What are these rocks?

[Jeff]

Found these out in the woods was wondering if any one knew what they were and if they were meteorites or something like that,there was a crater where they were found any information or opinions would be helpfull thank you jeff, i live in connecticut

 

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[Diggit]

They look like slag.

 

[Jeff]

 

[diggummup]

I agree iron slag. It's magnetic?

 

[Jeff]

it is not magnetic ,magnet does not stick to it

 

[Diggit]

If it's not magnetic, then it is is probably coal slag.
I would think it is the stuff cleaned out of the bottom of a coal burning furnace or stove. I've seen that in places around Michigan.
Sometimes it is magnetic, and sometimes it isn't, depending on the makeup of wht was burned.

 

[dawsoncity40Chris]

break off a chunk and show what it looks like inside, we might get a better idea.

 

[old digger]

Was there an old railroad that went through the area? Looks like old slag from a locomotive. Or was there an old foundry in this area?

 

[Jeff]

these are chunks broken off i believe this to be a very weathered martian meteorite it even has bluberrie chondrules all over the specimen

 

[Jeff]

there was no railroad that went through that area and like i said there was acthually a flattened out round crater under these specimens, and nothing like this anywhere else

 

[Jeff]

posted more pics

 

[Silver Searcher]

Slag clinker.

SS

 

[diggummup]

It hasn't been mentioned yet- Do these objects register under a metal detector? I doubt they are meteorites but here is a link with some more info. regarding such- some meteorites are magnetic, some are not
and Martian meteorites- Martian Meteorites

 

[Jeff]

Yes these items register under my metal detecter but are not attracted to any magnet which is weird ,

 

[ryaan21]

slag

 

[menotomymaps]

Where are you located?
I've found a couple similar pieces in the woods in Massachusetts. No where near a railroad or a factory or anything like that.
Also non-magnetic.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Do we have a meteorite forum? If we dont, we should.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Yes we do. Post it here Jeff for more opinions. Meteorites

 

[tigerbeetle]

It's slag, which was used as road bedding (bottom layer) as late as the 1940s. It shows up all over the place and can be a bane when mixed in with bottle dumps or relics piles. Hate the stuff. You can have it all. Good huntin'.

 

[randazzo1]

Just for one more "second" - I agree that it is slag. Not unusual for a magnet not to stick to it. The small amount of iron can get spread throughout the matrix of the slag making it highly visible to the metal detector - But - there isn't a high enough concentration in any one area for a magnet to stick to it. Or it could of course be something other than iron. It would still be interesting to try to figure out where it came from. I don't think a regular old camp fire would get hot enough to generate slag. Also - here's an interesting tid bit - some bench jewelers collect slag and then cut it into faceted "stones" for making jewelry. I've seen it in green, orange, blue etc.

The good thing is that this find means there were people here. After metal detecting for a while and getting frustrated - I learned on this forum that finding iron, slag etc is actually a good thing - it means there is a chance to find something cool around. Good luck with it. HH