stone

Hello, I'm new to TreasureNet. I've been looking for any possible ideas on Google and elsewhere what this could be? My husband found it on his property in the house he grew up in, in Northern Ohio, and my father in law had it made into part of his fireplace. The story goes that when my...

hello all. Hope you’re doing well!! I found this when I was a kid on the bank of a river in northern Idaho just around the bend from a dam in Post Falls. I was told by a local rock guy that it looks like a kind of memorial stone I always thought it looked like a fossil but I was a kid. LOL...

I found this piece of stone on a rocky beach on the Oregon coast. As you can see, it has a small portion of what appear to be concentric rings with markings between the rings which give the appearance of being letters. Something with the shape of the letter “N” appears at least 5 times. Other...

I recently came across this boulder while exploring in central AZ. Does this boulder (pic 1) look manipulated? If so, what do you see? The main boulder, about 5ft tall, has a support stone (pic 2) leaning into it from behind. The support stone and main boulder form a perfectly nested 90...

Hey guys, I’ve been trying to learn different rock types because I believe it’ll help me identify Native American artifacts out in the field. Is this a piece of chert? It looks like some examples I’ve seen online. It is really hard and I can’t scratch it with a steel nail.

I bought this ages ago and cannot remember what it was. What do ya'll think? Im thinking its one of these.. or I could be wrong on both lol. Thanks!

Hello all, I work for a local quarry, and I often find deposits in the PA sandstone that look like this. My boss wants me to figure out what it is. It is not magnetic. I also might add, it is very heavy compared to normal sandstone. Thanks!

Hello. I found this large stone artifact while hiking this weekend, I thought it looked like an old weapon head or tool. It has hole indents on the top and bottom. Just looking for some information on what it could actually be, thank you.

What kind of rock is this? Here are some photos from different angles. Thanks.

Any ideas on this? I keep hearing "vesicular basalt" but this has me stumped. Found near Lone Mountain Nevada yesterday evening, was the ONLY rock like it within my field of view. It's heavy for it's size (about as heavy as 2 cans of pepsi), has what I think is a very worn fusion crust, has...

Hey guys! Just got home from an open market/yard sale thing and I found these beautiful stone things that I cannot figure out the function of. I thought they’re maybe for watercolor pigments and water but they’re too large. What do you think?

-Found in Sweetwater, TX -Non-Magnetic The closet thing I can find is the Odessa, TX Meteor Creator Museum's meteorite.

Here is some information about the stone: İt's transculent, hard, has moss trapped in it, it's been used for a tool.

Possible Native American maul (left photo)? The only reason I ask is it was found in a collection with other 'actual' mauls that have grooves for hafting. Also, it does seem to have some tip wear. This is the only photo I have...

Find this in Northwest Louisiana. Multi layer with multi color in the close outline of a toad on top. Flip it over and there is a clearly a toad on bottom... there's a chipped "mouth" all 4 nubs where the legs are. And a little froggy tail between the back legs. Can someone please help...

Hello! I found this rock in Cooperstown, New York. It doesn't worth anything probably but I am curious what kind of rock it is? It looks like a snake skin/ reptile skin. I found something on Google about the snakeskin agate but my stone doesn't look really like that. Thank you!

Hi, My name is Taylor, I am new to the forum. This is my first post 😊! I clear estate for a living and recently came across some interesting items. One of them is a black stone crystal type rock or mineral that has goldish? color specks throughout every stone. I have a handful of them and cant...

Hello, my dad has dig with excavator this stone 10 years ago in Italy, it was for a long time in house and i decide to find answer what really this stone is, i was searching like 10 hours but cant find anything similar? anyone have an idea what this is ?

Hi guys, I found this hammer/tool stone by my grandparents' farm here in central Saskatchewan. Any ideas of what its use might have been? Its about 4.5" long and 3" tall. Any input would be great! Cheers

Did my son find a meteor? - No, appears he didn't... Hi from England. Family and I were down on the English coast today looking for fossils and my son found what we though was a lump of rusty metal. We let him bring it home so we could google it but no luck. I think it might be a stone meteor...

Any info on this face effigy with 1 eye closed & other open? Is it supp.2 be good/ba Hi, I found this buried about 8inches deep in the ground under a huge tree !! There are Indian mounds all over the area and artifacts ...This was found in llano county !! I read somewhere that the Indians...

I found this stone while walking on the street, I took it up because it looked interesting and when I held it it was very heavy for a stone that size. I took my phone and measured with an EMF app, because an IPhone can mesure the magnetic field and the riding was like some kind of iron. When I...

I found this stone or rock or whatever I don't know what to call it, but I don't know what it is, can someone professional tell me what kind of stone is this and is it valuable or not?

I have a question what kind of stone is this? I believe that is obsidian because of it’s Glass like structure and because when i broke a bit of it it broke like obsidian and it was very sharp

i have found these rocks can anyone identify this plz?

Hi, I wondered if any experts could tell me what type of stone this is, its around 4" it looks as may have been a stone tool possibly, Thanks ahead .

Hey all I just started up this site to show some of the amazing stone art I've found in Western NY. If you love ancient art and stonework come to take a look. http://www.flintsflakedart.com

Hi, this is my first post. I've attached some photos of some carved animal/human figures that I've found in Stillwater and around Elk River, Minnesota. These are just a few of the more "obvious" pieces, so I'm pretty sure I'm not losing my mind and seeing things that aren't there (friends and...

This heavy greyish silver stone is not magnetic but sounds like steel when two piece are struck together. Density is something like lead or a heavy metal.

Hello all. New here and was just wondering if I could reach out to all the awesome people on this forum. I am interested in finding any other examples of timucuan artifacts related to effigies. I have in my posession an incredible carved steatite human effigy from central Florida. I am just...

Hi everyone, Just wondering is anyone knows what type of stones are in this necklace, and if they are valuable? Thanks in avance!

Does anyone have an idea of what type of stones these are, and if they are precious/semi-precious and worth something? I did my own research and got mixed feedback and info. I was told the large brown one with cream and dark brown cloudy swirls (in a decorative pin) is agate. The small cream...

Hello everyone, I found this Little Rock on my property in Texas while I was gardening, anyone have an idea of what it is?

I recently bought this ring and am trying to identify what it's made of. The seller said he dug it up, as is, in North Georgia USA. He polished it and set in stainless steel. Apparently, it was found in this circular shape when found.

Are these artifacts or broken rocks? I’m trying to learn to identify artifacts, and I’m not sure what I’m seeing. Thanks.

Went shell searching on the north shore of Oahu with my girlfriend and her mother who have lived on the island all their lives and we found a stone which neither of them can identify.

I got this rock today at one of those places in stores where you can fill a little bag with rocks. I could identify most of the rocks I got but this one is completely eluding me. I've been doing searches for it all evening and I still can't figure it out. It's about the size of a quarter, dark...

Did streak test silver matalic part streaks dark grey,black Rock part streaked red. They are not mixed together but hooked to each other. I though hematite and magnatite, but their attractions to a magnet is backwards for those. It is heavy and acclamates to hot or cold in less than a minute

Most of the metallic part is square granular and will flake,trying to identify. Streak test seamed like it was hematite and magnatite,but magnetic fields are opposite of those minerals. Also only a small part of what streaks like hematite is magnetic.any ideas what it is? a coworker found a...