Ms Michal Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I'm almost afraid to show you this one. But, this is the one that started me on my journey into the unknown world of fossils. I found this piece on the land I live on. It was at the bottom of a small hill below me. I'm not good with measurements of land. I'm guessing if I dug straight down from my house may be 10 or 15 feet. I picked it up on the ground which dogs have been running chains over so it may be abit further down. I picked up several different pieces there. Which I will show in another post. Thank you for any help you can give. I forgot to name the area. It's Wilson County not far from Nixon Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Sounds interesting, but unfortunately no photo is attached to your post. Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Michal Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 They should be now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 The photos are a little grainy, but this looks like an ironstone concretion, not a fossil, to me. These concretions have a habit of mimicking fossils and confuse even lots of experienced collectors. Don 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Michal Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 Thank you for your help. It's a paper wieght ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Indeed. Nice ironstone concretion that sparked your interest. It absolutely deserves to be kept and used as a paperweight. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 nice concretion 1 "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...
Ms Michal Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 Thank you all for your help. I will show more of my finds tomorrow. The sun is going down.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 The first photo reminded me of a neck of a bottle. Than I was thinking maybe, ornamentation on red clay native Indian pottery. You might have a shard but sharper images would have to be supplied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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