Stone with perfect hole?

[grasshopper]

I know, I know, another rock post. I hate them as much as you do [emoji23][emoji23]

But I found this on the shore of lake champlain, in front of an early 1800s house. I've recovered a number of pipe stems and cobalt stoneware pieces nearby.

This rock feels pretty light but is irregularly shaped and has a perfect hole going through it.

Any ideas?

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

Can you use a light so we can see inside the hole.

 

[grasshopper]

These are about the best I can get..

 

[dig deeper now]

A very -very old old key chain foooobbbbb. nice holder for a modern day pencil. HH

 

[A2coins]

A ember stone for fire

 

[Rookster]

A ember stone for fire

Sounds better than anything I've got.

 

[GaRebel1861]

Post that in the Native American forum if you haven’t already. It is an interesting piece.

 

[nhbenz]

Given your location, I think an omarolluk (omar) may be the explanation: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omarolluk

 

[grasshopper]

Given your location, I think an omarolluk (omar) may be the explanation: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omarolluk

Good call!

Just found this image, looks remarkably similar.

Amazing that the hole is so perfect

 

[ToddsPoint]

Drilled. No doubt about it. You can see the concentric rings inside the hole in post #3, first pic. Gary

 

[filmiracl]

Yes, it looks drilled to me as well. Being it's so small (but still somewhat chunky and seemingly unfinished?,) perhaps it is/was a pendant or net weight (though I doubt it's a weight) of some kind.

 

[Underwonder]

Bivalves are able to make holes in rocks. Could it be those?

 

[JohnWhite]

In my youth I used to walk along the shore and collect shells and interesting rocks the waves would bring in...I have seen many rocks similar to the one you posted and I used to think that someone was drilling in the nearby hills and the rocks were making their way to the beach...

To make a long story short...I believe you have a natural rock formed by good old Mother Nature...

Ed T

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Adder stone or witch stone.

But formed naturally through either a trace fossil (typically crinoid stem - leaving serrations) or glaciation/water erosion.

 

[maxpower]

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