Unidentified perfectly round rock with bumps.

Bassgod

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My father found this strange round rock buried in soil when he was digging out a foundation in northwestern Oregon. The soil here is not very rocky- so pretty strange. The bumps are also weird. Ways maybe 15 to 20 lbs. anyone happen to know what it is? Thank you!
 

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I do not think it is a Thunder egg. Possible it is in the fossil family of Cretaceous. Hopefully a rock hound will chime in.
Cool rock lets get an I.D.. We have a great fossil a and rock forum on this site you might post it it there as well.
Thanks for sharing your unique find.
TnMtns
 

Very cool! :occasion14:
 

Interesting rock. Good luck on identifying it. Thanks for sharing.
 

Hi
My father found this strange round rock buried in soil when he was digging out a foundation in northwestern Oregon. The soil here is not very rocky- so pretty strange. The bumps are also weird. Ways maybe 15 to 20 lbs. anyone happen to know what it is? Thank you!
At first I thought it was a piece of coral but I soon realized it had to be the nest of some bug, bee or beetle that has left it behind.

Regards, Bob
 

Hi
My father found this strange round rock buried in soil when he was digging out a foundation in northwestern Oregon. The soil here is not very rocky- so pretty strange. The bumps are also weird. Ways maybe 15 to 20 lbs. anyone happen to know what it is? Thank you!
It looks like a lump of concrete. I'm not seeing any fossils. Better pictures are required.
 

Hi
My father found this strange round rock buried in soil when he was digging out a foundation in northwestern Oregon. The soil here is not very rocky- so pretty strange. The bumps are also weird. Ways maybe 15 to 20 lbs. anyone happen to know what it is? Thank you!
Pics of all sides with something next to it to judge size by, like a ruler, would be helpful. If the other side is flat it might be concrete as blauer said.
 

Mackaydon , I found one similar to yours except it was smaller in Dia. about 1 1/2 inch's and was split in half . the out side looked Grayish like your's and the middle had a black shaped heart ( I found this on Valentine's day at a club outting at a sand & gravel plant in a anceint Mississippi River channel 5 miles from the current river channel. about 2 hours after I found this rock I found the other half of it in that pile of rock. I still have it and it was identified as what you posted. Botryoidal Hematite I hope this was spelled correctly , I even have a hard time saying it correctly !
 

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