Warriner954 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Today's find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Can you explain your "tags"? Metal?, human? I gather this was found in Tennessee, but you will need to narrow that down considerably. We will also need some in focus pictures to help with an ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Ironstone. Metal in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Warriner954 Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 To me it looks like vaporized bone filled with or coated iron-oxid located in eastern tennessee mountains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warriner954 Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 thats what most this looks to me http://meteorites.wustl.edu/id/concretions.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Warriner954 Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 Sorry for the bad pictures not set up for good ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 The black one is interesting. The rest just look like regular plain rocks. Some good photos of the black one would be appreciated. Top, bottom, left, right, front, back -- imagine it inside a clear cube -- you want to take a photo of all six sides. I don't see bone or any fossils in the rest of the rocks, but the photo quality is not good enough to tell if there is anything there that could be. Not meteorites either. Not even suggestive of meteorites. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rockwood Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 8 hours ago, Warriner954 said: To me it looks like vaporized bone filled with or coated iron-oxid located in eastern tennessee mountains Wouldn't a vapor just sort of drift away ? Sorry, but I think you are mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 The black one looks like coal (or charcoal). The red one looks like iron rich sandstone. The first group is mostly iron concretions. 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...
NedFredHead Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 The black piece is coal. I'm not seeing fossils in anything here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Geologic map of Tennessee. 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...
FossilDAWG Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Tennessee is an incredible state for fossil collecting. I don't see a fossil in the specimens you show, but don't be discouraged. It's often a great idea to join a local fossil club, in part because people with a lot of experience can show you what to look for, in part because clubs can often get permission to collect on private property such as quarries when individuals cannot, and in part because it is generally more fun to collect with like-minded people. Good luck! Don 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Warriner954 Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 Just cleaning up stuff that was around the camp thanks will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 You've got a lot of rock there at any rate. No fossils though. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Where there is coal, specifically coal shale, there are usually plant fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warriner954 Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 Thanks that's actually good news I can add to the rock farm and not feel guilty about it and my kids don't care they are all rather neat. The land owner requested me to check because of the location being old indian land. Happy hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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