What are they?

[irbaddadjoe]

Look like fossilized bird eggs but some are quartz and they all have holes drilled in one end . what are they, and who drilled them and why? a few pics of some other finds. thanks for any opinions.

 

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[Michelle]

where did you find them ? Are they rock or some kind of metal?

 

[blurr]

Look like fossilized bird eggs but some are quartz and they all have holes drilled in one end . what are they, and who drilled them and why? a few pics of some other finds. thanks for any opinions.

If they were made of lead I would say they were fishing sinkers. If they are made of stone I suppose they could still be somekind of weight.

John

 

[irbaddadjoe]

They seem to be stone or petrified and some are seem to be quartz. Heres a couple of pics magnified 60X of the hole and side,

 

[Michelle]

I'd hate to keep asking ? but are the holes and sizes of each one about the same? I'm thinking maybe some kind of an old (old as in a good/nice/ancient) necklace! such as: http://www.africantradebeads.com/Product_Index/Stone/stone.html

 

[whitesid]

i agree with Michelle

 

[dg39]

The holes are only on one end and not drilled all the way through
Then not a necklace. Something else.

 

[irbaddadjoe]

They are only drilled on one end . I took a tooth pick and stuck in the ones that where pretty much clear and it went in about 1/8 inch. If needed I can post more pictures of what parts of these you need . I have scope that I can magnify up to 200x but its hard seeing what your looking at not actually seeing whats being magnified. I appreciate ya'lls help in figuring these.

 

[irbaddadjoe]

I found 2 dozen of them in a wash out in the open without digging around. There is no telling how many of these there may be buried. I thought I would try to figure out what they are then go see if I can find more.

 

[dg39]

They could very well be the heads on stick pins from your description of the holes depth. far out idea, but thats what comes to mind first. Hat pins etc.

 

[irbaddadjoe]

They seem kinda of heavy for a stick but I guess everything was quite heavy back when. One idea that someone had given me was that they could have been bird eggs that someone or something had drilled a small hole in to drink the insides. Because some them certainly look like eggs, but then the quartz ones. Could an egg mineralize to quartz during the fossilization .

 

[Michelle]

http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/PETROLGY/Leaverite-Unrocks.HTM have you researched the thought?

 

[Michelle]

I'd hate to keep asking ? but are the holes and sizes of each one about the same? I'm thinking maybe some kind of an old (old as in a good/nice/ancient) necklace! such as: http://www.africantradebeads.com/Product_Index/Stone/stone.html

http://www.oldbeads.com/americas.html Half drilled beads

 

[irbaddadjoe]

Thanks Michelle, I'll check out those links.

 

[Gribnitz]

Definately man made. If it was just one you could rule it out as nature, but everyone of those looks the same. Vrey strange they don't go all the way through. Maybe they were started, but never finished beads ? Very cool finds though and keepers

 

[irbaddadjoe]

The holes look exactly like those of the ancient beads that Michelle showed me except for the fact they dont go all the way through. And the thought of them being unfinished had occurred to me except for the reasoning of them being unfinished at the same depth? Of course what ever was being used as a bit could have only been that long and they were going to get as far as they could before building a new bit

 

[Michelle]

here may be another thought......http://www.organicjewelry.com/stones.html Im pretty much sold on the Indian beads.....not sure what era yet...Ill look more at it tomorrow....School for Sam gotta get some sleep!

 

[irbaddadjoe]

If it helps . These were found in central Texas about 45 miles west of Ft Worth. The area has small mountains , wooded with oak and mesquite and surrounded by the Brazos River with lots of Native American history but I have never seen any artifacts like these . It is also rumored that Cordova's expedition had once made there way through the area, there is is a small community near that is called Cordova camp supposedly where the expedition had actually camped . I haven't never found anything based on facts only local folklore. But makes sense cause the river goes to the coast . The town was built around the healing powers of crazy water. It had grand hotels with healing mineral baths that had people from around the world coming to. Along with a military base that trained 90% of the helicopters pilots of the vietnam war. But the hotels and the base are now closed , so not as quite as active. Anyway , just a little history of locale.

 

[Michelle]

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/TX-FortPhantom.html Very interesting history! Awesome!

 

[Michelle]

http://www.hf.uio.no/iakh/forskning/sarc/iakh/lithic/index.html I keep coming up with other ideas.....Net sinkers.....just a thought again!