bushmanbilly
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Post by bushmanbilly on Mar 2, 2015 17:22:58 GMT -5
On a snow free lease today, so I went for a walk to see what I could find. I am working in a artifact rich area and with the earth work done here, I was hoping to find something. Found this almost perfectly round stone. At first I thought a river did this. But there are no rivers or creeks near the lease. Plus being on top of a large hill. I'm thinking a grinding stone used by the Indians. What ya think? And the I found a agate. Not the best but still a agate. This exposed cretaceous formation is going to be checked out this summer. Gotta be treasure under the Big "W" Plus I'm doing my best to help warm up the planet for you folks in the south that are getting a taste of winter. Its a Fracing good day.
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Post by 150FromFundy on Mar 2, 2015 17:43:20 GMT -5
Looks incredibly cold and barren. The agate would definitely inspire me to scratch for a few more under fairer conditions.
As for the grinding stone, I've never seen anything like that but am curious to hear what others have to offer up. How far north, or what latitude did you find that at?
Darryl.
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Post by bushmanbilly on Mar 2, 2015 18:41:45 GMT -5
N 51 45'01.8 W 110 30'10.0
Treaty 6 was signed near here. Sounding lake is near here. Many of tribes over wintered there.
3 miles North of New Brigden AB.
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Post by spiritstone on Mar 2, 2015 19:51:36 GMT -5
I have a few of them also. I read that's a Baseball from the 17th century, around the same time the phrase "keep your eye on the ball" came to play. After a few cracked skull caps it evolved into this. LMAO. Nice color in that little agate.
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 2, 2015 20:38:31 GMT -5
Fracing,I don't miss those boring hours...LOL
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Post by snowmom on Mar 5, 2015 8:09:10 GMT -5
wow, ya done good considering how much snow cover you still have! Interesting round stone, wish it could talk so we could tell for sure where it came from... certainly all the native rock looks pretty sharp and un-rounded. Is that impression correct, or do you find a lot of worn ones as well? How does the material it is made from compare with the local stuff? Pretty agate, too!
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Post by fantastic5 on Mar 5, 2015 9:20:44 GMT -5
I'm thinking your round stone is a concretion. When I was little we used to find things that looked just like that in Lake Huron.
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Post by broseph82 on Mar 5, 2015 9:45:36 GMT -5
Cut open the ball! fantastic5 at a known rock slide I found half egg shaped that had black flint on the open side and some that were almost whole. I did find a whole one with no breaks or openings. I believe it came from a nearby quarry cause all the rock around what I found is gray and then gray and black. I'll post a pic if I can find them. Pretty cool finds on your snow day! Snowed a bunch here this morning, but no snow in GA where some blue agate is said to be had.
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Post by gingerkid on Mar 5, 2015 11:43:14 GMT -5
Wow, that is a large area to hound, bushmanbilly. I agree with fantastic5 that you found a large concretion. Nice one, too. Also like the agates you found. Snowed a bunch here this morning, but no snow in GA where some blue agate is said to be had. Gotta ask you whereabouts is blue agate found in Georgia, Jimi??
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Post by bushmanbilly on Mar 5, 2015 12:20:20 GMT -5
wow, ya done good considering how much snow cover you still have! Interesting round stone, wish it could talk so we could tell for sure where it came from... certainly all the native rock looks pretty sharp and un-rounded. Is that impression correct, or do you find a lot of worn ones as well? How does the material it is made from compare with the local stuff? Pretty agate, too! Most of the rocks here are left behind from the glaciers. I do find agates here , mostly Carnelian but a far and few between finds.The concretions around here are usually made up of silt stone or mud stone. This more of a sand stone. I will cut it in a few weeks when spring break hits and I'm done work till next winter.
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Post by gingerkid on Mar 5, 2015 12:34:02 GMT -5
Do you have any pics on the forum of your carnelian finds, bushmanbilly? Sure would like to see them. That's some pretty stuff and nice colors of it are found in your neck of the woods.
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Post by bushmanbilly on Mar 5, 2015 13:18:06 GMT -5
Do you have any pics on the forum of your carnelian finds, bushmanbilly? Sure would like to see them. That's some pretty stuff and nice colors of it are found in your neck of the woods. I will see what I have left. I tumble them and put them in my rock dish. From there they end up in my kids friends pockets. Which is ok with me.
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Post by broseph82 on Mar 5, 2015 13:24:09 GMT -5
gingerkid at the same Vulcan Quarry I'm going to Saturday in Cartersville. It's said to be in the granite. I'll copy and paste what came in my news letter "Collecting: The rock found here is a porphoblastic granite gneiss and is part of the Corbin Gneiss Complex. These rocks are some of the oldest in Georgia dating back some 1.2 billion years, making it much older than the granites found at their other locations. This quarry is known for the blue quartz found within the granite. While most of the blue quartz is small, you can normally find some large enough to polish into a very nice cabochon. Some may be found with pyrite inclusions as well as other minerals within the granite."
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Post by gingerkid on Mar 5, 2015 13:27:58 GMT -5
Thank you, bushmanbilly. Will keep an eye peeled to see if you post any pics, although there might not be any carnelian tumbles left in your candy dish. Thanks, broseph82! Hope y'all have a safe and successful trip!
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Post by 150FromFundy on Mar 5, 2015 17:11:30 GMT -5
bushmanbilly - I checked out your coordinates on Google Earth. Halfway between Saskatoon and Calgary with about 165 miles to either one places you in the middle of nowhere. From the posted photos, I wouldn't have guessed that there was any rock under those Misty Hills.
I also got curious about your artifact. I don't think it is a concretion. There are a few similar looking ones on the internet and it is debated whether it is a grinding ball because some have been found with the dish shaped mortar. Other sites debate that it was a game ball. I would run it to a local museum (somewhere) and get an opinion from an archeologist.
Rarely do I advise anyone NOT to cut a rock and look inside. However, in this case if it is an artifact and you cut it, you kill it. Get it checked out fist. It may be worth a lot more as an artifact. If the experts say it is a concretion, cut it then.
Good luck with figuring this one out.
Darryl.
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Post by fantastic5 on Mar 6, 2015 11:32:23 GMT -5
gingerkid at the same Vulcan Quarry I'm going to Saturday in Cartersville. It's said to be in the granite. I'll copy and paste what came in my news letter "Collecting: The rock found here is a porphoblastic granite gneiss and is part of the Corbin Gneiss Complex. These rocks are some of the oldest in Georgia dating back some 1.2 billion years, making it much older than the granites found at their other locations. This quarry is known for the blue quartz found within the granite. While most of the blue quartz is small, you can normally find some large enough to polish into a very nice cabochon. Some may be found with pyrite inclusions as well as other minerals within the granite." Have fun and please post lots of pictures!
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