Found near pasture/farm land in Josephine, TX - What are they??

[amandatoups]

My son and I found these on a walk near some pastures/farm land over the weekend. They are hard, smooth, not magnetic, and heavy. Guesses have been rocks from mill grinders, bovine stomach stones, antique marbles, musket balls, etc. I'm hoping to figure out what they are...

 

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[Ant]

My guess is "Clay Marbles", nice.

 

[BosnMate]

No idea, so I'm tagging this hoping some expert will be able to tell us.

 

[amandatoups]

Thank you, this is driving me crazy!

 

[SkaBa]

They look like stomach stones.

 

[amandatoups]

Thank you for the reply...I thought maybe so on the stomach stones, but from what I have found searching for pictures none are the round shape like these. I've also looked up ball mills that grind up grain and such, but haven't found pics that look like these. I'm going to try to get them weighed in the next day or so to get a little more information that might be helpful.

 

[duggap]

Check out these Indian marbles.https://www.google.com/search?q=ind...&ei=_TArVMmxKYySgwSilIH4Aw&sqi=2&ved=0CB0QsAQ

 

[olroy70]

I have found a couple of indian marbles.... in various places, and always around camps

and never a bunch!!!!!!!! nice

 

[lockster99]

If they feel "unusually" heavy for their size, my vote is ball mill media. I have several that I found with some steel ones all in crushed concrete. Figure the clay version must have got mixed in some way.

 

[SkySgt]

My guess is Aluminum Bauxite Balls.

Aluminum Bauxite Grinding Balls - Grinding Balls Manufacturer and Wholesale Supplier from Pingxiang Rich Silicon Ceramic Co. Limited, China

 

[johnnyi]

I'll vote with SkySgt on them being milling balls. If they were marbles they'd be shooters, and if shooters they'd probably be painted. Plus being heavy, you'd think by now they'd have settled in the ground or been picked up already.

 

[amandatoups]

Hmm, thought I posted a reply with weights but don't see them...

73.3 g
69.3 g
38.4 g
34.7 g

So, likely mill balls from some sort of grain mill?

 

[MuckyBottles]

They look like floating ball stoppers for codd bottles. .I find them all the time
Antique Codd Bottles

 

[MuckyBottles]

Here is a good picture if one

 

[amandatoups]

Thanks everyone!

 

[jrpoppapump]

dinosaur bird eggs?