From another forum i'm on, no one can figure out what this is... what do you think HEF
Non-finished Tungsten carbide ball casting - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten_carbide
And here, I was going to answer that's it's a thingamabob, cause it doesn't have enough moving parts to be a gizmo. Take it to a scrap yard, and have them check it with an XRF gun. That'd probably tell you, but the tungsten carbide seems to be a good guess.
Some bullet or ball that was shot into a tree at one time??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_shot
Maybe for use in a Ball Mill - Tun-carbide would be very expensive shot for cannon shot but embedded into a tree?
Tonka you frequent the PBB or did you find it somewhere else?
Yes, No i got it from PBB..lol
Its fecal matter from an alien spacecraft....:cool2
Why ?? do people waste Beer like that ....
space poopie...LOL
The thing that gets me thinking is if it was carbide, why didn't it shatter when struck with a hammer? There are other non ferrous metals in use, has anyone ever checked it to see if it was radioactive? (just asking, I'm not playing lets chase the spaceman here.....just asking is all) How about a high grade of stainless? Stainless is non magnetic, certain grades are very heavy due to makeup, can be formed, molded, can react to high temperatures, and very hard, and won't have sparks when ground on a grinding wheel. Also the heat transfer coefficient is something like 25% of mild or ferrous steel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_steel Also there are certain chemicals, (highly concentrated hydrochloric acid comes to mind here) will cause discoloration......just my two cents, but I have my doubt that it is carbide even though there are a lot of similarities.
I also think its unground cast carbide. If that little dimple in the center of the flat was there when found it could be from a failed hardness test and thrown away, maybe lots of them. I wonder if it was just an odd chance that it ended up inside a tree or was placed there on purpose. Were there tree huggers back then? Competing logging companies or property disputes? If sure would make a mess of any type of cutting equipment. I could see a mill refusing all logs from a company if they ran into too many of these things.
what's PBB?
As it was buried deep in a log is there any possibility (depending on where exactly the log came from - a firing range maybe) it could be part of a depleted uranium artillery or tank shell ..? Does it feel warm to the touch ..? Got a Geiger Counter handy ..?
top secret!!!