Artifact hunting TN - Fossilized remains?? What in the world is this?!

[@bass_and_bass3323]

Your definitely on to something big awsome work 👌🏿 keep us updated 👍🏿

[@Points365]

Thanks man! So far of all things, people on here have though giant clam. As strange as it sounds, when you look up images of it, it does look oddly similar! I sent pictures and a description to the paleontologist at a local university months ago. They never responded.🤨

[@tommycaver6671]

Between ribs and a clam. Very interesting. Something definitely died and was fossilized there! I have never run across one of those 😁

[@thearrowheadreapers8668]

Cool find whatever it is!!🏹

[@scottnock5241]

Really cool!!! Heck of a jigsaw puzzle there…. I like the clam theory..

[@Points365]

Ahhh I’m so bad at puzzles though! I’ll drop em off in a box at the assisted living retirement home up the road and come back to pick it up 30 mins later… they oughta have it all put together by then!

[@artifactaddiction]

Definitely looks like it could be a clam. Who knows though for sure. Cool discovery regardless! Thanks for sharing!

[@playinhooky11]

Giant clam. The ribs on the outside and the fine directional striated ridges on the inside. Saying , it’s just not ribs of a chest cavity, you have found a complete thickness of a prehistoric clam shell.

[@Points365]

Man… the clam theory is getting the most votes so far! It’s an interesting thought. I appreciate the input!

[@mathewwoods9111]

I'd have to agree. Makes perfect sense.

[@RazinKaneOutdoors]

All I know is it's an awesome find whatever it is 🤯👍👍👍

[@davelink1318]

Like those paleo guys had a rib cook out, probably a block party ! LOL, very cool !

[@jennywalborn7769]

Yeah, looks like fossilized ribs! Very cool find. Someone has to know! Love finds like that!

[@Points365]

Thanks for checking it out and chiming in!

[@HuntersNeverDie]

That is really cool 👍

[@Points365]

Thanks buddy! Hopefully I can get some good ideas about what it is from someone on here!

[@HuntersNeverDie]

You will reminds me of pictures of a giant turtle or a type of dinosaur with armor

[@Points365]

One of them definitely looked like armor or as you mentioned, part of a turtle shell. This area was covered by shallow seas back in those days from what I’ve read, so that would make the most sense. Thanks for the input man!

[@joemiller8965]

I was thinking that it might be a huge fossilized clam shell myself? Great discovery whatever it is. Thanks for sharing.

[@Points365]

Interesting though.. as I said to the other guy, I read this area was covered by shallow sea back in the day, so that would make sense. Thanks for the input buddy!

[@alexreh5459]

The etching on the one side changed directions within the same piece which would not happen on a clam, their ribs are formed concentrically with growth like the rings of a tree. Also the inside would be smooth. How heavy are the pieces? Do they feel like pottery? The ribs could have been formed by the wave action of the river and the back could have been brushed for traction like concrete. You may have found a native river launch site to stay out of the mud. Just a theory. Neat find whatever it is.

[@alexreh5459]

Or maybe the ribs are the tracks of canoes in the mud from before the landing was installed

[@actionjacksonartifactsandb877]

I saw Fred Flintstone throw those brontosaurus bones out of his car in an old cartoon. All joking aside I love finding strange fossils too.

[@SLArtifacts]

Do you tend to find more artifacts on the high side or the low side of the river banks? More specifically, do you find them more often on the side that floods easier, or the side that floods with more water?

[@Points365]

I used to think high side… and because of that I mainly stayed on the high sides. But now that I see footprints everywhere I go, I find myself hunting places that I normally wouldn’t. Which has led me to find what’s seems to be just as many on the low sides. But I do have a tendency to find older stuff on the higher sides. Hope that helps answer your question and thanks for checking it out!

[@SeMoArtifactAdventures]

That’s weird. I’d like to know when you find out. The first one kinda looked like rib bones. Very familiar with rib bones. I smoke a lot of ribs. 😂.

[@Points365]

Yeah I thought it was weird too, and I see a lot of weird stuff out there! haha Hopefully someone on here could give a little insight. Whew man... don't get me started thinking about some smoked ribs now!😂

[@SeMoArtifactAdventures]

@@Points365 yeah and think of the sides of ribs they had back in those days. You could eat ribs for days. Makes my mouth water.

[@historylooker7]

That stuff is cool as heck !!! 💥 Love me some fossilized stuff 😀👍 !! Later ✌️🍀 HL7

[@normaferro8054]

Now that is a sweet find!!! I can not tell if it is one creature or a sedimentary layer with lots of creatures! It seems there are lots of shapes and patterns on it and in it . Very amazing find! I hope you can find out what it is.

[@shinykazzadragon]

Someone told me that a fossil I found similar to that, but it was in the shape of a face skeleton of a giant lizard, was "just the way the water flowed over sand." I got a tad upset, because it literally looks like a face. I gave it to my son. I *did* find a bone from what appears to be raptor eye/cheek socket in the same place a little later, so I think it *is* actually a fossil, or an imprint, of a dinosaur. These are cool.

[@neilstutts2656]

Hey Brother I think you need to get up with paleo Chris on some of his videos he finds a ton of fossils and always seems to be able to identify them killer finds just like always keep up the good work

[@eddielile7177]

Woolly Mammoth or Mastodon? Cool stuff l would haul all of it home 🔥

[@Points365]

Oh man trust me… I wanted to haul it all home! I just took the best looking pieces and piled the rest up safely together in case I needed to go back and retrieve them for some reason.

[@warrenmink2429]

I would have to agree brother , looks like a large animal , huge ribs . May be my eyes playing tricks on me , but ribs on one side and skin on the other , like a very large animal was on its side millions of years ago and fossilized . What didn’t rot or get eaten . Awesome find . Would love to hear what it really is if you take it that far . Thank you for sharing.

[@brutusballer24]

You need to take a piece to a museum if you have one locally.

[@deenalemon66]

Love Your Points finds! And this fossil discovery could be Palm tree trunks from an era when Tennessee was a bit more tropical. I’m only wildly guessing,,, I would reach out to a geologist though just in case it is a rock formation from eons ago, Perhaps DR. Nat would shed some light.

[@drewbrush9693]

I myself look for artifacts In many places in the state of Tennessee/Virgin6 I live right on the state line and definitely get a little jelly of your finds sometimes lol if I had to guess I would say you are a hunting the Mississippi near Memphis or near Nashville just a guess tho ....as always great finds I wish you all the continued success in your future artifact hunts.

[@Points365]

Well hopefully the jealousy is a good motivator for you to get out there and show me up! Haha I stay mainly in the middle TN area. ALL over middle TN. I’ve never hunted your area, but definitely admire the beauty of your area! I appreciate you checking out the finds and for taking the time to comment! Good luck out there buddy!

[@JoeandAngie]

I live on TN/VA border in TN, too. 1st "big" city is Gate City lol

[@jennifergray482]

Wow. Super weird and great finds. Keep us posted. Warm wishes 🙂

[@Points365]

I live the weird stuff! Haha Thanks for coming back to check out the finds! Hopefully I’ll find something out about it.

[@imalset]

as an old wise man has told me so many times.... crushing my hopes of finding an awesome artifact..... " those there are plow marks"...... 😆

[@TENNcaveman]

on second watching, I think it might just be cement grout that was spilled. looks oddly like backhoe/excavator teeth scrapings too?

[@ALABAMAHEADHUNTER]

I have done a lot of fossil hunting through the years. And seen some really weird things that no one could identify them. And I have also found things that I thought were fossil bones and even an egg. They were not. So, I'm not sure, but it's cool.

[@Points365]

With fossils not being out area of expertise, out minds can wonder when finding strange looking pieces! Thanks for chiming in buddy. Any good shows coming up down your way?!

[@paddypointhound1688]

you got yourself some kind of fossilized remains of something big!those ribs are huge!it almost looks like skin on the underside,bet there is most of it still buried in the ground,good luck keep us posted,maybe contact your local university archaeology dept. if your not against them takeing over the site.

[@Points365]

I reached out to the local university that has a paleontology dept. about 3 months ago. I guess it wasn’t interesting for them. I was totally willing to show them where it was and to let them have at it! It would be awesome for there to be a Points365-osaurus named after me!😂

[@paddypointhound1688]

@@Points365 well,if you can go back,dig around a bit,lf you find a tooth or claw or something like that they may change there outlook on the possibility of being something that is worth checking out,if not dig it yourself,fossils are worth big money if they are rare and you have a lot of one critter,museums buy even parts and pieces to complete there specimens..

[@willeypoboy5607]

A while back on another KZbin channel. Can't remember what one. But do know he was in Texas. Anywho, found something similar and had I'd identified as sediment of river bed that was shaped by water/waves /current then hardened and covered over thousands of years. I'm no expert I'm just trying to be helpful and remember a similar thing found by a KZbinr that posts about artifacts and fossil he found while out looking.

[@jonhewitt886]

McRibs are back!

[@drewbrush9693]

What you have is a fossilized giant clam shell .... Tennessee used to be underwater and I'd why you can find fossilized sharks teeth and numerous oceanic fossils such as the clam shell you have found.

[@Points365]

Thanks an interesting though.. looks like bones to me, but I admittedly have no clue what I’m looking at! I did read that this area was under a shallow sea way back in the distant past. Your though would be in line with that! Thanks buddy!

[@american4736]

Looks like it could possibly be a rib cage from small dinosaur or ancient mammal.

[@Points365]

Hopefully one of the knowledgable viewers out there can give a little insight on it. I was blown off by the paleontology dept at a local university, so I've turned to KZbin! Thanks for checking it out!

[@eddielile7177]

Ribs from a buffalo or a horse ? Possible dinosaur of some type!

[@Points365]

Probably a brontosaurus… but I’m no expert.🤣

[@RedEyedPatriot]

Fossilized wing bones? Rib cage? Weird

[@Points365]

It was weird to me too... and I see a lot of weird stuff out there! I'm hoping someone can help identify it. I reached out to a local university's paleontology dept. months ago with no response.

[@moemuggy4971]

Looks like a piece of Leaveright to me. But what do I know

[@CoastalGardening]

👍👍

[@willmack6010]

Definitely evidence of wheel or cart tracks from the dinosaur times, 4 sure. Probably from Mario or Bowser. 🍄🍄

[@tillersartifactsappalachia1684]

Definitely the strangest fossil I have ever seen if you find out what it is would love to know. God bless

[@jonpitt1242]

It looks like fossil ribs at first, but considering that it is all a similar thickness and it has the weird pattern on the back it almost looks man made. That's something a paleontologist or geologist needs to have in his hands to identify.

[@Points365]

It's strange for sure.. I contacted the paleontology dept at one of the local universities, willing to give it to them to check out. 3 emails and almost 3 months later I'm yet to hear back, so I've given up on them. So I've turned to KZbin hopefully for some answers! Thanks for the input!

[@JoeandAngie]

@@Points365 our local university ignores my Bigfoot evidence, too! Just kidding...someone here will surely help you out! Great vids, btw! Subbed.

[@Points365]

lol that’s too funny! But hey… I’ve listened to wayy too many podcasts on that subject. People out there have some convincing stories! I can’t wait until I find some Bigfoot tracks going through the mud. Thanks for the sub, for the laugh, and for taking the time to check it out!

[@jonpitt1242]

Seriously, FROM WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE VIDEO...the back looks like a scratch coat for some old school plastering over a burlap coated form and the rest looks like a form of concrete or something similar that was tooled into that pattern. Especially when you zoom into the cracks! If it is a "fossil", it is an imprint of something. A fossil would be different color, texture, material, etc, from the host rock

[@davidlee2863]

Diamond sanding sponges

[@gmoney6293]

That is cool. I'd ask a geologist. That is the only way you will get a legit answer.

[@Points365]

Thanks! I sent multiple emails and pictures to a local university's paleontology dept with no response, so I'm turning to the KZbin viewers for possible answers!

[@gmoney6293]

@@Points365 Most likely geological and not a fossil. Hopefully one chimes in, facebook groups in geology are also a great source of information. Your average youtube commenter will comment with absolutely no knowledge backing what they think. Curious to hear what it is!

[@Points365]

I unfortunately don’t have a fb acct to share from. I got fed up with all that mess almost 15 years ago! Haha But maybe I can convince someone to share it on there using their account! Thanks for the input and the idea!

[@storiesinstone9628]

Looks like fossilized tree bark. I've seen similar fossils come out of coal mines. There were redwood like trees growing there in the distant past.

[@Points365]

So far I’ve heard clams, Buffalo, horse, bulldozer tracks, dinosaur… So tree bark fits right in with the randomness! Haha thanks for checking it out and for the input buddy!

[@storiesinstone9628]

@@Points365 Google fossil tree bark and scroll through a few of them. Then your randomness will be put to rest.

[@Points365]

Wow, yeah I just checked that out. The resemblance in some of the photos was undeniable! Thank you for referring me to that search!

[@storiesinstone9628]

@@Points365 So it's not dozer tracks then.😂

[@Points365]

There goes my ancient alien construction crew theory..😒😂

[@jefffroning6727]

Fossilized pottery maybe you never know what you're going to find.

[@blueboy450]

It’s sad that the university turned their back to us collectors

[@davidlee2863]

Could be clam or giant insect.

[@patrickbush9526]

It's rib bones from my fourth of July barbecue when I was attacked I had to leave the rib bones 🏃‍♂️💨ahhhhhhh! 🦖💨💨💨💨

[@ourbeautifulstruggle1540]

It's a mortar used to hold something together.

[@Points365]

Thanks for the input… that guess is about as good as mine!

[@ourbeautifulstruggle1540]

@Points 365 what's your theory?

[@Points365]

It looks like some sort of fossilized bone to me. But this type of thing is totally out of my realm of knowledge. That’s why I’m sharing it on here, hopefully to get some more input!

[@ourbeautifulstruggle1540]

@Points 365 I'm looking at the cross section and the extremely flat, broomed areas on what appears to be the back side. If you look at photos of very old morter, it's VERY similar.

[@Points365]

I looked up old mortar.. didn’t see any images that looked like it. I then looked up cement wall and see what you’re talking about. Indeed it is very similar! The reverse side is what’s stumping me now.

[@shawnshepherd6708]

Dinosaur?

[@Points365]

Hopefully I'll find out!

[@lennonhill5483]

Looks like it's made from mortar

[@10Bdog10]

Cement and bulldozer tracks

[@Points365]

Haha your guess is as good as mine!

[@cartercapron-allcott6558]

Call The Cops

[@davidlee2863]

I say polish it.

[@flinteastwood7179]

We don't pay you to do fossil huntn videos, so get back to huntn points, lol! Gotta be some type of plant life.

[@chrissettles4127]

Those are .Animals rib bones. Only a DNA can tell what .

[@Points365]

Thanks man, I appreciate the input! I’ve heard all kinds of theories on it. So far it’s still a mystery. Thanks for checking it out!