Cris Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Found this large agatized coral head today and had to load it up in the back of a truck. This thing is massive!! All I can say is one can do some amazing things with a couple old boards, plywood and a come-a-long. It has to be well over 350 pounds (it took everything I had to even roll the thing and I can deadlift 275 pounds). It may not look that huge, but keep in mind this thing is like solid glass inside. About 5 years ago Anson and I found a single coral head that weighed about 150 pounds and we thought it was huge...after finding this one, I'm starting to wonder how large these things really get...? Has anyone seen much bigger agatized coral heads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Wow!!! That's a biggun for sure!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 (edited) Bet that broke a sweat--That is truly amazing, just huge. Is this the same material that the Native Americans used to make projectile points? --Tom Edited November 19, 2010 by Foshunter Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer73 Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 WHOA!!!! :-) All your fossils are belong to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Excellent find, Cris! Are you going to display it inside? I sure would.. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 I think you need a bigger gel-cap... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Man, Cris; it's huge! What are your plans for it? The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Man that thing is huge. Coffee table ???????? Galveston Island 32 miles long 2 miles wide 134 bars 23 liquor stores any questions? Evolution is Chimp Change. Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain! "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." Ernest Hemingway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Man that thing is huge. Coffee table ???????? WOWO ya 4 sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted November 20, 2010 Author Share Posted November 20, 2010 Well, bringing the thing indoors isn't really an option for me due to limited space...A table would definitely be cool, but moving the thing would be extremely hard to do.. At first I was thinking about keeping it as a yard decoration, but seeing as how its completely agatized, its very tempting to see what it is like inside (plus I still have that 150 pounder as a yard decoration ). Flint-knappers and people with lapidary equipment can make some beautiful things with agatized coral. As it is, it's not exactly pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer73 Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 We'll open it up and see what's inside... I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. All your fossils are belong to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 That's huge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Hmm... how many slabs could you cut out of that? -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted November 20, 2010 Author Share Posted November 20, 2010 Hmm... how many slabs could you cut out of that? Where on earth would you find a rock saw big enough to cut that thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 (edited) Found this large agatized coral head today and had to load it up in the back of a truck. This thing is massive!! All I can say is one can do some amazing things with a couple old boards, plywood and a come-a-long. It has to be well over 350 pounds (it took everything I had to even roll the thing and I can deadlift 275 pounds). It may not look that huge, but keep in mind this thing is like solid glass inside. About 5 years ago Anson and I found a single coral head that weighed about 150 pounds and we thought it was huge...after finding this one, I'm starting to wonder how large these things really get...? Has anyone seen much bigger agatized coral heads? First off nice find.Yes I have seen larger ones in Tampa when they were building a building.They hit several[extremely]large ones.The smallest one wouldnt lay in the bottom of a pick-up but a guy wanted one anyway.When they gently loaded it on his truck it flattened his tires and broke his suspension system. The next smaller one was 2x the size of his pick-up. Edited November 20, 2010 by bear-dog Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Where on earth would you find a rock saw big enough to cut that thing? At a countertop shop. One fabricator I used to deal with could deliver a granite top up to 49" wide. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Where on earth would you find a rock saw big enough to cut that thing? I know a guy in Houston..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 I think you need a bigger gel-cap... Dang, you auspex... I was gonna say the same thing. Cris that is cool. You know, you could just slice a small piece off of an end to look inside. I have heard that tombstone outfits might have a saw on hand to cut stupid big rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Ok, Thanks to Auspex, you don't have an excuse now. I say you slab it and make coffee tables and end tables out of it. Does it show the coral structure preserved inside or is it just milky agate? -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 If it's too big to do anything else with, start banging chunks off and get them slabbed. The slabs do not sell for too much but you are going to have hundreds of them! Coral cabochons are absolutely gorgeous. What a really fantastic find, be sure to let us know what the final disposition of that piece will be. If you believe everything you read, perhaps it's time for you to stop reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Nice! " We're all puppets, I'm just a puppet who can see the strings. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Arrowhead's,Arrowhead's and more arrowhead's Cris, that's a nice hunk of coral. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 (edited) WOW!! Those things are really impressive! We don't have anything like that over here as far as I know. Curious to see what you'll be making out of it, Cris. Coral Daddy's ones are real nice. You need some equipment there, don't you? Roger. PS. Just curious again. What layers do they come from? Edited November 22, 2010 by Ludwigia Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Nice find. Try splitting it and not knocking off chunks at first. I see at least one natural crack in that thing, so I would use that as my starting point. I would use a car jack/chain/wedge to split it and not whack it with sledge hammers at first. You don't want to crack off any crystals that might be in cavities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Ah, I thought this thread was done with. The coral turned out to be pretty disappointing. I busted a small chunk right off of the site with it and it turned out to be pink and orange translucent.....so I busted it down one of those cracks and it wasn't agatized at all in the inside....It's literally agatized about 5 inches into it all the way around and then so soft you could stick a knife 1/2 way in the center of it. I'm sure some cabs could be made from the outside agatized stuff, but it looks like slabs and flint knapping is out of the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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