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Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. #7702351 10/27/22 07:56 PM 10/27/22 07:56 PM
Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 6,687 Wabash, IN USA Flipper 56 OP trapper
Flipper 56 OP trapper Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 6,687 Wabash, IN USA	I grabbed a large granite bolder out of my woods with a Bobcat and grapple for landscaping and after it was cleaned I have noticed it's a Native American grindstone. When it was sitting there it had a bowl shape on the top that is ground very smooth. The rest of the bolder is very ruff, so it was not ground smooth naturally. They used it to grind nuts, grain and other things while preparing food. "Where Can A Man Find Bear Beaver And Other Critters Worth Cash Money When Skinned?"

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Flipper 56] #7702358 10/27/22 08:09 PM 10/27/22 08:09 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 10,722 Iowa T trapdog1 trapper
trapdog1 trapper T Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 10,722 Iowa	That is seriously cool!

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Flipper 56] #7702375 10/27/22 08:28 PM 10/27/22 08:28 PM
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,802 Champaign County, Ohio. K KeithC trapper
KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,802 Champaign County, Ohio.	You should go back where you found it and pick up the pestles that go with it. You may be able to get over a thousand dollars for the complete set if you can deliver it. That seems to be the going rate for large, well used, good liking mortars like that. Keith

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: KeithC] #7702408 10/27/22 08:51 PM 10/27/22 08:51 PM
Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 6,687 Wabash, IN USA Flipper 56 OP trapper
Flipper 56 OP trapper Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 6,687 Wabash, IN USA	Originally Posted by KeithC You should go back where you found it and pick up the pestles that go with it. You may be able to get over a thousand dollars for the complete set if you can deliver it. That seems to be the going rate for large, well used, good liking mortars like that. Keith It could have been moved out of the field when it was cleared in the last 200 years. The glacier dumped lots of those big rocks right here and they moved lots of them to farm the ground. I will look and pay attention now because they would have moved those stones as well. "Where Can A Man Find Bear Beaver And Other Critters Worth Cash Money When Skinned?"

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Flipper 56] #7702409 10/27/22 08:53 PM 10/27/22 08:53 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 6,426 east central WI K k snow trapper
k snow trapper K Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 6,426 east central WI	That is really neat.

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: trapdog1] #7702415 10/27/22 08:58 PM 10/27/22 08:58 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,231 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,231 Minnesota	Originally Posted by trapdog1 That is seriously cool! Yes it is NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Flipper 56] #7702443 10/27/22 09:14 PM 10/27/22 09:14 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,147 mo. N nate trapper
nate trapper N Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,147 mo.	Very nice, thanks for sharing.

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Flipper 56] #7702480 10/27/22 09:39 PM 10/27/22 09:39 PM
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 11,523 Montana ,Rocky Mtns. Sharon "American Honey"
Sharon "American Honey" Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 11,523 Montana ,Rocky Mtns.	Very unique. Like the colour. I would put it somewhere that would make a nice decor, or maybe as a nice base for one of your carvings . http://www.illustrationsinmotion.com/index.html

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Sharon] #7702491 10/27/22 09:47 PM 10/27/22 09:47 PM
Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 6,687 Wabash, IN USA Flipper 56 OP trapper
Flipper 56 OP trapper Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 6,687 Wabash, IN USA	Originally Posted by Sharon Very unique. Like the colour. I would put it somewhere that would make a nice decor, or maybe as a nice base for one of your carvings . It weighs 5 or 6 hundred pounds. My wife would get mad if I brought it in the house with my Bobcat. "Where Can A Man Find Bear Beaver And Other Critters Worth Cash Money When Skinned?"

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Flipper 56] #7702510 10/27/22 09:59 PM 10/27/22 09:59 PM
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 6,355 se South Dakota NonPCfed trapper
NonPCfed trapper Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 6,355 se South Dakota	Pretty cool. I hope some wokie doesn't come bringing the law to impound it. They get serious about "archeological" finds... "And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Flipper 56] #7702515 10/27/22 10:04 PM 10/27/22 10:04 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,553 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,553 james bay frontierOnt.	Fred Flintstones bicycle seat. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Flipper 56] #7702647 10/28/22 12:29 AM 10/28/22 12:29 AM
Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 3,043 Wy G Giant Sage trapper
Giant Sage trapper G Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 3,043 Wy	You have a Metate there, the hand held grinding stone would be the mono. Very cool.

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Flipper 56] #7702673 10/28/22 02:11 AM 10/28/22 02:11 AM
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 2,672 Ohio W Willy Firewood trapper
Willy Firewood trapper W Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 2,672 Ohio	A fantastic find! Please search the area for other artifacts. You may find a treasure even more than you already found. FRAC LIVES MATTER

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Flipper 56] #7702703 10/28/22 05:08 AM 10/28/22 05:08 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,146 Michigan T Trapper Dahlgren trapper
Trapper Dahlgren trapper T Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,146 Michigan	nice!!!

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7702783 10/28/22 08:07 AM 10/28/22 08:07 AM
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,535 Saginaw, Mi M micheal trapper
micheal trapper M Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,535 Saginaw, Mi	Congratulations

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: NonPCfed] #7702794 10/28/22 08:28 AM 10/28/22 08:28 AM
Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 986 Louisiana M MattLA trapper
MattLA trapper M Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 986 Louisiana	Originally Posted by NonPCfed Pretty cool. I hope some wokie doesn't come bringing the law to impound it. They get serious about "archeological" finds... X2. I will say though as a history buff, atleast record a general location, with date and time. Lots of cool stuff found over the years with no sort of info as to where it came from.

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Flipper 56] #7702820 10/28/22 09:11 AM 10/28/22 09:11 AM
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 268 Eastern Shore, MD Rob & Neall trapper
Rob & Neall trapper Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 268 Eastern Shore, MD	Any idea what tribe(s) were in the general area?

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Rob & Neall] #7702825 10/28/22 09:18 AM 10/28/22 09:18 AM
Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 6,687 Wabash, IN USA Flipper 56 OP trapper
Flipper 56 OP trapper Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 6,687 Wabash, IN USA	Originally Posted by Rob & Neall Any idea what tribe(s) were in the general area? Indiana was the historic homeland of many Native American tribes including the Shawnee, Miami, Wea, Potawatomi, Delaware, Wyandot, Kickapoo, Piankashaw, Chickasaw and others. These tribes were removed from the state through a series of treaties in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Last edited by Flipper 56; 10/28/22 09:27 AM. "Where Can A Man Find Bear Beaver And Other Critters Worth Cash Money When Skinned?"

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Flipper 56] #7702831 10/28/22 09:24 AM 10/28/22 09:24 AM
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 996 montana M merganser trapper
merganser trapper M Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 996 montana	We had a big one down the road where I grew up in Mass. Had a fence around it and still stained yellow from the corn, about 3x6x4 feet in size.

Re: Found a big granite grindstone in my woods. [Re: Flipper 56] #7702839 10/28/22 09:39 AM 10/28/22 09:39 AM
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 268 Eastern Shore, MD Rob & Neall trapper
Rob & Neall trapper Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 268 Eastern Shore, MD	Originally Posted by Flipper 56 Originally Posted by Rob & Neall Any idea what tribe(s) were in the general area? Indiana was the historic homeland of many Native American tribes including the Shawnee, Miami, Wea, Potawatomi, Delaware, Wyandot, Kickapoo, Piankashaw, Chickasaw and others. These tribes were removed from the state through a series of treaties in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. A lot of very interesting history in your area.

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