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Post by Son Of Beach on Dec 18, 2021 13:57:23 GMT -5
I found this in early April in Lake Michigan originally thinking it was just a gnarly looking piece of coral fossil but I ended up doing a double take and scooped it out. I was pretty sure it was some kind of tooth so I ended up asking the members at www.thefossilforum.com/ what they thought and within a couple hours they identified it as Equine, P2, aka horse teeth. Would be very interesting to know how it got there.
   Curious to see what other oddities you guys have come across in your adventures.
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Post by brybry on Dec 21, 2021 12:04:36 GMT -5
Found this on a creek bank that partially collapsed. As best as I can tell, it and the rocks around it were 3-4 ft underground when the bank gave way. I ran it for 2 weeks in course grit to get the crud off.    |
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Post by perkins17 on Dec 21, 2021 12:49:14 GMT -5
I found some opalized wood was three different colors brown, white, and lime green. I'll post a picture when I get home.
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Post by Son Of Beach on Dec 21, 2021 14:14:33 GMT -5
brybry What do you reckon it is? That's the after photo with the coarse grit? I found a piece of what I would wager is aluminum waste that has that same sort of all over the place shape going on.
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Post by brybry on Dec 21, 2021 19:29:59 GMT -5
Not real sure. It has other rocks embedded and is covered in pits. It resembles melted rock and is non magnetic. Being roughly 3-4 ft below ground, if it is something melted, it would've happened decades ago.
We do get lightening strikes a few times a year. Could be from a lightening strike maybe.
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Post by NDK on Dec 21, 2021 20:43:33 GMT -5
This I suppose isn't a strange find per se but it is strange in the fact that I found it LMAO A half pound Laker  |
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Post by Son Of Beach on Dec 21, 2021 21:47:24 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 22, 2021 0:23:39 GMT -5
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Post by Son Of Beach on Dec 22, 2021 12:50:47 GMT -5
 Oh...did you mean rock related finds?   They DO actually eat socks then...the myth is true |
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Post by greig on Dec 22, 2021 12:56:57 GMT -5
I use a metal detector and have found some crazy stuff: Sex toys, human teeth with fillings, crematorium tags (the last two are a bit spooky and I put them back), what I first thought was a war of 1812 canon ball, but was an iron ball from a rock ball mill...long way from any mine or refinery, and a car motor down about 4'. I found a horse drawn sleigh scuba diving 60' on the bottom of a lake and learned later that they went thru the ice in the late 1800s (losing the horse and sleigh. I have found melted metal like in the picture above and it was melted beer cans from a bond fire. So often, I question how and why some things end up where they are found.
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 22, 2021 13:48:15 GMT -5
I use a metal detector and have found some crazy stuff: Sex toys, human teeth with fillings, crematorium tags (the last two are a bit spooky and I put them back), what I first thought was a war of 1812 canon ball, but was an iron ball from a rock ball mill...long way from any mine or refinery, and a car motor down about 4'. I found a horse drawn sleigh scuba diving 60' on the bottom of a lake and learned later that they went thru the ice in the late 1800s (losing the horse and sleigh. I have found melted metal like in the picture above and it was melted beer cans from a bond fire. So often, I question how and why some things end up where they are found. That was really interesting ... and strange. Finding that sleigh would be surreal. |
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Post by CLErocks on Dec 22, 2021 15:04:22 GMT -5
I use a metal detector and have found some crazy stuff: Sex toys, human teeth with fillings, crematorium tags (the last two are a bit spooky and I put them back), what I first thought was a war of 1812 canon ball, but was an iron ball from a rock ball mill...long way from any mine or refinery, and a car motor down about 4'. I found a horse drawn sleigh scuba diving 60' on the bottom of a lake and learned later that they went thru the ice in the late 1800s (losing the horse and sleigh. I have found melted metal like in the picture above and it was melted beer cans from a bond fire. So often, I question how and why some things end up where they are found. This could also explain the horse tooth find. |
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Post by Son Of Beach on Dec 22, 2021 15:57:01 GMT -5
CLErocks that actually makes sense... In my mind it had to be like this 
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Post by findingcoolrocks on Dec 24, 2021 19:34:25 GMT -5
CLErocks that actually makes sense... In my mind it had to be like this Haha |
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 25, 2021 1:55:01 GMT -5
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Post by Son Of Beach on Dec 25, 2021 8:15:42 GMT -5
vegasjames Those are awesome! They would look really good as book ends for my fantasy section  Best guess as to what it is? Looks kind of like a petrified or solidified mud cracks, but that doesn't really make sense
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 25, 2021 16:10:03 GMT -5
vegasjames Those are awesome! They would look really good as book ends for my fantasy section Best guess as to what it is? Looks kind of like a petrified or solidified mud cracks, but that doesn't really make sense Someone told me they were along the lines of septarians. Not really sure. Just thought they were really cool looking so brought them home. My mom took 1 or two of them because she liked them also. |
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Post by brybry on Dec 25, 2021 17:28:10 GMT -5
They do look cool
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Post by rewdownunder on Dec 29, 2021 23:30:34 GMT -5
Great example of a sedimentary structure, solidified mud cracks. Along with preserved ripple marks some of the most common features in the rock record. Nice well preserved example.
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