I was reading when he put it down and looked up casually and said, "yeah, nice," without much enthusiasm. Then I realized that it seemed to be a bit of the yellowish jasper we find every now and then. If it was jasper it was one of the biggest pieces I had ever seen so I began to examine it more closely.
That is when he pointed out the casually worked edge
And places where fingers fit 
And showed me how it might have been held.I think it was manufactured near here and somebody lost it. .
I've missed dropping by. Just read your anniversary post. Beautiful. You and your family are blessed to have such strong bonds. I sure hope 'the boss' is getting good care for that shoulder. For some reason I couldn't access older posts to see if he'd had surgery.
ReplyDelete(Allan must have good eyes. That is so interesting. I wonder how many years ago that jasper tool was created and by whom)
Very cool post.
ReplyDeleteCool!
ReplyDeleteCathy, I miss reading what's up with you and seeing your wonderful pictures too, but you have plenty enough to deal with right now and I hope it all goes all right for you. Thanks for taking time for us
ReplyDeleteRed Scot, thanks, it made my day to see the thing and play with it.
Cubby, thanks
Wow! That is so neat. I have a collection of tools that I have found over the years at my sister's house in the country made by ancient Indians. Yours looks a lot like one of mine. I think it was used to rub the tallow off deer hides and tallow off other skins. ~nita~
ReplyDeleteJust watched the links you provided. So neat that you would include that. ~nita~
ReplyDeleteRTH, thanks for visiting and taking time to comment. That is great that you have a collection of stuff that you found. Despite being only a couple of miles from some important Iroquois villages we have found very few things over the years. I am glad you enjoyed the video. I have never actually seen flint knapping and was surprised that it is so quick. We also think you are right about it being a hide scraper. Everything that we found points to that conclusion.
ReplyDeleteCOOL!!!
ReplyDeleteEspecially cool since I have a flint tool I found down here that is held so similarly. The grooves are a perfect finger fit.
Tres cool.
That is so cool. I have a spear head that my grandmother found in her backyard after a rain storm. I always hoped to find more, but never did. Lots of fossils in the area, though.
ReplyDeleteFC, I am simply delighted with it. We are so near to major Indian sites...a mile or two, and I am always looking, but hardly ever find anything
ReplyDeleteStacy, wow! A spear head is quite a find. I love digging fossils too. There is a small river near here where you can pick up brachiopods all day long.