Hammer found in Cretaceous layer

Pretty darned unlikely; I am pretty sure there are no NASA labs that do that kind of thing. There are plenty of non-NASA labs that do.And, if there was actually third-party verification of the age claim, do you really think there would be no reference whatsoever to it anywhere on the Web? Particularly at Baugh'e site?

Note that, even if it does contain lower Cretaceous fossils, they may be reworked (which a fossil expert could probably evaluate immediately). IOW, the mere presence of Cretaceous fossils does not prove Cretaceous age for the rock/concretion until further analysis has been performed.

I can't resist ... Man as old as coal!. But see also Carboniferous human bones -- an evaluation.(Ed's no creationist and believes an old Earth, BTW).

Yeah, the "limestone cowboy" with "fossilized" foot bones in an un-fossilized leather boot. And a "fossilized" hat in New Zealand. And a "fossilized" bat on top of a stalagmite. All limestone concretions found in caves. Sorry, I can't seem to dig up any Web references, although I know there are some. That one I have a reference on. The Coso Artifact.

I've seen, someplace that I forget, a discussion that hypothesized that the coal around the cup could be formerly loose coal accumulated around a cup dropped in a mine, cemented together by any of various mechanisms (e.g. limestane accumulation from percolating water). There are lots of ways in which such an artifact could have come to exist. Only professional examination can colapse the many possibilities into a few possibilities or one possibility.

The Iron Cup in Coal.Note that replicas are available ... Replicas .. and the replicas are significantly different from the original.

Researching Charles Knight's recent and unrelated question, I stumbled across If I Had a Hammer.