[Boudicca]

I found this interesting rock in my yard while gardening. It looks to me that it might be an axe head as there appear to be tool marks on one side and an indent where twine might have been wound to attach the head to a spear. I cannot drive a car so traveling to a museum is not an option. I'm hoping we have an expert among us willing to take a look at it.

[LI SNOWBIRD]

It does kinda look like a Clovis tool

[Boudicca]

I also found a fossil sea urchin a few feet away from this piece.

[DonH57]

I'm not that familiar with Florida's past but I believe the Seminole once were here.

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by shrandell

I found this interesting rock in my yard while gardening. It looks to me that it might be an axe head as there appear to be tool marks on one side and an indent where twine might have been wound to attach the head to a spear. I cannot drive a car so traveling to a museum is not an option. I'm hoping we have an expert among us willing to take a look at it.

You can contact local museum and send a pic to them. My son IDs bones all the time

[Boudicca]

Thanks Asianthree

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by shrandell

Thanks Asianthree

That's pretty cool. Would you please let us know what you find?

[VApeople]

Originally Posted by DonH57

I'm not that familiar with Florida's past but I believe the Seminole once were here.

Yeah, to my knowledge, they used to live all through here. They were one of the five "civilized tribes" that were sent to the Oklahoma territory in the early 1800's. Of course, some refused to go and retreated into the hinterlands of Florida. I believe they never surrendered to the U.S. forces and their descendents are all around us. Here is a song about them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cR-h8FU7rI

[Taltarzac725]

Dade Battlefield Society

There was a big battle in Sumter County back in 1835. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dade_Massacre

[Taltarzac725]

Could you take some pictures from different angles with a ruler alongside?? https://www.google.com/search?q=ax+h...82Maa9qHOF0%3D

[Boudicca]

Thank you all for your interest. I've contacted a museum with photo and will let you know if I hear back I'll upload more photos today, per request

[Boudicca]

Having trouble uploading but here's one view

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by shrandell

Having trouble uploading but here's one view

Thanks!!! Collections | National Museum of the American Indian I visited this museum in May 2015 but unfortunately they had their spear heads, arrow head, tomahawk heads and the like all put away somewhere. So, I did not get to see them.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

Looks like limestone which is way too soft to be used for tools. You could probably tap the side with a hammer and it would break in half.

[Boudicca]

Frustrating I can only load one photo at a time