Rileys Rainy Day What Is It??? Post

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Riley's Rainy Day What Is It??? Post

We tried to post these in the most unusual post, but I'm afraid they will be lost within all the great posts already there. These are some rocks that I've found over the years that we would like to have some professional opinions on. Here is the deal... if you're posting on T-net, then you're a professional in my book and I'd appreciate your SWAG (Scientific Wild A$$ed Guess) as to what purpose these tools may have had.

The first is a stone I found with some grooves. It's very heavy and not shaped like a normal axe. I'm not sure, so I'm asking... ??? ??? ???

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The second is what I've always thought was some type of hoe or agricultural tool???

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The third is really cool. This rock is completely round except for about 1/3 is abraded off and now there is a perfectly smooth, flat surface there. Some have told me this is from some type of game they played but I'm not buying that one... Take a shot at it, what do you think???

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This last image is of a stone I found while deer hunting in KS. I was crossing a creek and looked down. I immediately saw what I thought was a mortar, but the inside is not smooth like on most. This has some very deep grooves cut into the bottom. I'm really curious about this one...

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If you have any opinions, please share them. I am always open to someone elses thoughts...

Good Hunting...
Saftgeek
 

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Re: Riley's Rainy Day What Is It??? Post

2nd stone looks like some type of hand chopper to me,the 3rd one looks like a possible hammerstone.Not sure about the others but these are my swags'. HB
 

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HAND CHOPPER!!!! OMG... How many hands do you think its chopped off???

Sorry, I couldn't let this one get away. Thanks for your swags.

Saftgeek
 

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I have a few of the third picture type rocks.
Nice round rocks with a perfectly flat surface.
 

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Could we see more pictures of the piece with the flat surface in the third picture? That could possibly be a Cone, which is a rare find, but I need to see more pics from different angles to know for sure.

Thanks
 

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Your wish is my command... but what is a cone?

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Re: Riley's Rainy Day What Is It??? Post

I agree with Jeff. If I had found that I would call it a Cone too. As far as what a Cone is and what they were used for, your guess is as good as anyone elses. They are called "problematicals" which is the name that items get when no one has a clue what they were used for. Do a Google image search for "hematite cones+artifacts" and you can see some that look similar to yours.


Here's a couple of pictures of some Cones I have. The first one shows two Hematite Cones and a piece of Hematite with lots of grooves carved into it.

The second pis shows my Cones as they set in my Curio Cabinet. There are 3 on each side of the tray with the Gorget in it and the one on the back left hand side is very similar to yours and is made from Granite.
 

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Re: Riley's Rainy Day What Is It??? Post

Looks like a cone looks like the base is slightly cupped also.Great find! :thumbsup:
 

Re: Riley's Rainy Day What Is It??? Post

I vote CONE as well, very cool find any day let alone in the rain :icon_sunny:
 

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