Ragtag Daily Prompt Tuesday: Fossil
I found these on my place many years ago and have featured them in previous posts. On the left is a hand axe and on the right hand side, the sharpening stone and the axe showing the edge. My place was part of a walking track used by First Nations people moving across the landscape from the Clarence River towards the Mann River.
The hand axe fits so well into my hand it is amazing. The edge is quite sharp for a stone implement. I can well imagine that the person who owned these tools was very upset to find that they had been lost.
The axe is sharpened by using the other stone to chip of bits of the edge. The sharpening stone is also rounded and smooth where it fits into my hand quite easily too.
I am quite proud to be the custodian of these tools for the time being.
bushboys world 
What a great find – and I like how you say ‘custodian for the time being’ – because that sure puts it in perspective
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Thank you Yvette 🙂
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What amazing finds! Do you know how old they are?
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It was a great find. No idea the age possibly 1800’s or older
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Super article
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Thank you 🙂
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Interesting finds
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Sure were 🙂
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Great tools, and a real link with your country’s ancient past. Really exciting finds!
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They are wonderful that’s for sure 🙂
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What wonderful finds. I’m glad they have a custodian who appreciates their quality and history.
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Thank you Susan 🙂
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Very cool, Brian. Nice to be able to hold a bit of history in your hand.
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Sure is Graham 🙂
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What a marvellous find, though I was expecting them to be centuries older than the 1800s
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They were just sitting on the ground and not buried so they were rather clean. Perhaps they could have been many many years older I have no idea
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Wonderful find. You should follow up on them ask a museum for advice. They could be worth something other than a great piece of history.
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I could but don’t really want to part with them just yet. I want ensure they go to their rightful place not in a drawer in a museum. Have some people I need to talk to when their time is right
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I understand 🙂
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