crawdaddy Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 New here. Don't know if I'm in the right place. I found this along with some arrowheads in an Alabama lake. What is it? Bone? Tool? Any ideas where someone may know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetaFrizzics Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I believe that is some kind of engagement or wedding ring. It is being worn on the left-hand second finger. But seriously, it looks like some part of a bow & arrow or spear part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auk Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 But seriously, it looks like some part of a bow & arrow or spear part. I doubt that it's any of those things being that it's hollow, dull. My guess is a sort of spoon or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2SO4 Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 wow, what a cool find! Maybe its nothing (although it certainly looks like some tool). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucidDreamer Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 From picture 2 it looks like a cutting tool. The rounded end is held in the palm of the hand and the sharpened strait end is used for cutting like the edge of a blade. Perhaps it could have been used to cut the fat and tendons off of meat and bones or maybe whittling wood. It looks like it is a stone tool to me. Random guess of course. Looking a picture three, it sort of looks like bone. Is it heavy like stone or lighter like bone? Take it to the anthropology department at a university and they could probably tell you in 5 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coquina Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 The groove in the back side looks like a rope went there. One end looks like it was broken. It's hollow, so maybe another piece fit inside. I'm wondering if it is a part of a tool for crushing herbs or grain to powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucidDreamer Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Maybe it's a broken spoon and a wood stick fit into the grove for a handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crawdaddy Posted July 31, 2005 Author Share Posted July 31, 2005 yeah all my guesses too. Heavy like a rock. feels like a rock. Had it for yaers and no my son is asking what it is. I think some kind of tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetaFrizzics Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 yeah all my guesses too. Heavy like a rock. feels like a rock. Had it for yaers and no my son is asking what it is. I think some kind of tool. I think it must be man-made, given its unusual similarity to a human hand. As well, the 3-dimensional chirality indicates it was built of 'left-handed' molecules, which suggests a biological origin. Any fool can see it's some kind of cervix cap! I apologize for the previous 'spear part' joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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