Maybe just a ball bearing... but a weird one.

[Eleven Cents]

Has anyone ever seen a ball bearing with grooves on it like this? The "H" marking is repeated once on the other side. There are no holes or shank marks.

 

[huntsman53]

I could be wrong but I don't believe that it is a ball bearing! The two parallel lines going around the circumference of the ball and the large letter "H", IMHO, seem to be the trademark for the Maker. Possibly a game piece or decorative piece??, I really don't know!


Frank

 

[2screwed]

Looks like a Pachinko ball to me.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pachinko+ball&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBqJ7pwKjTAhXoz1QKHRApBlAQ_AUICCgD&biw=1184&bih=611

 

[cudamark]

Yup. pachinko ball.

 

[Eleven Cents]

If it is a pachinko ball, it was sure in a funny place: a picnic area halfway up a mountain in Arizona!

 

[Beezly]

Very cool little ball, definitely not a ball bearing it would have to be perfectly smooth. I would display it on a little acrylic pyramid, its cool and unique. Nice find!

 

[2screwed]

If it is a pachinko ball, it was sure in a funny place: a picnic area halfway up a mountain in Arizona!

They are wicked when used as ammo for a slingshot. I scattered hundreds all over the place that way when I was a kid and suspect that is probably how yours came to rest where you found it.

 

[Bruce R]

Ben-wa ball ?