Any ideas?

[dragonsoldier]

This just doesn't look natural... This piece is also very heavy.

 

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[dragonsoldier]

Argh pics are up side down.

 

[wells]

Is that Hematite ?

 

[dragonsoldier]

I don't have a clue! But it us heavy as crap!

 

[Mark Todd]

Congrats. On on your finds in your other 2 posts! Hope that "worth getting out of the truck" spot keeps paying you returns. I can't tell much from your pics. Here. Looks like a naturally fractured chert cobble or quartzite, possibly fossiliferous. Pictures of the two fractured ends might be helpful, thanks for the posts, happy-hunting.

 

[dragonsoldier]

Thanks! It has a totally flat side and then the other side is flat but at about a 40 degree angle. It stood out like a sore thumb appearing to have been cut. Interesting note, I found it in an area of very old iron ore mines that date back to the late 1800's. I want to swing a metal detector over it when I get home just to see what it will do because it is so heavy. Here is a couple of more pics.

 

[rock]

When asking what something might be you have to show all sides especially the flat side it is sitting on. It has a shape of something but without seeing the flat side we will never know. It does look like flint

 

[PaDirtDigger]

These come into my local artifact shows frequently. And they are actually concretions. They are a harder, denser, 'ball' of sediment that form with softer material and when the erode out and get moved around, they can give the appearance of being something that man would have utilized. When i started collecting at around age 13, i had some that i thought were axes... But then i learned about them. Always pick everything up and question it though, cuz you never know!

 

[dragonsoldier]

Thanks for all the info and help tips y'all. I was almost certain when I found it that it was not an artifact, but it was just really strange and I know if I want some intel on what this could be this Forum is the place to go!

 

[rock]

Well if it is anything I would call it a core.