Stone cannonball? Found on a farm in hedgesville wv

[Kryptkid0]

I have no idea what it is.it weighs about 35lbs but thats literally all i know.i see what looks like maybe some quartz and a piece of metal on 1 side.its round not perfect but close enough.i highly doubt its a cannonball but it did come from a place with alot of civil war history

 

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[robertk]

Big geode, maybe?

 

[smokeythecat]

It's a geode. A natural mineral. There are has some nice and pricey ones. It's irregular shape would have blown up a cannon.

 

[ticndig]

.i see what looks like maybe some quartz and a piece of metal on 1 side.

metal as in a bolt or eye? if so I say it's a gate weight.

 

[Kryptkid0]

metal as in a bolt or eye? if so I say it's a gate weight.

Not sure it could have been something hammered in to try to split it i will get some pliers tomorrow and see if i can pull the piece out.

 

[ncsuwolf]

Not sure it could have been something hammered in to try to split it i will get some pliers tomorrow and see if i can pull the piece out.

Before you do that, can you provide a pic of the metal portion? Maybe I’m missing it, but not obvious to me in first set of pics. Thanks

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I agree with robertk and my good friend Smokey. Speaking as a longtime rock-hound and geode collector, its surface does have the look of geode. All I need to add is that it its reported weight of 35 pounds is very uncommonly heavy for a geode found in West Virginia. Therefore, I think it's more likely to be a "filled" geode... meaning, its internal cavity gradually got entirely filled in with water-deposited dissolved minerals, such as Chalcedony, Agate, etc. Some rock-&-mineral collector people call these "solid" geodes a Thunder Egg. Google the term to see examples.

 

[Kryptkid0]

Before you do that, can you provide a pic of the metal portion? Maybe I’m missing it, but not obvious to me in first set of pics. Thanks

Its flush with the ball i cant get a vicegrip on it to pull it lol maybe its the tip of a sword in a stone lol

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Its flush with the ball i cant get a vicegrip on it to pull it lol maybe its the tip of a sword in a stone lol
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Doesn't look like metal when blown up. Looks like geode who knows what "treasure" is in the middle.

 

[Kryptkid0]

I agree with robertk and my good friend Smokey. Speaking as a longtime rock-hound and geode collector, its surface does have the look of geode. All I need to add is that it its reported weight of 35 pounds is very uncommonly heavy for a geode found in West Virginia. Therefore, I think it's more likely to be a "filled" geode... meaning, its internal cavity gradually got entirely filled in with water-deposited dissolved minerals, such as Chalcedony, Agate, etc. Some rock-&-mineral collector people call these "solid" geodes a Thunder Egg. Google the term to see examples.

I checked thunder egg,very cool but it seems large and martinsburg wv is not a place their found but the people who owned the farm traveled alot to various places and countries.i also have a painting from toromolinos spain from the same farm so it may not be local.it was sat beside the fireplace lol

 

[Kryptkid0]

Doesn't look like metal when blown up. Looks like geode who knows what "treasure" is in the middle.

I need to find a way to slice it in half than.i love rocks i even have a large(20lb) concretion of quartz from a quarry in arkansas lol