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[Older The Better]

Here is another artifact from my grandpa my first hunch is it could be quite old. Im a little thrown by the consistent width. Any help with info would be appreciated. It appears to have been in the river for some time.

 

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[uniface]

I suspect your grandpa was right, FWIW.

 

[Older The Better]

I’m stuck between a square knife of sorts or a lanceolate blade. With the cream color peaking through I think the black could be river stain… between the time it would take to get like that and the flaking I’m wondering if it couldn’t be transitional paleo

 

[newnan man]

My vote is square knife. Looks like the edge was retouched a lot.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Here is another artifact from my grandpa my first hunch is it could be quite old. Im a little thrown by the consistent width. Any help with info would be appreciated. It appears to have been in the river for some time.
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ADZE...?
Dandy artifact tho...!

 

[Tnmountains]

It is the fresh water creeks around here that give me that hard patina. I would say a square knife also. It has some great flaking. It is over shot always across. Maybe that is the clue to the age. The flaking?
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TnMtns

 

[Older The Better]

I thought adze maybe but it’s very thin, I’ve got lots of points with a closer width to thickness ratio. I thought those flake scars that shot across could be key too, I’ll have to look into that some more

 

[Tnmountains]

I do not think adze more of a knife.

 

[Older The Better]

I guess I need to re-phrase. At first I considered adzes and even a chisel but I think it’s a blade… looking at the water wear has got me wanting to try my luck on the gravel bar tomorrow

 

[Older The Better]

I suspect a square knife, but I posted my sketch on another thread as a lance… originally was going to do a lance and a square knife but I didn’t want to make a 3rd version at the time. I appreciate the opinions and help