Thin Black Slate Artifact

2 ½” x 1 5/8” x 3/8” Thin Black Slate Artifact with small hole across width, unusual B. Taylor Coll. From St. Louis Mo.

4 1/2" Expanded Center Gorget. Spencer Co, IN. Thin, Adena style. Pronounce black banding on light green slate. Ex-Bill Craycraft. Nice. Davis G9 COA

Classic Bell Shaped pendant. Very thin. Very pretty. Davis says gray and black vertically streaked banded slate. Looks like green and cream to us but great 'eye appeal' either way. Found in Ohio. Jack

5" Hopewell Gorget. Tuscarawas Co, OH. Tallied and engraved. Thin and well made banded slate artifact. Ex-Bryce Hathcock, Tom Ferell. Bennett COA

Black slate example from Mercer Co., Ohio.

Nice black slate example from Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio. Black Slate. Bennett COA.

Vintage Stone Pipe w/ Wood Stem Late Century. Pipe appears to be made of a black slate but may be a similar type of stone. This pipe is at least 35 years old. Still in good shape and ready to be smoke

1 7/8" Black Slate Pipe. This is a very nice but not an ancient pipe. Likely made over the past 75 years. For use in smoking this pipe would require a pebble in the stem to reduce air flow.

9 3/8" Black Slate Celt - Modern Made and Cracked. Slate has a tendency to crack when it is dug out and dries. This Celt has a partial crack going the distance of the piece down the center.

One salvaged drilled Pendant. Four discoidal type gamestones with one or two possible jar lids. Biggest disc measure just over 2 inches. Pendant is black slate and measure just under 2 inches. Pendant

4 7/16" Rectangular Gorget. Adams Co, OH. Highly polished black Slate. G10. Excellent symmetry. Ex-Randy Ridenour, Dave Root (has his stamp)

6 5/8" Bar Amulet. Michigan. Highly polished black Slate. Very well made. A few chips on ends, but in very good condition. Ex-Gary Cuckler, Tom Davis, Bob Edler. Davis G9 COA

Fine 4 1/4" Adena Bell Pendant. Defiance Co, OH. Highly polished gray and black Slate. Excellent form and shape. G10. Ex-Dr. John Mountjoy, Dave Root (3573S), Rick Waibel. Pictured in the Root Collect

4 1/8" Black Slate Boatstone. Hancock Co, OH. Drilled and deeply "scooped". Very well made, a few small nicks. Fine relic. Ex-James Hovan

6 3/8" Black Slate Drilled Gorget. Randolph County, Indiana. Ex-Larry Swann

5 1/2" Bar Amulet. Columbus, IN. Ex-Hubert Wachtel. Anciently salvaged on one end. Nicely made black slate example. Well pictured in Who's Who #2 (1968, p282). Mistakenly listed as Ohio, it is from Co

3 5/8" Trapezoid Slate Pendant. Morgan Co, IN. Red and black slate. Ex-Steve Ford

3 1/2" Bar Amulet. Huron Co, OH. Polished black Slate. Fine condition with one end drilled. Ex-Randy Ridenour, Norm Kley

5 5/8" Winged Bannerstone. Dark brown/black Slate. Modern

2 7/8" Flattened Tube Bannerstone. Recovered near the Ferry Site in Harrison Co. IN. Brown and Black Banded Slate. Davis COA

4 1/2" Elliptical Gorget. IN. Dark Slate. Thin, well made. Ex Dr Charles Gish and Ray Fraser

4 5/8" Winged Bannerstone. Pickaway Co, OH. Well patinated Slate. Thin wings. Very good condition. Ex-Nick Cooksey. Bennett COA

4 3/8" Hopewell Expanded Center Gorget. Ohio. Rare type. Thin, sleek Slate example. Ex-Gary Noel. Davis G10 COA

3 9/16" Hopewell Bell Pendant. Seneca Co, OH. Banded Slate. Thin, very well made. Very fine condition. Ex-Dr. John Mountjoy, Dave Root (3285S), Jim Hawks, Tom Pritcher. Pictured in The Root Collection