Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2017/10/05/what-is-this-thing-someone-fou.html
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No idea what it is, but I like the idea of the subreddit. It reminds me of one of my favourite game shows from my childhood:
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Hmmm - no idea. If it was iron it should be magnetic, which as far as I know, what cannon balls were made of.
My bet’s on cannonball.
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Mid 1700’s anal bead?
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Unless you’re joking about snow globes. That’s verboten.
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You would be amazed what mysterious objects end up in Creek beds. Spotted on the Cherokee reservation in western NC while I was trout fishing.
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lol…yeah heavy, not magnet, found in a creek.
i with you on guessing he found a rock. 
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Like anything, it is what it does, regardless of consensus.
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Thunderegg?
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Looks very much like an iron concretion made from iron sulfide or iron oxide which form in sediments before they are fully lithified.
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I don’t really know much about US artillery history, but historically cannonballs were made of stone, lead, and pretty much anything else you could think of, including wood.
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Found! Donald Trump’s shrivelled soul…
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Looks like the Iron Giant finally passed that kidney stone.
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Only way to be sure is to hatch it and see what comes out.
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It’s a creek-chocolate to put on the creek-pillow of your creekbed.
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