Petrified wood, dinosaur turd, or rock?

TKinVA

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Found this in a hole i was digging while detecting in VA. Didnā€™t look like any other rock Iā€™ve ever seen here. I swear the outside looks like bark to me... might be crazy.. ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1594331187.832735.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1594331207.175904.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1594331218.086603.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1594331228.453259.jpg
 

CrankyBuzzard

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Could be coprolite, but Iā€™m no expert. Iā€™m sure the Dino poop guys will chime in soon.

Either way, cool piece.
 

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Back-of-the-boat

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I think coprolite also as it looks like fossilized plant matter inside specimen and it doesn't have ring pattern like petrified wood has.
 

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bowwinkles

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Hmm looks like something that was spotted in the main bathroom in Washington DC. :tongue3:
 

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riptide2u

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If it registered as containing metal then it could be slag or similar trash. If your real lucky it could be a meteorite. Those can be worth quite a bit. I don't actually know what it is though.
Does it set off the detector, or was it just dug up while searching for a metal object?
 

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Thatguy

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Whatever it is it has the ugliest cleavage Iā€™ve ever seen.
 

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