New Members DJ Moore Posted July 8, 2022 New Members Share Posted July 8, 2022 Are these Dino bones or just strange rocks? how can I verify or get them documented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Welcome to TFF from Austria! The second one looks like concrete or mortar, there are also some air bubbles - man made stuff. The first one is more tricky, I am hesitating guessing anything! Would you like to give some background information? Where do these items come from? Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members DJ Moore Posted July 8, 2022 Author New Members Share Posted July 8, 2022 I’m located in central Indiana USA. I’ve lived in this location nearly 30 years at the edge of a corn/bean field. I’ve found collected various rocks over the years. But when I came across the one that looks like a tooth, I thought it was a strange shape. Closer I looked, it was very much lighter than any rock similar in size. I washed it a bit and found a small fissure in the side. It seems there is a cavity inside this rock/tooth (it might be kinda hollow). this was probably a no no in the fossil world, but I took a grinding wheel to it and it particulates/grinds off differently than any rock. also sticky to the tongue, not smooth. Im not sure that’s a real thing. I read that is a way to distinguish rock from bone fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members DJ Moore Posted July 8, 2022 Author New Members Share Posted July 8, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon1955 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 howdy and welcome to the forum. your first 3 pictures appear to be bone but most likely a large mammal astragalus. my amateur impression is that it is a recent cow foot bone and not a dinosaur. perhaps one of the forum's experts can be more definitive. @Harry Pristis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Bovid astragalus. For comparison: 1 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...
ClearLake Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Yes, the first one is a bovid astralagus as Harry has shown above. It is bone, but may be relatively modern. It is definitely not dinosaur as you said is was found in Indiana and there are no dinosaurs to be found in central Indiana ( the surficial deposits are much too young - Ice Age, and the bedrock is all Paleozoic, too old for dinosaurs). The second one does not look like a fossil to me, could just be some sort of weathered rock, but I also wouldn't rule out a chunk of cement as someone else suggested based on these pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 2 hours ago, DJ Moore said: And this one shows clear signs of being cut with a circular saw with the appropriate stone cutting blade. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Butchery " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members DJ Moore Posted July 9, 2022 Author New Members Share Posted July 9, 2022 9 hours ago, digit said: And this one shows clear signs of being cut with a circular saw with the appropriate stone cutting blade. Cheers. -Ken Yes I touched it to the grinder to test it. It basically dusted it. it’s also hollow. I think I’m going to cut it longitudinal with a fine cutting wheel. I will post the cross section results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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