Well, it is the oldest tool/weapon, but aren't they all. But I got to slather my DNA all over this thing and it is cool. I have been in the store rooms of several museums and handled pre-production, historic and rare stuff going back to before the Rev War and before, but this is officially the oldest weapon I have ever personally handled.
Local guy worked at a quarry 30 years ago one day looked down and said; 'That ain't just an average stone', so he picked it up and took it home. The family had it out in the garage (where the kids used to play with it) and dug it out for an archaeologist that wants to see some of the local artifacts. A good 7 to 8 inches long at least (shoulda measured it), and just flat out cool. I guess they are not uncommon until they get to the larger sizes, and this one is big.

When I was a kid I used to go fishing and camping in a little town on the Mississippi called Fountain City. The hardware store dated back to the town's origins (as far as I know) but the walls all along the ceiling were all covered with artifacts that local farmers had brought in over the years and may have numbered in the several thousand. some of them may have been up on the wall for close to 100 years or more. While they had stone axes, I don't think I ever saw an axe head this large - they were all about half the size. This one is a whopper. Hardware store is long gone and always wondered where the collection of artifacts ended up (maybe Elmer has it -
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I have no idea what the archaeologist is going to say but it made my day.
Local guy worked at a quarry 30 years ago one day looked down and said; 'That ain't just an average stone', so he picked it up and took it home. The family had it out in the garage (where the kids used to play with it) and dug it out for an archaeologist that wants to see some of the local artifacts. A good 7 to 8 inches long at least (shoulda measured it), and just flat out cool. I guess they are not uncommon until they get to the larger sizes, and this one is big.
When I was a kid I used to go fishing and camping in a little town on the Mississippi called Fountain City. The hardware store dated back to the town's origins (as far as I know) but the walls all along the ceiling were all covered with artifacts that local farmers had brought in over the years and may have numbered in the several thousand. some of them may have been up on the wall for close to 100 years or more. While they had stone axes, I don't think I ever saw an axe head this large - they were all about half the size. This one is a whopper. Hardware store is long gone and always wondered where the collection of artifacts ended up (maybe Elmer has it -

I have no idea what the archaeologist is going to say but it made my day.
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