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Artifact?

mossyoak

Posted: 22 April 2013 01:35 PM

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Found an arrowhead point, flake, and this??? in a creek over the weekend. Anybody think its anything or just an abnormal rock?

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jcurri

Posted: 22 April 2013 03:33 PM

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Primitive firestarter. Great find!

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mossyoak

Posted: 22 April 2013 03:45 PM

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Really? I have another firestarter, possiby nutting stone, that I have found in this general area before as well. Its hole was a lot different though. Maybe this one didn’t get used nearly as long?

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WhitetailFreak

Posted: 22 April 2013 04:13 PM

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Thats not just a rock buddy!!!Awesome find….........

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mossyoak

Posted: 23 April 2013 07:46 AM

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Thanks guys. Its funny to, every time I go hunting, I find something that I’m not looking for. That’s no mushroom or antler, I know that much!

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Andy Meador

Posted: 23 April 2013 09:37 AM

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That’s pretty cool!

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Treehugger

Posted: 23 April 2013 10:53 AM

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I would have been a horrible Indian. There have been times when it took me a half hour to start a fire with a stack of dry wood, a lighter, and newspaper.

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WhitetailFreak

Posted: 23 April 2013 03:23 PM

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Treehugger - 23 April 2013 10:53 AM
I would have been a horrible Indian. There have been times when it took me a half hour to start a fire with a stack of dry wood, a lighter, and newspaper.

LMAO Hugger…Not me though buddy!!!I strap on my loincloth all the time and run around the cornfields of adams county…The only difference is im carrying a cooler full of coors-light…...lol

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mossyoak

Posted: 23 April 2013 04:40 PM

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LMAO. Whats a primitive wind/waterproof firestarter look like?

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Treehugger

Posted: 23 April 2013 11:09 PM

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MOSSY….I’m guessing just a bigger rock…or a bigger hole in your rock. Not sure. I figured that rock with a hole in it was how indians tested if they were left eye or right eye dominant.

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bede

Posted: 24 April 2013 02:29 PM

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I don’t think that is an artifact. Looks like an omar. Here is an address for more info on omars- http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/research/glacial-geology/omars.shtml

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MattS

Posted: 24 April 2013 03:35 PM

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Welcome bede. I see your comparison. I am sure omars get confused as firestarters all the time. Probably more often then real firestarters. Personally with a hole that defined inside of a broken depression, looks man made to me. That is a good point tho.

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mossyoak

Posted: 25 April 2013 08:17 AM

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Back to square one. LMAO. Either way, cool rock. Maybe Jeff can hire an archaeologist.

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mohican

Posted: 21 June 2013 10:23 AM

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Post that pic on www.arrowheadology.com
You’ll be amazed at the response.
Nice find, congratulations

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