KoD
Newbie
- Aug 21, 2020
- 3
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- Primary Interest:
- Prospecting
Hello everyone,
I found a greyish-silver metal Nugget approximately 1.7cm in length and 0.7cm in width, while swimming through the Merced River in California (a bit cold).
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Before gently scrubbing with soapy water:
It has a shiny silver to almost white streak on porcelain and from what I can tell with my weak magnets, it's not ferromagnetic. There's a possible weak interaction but nothing conclusive (used socket wrench/screwdriver magnets). I don't have a good mass scale either but I gather it's about 1 gram in weight using my less than top shelf kitchen scale. It feels lighter than a 1 cent penny and close to or just lighter than a 10 cent dime.
I haven't tried to polish it, I was considering putting some egg yolk on a spot and see if it tarnishes. Thoughts on that and thoughts on what this peculiar nugget could be?? Suggestions on tests to try or how to get it analyzed or if it's worth the effort to do so?
I found a greyish-silver metal Nugget approximately 1.7cm in length and 0.7cm in width, while swimming through the Merced River in California (a bit cold).
View attachment 20200819132440_IMG_7268.jpg
View attachment 20200819132739_IMG_7273.jpg
Before gently scrubbing with soapy water:
It has a shiny silver to almost white streak on porcelain and from what I can tell with my weak magnets, it's not ferromagnetic. There's a possible weak interaction but nothing conclusive (used socket wrench/screwdriver magnets). I don't have a good mass scale either but I gather it's about 1 gram in weight using my less than top shelf kitchen scale. It feels lighter than a 1 cent penny and close to or just lighter than a 10 cent dime.
I haven't tried to polish it, I was considering putting some egg yolk on a spot and see if it tarnishes. Thoughts on that and thoughts on what this peculiar nugget could be?? Suggestions on tests to try or how to get it analyzed or if it's worth the effort to do so?