✅ SOLVED Picture engraved into point

[SweepNbeep]

Hi all,

I recently got back from an artifact hunting trip, and I found this item. Naturally I was excited when I found it, but I was thrilled once I got home and cleaned the mud off. It revealed a picture of some sort. To me it looks like a person, or a star, or a flower. There is also a thin arch etched into the stone above the picture. I am very new to artifact hunting and can't even say for sure what this artifact is. I would call it a very crude spear point. It's about 4" long. The only thing I do know without a doubt, is that it was pulled from the ground exactly as is. What do you guys think? Is this common?

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[The Grim Reaper]

That is a very cool looking Point, but you are calling a "picture engraved" into the stone is actually the remnants of a Crinoid Fossil. Very cool, but not engraved.

 

[Mrdigz]

Cool find! Grim Reaper is right you can see different fossils on the piece. Really Cool though!

 

[NCPeaches]

That is beautiful and even more so with the fossils in it! I think it may be rare to find them like that...great find!

 

[SweepNbeep]

Okay, I've got to admit that I was skeptical at first. Not that I doubted you, I was just believing my own eyes. It doesn't look like a fossil to me. It really looks like it is etched in. But this google image has me convinced. I'm only slightly disappointed. As cool as it is to have a fossil combined with an Indian artifact, I really liked the idea of a personal touch to the work.

But it does make sense considering these other artifacts that we found in the same area, also embedded with fossils.

 

[SweepNbeep]

By the way, thanks for the I.D. You guys know your stuff.

 

[Buckleberry]

Very cool! Fossils and artifacts, two of my favorite things together....I have a few like that as well.

 

[unclemac]

nice find...where?

 

[Molewacker]

Like a chocolate peanut butter cup - fossils and points go great together!

 

[jamey]

cool post thanks for sharing

 

[creekhunter]

Love it when I find one with a fossil in it, very cool relic.