Condor Posted September 30, 2015 #1 Posted September 30, 2015 Found this in a box of rocks. Looks like wood 'cept it's petrified......
CaptainJoe Posted September 30, 2015 #2 Posted September 30, 2015 You may have something there. Looks like the top piece of something the indians used to make a fire...
jakester Posted September 30, 2015 #3 Posted September 30, 2015 Looks like a tool kit for a first gen:)
cowpuc Posted September 30, 2015 #4 Posted September 30, 2015 Looks like a tool kit for a first gen:) Actually your pretty dog gone close there Jake,, that would be one of 6 of the equalizers Yamaha produced for each 1st Gen to make the race between the 1st n 2nd Gens fair.. They are Yamaha Part # XVZ12-slowemdown. They weight 25 pounds each with the idea of adding 150 pounds to the 1st Gen, with these weights in place it almost becomes a race Jack, I honestly think you do have some kind of an Indian artifact there brother - COOL!!!!
Condor Posted September 30, 2015 Author #6 Posted September 30, 2015 The indian firestarter was kinda what I was thinking too. The top part. Kinda wonder who he... or she was, and some of it's history. If only it could talk. Being petrified, it might be really old.. and really rare??? Regardless it is interesting....
CaptainJoe Posted September 30, 2015 #7 Posted September 30, 2015 Might want to run it past an archaeologist in your area.
Yammer Dan Posted September 30, 2015 #8 Posted September 30, 2015 I think Puc nailed that one. If not Joe could be almost right. The BOTTOM to a fire starter.:backinmyday:
yamagrl Posted September 30, 2015 #9 Posted September 30, 2015 Found this in a box of rocks. Looks like wood 'cept it's petrified...... Is it petrified or maybe made of bone or antler?
Condor Posted October 1, 2015 Author #11 Posted October 1, 2015 It's definitely petrified wood... But was the tool originally made out of petrified wood, or did it become petrified over time??? Kinda a chicken or the egg question.. I tend to believe it was made out of a hard wood and then turned to stone due to the hole formed in the surface. It's sides are smooth and formed by wear. If it had been stone originally the hole would have probably been chipped out, and the roughness would have eaten up sticks like crazy.
Beach Bum Posted October 1, 2015 #12 Posted October 1, 2015 Soapstone is easy to gouge out and smooth. The Eskimos used a lot of soapstone in their tools and implements. If you scratch it it should turn white.
Zzyzx Posted October 1, 2015 #13 Posted October 1, 2015 An early attempt at a fishing weight but since it was made of wood it only floated so Atouk tossed it away in the lake. After millions of years under water you have a petrified piece of wood. Maybe now the dang thing will work?
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