New Members Jpetre Posted June 13, 2022 New Members Share Posted June 13, 2022 I found this clearing trees on our property in a coastal town in south Texas. It is rather heavy. At first we thought possible alligator egg as we have a lot of gators in this area…. we are also 3 miles from a river. Any help would be most appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 I believe it's one of those manmade marble eggs, think I see printing on the side of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Hi, Or a pebble well rolled by a river Coco 2 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Pareidolia : here Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Pretty sure I see raised printing on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 12 minutes ago, Lone Hunter said: Pretty sure I see raised printing on it. The last photo may show this being part of a layer in the rock which was more resistant to abrasion. The crack would have to be resistant to impact if it were river tumbled to this shape though. I'm not sure which seems more likely here. Human or nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 38 minutes ago, Lone Hunter said: Pretty sure I see raised printing on it. I'm sorry to have to disagree with you, but if you look closely at this photo, you'll notice that the part you are referring to belongs to a mineral vein running through the stone. I'm convinced that this is, as Coco has already suggested, a naturally water-worn pebble which has a uniform shape. Nature provides us with many of these anomalies. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 It is not a egg.They does not have the egg shell texture that you need. The apparent lettering is pareideilia; yeh i could see it and start to read it) and other raised rough areas are most likely mineral veins as Ludwigia suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 (edited) This is not an egg, but a stone. It does not have the texture, or the color of an egg. Here are some posts that should help (I know they are dinosaur egg guides, but they should still help): -Micah Edited June 13, 2022 by fossilhunter21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 The raised area does suggest lettering. In hand under a loupe, would be an advantage. If it is a manufactured piece, perhaps it is an artificial egg, utilized to stimulate laying hens. Is the locale a former farm or homesite? 1 1 Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Jpetre Posted June 14, 2022 Author New Members Share Posted June 14, 2022 No one has ever lived in this area…. This is the 3rd oldest settlement in Texas , full of Native Americans at one time in the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 8 minutes ago, Jpetre said: No one has ever lived in this area…. This is the 3rd oldest settlement in Texas , full of Native Americans at one time in the past Jpetre . . . Do you not see the contradiction in your assertion above?? The likeliest identification of the find is a "nest" egg. The egg may have been stolen by a chupacabra from a hen house miles away, then abandoned when the egg proved inedible. Or, it might have been a young rock-hound who appropriated the marble egg. However it ended up in your yard, it is a machine-made artifact, post Industrial Revolution in age. 2 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 10 hours ago, Jpetre said: No one has ever lived in this area…. This is the 3rd oldest settlement in Texas , full of Native Americans at one time in the past What county? The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, Jpetre said: No one has ever lived in this area…. This is the 3rd oldest settlement in Texas , full of Native Americans at one time in the past Interesting…. “No one has ever lived here”, “full of native americans at one time in the past” i leave this to be pondered. (edit: looks like harry noticed this as well) Edited June 14, 2022 by jpc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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