Sunshinegarland38 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 If any one can or would answer a question for me. I am just curious if these trace fossils are of any value?. I will be honest this is something precious to me and my younger brother that found it. It's going to be in our family for many generations to come. This is special and priceless for many reading. The first being we found it on our family property that's been our family for generation. It was located at the very creek our 15 siblings and us have played in and spent all of our Sumner day's in since we was bigg enough to sit in water. This is a special place for our family. My father played their as a child. My grandfather's and his father played there as well. So I can't explain how much that piece of stone, rock what ever else it is means to us. If any one could help i would appreciate greatly. I am not asking for any figure or any thing of that nature. I just want to know if has value aside from the value we god for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Depends. Some trace fossils have value. But it probably has more sentimental value to you then any dollar value you could put on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 You have 15 siblings?!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 It's hard to have an opinion on this without a photo of the object in question. Are you talking about the Asterosoma? If so, than it sure is something special. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Scientifically speaking trace fossils are quite valuable. They show us evidence left by a live animal. It's more than can be gathered from body fossils. Economically speaking, the average collector is more likely to have a seriously negative cash flow at the hobby though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 It sounds like it is important to you for a start. Why not show some photos of it and then the members probably could help with understanding its value scientifically speaking . If it is of great interest you should donate it to a museum and then in the future your family name will be remembered by museums visitors and the scientific will benefit greatly form you brothers discovery and truly giving it a measurable value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Priceless RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshinegarland38 Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 14 hours ago, Ludwigia said: It's hard to have an opinion on this without a photo of the object in question. Are you talking about the Asterosoma? If so, than it sure is something special. I am sorry i didn't realize I had not added one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshinegarland38 Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 18 hours ago, Sunshinegarland38 said: If any one can or would answer a question for me. I am just curious if these trace fossils are of any value?. I will be honest this is something precious to me and my younger brother that found it. It's going to be in our family for many generations to come. This is special and priceless for many reading. The first being we found it on our family property that's been our family for generation. It was located at the very creek our 15 siblings and us have played in and spent all of our Sumner day's in since we was bigg enough to sit in water. This is a special place for our family. My father played their as a child. My grandfather's and his father played there as well. So I can't explain how much that piece of stone, rock what ever else it is means to us. If any one could help i would appreciate greatly. I am not asking for any figure or any thing of that nature. I just want to know if has value aside from the value we got for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshinegarland38 Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 14 hours ago, Ludwigia said: It's hard to have an opinion on this without a photo of the object in question. Are you talking about the Asterosoma? If so, than it sure is something special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshinegarland38 Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 It's hard to believe this is something millions of years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Whatever it is, it looks pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplomado Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Neat fossil! I would have never guessed what it was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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