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Post by Titania on Jan 5, 2009 19:24:49 GMT -5
My mom has been handing out some of the treasures that my rockhound grandparents collected. She knows how much I love this stuff, so these are a real treasure for me. As far as we know, all of this material was collected in Idaho. This is a cool little piece. My grandparents took it to a Cooperative Extension branch for identification. They were told it's a petrified ruminant cud. Next, some stone tools and arrowheads: I think this one may have been an awl: Some teenie tiny arrowheads! This one is VERY sharp! Finally, a real silver silver dollar from 1885:
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Post by texaswoodie on Jan 5, 2009 19:52:33 GMT -5
Very cool mud! I really like arrowheads, but don't know that much about them. I've been told the tiny ones are true arrowheads and the larger ones are spear points. Nice collection! Curt
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jan 5, 2009 22:16:31 GMT -5
Nice arrowheads! ...and the Morgan dollar looks like it's in great shape. I started my Morgan collection when I was 7, I have one or two ;D Your tiny arrowheads are obsidian, the others are flint.
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MidNight~Rocksi3
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Post by MidNight~Rocksi3 on Jan 5, 2009 22:22:06 GMT -5
Wow! Great collection girl.. those are treasures indeed~!!!! .. but honestly never seen a petrified cud before.. lol.. but still you got some cool pics!
*smiles* Roxy
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Post by sitnwrap on Jan 6, 2009 22:53:47 GMT -5
I love those tiny arrow heads. It is amazing when you think of the skill it took to create them, actually to create any stone tool. That Morgan is sweet and looks in great shape.
what is ruminant cud? like what a cow chews? Pardon my ignorance but I have never heard nor seen petrified ruminant cud and if it is like what a cow chews, do you know how something like that would become petrified?
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Post by Bejewelme on Jan 7, 2009 15:17:12 GMT -5
Lori: Ruminants, are animals like sheep, buffalo, that chew their food, regurgitate it and chew it again, lovely huh? So I would imagine this is the first chew food that fell out and became agatizied? That is why they say chewwing your cud, like barfing up partially digested food and chewing again. Yucky huh? Amber
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agatemaggot
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Post by agatemaggot on Jan 7, 2009 19:20:50 GMT -5
Picture # 6 appears to be a small side notched scraper for fleshing skins. I have some material that looks identical to yours, it's a Quarts like rock from a place called the Spanish Diggins. One of the points in Pic.#6 may be also. It was named that because the first settlers that found the place thought the Spanish were mining for gold there. It was actually a source of lithic material used by several different Native American cultures. The mine is located southwest of lusk Wyoming. On foot , thats a loooong way from Mass. A gentleman I worked with brought a couple pieces back to me here in Iowa , and, I found several large flakes on old Indian camps over on the Mississippi river by Prarie Du Chien Wisc. Its amazing the distances involved in some of their trade routes !
By the way, your side notched scraper is fairly rare. I have only seen one ( 1 ) personally.
Harley
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DeanW
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Post by DeanW on Jan 21, 2009 13:22:30 GMT -5
Those are some awesome points!
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