thank you in avance

that is hilarious pat

I was reading with interest about fire starters. One person posted a lighter which, is totally not Archaic.. I have the a real find here. Take a look.

I have a hijacked picture of it. I am certain that it was Hal who pulled this beauty out of the Earth. Still no competition with the Golden Mano. By the way, the Golden Mano will be available for viewing at Digfest. Enjoy the pics !

Indy would not be pleased to see a sacred glowing rock being pawned off as a true "fire rock"

ep, all seriousness asside, a "firestone" could be any stone with a bit of a depression in it. Matter of fact we all have one or more of these in large form and are more thought of as being "nutters "

Ep, There are a couple of possible answers to your question regarding fire stones. Primitive people used two basic fire-starting methods: Strike-a-light and the bow & drill. Strike-a-light was limited to areas where they could pick up stones that would throw a spark if struck with a cobble of flint; iron pyrite and magnetite being the most common "fire stones" due to their high iron content.

i ask because i found a rock at a site with 17 dime size holes drilled in it. il post a oic soon but it was very wierd because the holes were all red inside thanks guys

Pictures please, that sounds cool!

il have them up rmorrow in fact im going to start a weekly wtf is this thread if yall are interested