More than a rock?

[Hyzer]

North central IL - LaSalle County

I've been artifact hunting for about 5 yrs. The first 3 yrs I focused on looking for points and I have been successful doing that. I only a hunt couple small fields that are part of my in-laws property. I find chert debitage all over the place. I've picked up thousands of pieces of chert in 5 yrs.

In the past 2 yrs, based on people's postings here on this forum, I also started to pick up rocks that I found amidst all the chert I pick up (pic 1).

Today, I started to look at those rocks. After looking at a few, I found a smooth, disc-shaped rock with similar wear in the center of both sides. There are obvious plow marks but the wear in the middle of each side makes me think this could be an artifact (pics 2, 3 and 4).

Is this more than a rock? If it is an articact, then any thoughts and opiniins on that? Thanks in advance.

[Artifascination]

Looks like a discoidal artifact to me . Good find!

[Charles Jones]

Definite artifact. I call them camp stones. These are natural stones used to process nuts and or used as hammer stones . Yours has wear patterns all around. I like finding these as much as most chipped tools.

[tomclark]

yes a discoidally shaped nutting stone/anvil woi!

[Garguy]

It's an anvil/nutting stone. I like it

[Hal Gorges]

Yupp..

[Hyzer]

Thank you to all. I'm very pleased! Maybe there will be more in that rock pile in my 1st pic!

[redrocks]

Nice anvil stone!

[SDhunter]

Nice artifact. Possible there something else in that pile. The dished out stone in the middle might be something.

[Cecilia]

I love those smooth oval-shaped rocks with distinctive divot, and immediately say to it: you a cupstone? you an anvil? Whatever you are, you had a job!

[smbore]

nice..

[Hyzer]

Definite artifact. I call them camp stones. These are natural stones used to process nuts and or used as hammer stones . Yours has wear patterns all around. I like finding these as much as most chipped tools.

Good eye! I did not notice the "wear patterns all around" that you mentioned. Here's a couple pics of what you noted.

[Hyzer]

Nice artifact. Possible there something else in that pile. The dished out stone in the middle might be something.

Here is the dished-out stone you spotted. Good eye. In the past it had caught my eye too but I thought, "just a rock". Agree?

[Seltzer Boy]

Nice find. Hyzer...Are you a disc golfer?

[Hyzer]

Yes, I am a disc golfer. Many courses offer opportunities to do some artifact hunting. I know a lot of "rock hound" disc golfers! (For those wondering, "hyzer" is a disc golf term.)

[Seltzer Boy]

Nice! Love some DG. My local course down here in FL is an old limestone quarry.

[utilized flake]

I've been throwing plastic since 94!

[Seltzer Boy]

Nice to see some fellow golfers in here

[Hyzer]

utilized flake - Glad to hear you've been hukking discs for awhile. I am an old timer - been throwing plastic since the Frisbee came out in the 1960s and disc golfing since the 70's, even before today's disc golf basket was invented in 1977. "Artifacting" and disc golfing give me great pleasure!