The Coso artifact is an object claimed by its discoverer as a spark plug that was found wrapped in a clay or rock hard rock on February 13, 1961, by Wallace Lane, Virginia Maxey and Mike Mikesell as they were looking for potential geodes near the town of Olancha, California, and long claimed to be an example of an improper artefact.
If the spark plugs are enclosed in a "500,000 year" geode, these findings will represent important scientific and historical anomalies, such as the spark plugs discovered in the 19th century. Critics argue, however, that concrete, not geodes, containing Coso artifacts can be explained by a known natural process and credible evidence for it to be 500,000 years of really less.
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Discovery
After his collection, Mikesell destroys a sharp-eyed knife that cuts out the stone containing the artifacts and finds it. In a letter written for the Southwest Desert Magazine, a reader claimed that a trained geologist had dated the nodul at least 500,000 years and contained a man-made object. Identities suspected of trained geologists and geological dating facilities have never been clarified, or findings that have been published in any known periodic. Furthermore, by the time Maxey reports the 500,000-year-old Coso artifact, no known method, including the use of fossil guides, which artifacts or concrete may have been ancient. The nodules surrounding the spark plug may have increased in years or decades, as exemplified by examples of iron-like nodules or very similar artifacts of steel, discussed and illustrated by Cronyn.
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Criticism and analysis
The origin of artifacts has been the cause of much speculation. Pseudoscientific suggestions for artifact origin have included:
- Ancient advanced civilizations (such as Atlantis);
- The prehistoric visitors extraterrestrial to Earth;
- Human time travelers from the future leave or lose artefacts during visits to the past.
Investigations by Pierre Stromberg and Paul Heinrich, with the help of members of the Spark Plug Collectors of America, suggest that the artefact was a Champion spark plug in the 1920s. Chad Windham, President of the Spark Plug Collectors of America, identified the Coso artifacts as a 1920s Champion spark plug, widely used in Ford Model T and A engine models. Other spindle collectors agree with his judgment.
The Stromberg and Heinrich reports show that the spark plugs are enclosed in a concreter consisting of iron derived from rusted spark plugs. This is typical of iron and steel artefacts quickly forming iron oxide concrete around them as they rust on the ground.
The location of the Coso artifact is unknown since 2008. Its founder, Lane has died, Maxey is alive but avoids public comment, and Mikesell's whereabouts are unknown.
See also
- London Hammer
References
External links
- Andrew O'Hehir (August 31, 2005). "Archeology from the dark side". Salon .
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