Knapping stone

[Tam]

Not positive but I think we found a multi purpose
knaping stone . I would not bother to post this but it is very smooth on the top like you could sharpen a knife .
But the strange thing is the line across the upper top side . What would that be used for if man made .
Now this is a heartbreaker tool broken from a timber plow so it may not show well in the pics,
and it was found in S Georgia .

[willjo]

Looks like a kind of a porous rock and might be somewhat soft but it looks like it has been used for a hammer stone. There was soft hammer stones and really hard hammer stones each one had a use.

[tomclark]

Knap one end, grind the other boom! Nice hammerstone

[Scorpion68]

Tam - looking at the close up of that line across the one end of that stone it appears to be naturally made. It looks like it has weathered considerably and I don't think that line was made with a purpose in mind.

[Havenhunter]

Petrified hamburger bun? Seriously it looks natural to me.

[Tam]

Ok guys great to know . We did see the obvious hammerstone
but didn’t know about that line .
love the color wish it wasn’t broke . Found a bright yellow last year same size . So it’s there style I would guess .

[Tam]

Deb I love it lol

[eannis6]

That’s awesome Tam.

[Hoss]

Nice little hammer stone A friend of mine who knapped quartz told me the softer hammers worked better on quartz.