cmenokla
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Good come back!!!!! LOL Really
If you are talking about what I posted please go to the treasure signs and symbols treads for bigger picture. I used someone else picture. There are many pictures that can be viewed.can you post a plus size image? meaning the one you post is kind a small
It would be hard for me to say on your pictures exactly what you have.in order to make a claim you need to see it as a whole. Using just a spot on a rock does not give enough information. It's has a lot to do with the over all shape of her stone along with the depression and etching. Have you done any work with ancient sign and symbolism? The use of a stones material make up is not the important part. What museum did you say you worked for? Maybe I could sent you some pieces to study.Sedimentary geologist and invertebrate paleontologist here. Although ichnofossils (trace fossils) are not my specialty (I work with foraminifera and diatoms) my masters thesis advisor is a world renowned, incredibly well published trace fossil expert. I picked up quite a bit of his knowledge as a TA for his invertebrate courses at the university.
In my opinion, the markings/grooves on the sandstone look to be trace fossils, worm burrows specifically. The OP stated that there was no way they could be worm burrow because the sandstone sample is "hard stone". Trace fossils are preserved in sedimentary rocks, typically sandstones and mudstones. The sediment is soft when the organisms live within it. However, during event deposits (underwater landslides, etc), sufficient material can be deposited over the top of these soft sediments causing a number of things to occur. First, compaction of the soft sediment from the weight of the overburden; second, dewatering of the soft sediment; and lastly, this is occurring in an anoxic environment, essentially entombing these soft bodied creatures in an environment that leads to extremely slow decomposition, thus preserving the void spaces in which they lived.
To say that there is no way they are worm burrows because it is a 'hard stone' is ludicrous. How else would trace fossils be preserved? Why do we find the vast majority of mollusk, benthic foraminifera and many other aquatic fossils in solid rock? Why? Because the sediment composing that rock was soft when those organisms lived within it.
Of course, there is always the possibility that it's a fossilized chicken nugget from the late Miocene.
Is this a treasure map also?
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who ever said it is a 3" rock it is more likely than not the final piece to a puzzel and/or the "X" will lead us to yet another stone, tree, rock, map, treasure. READ and Learn. Does not hurt to think "OUTSIDE" the box either.
Scrappy Darlin, think you should take a look at the photos in my new post. Not worms... sorry for you, HAPPY for me.
Sedimentary geologist and invertebrate paleontologist here. Although ichnofossils (trace fossils) are not my specialty (I work with foraminifera and diatoms) my masters thesis advisor is a world renowned, incredibly well published trace fossil expert. I picked up quite a bit of his knowledge as a TA for his invertebrate courses at the university.
In my opinion, the markings/grooves on the sandstone look to be trace fossils, worm burrows specifically. The OP stated that there was no way they could be worm burrow because the sandstone sample is "hard stone". Trace fossils are preserved in sedimentary rocks, typically sandstones and mudstones. The sediment is soft when the organisms live within it. However, during event deposits (underwater landslides, etc), sufficient material can be deposited over the top of these soft sediments causing a number of things to occur. First, compaction of the soft sediment from the weight of the overburden; second, dewatering of the soft sediment; and lastly, this is occurring in an anoxic environment, essentially entombing these soft bodied creatures in an environment that leads to extremely slow decomposition, thus preserving the void spaces in which they lived.
To say that there is no way they are worm burrows because it is a 'hard stone' is ludicrous. How else would trace fossils be preserved? Why do we find the vast majority of mollusk, benthic foraminifera and many other aquatic fossils in solid rock? Why? Because the sediment composing that rock was soft when those organisms lived within it.
Of course, there is always the possibility that it's a fossilized chicken nugget from the late Miocene.
Is this a treasure map also?
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Well FreeBird, why did they leave large monuments on mountain sides. Read up before you step off that cliff. Have you ever heard of Superstitious Mountain. You guys like making a fools of yourselves making comments on subjects you know nothing about. This Web site is called Treasure Net. There are plenty forms of treasure. You can be ship wreck hunter, coin shooter, or a cache hunter. And many other forms. This falls under cache hunting and artifacts. Those guys will argue. Like those naysayers they are uninformed. The only thing I can come up with why you naysayers are here is to suppress knowledge. I'm keeping up with who you are.I don't have the ambition to read 12 pages about a rock, but here's my take. The whole point of a treasure map is to find treasure SOMEWHERE ELSE. Why on earth would you think a "treasure map rock" would be left to find treasure at the same spot? Sorry, you can dream all you want, but it's just a rock. And even if it is a magic "treasure map rock", it wasn't made to find treasure there.