In ps.com,
dakota2112 > typed:
> Ok, so a few days ago, we grilled steaks on the Weber kettle over a
> blazing hot fire of Royal Oak hardwood charcoal. Then last night,
> we
> grilled some brats and sausages, and when I went to fire up the
> grill,
> I found what looks like a big lump of melted metal in with the
> left-over coals from steak night. I can only describe it as looking
> like a big chunk of volcanic rock, but it was definitely melted
> metal,
> because I checked it with a magnet. This thing was bigger than my
> outstretched palm, and almost as big as my outstretched hand, and
> felt
> as heavy as you'd expect from a chunk of metal that size.
>
> When we did the steaks, I used two chimneys full of hardwood, and I
> don't recall seeing anything out of the ordinary or heavy come
> tumbling
> out of the bag and into the chimneys, but then again I wasn't
> exactly
> looking for a chunk of metal either.
>
> Anyone ever have something like this happen to them, or know what
> this
> chunk of metal might've been? Just curious.

Never anything as large as you describe, but I've found rocks and
metal similar to what you describe. I call 'em "Moon Rocks".

Maybe TNW will read this and (again) give his ideas on the origin of
these moon rocks.

BOB