MyGodMagma Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Wondering if this shape is specific enough to identify who might have lived in this. Ideas? ~caroline "Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he. Watson and Holmes in "The Crooked Man" ~ Conan Doyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Sponge? Flint/chert ones often look like this. 4 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Shot in the dark, maybe a Native American artifact? For a fire bow (an apparatus used for making fire) a small rock is often used to stabilize the stick. The native Americans sometimes used rocks, usually comfortably held ones. These were normally softer, making holes in the stone when used. This is a very shaky I'd so don't take my word for it. 1 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 I agree with Tarquin. Looks like a sponge to me. 2 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...
MyGodMagma Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share Posted May 31, 2017 15 hours ago, WhodamanHD said: Shot in the dark, maybe a Native American artifact? For a fire bow (an apparatus used for making fire) a small rock is often used to stabilize the stick. The native Americans sometimes used rocks, usually comfortably held ones. These were normally softer, making holes in the stone when used. This is a very shaky I'd so don't take my word for it. This post is appearing as a reply in one of my topics, you should repost this in Artifacts to get some good info about it. ~caroline "Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he. Watson and Holmes in "The Crooked Man" ~ Conan Doyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 1 hour ago, MyGodMagma said: This post is appearing as a reply in one of my topics, you should repost this in Artifacts to get some good info about it. ~caroline Hey Caroline, I think whodamanhd is suggesting that Your piece is a tool for fire starting. I do not agree with that and think the sponge id given by others is what You have. 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Where was it found? Was it found in the Citronelle Formation, Louisiana? 1 " 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...
Plax Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 looks like a paleozoic pebble (transported) to me. We had someone else here on the forum finding lots of paleozoic fossils in Louisiana in river gravel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyGodMagma Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Thanks for the replies, and for cluing me in on what whodamanhd was referring to-possible fire tool. After more inspection I think it is not a tool but I appreciate him for lobbing in the idea. And yes, this was found within the Citronelle Formation in East Feliciana Parish, LA bordering Wilkinson County, MS. This coastal plain formation was deposited 2.8 million to 6.6 million years ago during the Pleistocene Era, and I have found quite a few Paleozoic fossils in these creek beds, upwards of 30. I have noticed that within even a small geographical area, say 20 miles, the creeks tend to be hit or miss. Some consistently produce treasures and others, markedly less. Usually the smaller (20ft wide) creeks are much more productive IMO, in both the quantity and quality of the fossil finds, as well as Indian artifacts. Anyone interested in exploring the southeast LA/MS portion of the Citronelle is welcome to contact me for specific hotspots. "Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he. Watson and Holmes in "The Crooked Man" ~ Conan Doyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 That's a generous offer of hotspots, Caroline. Just for the record, 2.8 to 6.6 Ma would not include any of the Pleistocene Epoch. That range of time would include Pliocene and Late Miocene. 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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