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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[irbaddadjoe]

Very interesting site . May prove helpful for some of my other finds. Not enough on the sinkers though. Thanks , I appreciate your help

 

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[goldencoin]

The holes could have been made by a preditor, which is likely becuase they are not hatched or cracked.

HH
-GC

 

[Michelle]

Brazos River Wood, Texas, term for agatized wood that was probably reworked from the Chataholua Formation of Eocene age and is now found in gravel deposits in the Brazos River in southeastern Texas.......................Apparently there have also been findings during a Brazos River Clean-up on 4/3/2004. ... where they picked up numerous rocks with embedded fossilized shells......still researching

 

[EDDE]

um geodes

 

[Michelle]

um geodes

excellant as mentioned below "The holes could have been made by a preditor"

 

[EDDE]

more likely a person drilling holes in them to see if they were hollow enough for cutting on a wet saw
geodes have no known predators

 

[EDDE]

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/cockpit/8882/geodef.html

 

[Michelle]

more likely a person drilling holes in them to see if they were hollow enough for cutting on a wet saw
geodes have no known predators

:P

 

[irbaddadjoe]

geode theory has some interesting points on web site you sent Baron but I only seen one example of specimens being similiar . Could there be 24 or more with almost exact charateristics. and these are perfectly egg shape with no dimples or dip outs or rough edges. All I know about Geodes are if cut into most are hollow with very attractrive crystalized showing inside. These are solid all the way through and when cut into its more like limestone. Im posting some more pictures with one I cut in half with a hacksaw. I hope you can get some what of better view . I got to get me a good camera.

 

[EDDE]

They look exactly like some stones we found, that were used by some tribes of indians , thrown off a stick, with a piece of leather on it, that gets "whipped" forward.


a sling i beleive its called or a variation of it
maybe a stick to true up its straight forward trajectory

 

[irbaddadjoe]

I certainly appreciate any and all opinions. I wish there was a way that ya'll could see these up close and handle them.

 

[deepsix47]

I can't tell for sure by the picture of the holes but they appear to have a cone like appearance at the beginning. This would indicate manmade because of the common type of drilling technique used in the past (hollow reed, water, sand). Perhaps they were tested and found to be to hard.

The Baron suggested possibly sling projectiles. Although possible, I would think not. I use a sling often and my research has shown that sling projectiles are generally much larger. I've also experimented with different projectiles and have found that the larger projectiles have better range and are far more accurate.

Nice find. I'd be tempted to take a couple of them in to a local University or Museum and ask them. Again, nice find.
Deepsix

 

[irbaddadjoe]

I took them to the Ft. worth Museum of science and history and they too thought they were interesting but hadn't seen anything like them and didnt know what they were. Do you have any suggestions what college or who would someone I could take them to in the Texas area. Thanks deepsix for your input.

 

[deepsix47]

I took them to the Ft. worth Museum of science and history and they too thought they were interesting but hadn't seen anything like them and didnt know what they were. Do you have any suggestions what college or who would someone I could take them to in the Texas area. Thanks deepsix for your input.

If it were me I'd take them to Texas A&M. They have an excellent Archaeology program.
Deepsix

 

[EDDE]

take ONE not all of them!!!! they might decide they need them more then you!

 

[deepsix47]

take ONE not all of them!!!! they might decide they need them more then you!

I agree with the Baron. Take one that is whole and one that you've split. See what they say.
Deepsix

 

[irbaddadjoe]

I appreciate it guys.

 

[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

 

[nahabit]

I think this is shrapnell

 

[SallyT]

I was thinking they could go on the end of knitting needles... but the size of the "egg" seems heavy for the size of the hole. Knitting needles can be very, very skinny - like less than 1 mm ... and were used in the Victorian era for making knitted beaded bags - the needles were sooooo skinny they were called "knitting pins" in the instructions.