Mitch Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 I am unable to ID these rocks and how they got the groves in them. Natural or some type of artifact. I've look all over the web. Hope someone here can help it's really beginning to bug me. MItch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanursepaul Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 At first I was thinking tomahawks, but after looking closer, I don't think so. Most all the stone tomahawks had a groove in the middle only. (I guess it is easier right) But, if you had plenty of time with no internet I guess more grooves may have been the look you wanted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvanwho Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 I would guess Indian fishing net weights, but only a guess... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 If they are not artifacts they could be layered sedimentary rocks with alternating hard and soft layers. The softer layers erode faster, creating rocks like you have pictured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Thanks for the reply Steve. I thought about that but it seems the seam of softer material would go all the way through the stone. These strange "groves" for the lack of a better description start wider maybe a quarter of an inch and slope to a knife edge about 1/8 to 3/16" in the stone. The stone at the bottom of the grove is the same as the outer part. If it's an artifact I can't what it would be used for. The groves aren't right for tying a handle on and the ends aren't right for chopping. I've been collection artifacts for fifty years and have never seen anything like these crazy stones. Looks like something Indiana Jones would come up with. Thanks again Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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