So I also posted to the todays finds...

[eca]

But I would really like to know what this is if anyone has any ideas...

I found it in the sand on a riverbank in western Massachusetts.

 

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[osage express]

Hello ECA and welcome to Tnet.Now is this find Stone of Iron....

 

[bradyboy]

what happens if you put a magnet to it?
Brady

 

[deldave]

That reminds me of a "clinker". It was what was left from burning dirty coal in a furnace. They are like stone and won't burn, you have to remove them.

 

[BosnMate]

Looks like a clinker to me also.

 

[fishguy]

looks like the stones from the old glass furnaces around here.

 

[eca]

what happens if you put a magnet to it?
Brady

It isn't magnetic at all. It registered all over the place with my MD.

 

[rock]

Welcome to the site eca. I would think you should put this one in the rock forum. There a few in their that probably can tell you what it is. Most here are describing Slag from what I have read. Slag is a bi product from a old ancient steel factory used back in the Civil War times to make steel with for guns and such. I find slag in all colors here where I live at in Ga. Good Luck, rock