Could this be anything?

[Dr Plugs]

I found this ball while metal detecting a early 1800s homesite a few months back. I found it while digging a plug for a signal I got.

There was a button in the hole, but I noticed this in the dirt while covering the hole in. It was found between the iron patch and a beautiful spring, that no doubt could have been used by native Americans over the years.

What cought my eye is how perfectly round it is, it has a texture like sandpaper, almost like it was rolled out of wet clay and then baked or hardened when it dried.

I know alot of times people see what they want, but I'm not that guy, I am not "convinced" one way or another, I just figured I'd let some other people look at it that know way more than I do. There was also nothing else seen or found of this kind of material.

 

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[DizzyDigger]

Can't speak to it being an artifact of some kind, but it's a cool find, nonetheless.

 

[newnan man]

Maybe a clay marble?

 

[dognose]

It could be a shaped game ball, the polishing phase not yet completed. The rough stone pecked into the round shape you found.

 

[CreekSide]

Looks to be a quartzite stone. They usually don’t come that round in my area. But for me the game stone is one of the hardest artifacts to get a good identification on. In hand is easy but from just a picture it’s just a guess. I’d keep it just in case