrow86]

Yep looks like a really nice Plummet, can you post a profile picture also one from the top where the groove is looking down would help. Nice find

 

[Bodfish Mike]

Wow you guys are good --- I did a google image search on Indian Charmstone and plummet and you guys nailed it.
Thanks --- it's very well made so I'm thinking Charmstone I would never put that much time into making a fishing weight the way I fish.
Cheers Mike