Artifact question

[RGINN]

I really thought I saw this posted on here, but I can't find it now. It was for sale on a website, somebody bought it, and I was just wondering if the person who bought it got any more info with it.

 

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[Injunbro]

Used for shaping & smoothing arrow shafts.

 

[RGINN]

Used for shaping & smoothing a,rrow shafts.

No it wasn't. It was presented as 'fits perfectly in the hand', and someone posted it, and I found it for sale on a website, where it was presented as 'fits perfectly in the left hand, maybe Indian brass knuckles.' I was just wondering if the person who posted it had bought it, and if they got some info with it about where it was found, maybe what else it was found in relation too.

 

[NC field hunter]

I've seen that piece posted for sale also. I may be wrong but I think it was on a site called iceageartifacts. Not 100% sure. What do you think it is RGINN? I'm not sure it is an artifact.

 

[quito]

Looks completely natural to me from what I can see.

 

[Charl]

I've seen that piece posted for sale also. I may be wrong but I think it was on a site called iceageartifacts. Not 100% sure. What do you think it is RGINN? I'm not sure it is an artifact.

Right you are. It's down aways on this page:

Indian stone war hammers, axe, celt and tool sale

I used google's "search by image" feature(not to be confused with image search), and found it. First time that actually worked....

 

[Charl]

Iceageartifacts is one strange website anyway. I did not even know they sold artifacts. Never got past their page of ridiculous "effigies" before. Feel sorry for whoever bought into that tale.....

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Their spirit animals and ice age animal pages destroy all chance of credibility for me personally, and who ever paid $485 for it, I have thousands of such finds if interested, just give me a week to fly to Missouri and start picking up rocks in the creeks....

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Wow, just wow!! People really need to educate themselves before they start buying pieces.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Wow, just wow!! People really need to educate themselves before they start buying pieces.

Especially $500 pieces..

 

[rock]

I think that one was posted on here and somebody called fossil on it. 485 dang Id be rich with buyers like that. I got a whole tub of brokes I can sell that are real broken artifacts

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Hate to say it, buy a fool and his money are soon parted.

 

[NC field hunter]

That website is to blame for some of my first post here on t-net. I hunted points for years before I ever studied them. I didn't get far into my study at all before I ran across that site. Looking at their prices made me scared to leave any rocks behind. They had me for a while. I noticed their inventory didn't sell fast. That, along with you guys got me back in line.

 

[Tnmountains]

I still have some rock things that fit in your hand. I know they are not anything but dang they sure do fit ! I remember seeing that piece posted here....

 

[Rowdy Yates]

This eBay seller is a "piece of work"......

Ancient California Indian Artifact Effigy of A Fish Dolphin Seal Carved Into One | eBay

Rick

 

[Tnmountains]

This eBay seller is a "piece of work"......

Ancient California Indian Artifact Effigy of A Fish Dolphin Seal Carved Into One | eBay

Rick

That is crazy! Where ya been Rowdy Yates? Good seeing you.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Some folks are so gullible the will believe anything. If someone buys that they need to be committed for observation....

 

[Charl]

You can start with the fact that the rock was once part of a geological formation. Sedimentary in nature, meaning laid down in annual layers before becoming rock. Some layers were softer then others. These photos give you an idea of how the rock in this thread ended up looking like it does. It's a result of what's called differential weathering. The softer layers simply erode more in the wind, as seen in the features seen below. The rock in this thread is just a fragment of a layered formation of sedimentary rock that underwent differential weathering via wind erosion. So this is one possibility to explain why it looks the way it does. The sculpting seen was not produced by human hands.

http://space.io9.com/this-is-the-slowest-and-most-destructive-process-on-ear-1646507947

 

[Mark Todd]

Ha ha! Seen that sight myself in the past, the " Paleo Art " section is a real piece of comedy. Makes one wonder how naive people can become.
My own thoughts were that the site host offers so called "artifacts" for $'s or best offer and then sells the item for a much lower price, but just marks the item "sold" in order to create the notion that they were purchased at the asked price. Regardless the whole words a stage and there are way too many actors!

 

[Gold Maven]

I seriously doubt if it actually sold, especially for that kind of money.

More than likely, imo, a scam artist building up a fake provenance, so that some one down the line can get swindled.