PETRIFIED FINGER/TOE?

[keezer29]

I found this in a creek and thought I could make a story up to my kids about some indian who lost his finger fighting a grizzly bear, but now I think it might be real. What do you think?

 

[DD-777]

Probably fossilized plant stem or a piece of chalcedony. Cool looking regardless...

 

[BioProfessor]

It's a combination of Mother nature and cloud watching.

Daryl

 

[Woodland Detectors]

LOL! Plehbah Thats just kinda morbid dude! keep your fingers out of my soup!

 

[BioProfessor]

Stay away from Wendy's then.

Daryl

 

[boogeyman]

This is an easy riddle to solve, with no pesky mathematics required.

When you boil it in water with potatoes, does it make soup?

Boil it add a small sprinkle of salt, eat! Don't forget to spit out the little crunchy bit in the middle Bo Griss got nothing on me

If that doesn't do it for you, keep it in your pocket. Tell the kids That's what happened to the last kid I caught picking his nose, or look what I found in the gum ball machine Hay, it'll keep em from hounding you for a quarter every time you pass a gumball machine

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Hahahahahahahaha!LMAO@ picking his nose that is hillarious!

 

[jrwill56]

get a magnifying glass ,look for finger prints

 

[truckinbutch]

Worst case; if you carry it with you you can always count to eleven

 

[UncleVinnys]

or TWELVE if you're a guy . . .

 

[Woodland Detectors]

A tip to get huge responses from humans. You must find stones that resemble body parts.

 

[boogeyman]

get a magnifying glass ,look for finger prints

Send it to Miami CSI! They'll do a whole weeks worth of episodes on it!

Find body parts Yup, Boogeymans mind just rolled off the curb Lessee.......... That reply will probably get at least Ummmm......... at least 5 of us banned

 

[Iron Patch]

I didn't read all the replies so maybe the joke is up... but I'm close to convinced. The pitting on the nail is where it is expected to be on a finger nail and could have been a condition at the time of death.

 

[UncleVinnys]

I didn't read all the replies so maybe the joke is up... but I'm close to convinced. The pitting on the nail is where it is expected to be on a finger nail and could have been a condition at the time of death.

Yeah, I' sure to get banned for my off-color comments!

Yeah . . . makes you wonder exactly how deep he had to dig to find this "stone"

 

[Tnmountains]

Post it in the fossil section on T-net and maybe Harry Priest will jump in and tell you exactly what it is and show you one just like it,,,of the other toe,,lol great forum in Fossils see what you find out.
TnMountains

 

[nebstater]

You're right, you could make a good story.

And no, I don't believe that it's the real McCoy.

 

[Sir Digs-A-Lot]

Maybe it broke off of a statue or is a piece of a plaster or resin casting of a hand.

 

[oldsledz]

I think you may have found Jimmy Hoffa!

 

[Ed-NH]

I don't think humans have been around long enough to fossilize have they? I guess natural formation or some form or artwork.

 

[dirtfisherrob]

Probably fossilized plant stem or a piece of chalcedony. Cool looking regardless...

I agree

 

[stones]

A Great Find !
And yes it looks like a finger tip.

I have found petrified fingers and toes as well . One line of thought is that flesh can petrify in a few hundred years in the right conditions ( maybe) and another line of thought is that for something to petrify may take at the least 10,000 to 12,000 years or more ( most likely ). I havefound petrified digits of three different substances, one of chert or flint like stone, one of chalky substance, and one of quartz. The quartz one is very interesting with a small deposit of red substance locked in the quartz.

Some professional persons I've contacted say it isn't possible for flesh to petrify and these items are just rocks with interesting features. Its to bad they aren't interested to see the items in person or see the arrow point and bone, teeth and other items I also found. My interest is for discovery of a possible very old area and may rewrite a section of history. It seems that professional interest ends with written history rather than writing a new chapter.