Thank you for the response. I was just curious over my many years of metal detecting I've found a ton of junk iron just never a solid iron chunk that looked natural so I was just curious. Though it could very well be something brokenIt's an iron mineral of some type would be my guess. There are many forms of natural iron found all over the globe in the way of bog iron to meteorites. So much so I've wondered why the iron age didn't come before the bronze age? There are so many names given to these various rocks and minerals and what some might label what you have, others might call it something else. This site which assist on meteorite identification references a lot about the various types of iron rich minerals with many wonderful photographic samples. You will notice they are found just about everywhere and formed in so many ways.
I still myself think something that was an iron object that got broken up in a weird way. I just brought it home because it was so heavy and looked odd. No war stuff or military stuff around this area since it's from central California.
It was found in mariposa California. I highly doubt it's a meteorite. Just was a curiosity for me as I've metal detected around here for years and years and first time I've come across something like this here. Could be some type of slag, could even be some sort of iron object that was shrapnelled somehow. Just when I picked it up after digged it out of the ground it's weight was unexpected and weighted a lot more than most iron junk it's size I've found. Though in the end I'm just curious about what it is junk or not doesn't matter always wanted to learn about things.
Yeah I know. I've seen far too many people thinking they'd found a meteorite on here and I wasn't going to go down that path. I know the chances of that are highly unlikely. It'd be really cool but in regards to that this is most likely something else. I'm guess with my luck just a piece of iron scrap. But I still have no clue still just sitting on the table in my house.
