Strange Rock

[msmotorman]

Found this in large wash gravel from a pit ? any ideas it is solid rock looks like calcium deposits in holes looks like tool marks ?  

[Tom Slick]

Petrified peanut. Probably lost by a caveman.  

[Gold Seeker]

MMman,

 I think what you have found appears to be a piece of Palmoxylon, or the common name, petrified palm wood, i.e. fossilized palm tree wood, so yes it is now a rock.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmoxylon

Here's couple of photos of polished pieces of petrified palm wood.

https://www.google.com/search?q=petrified+palm+wood&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=638&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjV6_fsperPAhUG5yYKHSbrBFgQiR4IlgE#imgrc=_

 

 

[klunker]

 Dang! there's some smart people here!

Gold seeker- What else have you got lying around for us to look at?

[Gold Seeker]

Klunker,

Those photos are from the internet, click on the link above them for more photos of petrified palm.

I have lots of gold and gold specimens, a few other mineral specimens but they're all locked away at the bank and all of my photos of them are on my old computer which bit the dust, so no photos to show, sorry. 

[beatup]

I was going to say tally marks but i like the fossilized palm wood 

[Tortuga]

Where there any indian tribes in the area you prospect?

[EastTexasChris]

Petrified Palmwood was adopted by the Texas House & Senate in 1969 to be the 'Official State Stone of Texas'.