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    This was found by a friend of mine recently. I have a few ideas but am not 100% sure of what it was used for. It was found in west central Illinois. Click image for larger version

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    The chase is better than the catch...
    I'm Frank and I'm from the flatlands of N'Eastern Illinois...

  • #2
    Its a eight legged turtle.put looks to me a blunt point or some type of scraper.nice find thats pretty kool.

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    • #3
      Or spider

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      • #4
        Notching practice?

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        • #5
          As for another item posted elsewhere, I would simply call it a denticulate. A really nice denticulate. There are a dozen examples from the Olive Branch Site in Illinois illustrated at the link below. Although generally regarded as "sawing" tools for softer materials (wood, bone, meat etc) there must be more to it than this. Often - as on some of those examples - the teeth are on extremely curved surfaces, whereas they would have a better functionality for sawing if the teeth were along a straighter edge... as is more usually the case. Since the serrations are often on two opposing edges or sometimes almost all the way round smaller items, they must have been hafted into a handle of some kind.

          http://lithiccastinglab.com/gallery-...lateslarge.htm


          I have a really nice Neolithic African example with teeth all the way round which I was told was probably for fish-scaling. I could well believe it since it doesn't exhibit significant use-wear and the serrations are not particularly sharp.
          I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.

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          • #6
            That's definitely an odd item. Never seen anything like it in person.

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            • #7
              If real ,might be considered an "eccentric". Just shopwing off their skill
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              • #8
                I think Roger is on to something with denticulate tool.

                The base looks slightly Snyder'ish to me. Kind of out of my area. I would love to hear Rays opinion.
                Josh (Ky/Tn collector)

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                • #9
                  Very unusual
                  South Dakota

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                  • #10
                    Any chance of a few more snaps of that lithic?
                    That is very cool.

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                    • #11
                      Looks like Attica Chert to me.
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                      • #12
                        It is an ancient "Spark Plug Gap Setter"
                        \"Of all the things I\'ve lost, I miss my mind the most.\"

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                        • #13
                          Dang, I see these all the time! I pass em up thinking its just some old natural creek rocks. I will grab some up and get pics. Super cool.

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