how old is it

[Metal detecting Hamish]

i found an old aboriginal axe head tool can some one please date my awesome find

 

[Jaros]

Hi Hamish, welcome to the forum. Re-the "rock" how do you know it's an axe head. As for dating maybe send it to a geology lab-look it up on Mr Google. Can't help, sorry.
Jaros

 

[Metal detecting Hamish]

I found this find at Clear mountain brisbane i also found a broken gun using my minelab x-terra 705 and my minelab pro-find 25 pinpointer

 

[Nanjim]

Maybe put up a pic of the gun as well ....

Cheers Nanjim

 

[Metal detecting Hamish]

Hi Hamish, welcome to the forum. Re-the "rock" how do you know it's an axe head. As for dating maybe send it to a geology lab-look it up on Mr Google. Can't help, sorry.
Jaros

my dads friend from america told my dad it dates back to roughly 1000/2000 years old. ill take it to the Queensland museum

 

[Ramjet]

I think it was made in 253BC... It was a Wednesday afternoon in April.

 

[Metal detecting Hamish]

Maybe put up a pic of the gun as well ....

Cheers Nanjim

 

[Metal detecting Hamish]

this is a photo of the top of a 2inch mortar bomb my dad found on the top of the ground

 

[Metal detecting Hamish]

does any one know were any aboriginal relic sites are

 

[Ramjet]

Very cool finds Hamish. Not often a gun is found in Australia.

Welcome to Prospecting Australia.

 

[Paulmarr]

Looks like a rock to me - if you think it is an aboriginal artefact I'm pretty sure you are supposed to leave it where you found it ... By law.

 

[Heatho]

You're 100% right Paul, big fines apply for removing such things.

 

[rocketaroo]

Compared it to other axes on google images?

 

[Cheese]

Hi Hamish.
Aboriginal artifacts are all thru Australia,
But leave them where you found them,
The owners are the local tribe and are very very spiritual
people to there land and there ancestors.
It is nice to see areas where they were and they do not stop in 1 spot
they move around on there land.
any way you can see all the aboriginal mittens and artifacts in you museum,
Thats what museums are for.

What is the mussel size of a gun?
ATM to me, it looks like a 12 gauge shot gun.
The rock, does it show knapping on its edges?
as from your pic it is hard to tell.

 

[Nanjim]

Neat lookin old gun...
Thanks for posting....

Cheers Nanjim

 

[Metal detecting Hamish]

Hi Hamish.
Aboriginal artifacts are all thru Australia,
But leave them where you found them,
The owners are the local tribe and are very very spiritual
people to there land and there ancestors.
It is nice to see areas where they were and they do not stop in 1 spot
they move around on there land.
any way you can see all the aboriginal mittens and artifacts in you museum,
Thats what museums are for.

What is the mussel size of a gun?
ATM to me, it looks like a 12 gauge shot gun.
The rock, does it show knapping on its edges?
as from your pic it is hard to tell.

thanks my dad found an aboriginal tool in our property

 

[treasureman]

If it was shaped more like this..... id say it is an aboriginal weapon/tool. but that looks like a rock to me
.

 

[treasureman]

but hey.. maybe it is?