Iron Find, Natural or Manmade?

[717]

Density 7.8 g/cm^3, ~7cm^3 volume, 54g weight, Magnetic, found in pile of mulch, black crust layer, oddly spherical.
Thanks for any input! Happy hunting -

 

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[Jay Plunder]

Density 7.8 g/cm^3, ~7cm^3 volume, 54g weight, Magnetic, found in pile of mulch, black crust layer, oddly spherical.
Thanks for any input! Happy hunting -View attachment 1743424

There is a meteorite section under the forums tab, suggest posting this there so some of the resident experts might chime in quicker. Definitely interesting looking and from what I remember most will have a generally smooth exterior from atmospheric burn. Not saying it is, could be river-rolled hematite also never know until tested. Cool pics btw.

 

[717]

Great advice and thank you for the feedback on the pictures. I'm new here and wasn't aware of that, though I should have figured. I will head right there! Thanks, Armymusician

 

[Anduril]

That looks pretty cool and would make a great paperweight.

My only advice is that if some creature pops out of it in the future, run like hell.

 

[smokeythecat]

If it was found in Utah, my best GUESS is a mining mill ball run through or even better, a grape shot which was embedded in a tree, and then run through the mulch machine. If I am correct, it would make it very special.

I see no "burn" like you would see in a meteorite.

 

[717]

What's a grape shot?

 

[islamoradamark]

they would load several of these things that are round and iron into a cannon and shoot them at there enemy to cause mass causality or shoot at at ship to damage rigging and sails. put it this way you would not want to get hit with one or more shot of of a cannon

 

[717]

Ya that'd rip you apart

 

[xaos]

Iron pyrite ball, natural

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Nope, it's definitely not Pyrite... nor a meteorite... unless meteorites exist which are 99-to-100%-pure steel, or a similar extremely dense form of iron. The density/specific-gravity of carbon steel and chrome ateel are both listed as exatly 7.8 at the following "Specific Gravity of Solids & Metals" chart:
https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/specific-gravity-solids-metals-d_293.html

Note, simple cast-iron (for example, cannonball iron) is listed at 7.1 on the Density/Specific-gravity scale.

 

[Plug N Play]

Did you find it with a detector ? I'm curious if you think there could more, or if you did a lot of swinging and feel like, nope, this seems to be the only one.

 

[717]

No just luck with a shover doing landscaping. Highly doubt there are anymore given the circumstance

 

[717]

Ordered the dimethylgloximine. Supposed to arrive between September 4 and 16 so won't have update until around then.