What did i find 1

[laneym]

Hi everyone i am new to this and not sure what i dug up here. I am in  Georgia near a pretty big creek bryer creek i have read that the Creek and Cherokee lived here. The hole goes through it bigger hole on one side.
i would appreciate any input. Thank you

[Ron Kelley]

The hole is natural not man made.

[hudson]

Sorry Ron is right but keep looking and  :welcome: from east Texas

[JoshinMO]

Quartz "cave" in an artifact! Nice

[waterglass]

I am with josh on this one. I believe that is an artifact.
Look carefully at the last picture, you can see clear thinning of a working edge.

[JoshinMO]

Maybe it's a nice scraper?  :rolf:

[Kyflintguy]

Looks like a scraper with a quartz inclusion to me too. Interesting find!

[cgode]

I would call it a scraper as well with a pretty cool vug

[laneym]

Thanks alot for the comments. You folks are great  

[Claycald]

Agreed, nice artifact and one of a kind....would cherish that piece!

[laneym]

Thanks Josh i am pretty new at this, does a "cave " mean a hole? and is  this a rare find?
I am also  a hillbilly born in southern West Virginia.

[Mainejman]

Cool find Laney it looks to me like they worked the center down.It looks concaved in the center.That and the fact it has the quartz inclusion makes it very unique....Hey if your gonna find a scraper it may as well be a cool one.There is sure to be more stuff there.Have fun!....mjm

[JoshinMO]

The hole kind of small, but sure,cavity or whatever. Kind of like those geodes, i guess. It is nice

[painshill]

laneym wrote:

Thanks Josh i am pretty new at this, does a "cave " mean a hole? and is  this a rare find?
I am also  a hillbilly born in southern West Virginia.

  Hi Laney
The "cave" is what is known geologically as a "vug"... a small natural cavity in the rock created by either expanding gas or the disappearance of a mineral (or sometimes decomposition of a fossil). The vug has then become lined with a secondary mineral, which in this case appears to be botryoidal chalcedony (a form of microcrystalline quartz).
I think it would be safe to assume that piece of material was selected for use as a scraper specifically because of that attractive feature as a desirable or even "special" item. These kinds of things are not rare but very nice to see, especially when they show signs that the maker attempted to show off the feature by manipulating it to a central position or thinning the material to give it more exposure.
It is indeed a nice find.

[Ron Kelley]

I'm looking at the edge shot and I just don't see scraper. I will stand alone on this one: That's OK.  :laugh: An edge shot of the wide end might help. :dunno: