maine gouge

[mainejman]

This hard stone gouge was found yesterday.It was a surface find on a river bank in Maine.It is six inches long and is an inch and five -eighths wide at the bit end tapering down to an inch and a quarter.The bit end is highly polished and very sharp.I have been handling it and have it looking very dark.It is one of my best gouges.Definetly the sharpest and most polished...mjm

 

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[theviking]

WOW, that's a nice artifact. Great find, congrats and thanks for the view.

 

[Charl]

Killer! Banner find IMO......

 

[cowboy7450]

very cool nice find

 

[rock]

Now that is a special piece! What great polish on it. Congrats

 

[quito]

Very Nice!

Excellent use wear showing on that beauty.

 

[GaRebel1861]

Outstanding find!

 

[Tnmountains]

Holy cow look at the bit on that tool. Simply amazing wood working tool. Congratulations and thanks for the view. Great pics!

 

[The Grim Reaper]

One of the rarest Stone Tools to find and in near perfect condition. This not making the Banner would be a crime.

 

[creekhunter]

I vote Banner as well, super nice find!

 

[Rege-PA]

BBBBBBanner!

 

[old digger]

That is an awesome gouge!

(Banner Worthy!)

 

[redbeardrelics]

Really awesome gouge !!, Just curious if you have collected other artifacts from that site that you can use to help date the gouge? HH

 

[mainejman]

Thanks for all the nice comments...The area I was hunting was a long stretch of riverbank not really one specific site but a lot of them I'm guessing.I can say its probably middle archaic...Maine maritime tradition...

 

[pickaway]

What a find, congrats.