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new addition to my foreign item collection found in lump

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RRP
RRP Posts: 25,898
edited July 2016 in EggHead Forum
I have lots of rocks in my stash, but here's a cool new piece. As you can see there is charred wood inside and it's about 5" long and super hard.
 

I thought it might have been the end of a stick to stir cement but the texture is not like cement. I have no clue what it is but I'm saving it.


Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • bgeaddikt
    bgeaddikt Posts: 503
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    I found a fist-sized rock in the last bag of lump i used this passed weekend.
    Austin, Tx
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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
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    From the first picture it almost looks like a jaw bone.  
    Large and Small BGE
    Central, IL

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  • yljkt
    yljkt Posts: 799
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    saluki2007 said:
    From the first picture it almost looks like a jaw bone.  
    Yeah it does. Need a pic of it with a quarter or dime to put in perspective.  
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  • XLentEGG
    XLentEGG Posts: 436
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    Burning my last bag of CDS this week ...Cant wait to see what the next twelve bags of RO have for me ! ;-)
    More meat please !! :-)
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
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    Ron's idea makes most sense, with the wood inside it.  could be plaster though.  looks like it....

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  • xiphoid007
    xiphoid007 Posts: 536
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    Base of a shovel with the wood still in it?  Charcoal making process worked on wood and burnt holes in metal?
    Pittsburgh, PA - 1 LBGE
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,898
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    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    Ron's idea makes most sense, with the wood inside it.  could be plaster though.  looks like it....

    This is not at all brittle and has a certain pitch to it when struck, but not a metallic sound. It is strong and I scored a piece of wood with it clearly marking the wood, but it did not phase the material. Tomorrow I'll try some other tests. Due to the texture on the flip side I thought it might have been BondO, but I believe it would have burnt up.
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • gmac
    gmac Posts: 1,814
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    New game:  Guess what Ron found. 
    Winner gets a new Rutland. 
    I believe I have no idea what it is. 
    Mt Elgin Ontario - just a Large.
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  • yljkt
    yljkt Posts: 799
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    RRP said:
    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    Ron's idea makes most sense, with the wood inside it.  could be plaster though.  looks like it....

    This is not at all brittle and has a certain pitch to it when struck, but not a metallic sound. It is strong and I scored a piece of wood with it clearly marking the wood, but it did not phase the material. Tomorrow I'll try some other tests. Due to the texture on the flip side I thought it might have been BondO, but I believe it would have burnt up.
    Rockwell hardness test in order? 
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  • Dyal_SC
    Dyal_SC Posts: 6,056
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    So there is "wood inside and it is 5" long and super hard"?  

    I'm stumped, @RRP.  :confused::giggle:  

    Looks like melted plastic to me. 
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  • gmac
    gmac Posts: 1,814
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    Super hard, 5 inches long, got wood. These things write themselves....
    Mt Elgin Ontario - just a Large.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    looks like a fulgurite
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    I love lamp..
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,898
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    nolaegghead said:
    looks like a fulgurite
    LOL - had to look that one up! BTW is the sale price of my newly found item going to sky rocket so I better put it in my safe deposit box at the bank? let alone get Lloyds of London to insure it? 
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgurite
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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