What could this be?

[Waitiseearock]

I found this on a beach down in the Florida keys. It’s not magnetic, lightweight and it has a very smooth, slippery feel and texture. I looked around for others but this was the only one. Any ideas? 

[SPrice]

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Nice beachcombing find. I would go with your tag 'aluminum' .   At a guess, a beverage can which was tossed into a beach bonfire and became the molten slag that you now possess.  Paint it gold and superglue it to the floor at work and watch how effective "fool's" gold works. 

[Waitiseearock]

Im leaning towards the aluminum side as

well. Only thing that puzzles me is I found something identical in Hawaii. Completely opposite side of the world but exactly the same characteristics. Very odd! I guess people are melting cans all over the place! 

[SPrice]

Another guess is it's a piece of slag from a factory, a smelter, a ship or some such. It could even be a piece of something from offshore that burned...like a boat or boat motor...IDK...just guessing really.  But is does look like melted aluminum that came from somewhere and arrived on a Keys beach. Maybe from Cuban refugees?