Found this along a creek. Does this hole look man made?

[Shiloh]

 

[Treasureman25]

It does to me

 

[arrow86]

Can you take up close pics of the hole , any visible drill marks ?

 

[joshuaream]

Without seeing the inside of the hole it can be hard to tell. But based on the rock, I think it's natural.

The inside of a drilled hole will usually have some particular marks depending on how it was drilled, but by and large it should be relatively smooth and any high points should be worn down. Natural holes can result from lots of different processes, but in the case of a fossil void or crystal pocket the insides usually have some "texture" that would probably be worn or smoothed by the drilling action. (It's not the same process but think about a drilled hole in wood, or a bullet hole in wood.)

 

[newnan man]

It appears to be natural. More pics of both sides would help as would your location. Good eye to find it in a creek.

 

[Relicgrubber]

Also... Most holes drilled in rock by the abo's are slightly conical from both sides of the hole ime.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

With that type of stone I'd have to say a natural hole.

 

[Tdog]

I agree... natural.

 

[choo]

I agree natural

 

[A2coins]

Interesting I would have picked it up also

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Interesting I would have picked it up also

I too would have picked it up, looked inside the hole to see if any of the fossil was still left in there, and then most likely tossed it back down.

 

[Shiloh]

both sides

 

[Shiloh]

Found in Shiloh Tennessee.

 

[arrow86]

Pics of the inside of the hole is what would help really determine maybe hold under a light and zoom in on the hole but as others stated it looks natural

 

[Shiloh]

View attachment 1791536

 

[Shiloh]

 

[uniface]

Looks like pretty clear drilling in that picture.

Or like a crinoid stem eroded out of it (?)

 

[Relicgrubber]

Not Drilling... Most def a fossilized imprint of something.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Looks like a fossil imprint inside the hole so erosion is what most likely formed that hole.

 

[Tdog]

Or like a crinoid stem eroded out of it (?)

Yes!