Wondering if anyone can help me identify this artifact/tool. Some kind of spade or adz? I think the shape is unusual. Flat and smooth with a beveled edge on one side; rough and bulky on the other. About 7-1/" long. A catalog number was written on the artifact at some point in its history. I was told it was found in Ohio. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Really nice bit on that adze. It is a wood working tool An Adze is mounted on a handle perpendicular to the axis of the handle. Mounted like a gouge they were used to make dugout canoes and wood bowls and other wood working
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Thanks to all for the input! I thought it was probably used as an adze or similar, but the combination of coarse work and fine work on the same tool had me wondering.
"chase" mentioned earlier that it didn't seem typical of Ohio. Does anyone else have an opinion?
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It looks like Limestone to me Can you read the word on the end ?
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