✅ SOLVED Unknown Piece What is it?

[erfranks]

Ok, i found this a couple weeks ago. It came up as 11 on my nox. I found at a home site that prob 1890 to 1930. but it is about 1" round and 3.25". A magnet will not stick to it. on the parts that are not cracked up it is very smooth. It come up to .499 grams. What would this have gone to or what was it used for? Does anyone have an idea? I have dug hot rocks but this has a shape like it was used for something.

 

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[SlateBeltDigger]

Is it heavy and metallic feeling? I'm just spitballing here, but it looks like a piece of broken bit used in quarries. I find things like that here in my area where quarries and slate work built the area from scratch.

 

[erfranks]

Is it heavy and metallic feeling? I'm just spitballing here, but it looks like a piece of broken bit used in quarries. I find things like that here in my area where quarries and slate work built the area from scratch.

it is not heavy at all, it does feel the same as slate, it does not leave a mark on paper like coal... it weighs 50 grams, or 17.5 oz. it did look like it was completely round 1" in dia. but has been broken and chipped i guess from plows and such. if it is slate, you think it was heated up or something, and that made it a hot rock?

 

[xr7ator]

Piece of carbon rod?

 

[ticndig]

I agree carbon rod from a battery

 

[bradyboy]

my first guess would have been a carbon rod.
can you shave it?
Brady

 

[Tony in SC]

1" would be about right for a dry cell?

Piece of carbon rod?

 

[erfranks]

Thanks, that make sense… can carbon be picked up with metal detector or because it got hot is the reason it was it is able to be picked up