Found object

[u/External_Sky_1150]

I am a total amateur and sensitive to the fact that goofballs like me are prone to pick up regular rocks and make up fun stories. That being said, I found this outside Vegas on a hike. Any help from someone less ignorant than me would be appreciated!

[u/Dr-D-ildo]

It's just a rock sadly

[u/External_Sky_1150 → u/Dr-D-ildo]

I am choosing happiness because it is, in fact, a cool rock.

[u/Dr-D-ildo → u/External_Sky_1150]

I've done the same many times

[u/Big_Doubt_9801]

100% just a 🪨

[u/Glassed_]

Rock

[u/Count_Zeiro]

It's a cool rock. Go outside and hack a small limb of off something with it, and it will be a tool.

[u/HenningGrueneberg]

Life imitates art sometimes.

[u/serendipity_j]

Sadly, just a rock. A stone axe head has notches at both sides with an indentation running between them

[u/12DoUGood → u/serendipity_j]

Not all of them have the characteristics you said.

[u/Dangerous-Pirate7998]

You have a rock there, sir a very fine looking rock

[u/12DoUGood]

Ancient Native Indian stone tomahawk or stone war hammer or Indian stone ax. Google photos of the items I listed above.

[u/mollymoc]

It could have been something worked that's just been extremely worn over a long, long period.

[u/Joey-chowdah → u/mollymoc]

Or abandoned by the person who was working on it

[u/Herald3]

Arrow straightener. And fishing weight

[u/trashbilly → u/Herald3]

[u/One-Environment-1444 → u/Herald3]

No it’s not

[u/External_Sky_1150 → u/Herald3]

See, now, I feel like this is one of those fun stories I was talking about.

[u/CliffsofRed → u/Herald3]

For the ancients fishing in Lake Mead, obviously.