Turtle Carving

[DC551]

I always enjoy looking thru this category but I never post anything - thought I would put this out for comments. I found this years ago running a trap line up in Cumberland County near the Caney Fork River. It's carved stone, no idea of age or origin. I always figured maybe it washed down from an old home site or something but who knows. Looks good on the shelf next to my other finds - any ideas? Thanks, D.

 

[AllOutdoors]

Wow! That is awesome! Nice find for sure.

 

[Coldfusion]

Post on findmall forum they are good at ID'ing items.

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[DC551]

Thanks, I'll look into their site.

 

[Hunt2Live]

That's a really cool find. I have no idea what it is.

 

[Stykbow]

That's all kinds of cool right there!


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[FARMTOFIELD]

Those carvings look awful fresh to be native American

 

[DC551]

No idea if its Native American or not. It still has clay or some kind of residue in the carvings, I don't think its paint because when I initially started cleaning it up it started washing out in places. I left it as is after that. I posted it on findmall and got one hit so far suggesting maybe a Native American toy and suggested I take it to a museum but that's probably just a guess too. I was pretty far out in the boondocks when I found it so I don't think it's too recent but again, who knows. It's been a head scratcher for everyone I've showed it to so far.

 

[Wiley]

Beautiful artifact!

Skinny down on Aldeer.com is the Professor of Archaeology at Troy University. He digs this kind of stuff up for a living and teaches about it. Hot him up for some data on it.

 

[DC551]

Thanks Wiley, I'll try to get in touch with him.

 

[Teacher]

That is something! Never seen anything like that.

 

[Mike Belt]

Did you ever find out anything?

 

[dg7080]

Way cool!

 

[Boone 58]

Awesome

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

Nice find

 

[Boone 58]

Turtle Effigy............interested in selling it? probably Cherokee.