Is this what i think it is?

[itzyoboyandrew]

Looks like an effigy of a face IMO...



Nose is on the right side of the 2nd picture

first picture shows the 2 feathers on top of the head as well as the rather large nose..

So basically what im wondering is this an effigy or? Appears to be made of copper, found in southeast gerogia on an actual indian camp (have found an arrow head/pottery there..)

 

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[unclemac]

...it does look line catlinite however...search around for "pipestone" or "catlinite" effigy pendants and such variations.

 

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[itzyoboyandrew]

...it does look line catlinite however...search around for "pipestone" or "catlinite" effigy pendants and such variations.

Would it make a metal detector beep by any chance

 

[unclemac]

...not sure

 

[quito]

Explain to me how this perfect clasp was formed by nature.

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Hmmm. So that's what a perfect clasp looks like eh? And here I thought they just drilled holes in things back then to suspend them, let alone had working clasps. Must be a part missing on that one.

Seriously though, answering your question, well, thats what the geologist's are good at.

Maybe you could take this to the rock and mineral forum and see what they have to say. I bet they see more things that likely aren't artifacts, than we do over here.

You mentioned all the detail your piece has, I fail to see it. Have you wondered why they had room for a such huge shnozz and no room for making little eyes? You need to look at more actual effigies and pendants.

 

[quito]

Pipestone /Catlinite wont set off a metal detector.

 

[itzyoboyandrew]

Pipestone /Catlinite wont set off a metal detector.

Your still bypassing out how the other known effigies look no different/have similar style.

 

[quito]

Your still bypassing out how the other known effigies look no different/have similar style.

we are looking at two different things obviously. I see actual artifacts on one page, and a cool conglomeration of a pebble in another pic.

Why no eyes, ears, or mouth, chin or hair on a human effigy pendant? Why just a big bulbous nose that's way out of proportion and a neck that doesn't resemble a neck?

Really andrew,. Take this to the rock and mineral forum and you can probably get an amateur rock hound to tell you exactly what you have. I don't think you need a bonified geologist to make a call on this natural phenom imho.

 

[itzyoboyandrew]

we are looking at two different things obviously. I see actual artifacts on one page, and a cool conglomeration of a pebble in another pic.

Why no eyes, ears, or mouth, chin or hair on a human effigy pendant? Why just a big bulbous nose that's way out of proportion and a neck that doesn't resemble a neck?

Really andrew,. Take this to the rock and mineral forum and you can probably get an amateur rock hound to tell you exactly what you have. I don't think you need a bonified geologist to make a call on this natural phenom imho.

We must be. Because i see 2 feathers and a bandanna. Aswell as two gap/slits for eyes. You cant possibly say those other effigies have more detail than mine.

Ill post it in the mineral fourm at your bidding but im going to ask to please not argue/respond to this thread anymore.

 

[unclemac]

is that a clasp or feathers?...can't be both...it would be a pretty caricature indian if those are feathers with that big nose...something right out of Warner brothers.

 

[itzyoboyandrew]

is that a clasp or feathers?...can't be both...it would be a pretty caricature indian if those are feathers with that big nose...something right out of Warner brothers.

Why cant it be feathers and a clasp? Have you not heard of style? There bird effigies werent actually to scale either. Im tired of fighting this, i put up a post in the rock section, and someone said defiantly not pebbles globbed together. I have done what you ask, i will not continue this discussion.

 

[Buckleberry]

Geofact IMHO

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Take a close up picture of both sides of the hole, if it has been drilled there will be signs of the drilling... I have seen a lot of geofacts that were small and had holes in them formed by nature....

 

[unclemac]

Why cant it be feathers and a clasp? Have you not heard of style? There bird effigies werent actually to scale either. Im tired of fighting this, i put up a post in the rock section, and someone said defiantly not pebbles globbed together. I have done what you ask, i will not continue this discussion.

don't give up yet, we are not here to ridicule you, we want to know too. I showed it to a geologist and he asks...does a magnet stick to it?...I don't see if that was asked and answered.

 

[itzyoboyandrew]

don't give up yet, we are not here to ridicule you, we want to know too. I showed it to a geologist and he asks...does a magnet stick to it?...I don't see if that was asked and answered.

It is not magnetic

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[Mrdigz]

Are you sure it isn't part of a crab or lobster fossil? I have no idea what it is but maybe post on the fossil forum.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Please post clear in focus close pictures of the hole (clasp) and close up pictures of it from all angles....

 

[GeoW]

is that a clasp or feathers?...can't be both...it would be a pretty caricature indian if those are feathers with that big nose...something right out of Warner brothers.

or Cleveland.

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