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<blockquote data-quote="Davy Crockett" data-source="post: 291939" data-attributes="member: 367">It sort of looks like petrified wood but hard to tell .&nbsp;&nbsp; I was hoping to find some pictures that I saw earlier that had petrified wood with fossils that resemble the one you posted but can't find it.&nbsp; That website even had some old ship wreck wood with sea shells and other fossils that had been attached to the wood or bored into it and it was all petrified/fossilized .&nbsp; &nbsp; Here is a start for your journey , Half the fun of finding a rock is figuring out what you have once you drag it home . &nbsp;<a href="http://www.safossils.com/" target="_blank">http://www.safossils.com/</a>&nbsp; Trapper ,&nbsp; &nbsp; I remember the spring when Thompson lake let loose, We had 6'' of rain on a wet spring and it washed out the road just south of the lake and I spent part of a day rock hunting the washouts after they dried up.&nbsp;&nbsp; The black sand is what the old timers talked about but if you have a low area with steep banks where the water moved a lot of material look for sandbars that are well sorted and check out the upstream ends of them and under the bigger rocks.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Funny how it works with erosion and materials sort themselves and take the work out of it.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; My dad was crossing the creek on horseback when he was a kid back in the 20s and dropped and lost his 22 and looked for it a few times I'm guessing in the 30s when it was dry but he thought it was lost forever.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Then in the 80s late in the fall the creek was dry and I was exploring and right where the crossing is laid the old 22 right on top of the creek bed.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was way beyond repair but so far it's been my best find out at the creek.&nbsp;&nbsp; We most likely don't have enough gold in the hills to buy a steak dinner but its fun to get out and look for it you never know until you try.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Davy Crockett, post: 291939, member: 367"] It sort of looks like petrified wood but hard to tell . I was hoping to find some pictures that I saw earlier that had petrified wood with fossils that resemble the one you posted but can't find it. That website even had some old ship wreck wood with sea shells and other fossils that had been attached to the wood or bored into it and it was all petrified/fossilized . Here is a start for your journey , Half the fun of finding a rock is figuring out what you have once you drag it home . [URL="http://www.safossils.com/"]http://www.safossils.com/[/URL] Trapper , I remember the spring when Thompson lake let loose, We had 6'' of rain on a wet spring and it washed out the road just south of the lake and I spent part of a day rock hunting the washouts after they dried up. The black sand is what the old timers talked about but if you have a low area with steep banks where the water moved a lot of material look for sandbars that are well sorted and check out the upstream ends of them and under the bigger rocks. Funny how it works with erosion and materials sort themselves and take the work out of it. My dad was crossing the creek on horseback when he was a kid back in the 20s and dropped and lost his 22 and looked for it a few times I'm guessing in the 30s when it was dry but he thought it was lost forever. Then in the 80s late in the fall the creek was dry and I was exploring and right where the crossing is laid the old 22 right on top of the creek bed. It was way beyond repair but so far it's been my best find out at the creek. We most likely don't have enough gold in the hills to buy a steak dinner but its fun to get out and look for it you never know until you try. [/QUOTE]

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