Ronnie H. Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 I have hunted McFadden Beach many times. It's located on the Texas coast near the small town of High Island. Most of the it's easy collecting bones, teeth and if very lucky, even a paleo dart point. I can't put names to many of even the bones we find on the beach but my question isn't about the obvious bones, but about many of "something" we have found that has turned into what I believe is iron. Please get your opinions. Were these some kind of animal or plant or just funny looking rocks? First picture is what I'm asking your opinions about. Seems to me they turned into a form of iron. Have people hunting McFadden found anything like this? Then for the group, are this fossils and what are they? The second picture is the fossils most people find that hunt McFadden. Thanks everyone for your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie H. Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 It surprises me that no one on this site has replied to the above post and questions. OH WELL.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Hi Ronnie, a warm welcome to the forum! Thank you for your patience. I really don't know what those are in the first picture, I've found some similar things on Galveston. I've assumed they were geological, or maybe anthroprogenic? These don't look like fossils to me. Why do you think they're iron? "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 22 minutes ago, Ronnie H. said: It surprises me that no one on this site has replied to the above post and questions. OH WELL.... Patience and politeness go a long way when asking for help.... That said, sometimes you find burrow casts that have been rolled by the currents and surf. Also, the underlying Beaumont Formation also produces concretion of calcium carbonate, iron oxide, and iron-manganese oxide that the surf can make into weird shapes. 3 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 27 minutes ago, Ronnie H. said: It surprises me that no one on this site has replied to the above post and questions. OH WELL.... Ronnie, Please keep a few things in mind. The nature of Forums is that not every member visits every day. We all have lives outside of the Forum, and things are busy these days. For real mystery items, ... it may take a few weeks to get good ID's. I know we all answer what WE consider easy or common ones fairly quickly. However, ... sometimes it does take some time, ... days or even weeks, (and patience) to get a solid ID. It is rare, but I have seen ID requests get answered a year or two down the line, when someone with the correct skill set joins. It happens. 3 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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