Treasure Hunting & Metal Detecting Community

Welcome, Guest! Please login or register HERE - It is FREE and easy. Only registered users can post and view images on our message boards. Did you miss your activation email?
Login with email, password and session length Caps lock is activated.		Or Login Using Social Network Account

News:

It appears you have not registered with our community yet. Guests can not uses all functions of the forum. They can not post, view attachements or access our download areas etc. To register please click here ...

Treasure Hunting & Metal Detecting Forum Message Boards - Detector Hunter Whites Minelab Tesoro XP > Prospecting & Minerals > Fossils, Meteorites, Rocks & Gems (Moderator: Huck) >

Is this fossilized wood

Pages: 1 2 3 4 Go Down

← previous next →

Tags:

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

xavier Topic starter

Platin Member

From a rainy Brussels
Join Date: May, 2009

166

Activity

Posts: 7339
Referrals: 0

32206.00 Gold
View Inventory

	Is this fossilized wood « on: January 12, 2010, 06:09:00 am »

Hi all

Can you help identify this?
Found it about 20 years ago and it's been lying in the garden ever since it has a natural shine to it and I was wondering is it could not be fossilized wood it?s weight is 5.2 Kg.

Best Regards
Xavier

Linkback:

You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login

http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,10667.msg67729.html#msg67729

Xavier

There are 1 attachment(s) in this post which you can not view or download Please register for viewing them. Wood (531 x 463).jpg
	Logged

So many questions so little time

GoldDigger1950

The Old Man and the Soil
Global Moderator
Platin Member

Just call me GD.
The Old Man and the Soil
Join Date: Jun, 2009

225

Activity

Posts: 11219
Referrals: 12

47848.00 Gold
View Inventory

Garrett Groundhog ADS, Garrett Sea Hunter, Bounty Hunter Tracker IV, Bounty Hunter Pioneer 505,Minelab Eldorado Mk II, Tesoro Compadre, Tesoro Tiger Shark & A Few Home Brew Detectors

	Re: Is this fossilized wood « Reply #1 on: January 12, 2010, 10:51:49 am »

Looks like a lava flow to me, Xavier. Petrified wood has a more uniform flow to the calcified fibers.

Linkback:

You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login

http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,10667.msg67763.html#msg67763


	Logged

It's all about that moment when metal that hasn't seen the light of day for generations frees itself from the soil and presents itself to me.

Let's Talk Treasure!

xavier Topic starter

Platin Member

From a rainy Brussels
Join Date: May, 2009

166

Activity

Posts: 7339
Referrals: 0

32206.00 Gold
View Inventory

	Re: Is this fossilized wood « Reply #2 on: January 12, 2010, 11:03:02 am »

Hi GD

You could be right it?s that natural shine that bugs me.

Regards
Xavier

Linkback:

You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login

http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,10667.msg67769.html#msg67769

Xavier


	Logged

So many questions so little time

CANI

Bronze Member

Join Date: Dec, 2009

Activity

Posts: 107
Referrals: 0

545.00 Gold
View Inventory

TESORO, GARRETT, BOUNTY HUNTER

	Re: Is this fossilized wood « Reply #3 on: January 12, 2010, 12:10:00 pm »

I suppose it could be wood, how heavy is it? The color seems strange though, possible it was burnt or something. I added a pic of some fossilized wood i got from the redwood forest in the early 70's, might not be the best pic and it is in one of my fish tanks.

Linkback:

You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login

http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,10667.msg67778.html#msg67778

There are 2 attachment(s) in this post which you can not view or download Please register for viewing them. Picture 024.jpg Picture 029.jpg
	Logged

THANKS, CANI

xavier Topic starter

Platin Member

From a rainy Brussels
Join Date: May, 2009

166

Activity

Posts: 7339
Referrals: 0

32206.00 Gold
View Inventory

	Re: Is this fossilized wood « Reply #4 on: January 12, 2010, 12:21:47 pm »

Thanks Cani

It weighs 5.2 Kg . I must say that there is a resemblance if you like I can take more pic?s of it in the morning?

Regards
Xavier

Linkback:

You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login

http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,10667.msg67779.html#msg67779

Xavier


	Logged

So many questions so little time

outback

Internet Pirate
Gold Member

Internet Pirate
Join Date: Oct, 2006

Activity

Posts: 3374
Referrals: 9

1555.00 Gold
View Inventory

Tesoro Cibola

	Re: Is this fossilized wood « Reply #5 on: January 12, 2010, 12:26:52 pm »

Did you find it in south Africa or another country?

Linkback:

You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login

http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,10667.msg67781.html#msg67781

outback

View outback's homepage!


	Logged

Idaho Jones

Gold Member

Join Date: Apr, 2009

Activity

Posts: 1560
Referrals: 0

7930.00 Gold
View Inventory

	Re: Is this fossilized wood « Reply #6 on: January 12, 2010, 12:46:16 pm »

Looks more like a lava flow to me. The coloring is to dark for the wood I have seen and the grain looks more like striations where it pushed through. Also the smooth portions where no grain shows makes me think lava. The shine comes from the speed which it cooled at. Very fast cooling lava becomes obsidian. Just my take on it though.

Still a nifty garden piece

Linkback:

You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login

http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,10667.msg67783.html#msg67783


	Logged

BitburgAggie_7377

Klugheit und Verstandnis
Platin Member

Define Treasure
Klugheit und Verstandnis
Join Date: Jul, 2009

116

Activity

76%

Posts: 9235
Referrals: 0

26045.00 Gold
View Inventory

Fisher Impulse , Tesoro Lobo SuperTraq, Tesoro Vaquero, Tesoro Compadre, Garrett AT Max, Whites Sierra Super Trac

	Re: Is this fossilized wood « Reply #7 on: January 12, 2010, 12:49:31 pm »

Xavier,

I'd lean towards the lava answer.....especially after seeing how shining some types of lava are.
But I also would NOT rule out the possibility of it being "fossilized" wood either. Generally when we talk of petrified wood, we're talking silica replacement. However, there are plenty of examples from various coal fields of "fossilized" wood chunks in the form of "coal".....which appear similar to "chunk" charcoal except for weight.

BA

Linkback:

You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login

http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,10667.msg67785.html#msg67785


	Logged

xavier Topic starter

Platin Member

From a rainy Brussels
Join Date: May, 2009

166

Activity

Posts: 7339
Referrals: 0

32206.00 Gold
View Inventory

	Re: Is this fossilized wood « Reply #8 on: January 12, 2010, 01:39:33 pm »

Hi to you all

@ Outback Yes I found it in SA in the Transvaal

@ Idaho Jones Thanks for your input I will post more pic's of it tomorrow I don?t know of any volcanic rock or volcano?s in the area but then I was not there three million years ago.

@ BA I also thought of coal when I looked at it from a different angle you will see on the new pic?s that I will post in the morning

Best Regards to you all

Xavier

Linkback:

You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login

http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,10667.msg67795.html#msg67795

Xavier


	Logged

So many questions so little time

BitburgAggie_7377

Klugheit und Verstandnis
Platin Member

Define Treasure
Klugheit und Verstandnis
Join Date: Jul, 2009

116

Activity

76%

Posts: 9235
Referrals: 0

26045.00 Gold
View Inventory

Fisher Impulse , Tesoro Lobo SuperTraq, Tesoro Vaquero, Tesoro Compadre, Garrett AT Max, Whites Sierra Super Trac

	Re: Is this fossilized wood « Reply #9 on: January 12, 2010, 01:48:37 pm »

Xavier,

I'm going to show my ignorance of the geography of South Africa, but have you thought about checking with one of the following museums:
East London Museum
The Old Library Museum in Graaf Reinert
or The Natural Sciences Museum in Grahamstown ?

BA

Linkback:

You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login

http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,10667.msg67797.html#msg67797


	Logged

Pages: 1 2 3 4 Go Up

← previous next →

Jump to: