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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: SA on June 13, 2010, 02:34:28 pm

Title: fossil spear ?
Post by: SA on June 13, 2010, 02:34:28 pm

a farmer showed this to me in noble co. okla. while i was surveying , he had it in his field. looks like a clovis spear but im  no expert. it is about 8 ft long embeaded in limestone , pretty cool, tell me what you think......
 thanks,sa

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Title: Re: fossil spear ?
Post by: mullet on June 13, 2010, 10:16:59 pm

 That's real hard to tell from the pictures.

Title: Re: fossil spear ?
Post by: Mechslasher on June 13, 2010, 11:32:14 pm

i'm guessing that limestone was laid down long before man walked across okla.  i could be wrong... 

Title: Re: fossil spear ?
Post by: SA on June 14, 2010, 01:20:19 am

see if that helps sorry for the bad pic.

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Title: Re: fossil spear ?
Post by: sailordad on June 14, 2010, 01:49:34 am

i spotted it in the first pic
but im with mechslasher on this one
dont know how it would have gotten in the limestone
but i think if it was mine i would take it to the closest archeologist i could find and see what they think
could be hes yanking your chain too  ;)

Title: Re: fossil spear ?
Post by: mullet on June 14, 2010, 10:00:01 am

 I'd lean more towards a fossilized cattail or other plant life.