The unknown

[Wascocup]

I found this in a shell midden in maryland

 

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[pepperj]

I found this in a shell midden in maryland

Piece of antler?

 

[Wascocup]

Piece of antler?

It's real heavy

 

[deltamann]

Piece of antler?

Fossilized antler maybe?

 

[Wascocup]

Fossilized antler maybe?

Each end has a small hol

 

[pjad57]

Each end has a small hol

Could it be a crusted fishing line sinker?

 

[DizzyDigger]

Ambergris?

 

[newnan man]

Strange looking.

 

[vpnavy]

I found this in a shell midden in maryland

I moved ya from HELP! over to WHAT IS IT? for more exposure.

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[Almy]

The first pictures look like a vein of quartzite from rock. The second pictures look like heat-melted slag, perhaps from metal smelting.

 

[ColtsPop]

I think it is a Native American sharpening stone. It could be fossilized, but I agree probably quartz.

 

[Wascocup]

I think it is a Native American sharpening stone. It could be fossilized, but I agree probably quartz.

I wondered about that , since I was in a shell midden