odd shaped rock

[D.Day]

Can not id rock Found in iowa

 

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[Tejaas]

D.Day,

Your last xmsn came in broken and unreadable. Say again all after "can anyone help on" - over.

Standing by.

(Links busted, dude!)


~Tejaas~

 

[D.Day]

check for photo

 

[Tejaas]

If you get a chance post up a photo of the opposite side and an edge or two in addition to your first photo.

And a general location.

Your hand provides enough scale.


~Tejaas~

 

[D.Day]

Still blundering check for photo now thank you

 

[Tejaas]

And your location, por favor...


~Tejaas~

 

[D.Day]

I am in Iowa

 

[D.Day]

Need more photos to make a call? I am so new its not funny. My detect has been new penny's, bottle caps and foil

 

[D.Day]

and one bent mercury dime

 

[shoague]

congrats on the silver dime. It took 9 months for me to find my first

 

[D.Day]

Thank you What do you think of my photos

 

[Tejaas]

I'd say the coloration is pretty spot-on with the usual Iowa diorite/granite or gabbro... But your states DNR lists basalt as extremely common... So perhaps that is also a possibility.

Although diorite was commonly used for stone tools, your example appears to be a typical water/glacial worn cobble. No defined utilization wear to any one area, simply smoothed in general.

Thanks for sharing it!


~Tejaas~

 

[D.Day]

thank you It fits in my hand so nice was hoping might be more

 

[Tejaas]

thank you It fits in my hand so nice was hoping might be more

I hear ya, don't give up!
Your state is well known for artifacts of the same composition.

P.S. Stick around awhile here on TNET - if you haven't caught the artifact-hunting bug yet, you will after browsing the finds that come out of Iowa!


~Tejaas~