# Anybody know what this carved stone may be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 29, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108 "2012-01-29T20:13:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/41 "2012-08-26T18:53:24Z")
> [@Quintas](#): > > Beside a coin, to show it’s size. > > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/kTE7O.jpg) I’ll give you 25¢ for the coin. ---
**Author:** ![Ldb1171](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47774/32.png) [@Ldb1171](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ldb1171)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/42 "2018-09-23T05:08:06Z")
I have been collecting indian stone tools and portable rock art for years. I to have found two rocks that are carved into snake/turtle heads. Although not as detailed as yours.I wish i could get some info on them. I also have so many other native rocks that i would love to know more about. If theres anyone interested in seeing pics and has knowledge on indian rocks please let me know. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/43 "2018-09-23T05:17:44Z")
Given that the OP is still active, how about an update? ---
**Author:** ![albino\_manatee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/albino_manatee/32/2_2.png) [@albino\_manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/albino_manatee)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/44 "2018-09-23T11:08:07Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > After its Cleaned up it would make a nice paperweight for your office. A 1/4 cup bleach in a pail of water and some brushing should clean it up. do NOT bleach it or clean it. i’d suggest bringing it to local museum … or, better yet, contact archeological curator. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/45 "2018-09-24T13:56:08Z")
Well it appears like the eyes are anthropomorthised… made human looking… If you decide that is the case, its an asian thing to do… the previous owner was chinese tradition, perhaps born in the year of the snake. I dont think there is much to it. perhaps look to see if there are any tool markings. Looks dremel carved to me… like a small hand held cutter with a tiny cutting wheel … ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/46 "2018-09-24T14:01:23Z")
Based on the last two replies, I thought I post a notice that this thread is originally from 2012. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/47 "2018-09-24T16:07:48Z")
The OP has been active recently. > [@](#): > > 09-20-2018 12:23 PM ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/48 "2018-09-24T16:48:59Z")
Thus my noting it in post 43: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21226402&postcount=46](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21226402&postcount=46) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/49 "2018-09-24T17:04:35Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Thus my noting it in post 43: > [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21226402&postcount=46](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21226402&postcount=46) Ahhh, ninja’d, sorry ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/50 "2018-09-24T19:41:15Z")
But he can only type with the rattle at the end of his tail. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/51 "2018-09-24T19:47:08Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > But he can only type with the rattle at the end of his tail. Well, I laughed at that. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/52 "2018-09-24T19:51:29Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > That is really cool. I found references to another Native American snake head rock but it is from North Dakota. > > [http://www.arrowheads.com/index.php?option=com\_kunena&func=view&id=358&catid=7&Itemid=89](http://www.arrowheads.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&id=358&catid=7&Itemid=89) > > I will give you $100+ shipping for it right now (seriously). I wonder what Shag would have done with it? ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/53 "2018-09-27T05:22:02Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Given that the OP is still active, how about an update? Oh wow, I haven’t thought about this for years until this thread got resurrected. I’ll send an email to the person whose gravel it was found in and ask if he ever pursued the mystery further. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/54 "2018-09-27T06:18:42Z")
Well, bummer. I thought for sure you had a made a mint and bought a small island, with, alas, no wifi. Living it up in the south seas. All the while, we schmucks are up here slogging through our pitiful lives, somehow. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/55 "2018-09-27T06:22:46Z")
> [@Quintas](#): > > Oh wow, I haven’t thought about this for years until this thread got resurrected. I’ll send an email to the person whose gravel it was found in and ask if he ever pursued the mystery further. 😛 You say that like they’re still alive. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108/56 "2018-09-27T12:34:31Z")
I just read a Jules de Grandin short story by Seabury Quinn about a guy who collects Druid artifacts and becomes possessed by a Druid priest and tries to kill people. Just sayin’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-this-carved-stone-may-be/611108.md?page=2)