Has this been knapped ?

Milkman

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It has sharp edges much of the way around. Is this the way it broke off or has it been worked on?

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NCHillbilly

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I'm thinking no, but I could possibly be wrong. If I had tried to knap that nasty chunk of rock, I would have thrown it as far as I could through the woods. :)
 

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I'm thinking no, but I could possibly be wrong. If I had tried to knap that nasty chunk of rock, I would have thrown it as far as I could through the woods. :)
Sometimes desperate times calls for desperate measures. My first point/knife I found was just a crude white quartz. 1/2 inch thick, 1 inch long and about 2 and 1/2 from base to tip. It was like they left the ugly just to keep it together. And it worked.
 

NCHillbilly

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Sometimes desperate times calls for desperate measures. My first point/knife I found was just a crude white quartz. 1/2 inch thick, 1 inch long and about 2 and 1/2 from base to tip. It was like they left the ugly just to keep it together. And it worked.
Yeah, I've found some crude ones. But not that look like a square, unknapped chunk of rock.
 

kmckinnie

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Not sure the pottery is Indian. I don’t see the black in the middle on the edge and no pattern on the sides. I would have to see in person. Just saying.
 

Pig Predator

Useles Billy’s Fishel Hog Killer ?
I would personally continue looking around that area for artifacts. I think yall found a good spot. I like to think about how things may have been back then. Like, what if a knapping mentor gave this ridiculous chunk of rock to his student to see what they could come up with, knowing that would be what it turned out like as a joke/prank? Just spit balling....Kinda like how our uncles teased us all back in the day?
 

kmckinnie

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I agree. And if they have several hundred acres. There is a camp or 2 on it.
 

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Useles Billy’s Fishel Hog Killer ?
Not sure the pottery is Indian. I don’t see the black in the middle on the edge and no pattern on the sides. I would have to see in person. Just saying.
I think the black has been washed away by the river and sand. I think that piece was at least twice as thick originally. my thinks...
 

NCHillbilly

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