is this just a piece of wood? or am i crazy?

[tjspringfield]

i work at a sand mine and this came up from underground and it looks strange. its wood and it looks burned but not sure. it has a really weird shape to it. just wanted to see what everyone thought before I toss it

 

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[DizzyDigger]

It's a very cool looking ... something....my guess is it's a piece
of driftwood that floated into what is now your sand mine back when
it was still covered in ocean.

Still, even if it is just ancient driftwood, and has been buried in that
sand mine for what is likely millennia. It's not big...if it were me
I'd be saving it and displaying it in the house somewhere.

 

[FingerChili]

Very strange. Is it light like wood or heavy like petrified? Can wood even petrify in sand? Is there anything purple in your mine like paint, oil, hydraulic fluid or something?

I'm guessing it was some type of support or shim that landed in a spot on a machine like between conveyor belts or in a rotating drum like a rock polisher, where it kept rolling around getting beaten by sand until it was finally ejected.

 

[tjspringfield]

thanks for your input! its funny looking for sure

 

[tjspringfield]

theres plenty of POL's around here but not where tbis came from. and the way we have everything set up i dont think it was caught anywhere. it is pretty light and as it is drying its getting a littlee lighter. but its prettty hard when you knock on it. it doesnt flake or anything

 

[vpnavy]

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[Tony in SC]

Looks like a knot. The knot is last to rot !!

 

[bradyboy]

how do you know its wood?
Looks like a sand stone deposit
IMO

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

It does look like burnt wood, In your 4th picture I magnified it and it looks to have a tight wood grain which would make it a hardwood like oak.Still very cool I would display it and I agree probably a knot.(burl)

 

[Plumbata]

If it wasn't charred by fire, it also could be natural partially carbonized wood and very ancient. I don't know how old the sand deposits you're working are but whether or not it was burned if it is 10s of thousands of years old that piece of wood is worth keeping, it would be very interesting to some people.

 

[DownNDirty]

It looks like the head of the creature in Alien-the one that drools a lot (not Sigourney Weaver)