bigun whats'it/doorstop

[nunyabiz111]

can only wonder what buddy thinks I wanted to 'borrow' this for.....also; even heavier than it manages to look!

















sorta in-situ at the time after dropped back into the water near spot it was found:





bunga bunga, eh

 

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[Indian Steve]

Really Cool water worn rock.

 

[Buckleberry]

Really Cool water worn rock.

Agree

 

[pepperj]

Looks like there's more to it than just water erosion on the piece.
Cool looking item

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Water worn rock, found hundreds of them in Missouri creeks and streams.

Nice shape, it would make a good door stop.

 

[Fat]

What you do have is some great looking cobble. Clear water and no moss.
Look at your toes pointing upstream-ish, focus just in front of toe, use a golf club stick with a big spoon taped to it, use it to help you poke that rock around and push/pull move this one, pick it up, drop it, cycle threw, concentrate and go slow, look at them all, you Will pick up something great.

 

[Charl]

I guess some will see differential weathering. It’s a pretty cool imitation of what I might expect the preform for what is known as a Great Pipe might look like. Too big, but they were upwards of a foot long in some cases....And that does resemble steatite as well....

https://arrowheads.com/index.php/pipes/502-the-great-pipes

 

[dirstscratcher]

Hmmm, that looks like the material is uniform throughout. Usually when you see eroded rocks with grooves, it's layered with softer material that erodes faster. That also looks like soapstone. I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand as natural. It would be interesting to see it up close and personal.

 

[nunyabiz111]

What you do have is some great looking cobble. Clear water and no moss.

it's very much seasonal. I'll let you know this "stream", as first described, was on the receiving end of some of the heaviest upland ag soil erosion issues documented in Canada (only after the whole watershed got drained out from over a century's worth of built up splash ponds and dams). still not uncommon to see it turn opaque even during the winter months

 

[Fat]

I think the seasonal changes like you describe are common in all water sheds. You have to pick up when then picking is good. The flooding will wash stuff out here, cover it there. Keep working it and you will find the good stuff

 

[Charl]

Hmmm, that looks like the material is uniform throughout. Usually when you see eroded rocks with grooves, it's layered with softer material that erodes faster. That also looks like soapstone. I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand as natural. It would be interesting to see it up close and personal.

Yep, and that’s why it reminded me of a Great Pipe. We had a member here who found one in a stream years ago. People told him it was fake, as I recall, but it turned out to be as genuine as it gets. Anyway, I can picture differential weathering, but strange if it came out looking like a preform for a steatite Great Pipe. Certainly looks way out of place amidst the completely different pebbles seen in the in-situ as well. I’m not dismissing it out of hand either, and for much the same reasons....

 

[Charl]

See if you can determine if it is steatite/soapstone. If it is, then that is no water worn rock....

 

[DaveSmith]

it looks like the same black, heavy, very dense stone, that I have found made into tools on my place also. I haven't found a source for that material here.

 

[GaRebel1861]

That’s a very interesting piece. I can’t make up my mind if i think it’s a preform or a really cool water worn rock. I’d keep it until someone from your local area that knows artifacts looks at it. Good luck.

 

[nunyabiz111]

See if you can determine if it is steatite/soapstone. If it is, then that is no water worn rock....

superficial as this is, would you assume this knicknack (from the same stream) to be of the same type or composite as the OP rock?













it might need a bit of additional scrubbing; never been sure about these things

 

[dirstscratcher]

You just changed my mind on the bigun. I'm now guessing they are both natural erosion.

 

[Charl]

superficial as this is, would you assume this knicknack (from the same stream) to be of the same type or composite as the OP rock?


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it might need a bit of additional scrubbing; never been sure about these things

I don’t know if that’s the same material, but what you’re holding is an example of differential weathering.....

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Both are water worn weather stone not artifacts, I found a lot of them walking the streams and creeks in Missouri.