Found this on uk beach today could someone help me work out what it is please

[Finderskeepers11]

Hi found some unusual rocks on the beach today in the rocks on the shallow water. I have brought them home and smashed the smallest ones due to wondering what the inside is like they are some type of metal all the way through

 

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[FloridaSon]

Are they magnetic?
Did you use a detector and if so what brand and what reading.
It is hard to see what you see in a photo but you should give as much detail as possible. HH

 

[Finderskeepers11]

Hi, no I was just looking in the rockery for shells starfish etc with my children, that's when I noticed them they where only in that one small patch of rockery. They seemed to good a dull gold colour they are stone one side and that metal on the other that is why i broke the small ones open to see what inside was like. To open them I put one at a time in a old pillow case wrapped them up and used a 4lb mash hammer. I'm new to this site and to finding things these just made me really curious. Would there be a better way for photos to help you see more?

Thank you for your reply and trying to help.

 

[Finderskeepers11]

Sorry they arent magnetic they seem to slightly repel magnets (slight resistance is felt when I used a fridge magnet against them)

 

[ARC]

Looks like coal to me.

 

[FloridaSon]

Interesting find. Photos are always hard to see things you see with your eyes and lighting, turning them around. Just wondering. Some pieces do have a coal look. funny those were in just one area. Keep going.

 

[Finderskeepers11]

They arent coal, they are some type of metal they are shiny like silver

 

[xr7ator]

Campfire nuggets, again, imo.

 

[Finderskeepers11]

 

[Mackaydon]

Slag?
Don.......

 

[DeepseekerADS]

In my career I worked in enough coal fired plants, to view pic# 3 as slag....

 

[Finderskeepers11]

Could you explain what it is please?

 

[BallsDeep]

Slag would be my guess as well

 

[Sleepy]

I agree on that one photo being slag also. Finderskeepers11 if you were asking what "slag" is, I'm not a professional but it's basically the leftovers, the waste, that's left after smelting a metal of some type. Someone else may have a better definition.