I bet you wont get this one I dont know where to start! (SOLVED Burnt Chimney)

[chukers]

I bet you won't get this one I don't know where to start! (SOLVED Burnt Chimney)

I found this today out hunting... The video pretty much says it all... Gimme your best guess!

Chukers

 

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[Chug And Red]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

Round ceramic object!!!! I have no idea!!!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

My guess is a ball from a one-way valve of some kind. Video gives a look from all angles.

 

[illinidigger]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

It makes sense to have been used in a valve, but also could have been used in a ball mill.

 

[Gator-Flea]

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[Jess]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

It might be an old hand made marble.
The antique China marbles are made out of porcelain and usually have symetric patterns all the way around, like two or three parallel lines, or intersecting parallel lines.
Marbles with only two or three parallel lines usually have a flower, leaf, or pinwheel type pattern painted on the poles of the marble, I can't really tell if yours has anything on the poles. If it's one of these, it dates in the mid 1800s.
Just a thought.

 

[Jess]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

Actually, looking at the video again, I can see a ring of flowers on one pole.
Cool find!

 

[Silver Searcher]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!



Could be the same as these...

SS

 

[relic lover]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

It is a carpet ball

 

[Bear]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

That appears to be a zirconia ceramic ball, used in a ball mill.

Please refer to this site:
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/284874955/Alumina_Grinding_Bead.html

Bear

 

[chukers]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

It is a carpet ball

I thought of that too but porcelain is too fragile to stand the impact.

 

[chukers]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

It might be an old hand made marble.
The antique China marbles are made out of porcelain and usually have symetric patterns all the way around, like two or three parallel lines, or intersecting parallel lines.
Marbles with only two or three parallel lines usually have a flower, leaf, or pinwheel type pattern painted on the poles of the marble, I can't really tell if yours has anything on the poles. If it's one of these, it dates in the mid 1800s.
Just a thought.

No designs on the poles... and this is slightly bigger than a ping pong ball smaller then a golf ball... I have never seen a marble that big.

 

[shaun7]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

It is a carpet ball

What's a carpet ball

 

[chukers]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

It makes sense to have been used in a valve, but also could have been used in a ball mill.

Whats a ball mill?

 

[trikikiwi]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

Do you live near an oil or gas refinery?
Mike

 

[chukers]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

Do you live near an oil or gas refinery?
Mike

No

 

[PChammer]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

Just a throw in here but could it be a witches ball? Those antique ceramic balls used for darning? They would be about that size.


Paul

 

[jdsarasin8194]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

marble?
and what is that weird looking extra peice, the thing that conects one half to the other?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

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Does it float? Im still thinking float ball valve.

 

[chukers]

Re: I bet you won't get this one... I don't even know where to start!

Does it float? Im still thinking float ball valve.

No it does not float... its of an appropriate weight for porcelain of that size... so it sinks like a rock!