This is a Hornstone pencil drill. It’s hard to tell the age of drills without it having a base from a repurposed arrowhead. Drills were used throughout prehistory. This one is very well made and would probably fall into the Archaic time period. It shows some smoothing from use at one end.
This type of drill is hard to date because this type was made throughout Native American history. They are 2-1/8″ and 1-3/4″ Both were found in the same field in the 1970’s.
This pair of drills range from just under 3″ to 2-1/2″ in size. The Hornstone one was found in Floyd County Indiana and is not broken but contains the original rind of the flint.
This drill was purchased at a relic show as part of a collection. It along with all of the other points in the group appear to be both old and authentic. It was well made of high quality material with nice patina.
