r/LegitArtifacts

I found this in the black rock desert on the shore of ancient lahontan. I’ve been told that it might be a fake and now I’m a little skeptical. I was hunting in a very shallow area of the ancient lake that I think must have been a swamp sort of thing. My thinking is that it was shot into reeds in the swamp so it had no hard impact keeping it perfect. This lake dried up 12000 years ago so there’s no possible way that it’s modern. I was many miles away from any dirt road so I don’t really think that someone could have put it there. Thoughts???

found this morning on a rocky rhode island beach, any shot this isn’t just a weird rock? has the look and feel of a short machete or the like, and the edges/geometry seems intentional. would love to get perspectives from those with more experience!

I think it may be some type of arrow head or scrapping tool? It seems worked on the edges. Found in my backyard near turkey creek area while metal detecting. It was probably 1-2ft deep in a hole I dug. It was not detected, just a side-find from what was being detected.

This came from a miscellaneous lot at an online estate sale that just indicated a it included a couple of arrowheads and some stones….this was not pictured and I guess was just one of the “stones”. The sale included many 19th century items from a wealthy family in which “grand tours” to Europe were a thing. So I am thinking it may have been a souvenir from one of those tours. It is definitely solid stone but not sure what kind. It is smooth on the back so appears to be from a flat slab between 5/8” and 3/4” thick. Can anyone provide insight into origin and age? Or any other information? Those folks took their collecting seriously but not sure if it was a very nice replica made in the 19th century, something possibly older, or none of the above. Thank you!

I picked this one up today just thinking it was a normal preform but as I looked at it longer it seems as if it has a smoothed down area in the center where theoretically it would’ve been hafted. It’s hard to capture on camera but I tried to show it the best I can.

(Mid Missouri)

With how uniform the end here is, it doesn’t appear natural to me. Almost appears shaved down.

Found in central Texas in sudden eroded soil adjacent to creek bed. Ample scrapers, flakes, and scrapers present. Thoughts?

Cleaned this one off with my tears… Cheers 🍻

Atypical I meant

I found this over the weekend along the Ohio River in Southern Indiana.
Massive and very heavy granite with a faint groove still visible.

If this was hafted, it would take a strong handle and a strong person to swing it. This was a very well loved tool. Lots of use wear.

I also found a more traditional shaped small 3/4 groove axe within a few feet of it.

So is this considered an atypical axe?

It’s not the more common axe shape I’m accustomed to seeing.

Thanks.

Please help me narrow down what kind of point this is and an age range! I found it west of St. Louis Missouri, about 30 miles west. I’m guessing Burlington chert. It’s right around 3 inches long, 1.25 inches wide. There is one notch, but the other side isn’t broken. It was made that way, or reshaped.

Lots of resharpening on this and the very tip is knicked, but it's still the best I've found in the last couple of months so I'll take it! Found in NE Nebraska.

My favorite local material "Brassfield Chert" Southern Middle Tennessee

What can you tell me about it.

Hey there folks! I finally got my mom to take pics of this item. It was found by her father’s grandfather, so I think that makes him my great great grandfather??? Regardless, he found it in south NJ while tilling a field with a horse. When he pulled it up he also disturbed a nest of wasps/hornets and ran for his life with this gigantic axe head thing across the field. I don’t know the exact location it was found but I can probably ask my uncle for more specifics.

The item is very heavy, and this is my mom’s hand for scale. Any other photos you guys need I’m happy to provide!

Found in a solid rock river bed. The water has cut through this solid rock no telling how long.

I can’t tell. I’m pretty sure it’s just another rock, maybe worked… not sure.

Any help authenticating this would be amazing. We do have UTA close.

Thinking either Calf Creek or Cossatot River Type A. Let me know your thoughts!