Can anyone help with this??

[gobblesandgrunts]

Found this a few years ago while I was hunting in the woods, deer not relics, looked down and it was just laying there. Can anyone tell me what this is or maybe what it's a repop of? Thought it looked cool so I kept it.

 

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[gobblesandgrunts]

Ok I just got off work. I'll try the hot pin when I get home. Not holding my breath lol

 

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[gobblesandgrunts]

It looks like a velociraptor claw to me.
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Not the same color though

 

[Jason in Enid]

Not the same color though

That picture is of a painted resin cast. Although actual color of a fossil will change from one area to another because the minerals that the bone was replaced with are different. Fossil bones can also sun bleach!

 

[gobblesandgrunts]

That picture is of a painted resin cast. Although actual color of a fossil will change from one area to another because the minerals that the bone was replaced with are different. Fossil bones can also sun bleach!

Wow I didn't know that. Cool information. Going home to test it now

 

[Fossils]

Yeah the first step is determining the composition of the claw. If it’s stone then it’s a genuine fossil. Right now it seems like a replica, but there’s no real way to be sure from just a photo.

 

[gobblesandgrunts]

Yeah the first step is determining the composition of the claw. If it’s stone then it’s a genuine fossil. Right now it seems like a replica, but there’s no real way to be sure from just a photo.

Ok heated the pin up until it was bright red, stuck it to the claw and it snaked a little, not very much, didnt smell like plastic to me but not saying it's not. And left a pin hole indention in it but it didn't go through it bj y no means I guess is what I'm saying. Should I just set it on fire? Hold the lighter on it??

 

[gobblesandgrunts]

Or by with it putting off that little bit of smoke confirm it's not a fossil? I feel ridiculous doing this lol

 

[Kray Gelder]

Yeah the first step is determining the composition of the claw. If it’s stone then it’s a genuine fossil. Right now it seems like a replica, but there’s no real way to be sure from just a photo.

Wow, guys. A claw from a dead bear isn't exotic enough for you? It has to be a resin replica of something? Found out in the woods? Or a velociraptor claw? Was that Mongolia, Tennessee? Mongolia is where the fossils have been found.

Here are some grizzley velociraptor claws.

 

[gobblesandgrunts]

I really think it's a toy or replica

 

[gobblesandgrunts]

Think I'm gonna burn it and see what it does

 

[wilcam47]

Found this a few years ago while I was hunting in the woods, deer not relics, looked down and it was just laying there. Can anyone tell me what this is or maybe what it's a repop of? Thought it looked cool so I kept it. View attachment 1787178View attachment 1787179View attachment 1787180View attachment 1787181View attachment 1787182

cool looking, looks like a bear, but always think its a fake first before you get too exited. If its some kind of hard plastic obviously a fake but its quite unique even if it was cast. maybe worth a look around see if theres more where you found that one...

 

[gobblesandgrunts]

Ok so just an update on the toy/fossil.i took a lighter to it and it didnt melt. Did smell a little but wife agreed it's not a normal smell if that makes sense. Idk what to do from here. Still we aren't convinced it's not just a carving made out of wood or some type of replica. Any suggestions?

 

[gobblesandgrunts]

Close ups

 

[Fossils]

The closeups do look a lot like bone. At this point I agree with the others that its probably a black bear claw. Do you think you could try weighing the claw?

 

[gobblesandgrunts]

The closeups do look a lot like bone. At this point I agree with the others that its probably a black bear claw. Do you think you could try weighing the claw?

I dont have a scale [emoji2357], I need to get a good one for coins etc

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Think I'm gonna burn it and see what it does

No dont damage it!

Im gonna tell a little story. I found the bones to a dead bear but they were under a few inches of swamp water. For whatever reason I decided not to look for claws. I hiked back the next year and every claw but one had rotted away and it was a thin shell and delicate. Just saying they do not last very long unless fossilized.

Claws are not like teeth, that will last longer. Claws are like fingernails. How long do you think a fingernail will last in the woods? If thats a claw it would seem to me to be fossilized. As far as being found on the surface, an animal could have dug it up or a large bird dropped it.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I never heard of a toy fossil but I googled it and to my surprise. Gifts Under $29.00 Cast replicas fossils and more

 

[Kray Gelder]

Do us a favor, and lay your find down on the table, next to a ruler, and then take a pic. Your pics are so distorted from that tiny lense. If you can scrape it with a knife, it's bone. I can't comprehend why you think it's a replica. Replicas aren't made of rotten bear claws that have lain out in the elements for a century. This is a real claw. It's not a cat claw, it's not a cave bear claw, nor a ground sloth. It's not a saber tooth cat claw. It is a bear claw. It may be from the last Brown Bear that lived in Tennessee before Davey Crockett shot it. It was a big bear.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Here's something fairly similar

https://www.dinosaursrocksuperstore.com/products/deinonychus-dinosaur-claw-fossil-replica

 

[Treasureman25]

I concur.. BEAR