🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Anyone know what this could be?

[newnan man]

I have no clue what this is. It was in a box of Pleistocene fossils from Florida. My friend is a fossil collector and gave it to me. He has no idea either. It is a hard, dense material & doesn't seem to be pottery but it could be I guess. Any ideas?

It is about the size of a tennis ball

 

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[Nathan W]

I have no clue what this is. It was in a box of Pleistocene fossils from Florida. My friend is a fossil collector and gave it to me. He has no idea either. It is a hard, dense material & doesn't seem to be pottery but it could be I guess. Any ideas?View attachment 2165263View attachment 2165264View attachment 2165265View attachment 2165266
It is about the size of a tennis ball

Could be Native American but I’m sure someone with a lot more expertise will come along and nail it

 

[ncsuwolf]

I have no clue what this is. It was in a box of Pleistocene fossils from Florida. My friend is a fossil collector and gave it to me. He has no idea either. It is a hard, dense material & doesn't seem to be pottery but it could be I guess. Any ideas?View attachment 2165263View attachment 2165264View attachment 2165265View attachment 2165266
It is about the size of a tennis ball

Pebbles finstones’ wiffle ball

 

[Chilli]

It resembles an early grenade, my search showed.

Picatinny 'clay ball' (1800s incendiary grenade)

Do any of our resident ammo experts recognize this fired clay ball as an actual ammunition item? It was given to me by the coworker whose father worked on development items for Picatinny Arsenal and stated that there were one or more of these in the armory museum for some time… It’s made of...

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[tamrock]

It resembles an early grenade, my search showed.
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Picatinny 'clay ball' (1800s incendiary grenade)

Do any of our resident ammo experts recognize this fired clay ball as an actual ammunition item? It was given to me by the coworker whose father worked on development items for Picatinny Arsenal and stated that there were one or more of these in the armory museum for some time… It’s made of...

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I wonder 🤔 Could this item actually be an early grenade.

 

[Chilli]

I wonder 🤔 Could this item actually be an early grenade.

Cool to own it if it is.

 

[newnan man]

The grenade thing sounds reasonable. It is hard like ceramic.