what is this? an old cannon ball or artillery shell?

[smiths]

the location it was found was near the
San Jacinto battleground area in south Texas

 

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[trapperart]

Welcome to the forum I'm not sure of the ID. Is there any kind of fuse opening? Hopefully someone will have more info

 

[smiths]

Thank you,
no sign of a fuse opening, it's round but flatter than a cannon ball, and as you can see has divided compartments inside, maybe divided into 4 parts.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Is it iron or rock?

Kind of looks like a natural iron nodule. Cast cannon balls don't flatten - they shatter.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

definitely not a projectile.... I'd agree with Charley.... Natural formation, and a pretty neat one too

 

[smiths]

my metal detector picked this up, it's iron, not a rock, and is divided into 4 sections inside.
When i found this it wasn't merged into the bedrock like your picture above. Although it was buried it was loose, not connected to surrounding rock formations.

 

[ARC]

my metal detector picked this up, it's iron, not a rock, and is divided into 4 sections inside.
When i found this it wasn't merged into the bedrock like your picture above. Although it was buried it was loose, not connected to surrounding rock formations.

... :/

 

[tamrock]

I think they call those a iron concretion as CPNY has pointed out.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

It's basically like a geode only made of iron.... it probably formed in a soft rock like sandstone which has eroded away.

 

[Icewing]

I'd say it's an ancient meteorite till proven otherwise.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Only hollow meteorite I ever heard mention of was in the movie "The Blob"

 

[Icewing]

Ok it's a transformer heart

 

[Dave N Japan]

 

[Joe hunter]

Ok it's a transformer heart

The autobots have the all spark hidden at universal studios in Orlando Florida perhaps some life can be given back to the poor thing

 

[Joe hunter]

It really is cool nice find