A half hour at the beach

[ecnal]

Found this stuff with the girlfriend on White Horse beach in Plymouth, MA today. Not much. A nail, an unidentified piece of metal, soda can tab, small coil of copper wire and some weird melted metal clumps.

I'm curious about the chunks of metal. How do I tell what type of metal this is? It's not lead, I tried bending it with my teeth, didn't happen. Couldn't even make a mark. Looks like it's been melted. Here are a few closeups:

Any ideas? Is there some type of test that can be done?

 

[ecnal]

I'm thinking it may be aluminium. It's pretty lightweight and can be cut with dykes.

 

[rogues71]

hey my old stomping grounds, sigh the east coast

 

[fathead]

Try throwing a crumpled can into a campfire/bonfire. That might be the source. Just a guess.

Or you discovered a new deposit of silver blobs.

Either way you got out and dug something.

FH

 

[61willys]

Most Likely melted aluminum Can Blobs we find them every where we Detect and They give us Fits cuase they give such a good signal...LOL oh well You Got to Get Out and MD its better than Sitting at Home watching it Rain...
Good Job

 

[Detectingfreak]

hey three dirty little round things!!!!

 

[ecnal]

Yeah, that's what I figure they are - melted beer cans. Three of them were right on the surface, the others were under only an inch or two. I would love it if it were melted silver!

Ohwell. I had fun.