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  • Gorget, ear spool or nothing?

    Hey all.....had the holiday off today, so i hit up a spot that i like to call the pottery site....i found some pottery today but also think i found a gorget or ear spool....this is about the size of a half dollar, maybe a tad smaller and i believe is made out of slate....about 1/4 inch thick....ive included pics of both sides, dirty and cleaned up a bit.....and a pic of some of the pottery, notice the quarter in the pottery for size.....what are your thoughts on this piece?...super thrilled if this is indeed an artifact outside of points...thanks for looking Click image for larger version

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    Benny / Western Highland Rim / Tennessee

  • #2
    interesting peice .hmmm.
    Utah

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    • #3
      Maybe something like an ornament ,large bead something worn nice find congrats
      NWOhio

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      • #4
        Another cool piece Benji... can’t say what it is but my first thought was a pendant... maybe some more will pop up in the future...I like...👍
        Southeastern Minnesota’s driftless area

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        • #5
          Looks like a drilled pendant to me also! That’s a good find!
          SE ARKANSAS

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          • #6
            Also agree with pendant, that is a excellent find.
            🐜 🎤 SW Georgia

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            • #7
              I've never found one but I have held a couple from a friend's collection. He called it a pendant. Very nice find
              South Carolina

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              • #8
                Pendant is as good a call as any, although a Google search shows some wicked ear spools that kinda look like that. Makes my ears hurt just thinking about it.
                Last edited by Havenhunter; 01-18-2021, 07:26 PM.
                Child of the tides

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                • #9
                  Awesome find Benji! Congrats!! Some type of ornament or maybe even a button off a pouch or garment.

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                  • #10
                    Cool piece of slate...I like the pottery sherds. Nice finds man!
                    SW Connecticut

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                    • #11
                      Hard to say what type of stone it is but I'd go along with the majority but I've never seen one like it before very unique find Benji.
                      NW Georgia,

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                      • #12
                        Well I'm thinking the material if isn't creek stained black might be Canel Coal which is a material they used for carving pendant types of artifacts. Its similar to slate but doesn't split like slate does. Still a stellar find
                        NW Georgia,

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                        • Benji
                          Benji commented
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                          Not sure surface....but i see a lot of slate lying around...so i guess its slate, but dead on with stain...it definitely has miles of being under water and algae stain....just so happens...it was not under water today

                      • #13
                        I don’t think it’s an ear spool, as they would need a groove or concave rim to hold them in place, but it is a beautiful bead/gorget/whatever it is. LOVE the color..
                        Wandering wherever I can, mostly in Eastern Arkansas, always looking down.

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                        • #14
                          Very cool find!
                          Searching the fields of NW Indiana and SW Michigan

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                          • #15
                            Nice find.
                            It also has the functional shape of a spindle whorl..


                            If the women don\'t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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                            • Cecilia
                              Cecilia commented
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                              I was reading about spindle whorls coupla days ago, and that’s first thing came to my mind when saw this beautiful whatsit!

                            • Olden
                              Olden commented
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                              The Whorl wouldn't have to be from the Historic Period: there's an interesting report at JSTOR about cloth production beginning in Mississippian Times. Scroll to the bottom of the pg. at the link..

                              Spindle Whorles and Fiber production at Early Cahokian Settlements
                              JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.

                            • Cecilia
                              Cecilia commented
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                              O, yes, I know! (I also think plummets were loom weights.....)
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