Popular Post Doc Bach Posted July 12 Popular Post Share Posted July 12 Not a lot of real skill or keen eyesight required to spot this one even at a distance of around fifty feet. 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivers rat Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Fantastic my kind of artefact! Well done RR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 I don't think I have ever seen one of those before unless it is a extra large bullet. Please tell me what it is. Maybe a tusk would be my next guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodge Scent Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Oh man. That is a beauty !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 7 hours ago, Valens Legacy said: I don't think I have ever seen one of those before unless it is a extra large bullet. Please tell me what it is. Maybe a tusk would be my next guess. A pestle is used for crushing nuts or grain or other coarse organic/mineral constuients to make fine powders or pastes. You crush the coarse material with the pestle against a concave or bowl shaped stone, ceramic, or wood base called a mortar. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Bach Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 8 hours ago, Valens Legacy said: I don't think I have ever seen one of those before unless it is a extra large bullet. Please tell me what it is. Maybe a tusk would be my next guess. Howdy V.L. Chase explained it very well. Here are a couple of examples of basic style mortars with their primary use here in Northern California being too process acorns for mush and bread. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivers rat Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 I do have a large shard of a Roman one they added tiny pieces of gravel in the inside while doing them to have a more abrasive surface...............evolution RR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Bach Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 6 hours ago, Rivers rat said: I do have a large shard of a Roman one they added tiny pieces of gravel in the inside while doing them to have a more abrasive surface...............evolution RR That's interesting R.R. Leave it to the Romans to improve on ancient technology and build a better mousetrap so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoPeg Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 Amazing find! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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