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[hatetoorun]

Hello,

I was redirected over here for a second opinion. I am leaning towards a barite nodule, but want to make sure this isn’t something crafted. I have zero experience in this stuff, but found this on a mountain ridge on a friend’s property near Lookout Mountain at the GA/TN/AL line. It was not near running water but near jagged limestone in a forest.

 

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[Older The Better]

Looks like a nodule of chert maybe. I think the pits are too deep and irregular for anything a Native American would be pecking on

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Looks natural to me, I don't see any signs of work in pictures.

 

[CreekSide]

Walnut? Just kidding it’s natural

 

[Rockdog]

Definitely natural.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Petrified meatball? 😆
Sorry. Natural here too.

 

[Bucket Lister]

Petrified meatball? 😆
Sorry. Natural here too.

I was thinking petrified/fossilized bear nad, but that's still natural, eh?

 

[newnan man]

Agreed, naturally formed.