Petrified wood and some sort of stone tool

[Phil_shiffley]

Hi there,

I'm wondering if someone could help with a couple things. I was searching for petrified wood just south of Ellensburg, WA and ended up finding quite a bit. When I went home and washed it all, I realized a few pieces were some sort of stone tool. I'm just wondering if anyone knows the time period that makes sense for this area, and maybe can give me a rough window of when they were made. I'll post a photo of everything I've found that fits in my hand a little too well to be a coincidence (especially with a sharp edge on the correct side every time), and a close up of the scraper tool. I'm also wondering if they're made of petrified wood (some have sticks in them but some are whitef
ish)

I also am wondering about another piece of petrified wood. There are lots of "sticks" and twig segments stuck in this larger piece of some kind of mineral. Just wondering how a piece like this is made and what exactly I am looking at.

Thanks for the help!

Scraper too: https://i.imgur.com/A7myVos.jpg

All possible tools(?): https://i.imgur.com/7j6VnSv.jpg

Petrified wood chunk:
Https://i.imgur.com/PyyhcSf.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wWFF3iX.jpg

 

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Scraper tool


All possible tools(?)


Petrified Wood Chunk
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[vpnavy]

Phil - If no one can identify your finds - you might consider posting your pictures on GEOLOGICAL > ROCKS/GEMS for additional exposure.

 

[Older The Better]

I do see stone tool shapes in there but it looks like they were quick and dirty tools. Nothing really dateable.

 

[A2coins]

Good to ask the rock forum would give you more info I think looks like you found some cool stuff

 

[Reanm8er]

Congrats Phil and welcome to TNet! It looks like you're a danged good pet wood hunter! It's not uncommon to find petrified wood that's turned to agate. Agate
was a preferred mineral for primitive tools and you've found a whole bed of it. When you find a lot of pieces in one place it often indicates a place where a toolmaker flaked out preforms and worked them down into basic shapes. That being said there's probably quite a bit more where these came from. The large chunk is a really nice specimen and would probably bring a descent price.

Best wishes!

 

[Phil_shiffley]

Hi there,

I'm wondering if someone could help with a couple things. I was searching for petrified wood just south of Ellensburg, WA and ended up finding quite a bit. When I went home and washed it all, I realized a few pieces were some sort of stone tool. I'm just wondering if anyone knows the time period that makes sense for this area, and maybe can give me a rough window of when they were made. I'll post a photo of everything I've found that fits in my hand a little too well to be a coincidence (especially with a sharp edge on the correct side every time), and a close up of the scraper tool. I'm also wondering if they're made of petrified wood (some have sticks in them but some are whitef
ish)

I also am wondering about another piece of petrified wood. There are lots of "sticks" and twig segments stuck in this larger piece of some kind of mineral. Just wondering how a piece like this is made and what exactly I am looking at.

Thanks for the help!

Scraper too: https://i.imgur.com/A7myVos.jpg

All possible tools(?): https://i.imgur.com/7j6VnSv.jpg

Petrified wood chunk:
Https://i.imgur.com/PyyhcSf.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wWFF3iX.jpg

Sorry about that! A lot of forums require you to upload your images to a host like imgur, good to know i can just upload them from now on

 

[Phil_shiffley]

Congrats Phil and welcome to TNet! It looks like you're a danged good pet wood hunter! It's not uncommon to find petrified wood that's turned to agate. Agate
was a preferred mineral for primitive tools and you've found a whole bed of it. When you find a lot of pieces in one place it often indicates a place where a toolmaker flaked out preforms and worked them down into basic shapes. That being said there's probably quite a bit more where these came from. The large chunk is a really nice specimen and would probably bring a descent price.

Best wishes!

Thank you very much for the reply! I have buckets full of the larger chunks, so that's really nice to know for now, I'm more of the person who would buy something like this than to sell it, but great to know for the future when my collection gets too big I'll be going back this weekend to see what I can find. There are thousands of really small flakes all over the hill side, must be all of the shavings from tool making eh?

Looking forward to sharing more and checking out all of your guys' cool finds as well!!

Thanks!

 

[HuntinDog]

Phil,
Those are some great pieces.
That big one is cool
Keep hunting

and ​Welcome to TreasureNet

 

[Phil_shiffley]

Phil,
Those are some great pieces.
That big one is cool
Keep hunting

and ​Welcome to TreasureNet

Thanks, and I will! I didn't know anyone else would find them as cool as I do. I'll post some photos of some other pieces soon! Heading back to the honey hole in the morning