Pls help identify

Sbalausa

Newbie
Oct 11, 2018
4
2
Ibadan, Oyo state
Detector(s) used
Gold detector
Primary Interest:
Prospecting

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Rookster

Gold Member
Nov 24, 2013
29,382
111,597
Detector(s) used
XP Deus, F75Ltd., AT PRO, Garrett pointer
Primary Interest:
Cache Hunting
But welcome to Tnet.
 

IAMZIM

Bronze Member
Apr 23, 2011
1,567
2,160
Butte City, Montana
Detector(s) used
ace 250/garret pinpointer, garret AT Gold
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Not very good pics, but my guess is hemetite. Try taking pics in natural sunlight and take the pics dry, wetting the stones will make it more difficult to identify.
 

Johncoho

Silver Member
Feb 14, 2014
2,854
7,264
Martinsburg, Pa. in the summer and Apache Junction
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
2
Detector(s) used
Whites Spectrum XLT, Garrett AT Pro, Macro pinpointer, Garrett carrot pinpointer,
Lesch digger, Nel Tornado coil for ATPro, Garret ATMax with Nel Tornado coil
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I agree they could be coated with mercury as that was used in some mining operations to recover gold. The darker stones look like Obsidian.
 

No gold in NY

Bronze Member
Mar 22, 2015
1,688
2,921
Detector(s) used
Whites Coin Master,
Whites Gold Master GMT, Whites MXSport
High banker/dredge,
DIY hand trommel,
DIY Miller table,
DIY fluidbed gold trap sluice,
Keene A-52 A-52s
2186 Wheaties
Primary Interest:
Other
Gold and mercury have a tremendous attraction for each other. That is why miners used mercury in their process. If ordinary rocks had the same attraction, the process wouldn't work. Therefore I would say those rocks are not coated with mercury. Just a lay persons thought.
 

Ccarson

Full Member
Dec 20, 2014
215
698
El Monte,Ca
Detector(s) used
Whites mxt pro,surf pi pro,trx pinpointer
Minelab eureka
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
My guess is apache tears.
 

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