Shark tooth...Nope

[Usnslacker]

Found this arrowhead / projectile point yesteday on a sandbar while looking for bottles. At first I thought it was a fossilized shark tooth, but when I got home I noticed it was "chipped" into its current shape. Any good links for helping to id this to a certain tribe or what it is called?

 

[AntiqueMeds]

looks like it might be a small drill rather than a projectile point

 

[surfaceone]

Hey AMCS,

Could'ya take some more photos, please?

Is it obsidian? It looks to me like an awl. What tribes used the sandbar?

" Indian Points - Knife - Awl" From.

" Fossilized Shoulder Blade Hoe - Awl" From.

 

[Usnslacker]

Im at work right now so I can't get you any pics until I get home this afternoon. I dont know what absiden is nor how to id it, so I'll hit google here in a minute and try to get a bit smarter on that. I thought maybe a drill as well, but its tiny. This area of VA had several tribes, Powhatan, Kecoughtan and others, but specifically where this spot is I dont know.

 

[Usnslacker]

Sorry, I forgot to hit spellcheck. Obsidian.

 

[AntiqueMeds]

its not always possible to associate prehistoric items with historic cultures.
drills can be fairly small. It may have been longer originally and worn down.
I have never found one that small.
I see a few on this site.
http://sracenter.blogspot.com/2009/11/srac-stone-drills-101.html

 

[Usnslacker]

The size of it is intrigueing. It does not appear that it was worn down, rather it seems to be made to that size.

 

[AntiqueMeds]

sometimes it hard to tell since items were often re-worked as they were worn/broken.
it could also be a small bird/fish point or an awl like surf mentioned. Not always easy to judge from a photo.

 

[Dugout]

It is a drill or an awl, Not an arrowhead! And a beauty at that!

 

[Usnslacker]

So is finding something like this one of those instances where if there is one there should be more? Or are finding these types of things far and few between, kinda like hitting the lotto.