Effigy? Art-of-fact?

[JTill]

I have a case full of effigy, or what I believe to be effigy. Found on Tepee creek at the foot of Tepee Mountain, a center point of 12 early day landmarks in Oklahoma history. I find campsites on the creek banks near huge pecan trees and the campfires are surfacing in the sands. Each fire usually has large stone tools all similar to the neighboring campfire. I dig the fire out which usually consist of charred hardwoods, a layer of pecans, and then various tips ranging from dime size to 2-3". Some pits or holes have stones with defined carvings that can't possibly be natural. So here is the newest one I have cleaned up. A skeleton riding a wild bore or prehistoric rhinoceros! I know there are many skeptics but I also know that I have a special hunting ground.

[oldrocks2]

I'd of brought it home. Nature is a great artist.

[JTill]

I don't spend much time looking them over in the field. I clean out the fire pit or hole I find, into my toolbox. When I get home I set them all out to dry since the sand and shade has kept them wet. Some I softly brush clean with a soft bristle toothbrush to knock away excess sand and dirt, but I am always amazed at the details and artistic quality of the natural rocks all washed into the same holes. 🙂 of course I have always been labeled as the crazy guy of the village so I hope you arrowhead hunters can except me for the crazy creek Walker that I am?! Here's a few more of my favorite, since they apply to the same subject.

[Piaget]

Sorry , Nothing but rocks & a vivid imagination.

[JTill]

👍 you must be a geologist to be so matter of fact? Here's a sculpture I imagined looks like raymond judge's spirit Hawk drawing.

[Hal Gorges]

Some cool sculptures,, what kind of tips are you finding in the campfires?

[Piaget]

As a matter of fact I am a retired scientist & have been a rock hound & artifact collector for 60 years. I have effigies & those are not them.

[JTill]

So art-of-facts? 🙂 I will have to send you some pics Hal. I have identified a Hales and a few others.

[gregszybala]

Oh for Pete's sake!?

[antmike915]

I don't have any effigies and I can tell that those are not.

[SurfaceHunter]

Keeping my mouth shut on this one, lol

[JTill]

I apologize for being facetious, I mean no disrespect. Some of the rocks I have found are undoubtedly man made, to me, mostly because of the way I found them, the signs of nature that led me to them, the history of Kiowa-Apache, Comanche, Navajo, and various other tribes that lived in this uncharted territory, as well as the similarities or resemblances between the rocks shaped like animals and the actual dangerous animals that inhabit the area today. I plan to write a book about my crazy rock collection and my interpretation of said rocks, that's the whole point of joining this group, for me, is to learn facts and fiction as well as others personal beliefs. I'm very interested in seeing your effigies and becoming more educated on the difference between artifacts and rocks. Other than my vivid imagination, which I like to consider an open mind. Again I apologize for any disrespect. When I receive my degree in geology and archaeology we can have a friendly scientific debate?

[Lindenmeier-Man]

Could be wrong but the first pic looks like a fulgurite to me.....

[pkfrey]

Funny, That was my immediate impression. if there's a lot of sand and clay on that site, it very well could be just a fulgurite..

[Lindenmeier-Man]

Looks like one Paul, hard to tell though if not in hand...

[Lindenmeier-Man]

Wondering if wife hid my peyote buttons....

[oldrocks2]

Wish I had . The spirit Hawk is starting to look like Lincoln at Mt. Rushmore to me and I don't do peyote. May start if I click back in this thread.

[Narrow Way Knapper]

🤣they say if you eat fish, you will have a dream.