We are driving from California to Utah on US Highway 50 ("The Second-Loneliest Road in America") to dig for trilobites in a couple of locations. We stopped for lunch today in the remote mining town of Austin, Nevada, and after lunch went over to Nevada Trading Post to look around. They had lots of turquoise jewelry and also a few fossils. Among them was this one. The owner recently purchased the store and doesn't know anything about it. It was priced at $280, which was out of my budget, but I told her I knew just the place to see if we can identify it. I said we don't do appraisals but she would be happy with any info we can provide. I took a quick look with a loupe and it isn't obvious there has been any restoration or painting on it, but I will leave it to the experts to say for sure. And if anyone is driving through Austin, be sure to stop in and say hi to Julie, she was a very nice lady. The sign out front might still say Jim's Trading Post, she is still in the process of changing the name. It's right near the Toiyabe Cafe (great cheeseburger!) on the east side of town.