Members Sheilajeanne Posted August 6, 2023 Members Report Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) On 8/5/2023 at 10:57 AM, chuck123wapati said: In my book it appears to be a Dickson point and 2000 is about mid point of when they were made 1500-3500 some of them were heat treated. Very cool point. Yeah, kind of hard to date them accurately, unless you know exactly where they were found, and can search the site for something that can be radio-carbon dated. It's pretty big, too, about 2 inches long, which I think is rather big for an arrowhead. Might have been a spearhead. AAaaand of course, now that i want to actually measure it, I can't find where I put the darn thing!! Fred, wow, that is interesting! I'm a horse person, and I never knew that about the origin of the term! I live in a small town, which has a variety store, a restaurant, a drug store and a post office. Anything else I need, I have to drive to the largest nearby town, which is only about 15 minutes away. I like it here. Everyone is on a septic systems, so the lots have to be quite large. It's nice to be surrounded by farmer's fields...well, maybe not so much during spreading season... The farmers have just harvested their grain, and are fertilizing and plowing the fields. Between that and the smoke from the forest fires, I've been keeping my windows closed a lot! Edited August 6, 2023 by Sheilajeanne Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted August 7, 2023 CFM Report Posted August 7, 2023 15 hours ago, Sheilajeanne said: Yeah, kind of hard to date them accurately, unless you know exactly where they were found, and can search the site for something that can be radio-carbon dated. It's pretty big, too, about 2 inches long, which I think is rather big for an arrowhead. Might have been a spearhead. AAaaand of course, now that i want to actually measure it, I can't find where I put the darn thing!! Fred, wow, that is interesting! I'm a horse person, and I never knew that about the origin of the term! I live in a small town, which has a variety store, a restaurant, a drug store and a post office. Anything else I need, I have to drive to the largest nearby town, which is only about 15 minutes away. I like it here. Everyone is on a septic systems, so the lots have to be quite large. It's nice to be surrounded by farmer's fields...well, maybe not so much during spreading season... The farmers have just harvested their grain, and are fertilizing and plowing the fields. Between that and the smoke from the forest fires, I've been keeping my windows closed a lot! We call most stone tools arrow heads out of habit. This could very well have been used as a knife or a hafted as a spear there is as much speculation as there are facts about the origin and use of many of these stone tools unless as you say are found with some proof of their usage.. I have found about 50 probably over the years some as small as a finger nail and some as large as three inches. I've even tried to make a few they are so interesting thinking about the man whose work you can see. Each flake tells a story of his ability. some are really exquisite then others look as if a child made them which could very well have been. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
CFM chuck123wapati Posted August 7, 2023 CFM Report Posted August 7, 2023 here are a couple of fossil surface finds i picked up while metal detecting this summer i would love to know what they are. The two oval shaped pieces have a very thin iridescent shell. the other is just weird. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
CFM tsunkasapa Posted August 8, 2023 CFM Report Posted August 8, 2023 6 hours ago, chuck123wapati said: here are a couple of fossil surface finds i picked up while metal detecting this summer i would love to know what they are. The two oval shaped pieces have a very thin iridescent shell. the other is just weird. The one looks like either coral or a sponge. Or really old cauliflower. Quote Hoka Hey! Today, tomorrow, next week, what does it matter?
Members Handstitched Posted August 8, 2023 Members Report Posted August 8, 2023 Not sure what fossilsed bones look like, but thats what came to mind. The two pieces centre and right have an almost even shape, as for the one on the left , fossilised alien?? Good find though. Any paleontologists on here ?? HS Quote ' I have a very gweat friend in Wome called Biggus Dickus, He has a wife you know, do you know whats she's called? Incontinentia.......Incontinentia Buttocks '
Members blue duck Posted August 8, 2023 Members Report Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) Morning all, Far from an expert, but those are Baculites. We have them all over the hell creek formation in Montana. Kids love to find dinosaur parts. Edited August 8, 2023 by blue duck Quote May God Smile on you today.
Members Sheilajeanne Posted August 8, 2023 Members Report Posted August 8, 2023 Had to Google that. They are an extinct form of sea creature, distantly related to the octopus: https://www.google.com/search?q=Baculites&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Cool! Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted August 8, 2023 CFM Report Posted August 8, 2023 34 minutes ago, blue duck said: Morning all, Far from an expert, but those are Baculites. We have them all over the hell creek formation in Montana. Kids love to find dinosaur parts. thank you I knew they were from the cretaceous period but i didn't know much more. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
CFM chuck123wapati Posted August 8, 2023 CFM Report Posted August 8, 2023 39 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said: thank you I knew they were from the cretaceous period but i didn't know much more. I actually figured the Mesozoic era but cretaceous is part of it. https://www.wsgs.wyo.gov/wyoming-geology/paleontology.aspx Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members Handstitched Posted August 8, 2023 Members Report Posted August 8, 2023 19 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said: I actually figured the Mesozoic era but cretaceous is part of it. They are turning out to be quite a significant find there chuck Apologies to Fred K , this is his ' rambling' thread HS Quote ' I have a very gweat friend in Wome called Biggus Dickus, He has a wife you know, do you know whats she's called? Incontinentia.......Incontinentia Buttocks '
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