steelheadwill
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Greetings,
my first topic in this forum.
Been Md'ing for almost 2 years, and eyeballed my first point a month or so back.
(quartz Kirks Notched)
I found an area on a tidal creek with lots of flint stones, not native to my area.
(southern NH)
Figured I'd look for flakes and points while I scanned for metals.
discovered a very hot rock, and grabbed a bunch of stones, thinking I'd try my hand at knapping.
Finished up the days hunt, and while rinsing my finds, I see the hotrock is a bead with what appears to be a vein and several flakes of gold visible.
I tone tested it against other metal items, US gold coins, various size nuggets, and some brass pieces. closest match is with a 2-1/2 dollar gold coin, fairly loud tone, with a hi 20s reading on my Safari.
Apparently there is more metal than visible in this stone.
I am hoping someone may have input on the possible origins
and history of this bead.
Any help is greatly appreciated
thanks for looking
my first topic in this forum.
Been Md'ing for almost 2 years, and eyeballed my first point a month or so back.
(quartz Kirks Notched)
I found an area on a tidal creek with lots of flint stones, not native to my area.
(southern NH)
Figured I'd look for flakes and points while I scanned for metals.
discovered a very hot rock, and grabbed a bunch of stones, thinking I'd try my hand at knapping.
Finished up the days hunt, and while rinsing my finds, I see the hotrock is a bead with what appears to be a vein and several flakes of gold visible.
I tone tested it against other metal items, US gold coins, various size nuggets, and some brass pieces. closest match is with a 2-1/2 dollar gold coin, fairly loud tone, with a hi 20s reading on my Safari.
Apparently there is more metal than visible in this stone.
I am hoping someone may have input on the possible origins
and history of this bead.
Any help is greatly appreciated
thanks for looking
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