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I have been researching a theory for 4 years of mine that I am working on proving to the public. These are a very few of my Wooden collection. I hope this is not the wrong place to post, but these are rather confusing what to call them. I found these in TN, on several different private owned properties. Most of us would probably call these trees as we were taught, but I beg the differ. These are only a very few, but I think it is some ancient horse in one pic, one is squid, one either a swimming, or flying animal, the one with the eye, one ia a long wood snout, and one is a piece of tree, but you can see the remaining skin embedded.
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As the title states, I have a few questions regarding the burn test. We hunt glacial deposits in eastern Kansas, and find many bones, some obviously not fossil (we chuck these) and some that are definitely fossil. I do understand that the river tends to darken bones, and give the appearance of fossil. However, we have found several bones that have the right color to be fossil, are exceptionally heavy for their size, and 'feel' right to be a fossil. Strangely though, when I do the burn test on them, they will not char or burn but give off a more subtle 'burnt hair' smell. Of course, on definite non-fossil bones, they smell badly and tend to usually char/burn. SO, my question: Is the burn test a definite decider on whether a bone is fossil or not? I have heard of Bison Latifrons bones not passing the burn test, yet they are without question 'fossils'. Also, I know it doesn't really apply to this, but I have also heard of collagen being preserved even in dinosaur bones; at least in small amounts. Could some collagen be preserved in some of our bones? So, is the burn test definitive? Or should I toss bones that char and burn, but ones that smell but do not burn, keep? Hopefully y'all understand what I'm getting at here. Thank you so much in advance
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Hi so I'm completely new to all of this and what I found was by accident and thankfully I got bored with me and my son's fish tank substrate because I would of just threw this back in the dirt. Anyways I was collecting rocks for the fish tank and brought a bunch home an took the most like ones inside to put in the fish tank and left the rest outside well months later I wanted to change the tanks look so I went through the pile of rocks when I noticed one of the coolest things I ever found then after looking on Google I seen a picture and thought it looked like another rock I found hopefully someone could please tell me what I found and if it's a more of a common or hopefully rare find. I do plan on going to try and find more. Thanks ( the first 9 pics are of what I found then the rest is what I found on Google # 1 # 2 # 3 Google Pics:
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Ive had this what looks to be a fossilized clam in my yard 30+years , my grandfather brought it home one day, he said he found it while they were dredging in some part of Tampa bay, it's really hard my wet saw cut through granite like butter but this not so much, basically I was wondering if anyone knew what it was and if it might have turned into something cool because I want to cut it in half and put of display, I'd appreciate any shared knowledge thanks.
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I don't see a thread dedicated to old furniture so I thought I would start one. I really love nice antiques and I would love to see what the TFF has in their homes for classic furniture. This weekend, my wife picked up this great roll top desk at an antique show. I had to fabricate a couple drawer rails that were missing but overall, the desk is in amazing condition. It is made of quarter-sawn oak.
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I found this in Wisconsin and it appears to be a cluster of small fossils embedded in a black rock material which attracts a magnet. Any guesses on what this could be? Maybe Medusinites or Nimbia?
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What kind of rock/fossil is this, any answer would be appreciated, thank you ❤️
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Hello! I found this rock in the desert in Saudi Arabia, it felt heavy and I measured its density to be 2.9 g/cm3. I also cut it on the edge and appeared to be iron or some metal but it doesn’t stick to a magnet. what is it?
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just started rock/fossil hounding and i think i found something pretty good. rock has one large and one small looking tooth of some sort, one on each side. As well as another round creature of some sort. sorry i'm oblivious as to what these are. if anyone can give a suggestion? found in madison county ny-central area. Bigger tooth is approx. 1 1/2 inches across the top and 1 3/4 inches long. The smaller one is 1 1/4 inch across the top and 1 1/2 inches long.
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Please try to identify. Found on a ridge in a pasture in Northeastern Oklahoma, along with tons of brachiopods. Thank you for looking! Top Bottom
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I got these out of an old house where the previous owners had died..so unfortunately I don't know anything other than that about their origin, etc. I was told that the owner had been some sort of a geological surveyor for the govt. ... or something. Anyway can't figure out what these were. Did a few searches and haven't found anything on my own. Thanks
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Hello everyone we came across some cool finds at the old hunstanton beach uk one looks like a tooth or claw (could be a rock or flint) the other is an impression on what I think may be wood (it’s very lightweight) IMG_0430.MOV
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This was recovered near a gold mine in western Montana. I have absolutely no idea what it is. any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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What about this possible mammoth jawbone? So I have a questions about large jawbone.
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In the late 1950's my Dad was working for the Boy Scouts of America professionally out of Alexandria, Louisiana. One of his volunteer leaders north of Alexandria was a collector of Native American artifacts, and while looking for artifacts, stumbled upon a large lower jawbone near a sandy steep nearby hillside overlooking a river. He gave my Dad the jawbone and told where he found it. We as a family went to the site and found numerous large "sharks teeth", and petrified sea shells. Dad later became friends with a oil drilling crew foreman, who gave Dad two what appears to be petrified large vertebrae the crew had found (no photo shown below) . A letter was sent with photos to the Smithsonian museum in D.C. in 1959 and we got a response saying likely the jawbone was that of a mammoth. My questions are: Anyone confirm the identity? Any idea what the jawbone may be worth? You are welcome to email me back at pinemttrailassoc._jim-AT-msn.com Jim Hall- Columbus, GA