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Hey all you artifact experts out there.

I found this item in the Conn River last year. It appears to be ground, carved out of "brownstone" and is hand drilled through the center of it. The object weighs approx 15 lbs, is football shaped. I have no clue what it may be, but I thought I'd bring it up anyway...[:-]

I thought it could be some kind of fishing net weight... small anchor... something nautical... Anyone ever seen something like this before?[8|]

Wayne



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I have no idea what just happened, so I'll blame it on my shoulder surgery and pain meds...[:mad:]

Here we go again...

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Trussin...

Hey, Joe... thanks for your input... I had no idea what a plummet or bannerstone was until now! I wish this thing I have was a bannerstone, but I think it's a bit large.[&o]

This thing weighs about 15 pounds, looks like a small football, hand drilled all the way through, Conn River outside of Hartford, Conn Brownstone for sure... not polished, kind of crude... some kind of crude grinding stone??? hell, I don't know.[:-] I guess I'm gonna have to drag it around with me until I run into somebody that can tell me what it is, but it doesn't fit in my pocket.

Caldigr2 might have a suggestion... any ideas about this Mike?[8|]

Wayne
 
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hi wayne, so glad to see you posting on the forum again. hope you are feeling better. neat object what ever it is. hope you find out. rhona
 
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Hey Rhona...

Nice to hear from you and thank you for keeping up with my progress and for the warm welcome back. I'm still real sore, just got the bandages off so I'm healing up pretty well. I start my physical therapy on Monday (today) morning, so I'll know more about my progress after the next couple of weeks.[:-]

I was hoping to get down to the Baltimore area on a diving job site, but that didn't work out. The timing conflicted with my surgery so another diver was sent down... bummer. I was looking froward to meeting you and doing some dives in the local bottle infested waters![&:]

I'm thinking about making a southern road trip this spring, so depending on my cash flow, I still might be able to fenagle a trip down your way. Thanks for taking the time out to chat, good talking with you.

Wayne
 
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