Napoleon Dolomite Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I just found this fossil in between Boyne City and East Jordan Michigan. It was found in a mound of rock from a gravel pit in the aforementioned area which consists mostly of Devonian fossils (petoskys and other rugose corals for the most part). I hope I am posting this in the right place, I am new to this forum and it's not easy for me to know where to post in various forums without angering a lot of patrons and administrators, so I went to the "id fossils" section and started a new topic. I hope I got this right! Also, I apologize for the pics because I was having a hard time shrinking them to a size that would let me post them (I could only get two). I hope the images I provided are enough. The fossil is approximately 5" across and 3 3/4" tall and probably Devonian. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Your topic is in the right location. We usually don't see "angry" around here. If you want, you can add additional photos in Replies to this topic. At first glance, I think your find is just differential weathering on a local concretion. Welcome to The Forum. 3 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I second all of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Only a concretion. Sorry not a fossil... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I think the only time nerves ever get rattled on here is when someone posts an object for ID with a conceived notion as to what they want it to be and then get all flustered when they are told that it is not what they thought it was. We're actually a pretty easy going family around here. I would have to agree with John, your item has all the classical traits of a concretion. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertramp Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 yes, it resembles the so called "button rock" concretions https://www.google.it/search?q=button+rock+concretions&biw=1280&bih=642&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiErYe5i43QAhUBORoKHd2GAjQQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=NsHi_m9Sd6nNxM%3A 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napoleon Dolomite Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 Thanks for the warm welcome and for the information! I was really hoping this was a sponge that had already worked loose of its matrix and not just a concretion, but oh well. They find giant sponges in nodules half the size of a VW bug just east of where I found this. I hoped it was a smaller species of those, but I think its still cool as a concretion and I'm working on a way to display it. Thanks again for for the warm welcome and the confirmation I didn't want to hear.lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 looks like a nodule to me also "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre464 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Interesting find. I've never heard of a "button rock" before... Nice name by the way... "Men became scientific because they expected Law in Nature, and they expected Law in Nature because they believed in a Legislator." - C.S. Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Looks like a "cannonball concretion". Here " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossiling Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 On Friday, November 04, 2016 at 1:12 AM, Carl said: I second all of that! i third that. Keep looking! They're everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Yeah, some concretions grow in these shapes that remind me of spaceships. What if one was cracked open and a little fossilized space dude was inside? Then I suppose everybody would be all "You should donate that to science!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Julia) Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 17 hours ago, tmaier said: Yeah, some concretions grow in these shapes that remind me of spaceships. What if one was cracked open and a little fossilized space dude was inside? Then I suppose everybody would be all "You should donate that to science!". You're funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 These large ones from Romania are called Trovants (singular - Trovant), moving, growing, multiplying concretions. 2 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 On 3 novembre 2016 at 6:06 PM, JohnJ said: Your topic is in the right location. We usually don't see "angry" around here. I confirm this. Welcome to the forum. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 " These large ones from Romania are called Trovants (singular - Trovant), moving, growing, multiplying concretions." Hey! Those resemble the Roswell alien crash site! I think thewre is some connection here. http://www.google.com/search?q=Roswell+alien+crash+site&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1&tbm=isch Wait... there are two guys dressed in black suits at my door. I'll be right back 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Hi, Hey Tmair, don't forget to give us news from you ! Fortunatly you aren't in New-Mexico ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 I'm back. The gentleman in black suits explained to me that these are rocks, called concretions. Then they checked my vision for free, and flew off in their black helicopter. That's why I'm proud to be an American! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 https://fsu.valahia.ro/images/avutgs/1/2004/2004040106.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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