Wood working tool, fleshing tool ?

[Scott H.]

Opinions from those more experienced than I. I found this about a year ago maybe a mile from the house on a gravel bar in a feeder creek that has produced artifacts from paleo to woodland. Not sure but I think the lithic is a form of silicified shale. It's 3" long and 3" wide from one side to the blade"s edge. It tapers from the sides ( 3") to 1.5 inches at the blade edge. It has a ridge and a stress crack. It has been groved out which fits the thumb perfect but I don't know if that grove was to mount it on a piece of wood. Any Ideas ? Thanks.

Scott H.

[Scotto]

Looks like a geofact to me. We've got a lot of shale here, and it's common for it to be angled like that.

[Marshall Ellis]

Dandy Rock. Any rock will fit perfect in your hand if you turn it enough times.

[Scott H.]

Thanks for the feedback. I should not have posted it. ALL the tools I have found in Up State South Carolina( scrapers, blades, hoes, spades, etc.) are made from some type of silicified slate, granite, some rhyolite, and a lot of quartz. From a geological prespective there is NO flint here, therefore, no flint points or tools which is what most of the folks on this forum are used to finding ( and chert ). My bad.

Scott H.

[Trask]

NO Bad at all Scott...We're all here to learn more and share along the way. Your posts are always welcome