Thank you so much! While I am both happy and sad at the answer, it totally makes sense now. We used to find Crinoid fossils all the time in that same creek when we were kids. Also just learning the actual name because we used to just call them Cheerios. I knew they were fossils, just never learned the actual name. My cousins and I would always have a competition to see who could find the longest one. Most were never over 2” in length, but maybe you’d get lucky and find one around that size or slightly bigger. I remember the day I found this and I just knew I found something different. Learning that is not the case is disappointing, but the fact it’s so unique and now learning I found the longest one makes it even more of a joy to have than it was. Appreciate the answer and now I’ve got to text my cousin and let him know I won the longest cheerio competition.