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  1. #1

    Sep 2007
    Depoe Bay Oregon
    Whites XLT
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    strange rock found while detecting has soft metal

    I found this today whil;e detecting some near some rocks on the oregon coast.
    the metal in the quartz is soft and bends easy but its not the color of gold.
    any clues

    The pen is pointing at the soft flexable metal in the quartz i know its not the best pic but its all i have
    the white in the rock appears to be quartz.
    i did dig it from about 5 inches down and the detector loved it.
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  2. #2

    Jul 2007
    ENGLAND & CALIFORNIA
    Eyes, ears and common sense
    907

    Re: strange rock found while detecting has soft metal

    lead?
    You can't always get what you want, but if you try, sometimes you just might find, you get what you need- Mick Jagger

  3. #3

    Sep 2007
    Depoe Bay Oregon
    Whites XLT
    1,637
    Banner Finds (1)

    Re: strange rock found while detecting has soft metal

    Quote Originally Posted by Peerless67
    lead?
    too hard for lead and too light

  4. #4

    May 2007
    78

    Re: strange rock found while detecting has soft metal

    Might be molybdenum. Is there any copper in the area?
    Him thief him friend of him last Guinea
      Him kill both Priest and Friar, oh dear!
        Him cut de t'roat of piccaninny,
          Bloody, bloody, buccaneer.

  5. #5

    Sep 2007
    Depoe Bay Oregon
    Whites XLT
    1,637
    Banner Finds (1)

    Re: strange rock found while detecting has soft metal

    Quote Originally Posted by Miner49er
    Might be molybdenum. Is there any copper in the area?
    I DONT KNOW LOL

  6. #6

    Jan 2007
    North of Sacramento,Ca.
    dfx
    659

    Re: strange rock found while detecting has soft metal

    It looks like a decomposed battery to me.

  7. #7
    us
    Feb 2005
    Menominee, Michigan
    T-2,
    1,272

    Re: strange rock found while detecting has soft metal

    how about zinc, found a couple chunks around here, didn't know what i had , brought it to work and had it analyzed, was 98 percent natural zinc
    where's the good stuff

  8. #8

    Jan 2008
    22

    Re: strange rock found while detecting has soft metal

    Graphite, perhaps.

    Do a streak test on it.

 

 

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