Pyrite found while metal detecting dirt piles in Goldsboro, NC

[Gilligan]

My son and I were detecting some piles of dirt that apparently came from the Neuse River, perhaps at a bridge site. We found these cool pieces of fools gold during our detecting. The hooked shaped ones are a mystery, but they are solid fools gold. The egg shaped rock had a cut in it that we thought may have been made by indians, but normally that type of cut goes all the way around for a hammerhead, we kept it just in case.

[zerojinx]

I had a similar experience in Texas. While out exploring a creek, and prospecting for fossils, I saw something glinting in the sun. The closer I got, I started seeing a gold color. I got excited for a couple of seconds until i got too the specimens and found them to be large Pyrite crystals. I collected some of them. They turned out to be the only thing I found that day.

[Gilligan]

They are pretty in the bright sun and fun to collect for sure. Thanks for your comment.

[terryo]

you should see the fossil pyrotized Ammonites I found in England, on the southern coast, near Charmouth.They look like robotic machines, more than the creatures they once were...

[Gilligan]

you should see the fossil pyrotized Ammonites I found in England, on the southern coast, near Charmouth.They look like robotic machines, more than the creatures they once were...

would love to see pics of them!

[zerojinx]

Yes pictures would be nice. I'm envisioning fearsome robitic ammonites roaming the cretaceous seas of europe.

[Gilligan]

Yes pictures would be nice. I'm envisioning fearsome robitic ammonites roaming the cretaceous seas of europe.