Electrichapel
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Probably just a natural rock that just was chipped. If it was a stone tool you would be able to see where they took the flakes off and I do not see any.
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NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
I bet you it's an old kitchen knife that's rusted completely through.
Doesn't look shaped right for a stone knife.
Doesn't look shaped right for a stone knife.
Unlikely, looks like some random native american thing
Furious Styles
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LOL. This can't be real life.
Captain Tuttle
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Most of NJ is sand OP except for the Northern and Western part. What's the geology in your area like? I grew up in Central Jersey but on the Eastern side, everything was sand, it's highly unlikely that something like that in my area could be natural.
I'm on the Western side of Central Jersey. It's not necessarily sandy, but not rocky either. There definitely aren't just stones lying around under the top soil though. Especially not of that size. I'm going to ask a few museums and historical societies tomorrow.
Most of NJ is sand OP except for the Northern and Western part. What's the geology in your area like? I grew up in Central Jersey but on the Eastern side, everything was sand, it's highly unlikely that something like that in my area could be natural.
Captain Tuttle
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Good stuff, let us know how it goes.
That's a relatively new stone tool. Look at the evident technology that went into its design. This isn't a flaked off piece of obsidian. That thing is like the Google Glass of it's period.
depends on the tool. This ain't antiques roadshow, and stone age tool collecting isn't really a money game.
I'm fairly sure it's a stone tool. Or a freak act of nature...it's possible. But this thing it too well honed, in my opinion, to not be for the human hand. Early stone tools were just rocks with sharp edges or points, but later on, they started working in ergonomics as they learned to make better tools for specific purposes. Doesn't have to be a knife, necessarily.
I guess it could be an old piece of iron or nickel covered in concretion.
depends on the tool. This ain't antiques roadshow, and stone age tool collecting isn't really a money game.
I'm fairly sure it's a stone tool. Or a freak act of nature...it's possible. But this thing it too well honed, in my opinion, to not be for the human hand. Early stone tools were just rocks with sharp edges or points, but later on, they started working in ergonomics as they learned to make better tools for specific purposes. Doesn't have to be a knife, necessarily.
I guess it could be an old piece of iron or nickel covered in concretion.
Ace Harding
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Yeah that is definitely not a naturally formed rock. I'd say its either a sort of recent (like 19th century or older) metal knife, or a stone knife made by the Lenape people that lived there. It's hard to tell from those photos.
There are absolutely "ancient" stone knives that are shaped just like that. The "handle" would have been covered in wood or bone or some other material.
OP are you sure it's stone? Can you see any evidence of chipping/flaking, especially on the edge? Can you tell what kind of stone it is?
There are absolutely "ancient" stone knives that are shaped just like that. The "handle" would have been covered in wood or bone or some other material.
OP are you sure it's stone? Can you see any evidence of chipping/flaking, especially on the edge? Can you tell what kind of stone it is?
User 100115
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Let us know, but I am pretty sure it's going to end up being a natural thing and not worked stone. There are no tool marks on the thing.
Henchmen21
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Anyone else a little disappointed it wasn't an ancient native american burial site that was unearthed?
Escape Goat
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whats the name of those metal plow thingies that till soil? maybe its an old one of those. or an alien dildo. it could go either way.
Just as someone who's seen a lot of arrowheads and such, my amateur observation is that Native American arrow/spear points were typically bound to arrow/spear shafts by threaded notches carved in the sides of the arrow or by a central tang (the piece of a blade that is inserted into the handle/shaft of the weapon for security/stability), not a tang off to one side of the blade as you'd see in a modern kitchen knife. I'm not saying that this couldn't be an exception, but it doesn't look like a typical Native American projectile point. Also, the edge does look like a blade, but it looks too smooth to have been made by knapping.
Still might want to find a local expert or even just an antique dealer in case it's just a really unusual piece.
Still might want to find a local expert or even just an antique dealer in case it's just a really unusual piece.
Owned by a T-Rex no less.
Darren870
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We used to find arrow heads a lot as kids in the park. That was in New York.
You might have something, I guess. However, the arrow heads were never worth anything.
We just gave them to the park ranger....who probably just wound up throwing them back in the woods for other kids to find
You might have something, I guess. However, the arrow heads were never worth anything.
We just gave them to the park ranger....who probably just wound up throwing them back in the woods for other kids to find
The body is still undiscovered.
Baconsaurus Rex
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I think I found if not too long ago but I left it there
The curse is your burden now.
Hari Seldon
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Your house is built on an indian burial ground
Holy shit, that gif hahaha.
Poltergeist?
Deified Data
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That's a man-made tool, but I wouldn't bet money on how old it is.
timmaysmittay
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Wow I can't wait to see if it turns out to be anything, do you have an estimate on how long it will take for them to know anything?
Cow Mengde
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Probably a knife use by Native Americans. OP, can you tell us what town you live in? No need to tell us your address, but knowing your town will give me more to work with in figuring out what it is.
Oh and for everyone else wondering, that thing isn't worth shit in cash.
Oh and for everyone else wondering, that thing isn't worth shit in cash.
My mom said a couple weeks, but that sounded like a guess. I live on my own in a different part of the state, so I'm not there to ask for information every day. I'll post the first concrete information I get.
Princeton, NJ.
Solideliquid
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I LOL'ed.
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
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It's been a couple of weeks!
ReturnOfTheRAT
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Antiques Road Show is still on PBS. Find a way to get on the show.
Dubbedinenglish
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Hoffa's murder weapon found.
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