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weird sphere rock in garden?? (pics included)?

Hi everyone, I dident really know where to put this question so ill put it here. I found this really weird rock in my garden when i was planting some flowers it was really deep down into the soil.its about the size of a golf ball but the weight of a real rock....the surface/texture of it is like a rocks.but its perfectly spherical.....So i just wanted to see what you guys think is this a normel rock just made into a sphere shape (by people)?? or has it been naturally made like??. lol sorry if you think this is a odd question im just interested in it. http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk74/AJsCrypt-Of-Darkness/rock5.jpg http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk74/AJsCrypt-Of-Darkness/rock3.jpg http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk74/AJsCrypt-Of-Darkness/weridrock1.jpg AJ It was really deep like a metre or more...i was planting a apple tree so i had to make the hole really deep. http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk74/AJsCrypt-Of-Darkness/rocl9.jpg ruler pic 4 how asked 4 it lol i mean 'who' asked for it not 'how' lol.....jeez i type too fast.....also extra details um...its really heavy for such a small ball but when you tap it...it kinda sounds hollow which is really odd so i dont know what that could mean. oh and sorry for the quality of the pics im using my computer cam

Public Comments

1. It definitely looks man made, god knows what it is though!
2. Is it a musket ball ? ooh no its to big for that
3. That's quite cool if it is natural. I think it is natural... Ooh...
4. I dont know... but that is really cool. how deep was it? how long have you been living in that place?
5. it could be a geode which is a hollow rock with crystals inside. some are worth alot of money. see if you can find a geolagist to look at it.
6. Well, maybe this rock came from a past volcanic eruption and then it landed on the river, gradually being eroded by water through the years. And it got picked up by the some people who used it for the foundation of your house! Hm, this is just a guess actually, but it's worth a try! Maybe you should have geologist check it. It might be a geode. Take care!
7. More than likely it is the center of an old baseball. The outside deterioed
8. its a small cannon ball... its from a small calibre weapon and i know that it is pre 16th century....used before the invention of bronze / iron balls they were carved by hand they changed to iron balls in the end because the stone could not be carved fast enough for war and the bronze balls kept exploding inside the canon... if you have got a museum near you contact them they will be able to help you more, i haven't got enough space on here to give you all the details about it ...good luck...arf.
9. cool...i don't know. but i would like to! that's an awesome rock!
10. it's either Jack Nickolaus's lost ball or a mini dinosaur poo.