Natural or Otherwise?

[romeo-1]

I found this rock last night on a very well used native site. I've found hundreds of points and tools on this site over the years including stone axes, net weights, etc. This looks almost too perfect to be natural. I'm by no means an expert so welcome your opinions. Natural or otherwise? The sides feel polished and the ends look like they've been abraded but not completely sure. Thanks all!

 

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[Tpmetal]

could have been a sharpening stone from an old scythe? but not sure could be native american as well or could be natural. Just some guesses

 

[rock]

Id say its a nice rock with a good shape to it. Could of been used but in pic 3 it says its a layered type of stone and would of broken if pounded with and would of fell apart imo if used as a grinder. That being said what else could it of been used for?

 

[The Grim Reaper]

It appears to be a Scythe Sharpening Stone.

 

[old digger]

Depending on the material, it could have used as a hammer/pecking stone.

 

[romeo-1]

It appears to be a Scythe Sharpening Stone.

That's what I thought at first but I have found many of those and this isn't one.

 

[romeo-1]

Depending on the material, it could have used as a hammer/pecking stone.

The area it was found in was a seasonal camp for a long time...thousands of flakes and shards to be found from their knapping so that could be it...

 

[choo]

Not an Indian artifact! Looks like a geofact to me!

 

[ToddsPoint]

The very first pic shows it is ground/used/polished on the face but it has no grinding or polish on the end. A natural rock would not have that much contrast on the two surfaces. Used for what? Unknown to me. Gary

 

[Charl]

Native Americans used sharpening stones as well. The more formal variety of such stones are called whetstones, the same term used for settler stones used to sharpen scythes. But they also picked up natural, and usually tabular, rocks to use for sharpening. Sandstone might be the stone of choice, since it is a natural sandpaper of sorts, but shale was used as well. That is a sedimentary rock, as rock pointed out, can't tell if it's a shale or a sandstone, but seems at least possible that it might be a native sharpening stone, with the bit of a tool rubbed back and forth on the flat face, for example. I would hang onto it, and maybe someone with more experience could check it out in hand sometime.