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Found at a goodwill in MD. Unsure if it's a fossil or seed.

FYI- In my travels I always stop at Goodwill stores looking for plastic containers to hold fossils. In the last couple stores that I visited, I noticed that they had their large glass display units for sale. Since I have seen it at 3 of the stores lately, I believe that they might be getting rid of them at all of their stores. The one pictured below is in great condition and I guarantee that they have a key to the lock. It is at the store in Plainfield, Illinois, on Route 59. This case is offered at $99.00, which is dirt cheap for this large case (6 feet tall??). If I had the room for it, I would have bought one or two of them. I am just putting this out there for members who are in need, the may have one at your local store.

I love Fossil Hunting, but I also love Goodwill Hunting. I usually stop in the various Goodwill stores that I see and look around for plastic cases that I could use for fossils, but I also look to see if I can find some other things that I could use for fossils- Today was one of those days. After picking up a couple of plastic cases, I was walking towards the door and noticed something in their locked case. Upon further inspection it was a Bosch & Lomb Stereoscope. I took a look at it and I could not see anything through the optics and I put it back. Before driving away I decided to go back in and use the light on my I Phone to illuminate that stage. I placed a dime on the microscope stage, which can be flipped to white or black, and placed the light so it illuminated the dime and the view through the optics was amazing. The dial that is on top of the microscope is used to zoom in on the object and it works great and every tiny scratch on the dime can be zoomed in. I decided to buy this stereoscope for the price of $19.99, now I have 2 stereoscope’s and I can use my fiber optic lighting for this new scope.