Hammer found in Cretaceous layer

Nicely written. The betting pool opens now, of course: odds are currently 4,512,875 - 1 against them sending it to you. Any takers? OTOH, I'm thoroughly impressed with your ability to type: without collapsing from apoplexic laughter.

Hmm. I wonder if someone should let the NCSE know they have a serious, creationist-level misstatement in that article? I'm no geologist, but I wasn't aware you could use C-14 dating on metal? I'm sure the author simply mis-stated, but since we pride ourselves on clear and factual refutations of creationist nonsense, this is a pretty big one, IMO.

The above post is the reason I enjoy discussing things with you, TheLit. I agree with you 100% (you're not slipping to the Dark Side, are you? ). Baugh and others like him (Hovind is a supreme example) are the best advertisements for the loyal opposition that exist. Every utterance and false claim by these hucksters and outright purveyors of falsehood causes more people to question creationism as a whole than any 100 scientific journal articles. No one likes to be lied to or made to look like a fool...

Thanks joz. I had no idea. Would there be sufficient residue in a manufactured item like a hammer to get enough carbon to sample? Do you have any (non-specialist) descriptions/discussions of this kind of thing (dating metal with high-carbon residue) that I could look at?Thanks again.

Muchas gracias! (Q joins in joz's backpatting.)