GBS Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Not strictly sporting but found whilst shooting on a Wiltshire field. Despite the appearance, it doesn't seem to be metallic as it doesn't respond to a magnet. I remember finding two of these as a child and never found out what they are. Any ideas? GBS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Windswept Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 It's half an iron pyrite nodule. Was the filed flinty and chalky? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Old Boggy Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 It looks like a fossil of some kind. Similar to a fossilised sea urchin (known locally as a Shepherd`s Crown)but without the markings on the top. Some form of shell maybe ? OB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 5 minutes ago, Old Boggy said: It looks like a fossil of some kind. Similar to a fossilised sea urchin (known locally as a Shepherd`s Crown)but without the markings on the top. Some form of shell maybe ? OB Hello, yes think your right OB 👍 sea urchin fossil , interesting to find in Wiltshire but presume left after the ice age 🤔 19 minutes ago, GBS said: Not strictly sporting but found whilst shooting on a Wiltshire field. Despite the appearance, it doesn't seem to be metallic as it doesn't respond to a magnet. I remember finding two of these as a child and never found out what they are. Any ideas? GBS Hello, well done for spotting, quite prized the the fossil hunters forum, 👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 fossilised limmpet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve_b_wales Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 In one of the quarries, which is high up on our mountain, there's many fossils of sea creatures, which of course proves that many millions of year ago, the quarry etc was under water. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GBS Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 (edited) 7 hours ago, Windswept said: It's half an iron pyrite nodule. Was the filed flinty and chalky? Thank you, i think that's spot on. I don't specifically recall but I imagine it was chalky being in the Wiltshire downs. This was also in the same field. GBS Edited January 7 by GBS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GBS Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 Thank you for the suggestion. I don't think it is a sea urchin fossil - photo for comparison. GBS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Walker570 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 I am certainly no expert on such things but it does in fact look like something found in rock pools today and the idea that it was perhaps a fossil of such seems to fit my thoughts. I think Ditchie may have hit the nail. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GBS Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 15 hours ago, Walker570 said: I am certainly no expert on such things but it does in fact look like something found in rock pools today and the idea that it was perhaps a fossil of such seems to fit my thoughts. I think Ditchie may have hit the nail. After Windswept's suggestion above, i googled Iron Pyrite Nodule and found this article which is quite interesting, if a little dry, and has a photo of something very similar. The Many Faces of Fool's Gold | American Scientist GBS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Walker570 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I think you have cracked it. I have seen pyrites and fossils and the hills in some parts of Wyoming are smothered in them, but nothing like that. Learn something every day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 17 hours ago, GBS said: Thank you, i think that's spot on. I don't specifically recall but I imagine it was chalky being in the Wiltshire downs. This was also in the same field. GBS copralite ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rimfireboy Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Tektites ? what about this one........don’t know what it is, had it years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duckandswing Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Pyrite/marcasite nodule. Common in chalk and often precipitates around pre-existing fossils. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
enfieldspares Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) I thought it looked like the end of a femur bone. Like a pig's knuckle bone. Edited January 9 by enfieldspares Quote Link to post Share on other sites
243deer Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 you are all completely wrong, it is quite obviously fossilised chem trail poo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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