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[Red Earth]

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[Red Earth]

That post didn't come out in the right order or set up. I use my phone to do all of it so work with me if you can??!!??!! Sorry. Should I just do separate threads?

 

[GatorBoy]

The phone can be a big problem.
I usually can't get that many photos before the application crashes.. I lose everything and just give up.
Sorry I'm not much help..the small round piece might be a crinoid.

 

[Red Earth]

Yeah it crashed on me as well. Pretty irritating

 

[uglymailman]

What do I know? It takes a hell of a big dog to weigh a ton. All the rest is opinion and speculation.

 

[Red Earth]

That's fine. I found most of these in the same area. All from Illinois. They are my best fossils. At least most of my best fossils

 

[GatorBoy]

Also..the small piece with the angular lines looks like a piece of a kaolin clay pipe bowl from the early 1800's
British made.

 

[GatorBoy]

 

[Red Earth]

Its fossilized. But those do look very similar. I actually thought it was a broken piece to some sort of metal cast until I looked it over closely. I even ran a magnet over it to make sure. Lol

 

[GatorBoy]

Can you take a photo of the other side?
Is it smooth and concave on that side?
What about it makes it appear fossilized?

 

[Red Earth]

Here are the pics. Help any?

 

[Red Earth]

Need better light?

 

[GatorBoy]

Nope..that did it.
I have no clue..cool though.

 

[Red Earth]

Better shots

 

[Harry Pristis]

One possibility is that the object is a fragment from a conulariid exoskeleton.

 

[HenryWaltonJonesJr]

The long thin one looks a lot like a crinoid. The circular segments give it away. Looks like you have the stem (Seen below) and part of the top plant Very common in Illinois/Indiana...Ancient sea bed.