what the heck is this rock?????

[mike in pa]

i found this at an old fort on PRIVATE PROPERTY!!!!! any ideas on what it could be

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

How to Research for Treasure Hunting and Metal Detecting From Lead Generation to Vetting - Grab it through Amazon!

[outraged]

here ya go

 

[Lafitte]

Does the hole go all the way through?

 

[LJHanley06]

Looks like an old hand grenade

 

[piggman1]

It's the old look in the hole trick rock. You tell someone to look in the hole and then you smack it on the other end.....and run. The prerunner of the ol black eye looking glass trick.

 

[mike in pa]

yes the hole does go all the way through,one hole is larger that the other

 

[Monty]

I would guess it was some kind of weight like one for a fishnet? If it had anything to do with the fort I sure wouldn't have a clue. Monty

 

[justine093]

if you ask me ,
what you found looks an awful like a native american bannerstone.
it's beautiful and I am VERY jealous....

 

[justine093]

VERY VERY JEALOUS!!!!

(a bannerstone is a weight for an atlatl)

 

[mike in pa]

wow thanks justine,that would be fine with me if thats what it is,because i had no idea what it was.i dug it out and only when i was filling the hole back in did i notice the hole in the end of it,lots of Indians around this area back in the day

 

[re-tek]

fishing weight

 

[wannabeafinder]

Not a banner stone--a fishing weight would not be in that area--are there marks on it--if native American then you would be able to see the carving in it--just my opinion

 

[wannabeafinder]

check out the local museum for breast plates which the native Americans in your area would have used

 

[E59]

I'm no expert but I've been an artifact hunter since I was 16 and this has got to be something special. If you would like real expert to look at it there is a man in the tiny (about 50 people) historic town of Bentonsport Iowa. Google it and you will find the number for a city rep who will give you his name and number if you ask for the arrowhead man. I don't want to put the man's info out on the internet, I doubt he'd be pleased with me.

 

[wildrider]

if you ask me ,
what you found looks an awful like a native american bannerstone.
it's beautiful and I am VERY jealous....

I'm with you. Its an atlatl thingie.

Burt