It has been worked. Not sure if scraper or some sort of pre-form. Congrats.
ToddsPoint, it was found in SW Ohio. Over the last half dozen years I have found hundreds of pieces at that park alone. A variety of colors and qualities. However, I've never found any that appeared worked.
All, thanks for your inputs. The consensus is it was worked. Will post a side view pic later today b/c one side looks curved up on purpose. However, I'm not sure what purpose that would serve. Also given its smallish size, if a scrapper, a person would be working a long time to remove flesh from a hide (unless it was a small animal).
CreekSide, to me the some edges seem "fine" enough - would definitely cut something.
Scrapers come in all sizes, I have found small ones about the size of a quarter, called thumb scrapers, used to get the fat off the hides during tanning.
Treasure_Hunter, thanks for clarifying the size. Like many noteworthy artifacts I find, this one will be donated to the local history society in an educational display case (like that pictured below), to share with everyone from elementary school children to senior citizens.
dirstscratcher, thanks for trying to ID. Will look into gray Upper Mercer. Years ago I took a bag of flint to a Curator at the local natural history museum. After sorting out the pieces, he told me all had been transported to the park by man. Because I continued to find more and more at that and other parks, I began to think at least some had been deposited by one or more of the many glaciers that past through the area.
Rockdog, thanks for the vote and kudos. Yes, I'll definitely keep looking!
Glaciers in Ohio generally moved stuff pretty directly south as far as I know. If you find material east, west or north of the source, it generally got carried there by man.
