Rock relic?

[IronSpike]

Did a short hunt on 'flat track trail' and found this unusual round rock. Is it just a natural rounded rock or could it have been shaped and been used for something?

 

[Monty]

It's the mate to my pet rock, "Brain Buster". Excuse the name it looks like it was a good rock for an Indian head cracker. Probably natural. Mine came out of a creek bed where I'm sure it had tumbled for a thousand years or so. Monty

 

[IronSpike]

It sure does look like a match Rocks can have been picked up and mine likely also around water at some point in time.

I'll mark it solved as natural shaped rock. Thanks Monty What would be good to clean it with, acid?

 

[DCMatt]

 

[IronSpike]

Well, no point in trying to clean it. If a geode it would be more interesting to crack it

 

[Monty]

I think mine is some form of sandstone. Perhaps a little harder than some of the other sandstone in the area to have lasted so long without totally dissolving. I just used soap and water and a stiff brush to clean mine. Like you I just picked it up while detecting along an old WPA road because it looked interesting. Monty

 

[IronSpike]

I would say we crack both of them (hammer & chisel). Then again I haven't had time to get attached to my pet rock

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

What is that big coin?

 

[Monty]

Once you give it a name it's hard to just crack it open. It now has personality.
M nty

 

[IronSpike]

Tried to crack it but couldn't. Maybe I need a bigger hammer

The big coin is a RR track flat penny.

 

[Michaelangelo]

A lot of the old timers here in the South have a name for these shape rocks (which I dare not put on this forum). You'll see them piled in yards-look like a pile of cannonballs.

 

[72cheyenne]

Tried to crack it but couldn't. Maybe I need a bigger hammer

The big coin is a RR track flat penny.

Find a local brick mason and have him cut it with his wet saw. I bet its got pretty neat layers inside it.

 

[IronSpike]

A lot of the old timers here in the South have a name for these shape rocks (which I dare not put on this forum). You'll see them piled in yards-look like a pile of cannonballs.

Wonder why they would be called that It does kind of look like a cannonball.

Tried to crack it but couldn't. Maybe I need a bigger hammer

The big coin is a RR track flat penny.

Find a local brick mason and have him cut it with his wet saw. I bet its got pretty neat layers inside it.

That's a good idea I'm now curious about how it looks all the way through the rock

 

[Monty]

Looks like two different types of stone now. I think I'll just keep "Brainy" in one piece. Monty

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Now that you broke it, it almost looks like pottery.

 

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