re: Found a stone axe/hammer in a scrape while scouting today.

I found two small arrowheads way back when hunting the Ocmulgee River area of GA. Very cool find...

nice

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The piece with the groove might be an arrow straightener

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I have been told this before when researching. I just googled indian arrow straightner and found my old post and replies.
My old post and replies
I just dont see it as an arrow straightner.

One guys reply:
Ok, as I mentioned before, I am no expert, but I am still having problems with the arrow straightener theory.
Look at the diameter of the groove as compared to a finger in the picture... awfully skinny little arrow don't you think? Maybe the man has huge hands which would put the groove at pencil thick, and that might be right for an arrow. If that is a normal sized hand...it is one thin arrow shaft that goes in that groove!
Secondly, it is a rounded shape... how would you straighten something on a convex surface?
Anybody want to discuss these notions?
My guess, because of the nature of the rock, the width of the groove, and the rounded surface, is that it is a tool used in making cordage.
Don't mean to offend those who know better, just wanted to share my observations...and get feedback.

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Ill show him the pic and get an opinion

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Thanks

I am not an avid arrowhead hunter. But 20 years ago when I was 11 I was walking a dried up creek bed near Rocksprings, TX on a deer hunt. I heard something move in the brush so I stopped. When I determined nothing was there I looked between my legs and I was standing over this...



Even a novice like myself knew to pick it up, I thought it was a tomohawk. I was told years later that it was a "scraper" by someone that supposedly knows what the are talking about. They said it was used to scrape fat and meat off of hides they were tanning.

Then a couple of years ago I'm at the museum of natural history in NYC with my wife and guess what I see on display dating back about 6000 years from right near where I found mine?



I mean same size and color exactly.

There is all kinds of stuff around NWLA. A buddy of mine is big into it.

I found about a 80lbs boulder while rowing up some land. Got to looking at it and there were two indentions in it. Looked some more and found two large rocks by it. Took it to poverty 2 sec 405. Row 35. Seats are together. With chair backs. They will be in the shade for the game. Asking 300point and they said it was a grinding stone to ground up corn. Forgot what Indian tribe they said it was. Where the hell did they get these big rocks

Me and my dad found over 150 arrowheads where we lived in Mississippi. I guess my mom still has them all. Never anything that big. Good find.

Some of those look like they could be preforms . I use a book by Robert Overstreet . It has great pictures and you should be able to find the points you have in his book .