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Offline sleek

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Not sure what i found? Pics added
« on: January 26, 2016, 08:38:36 pm »
So I was in Pryor oklahoma clearing some land. Then i found rhis unusual rock lookin thing. It looked like a yard art turtle shell but a big one. I turned it over and it looks like a centuries old big pot or vase? It looks sand or flag stone ish but i never seen one in this shape.

My first thought was a morter for grinding grain. But they dont shape the outside of them also. This is dished in with even wall thickness all around. It weighs a bunch. Obviously broken. There is a curved in section where wall thickness increases. It looks like a handle area? Im asking pat to post pics because i cant.
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« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2016, 09:13:32 pm »
Here is the pics.
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Re: Not sure what i found? Pics added
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2016, 09:27:32 pm »
Fifth Picture, top right looks a little like grain in a bone. Any chance it is a piece of fossilized bone?

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Re: Not sure what i found? Pics added
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2016, 09:37:14 pm »
If it is its a big sumbuck.
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Re: Not sure what i found? Pics added
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2016, 09:39:54 pm »
Wooly mammoth? Or a mastodon?
It does look like a hip joint?
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Re: Not sure what i found? Pics added
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2016, 09:43:55 pm »
I can tell you this. I am sure it is something created. By God or man, thats the question.

If it were a fossil id wager mammoth simy because they were known to be here. Still though, it aint small. I will get a close up of that area for you. Pat, mind posting Nother pic?
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Re: Not sure what i found? Pics added
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2016, 09:46:55 pm »
Sure, might take a bit.
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« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2016, 11:13:35 pm »
What ever you have is interesting.
I would search for geofacts in your area.
Then fossils.
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« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2016, 03:52:40 am »
Fossil was the first impression I had. Bob
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« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2016, 08:43:51 am »
Here is a couple more up close pictures.
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« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2016, 10:32:12 am »
could be just a "concretion". A geologic feature that sometimes has a layered, spherical/ cylindrical shape. What area was it found?
http://geology.about.com/od/more_sedrocks/ig/concretionpics/
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=concretion+geology+sphere&go=Submit+Query&qs=bs&form=QBIR
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Re: Not sure what i found? Pics added
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2016, 10:52:49 am »
Front half of a wall mounted urinal? ;)

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Re: Not sure what i found? Pics added
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2016, 11:53:54 am »
Haha thats funny.


Im thinking about taking it to a university to have them look at it. If its nothing special i will put some legs on it and geow a plant in it on my porch.
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« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2016, 07:47:50 pm »
look around for a clovis point, if you find one, youll know its a wooly mammoth .couldnt be a old crock from a outhouse could it? lol theres a reason for that old saying "a crock of $%&*"

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« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2016, 08:19:36 pm »
look around for a clovis point, if you find one, youll know its a wooly mammoth .couldnt be a old crock from a outhouse could it? lol theres a reason for that old saying "a crock of $%&*"

It was full of really dark healthy lookin dirt..... Hmmmm awkward.
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