A Rock That Made My Detector Sing

[txkickergirl]

Went out into a field close to the house, lots of people gather from time to time for different events. I was happily finding my usual pennies, dimes, and a few quarters when I found this rock. Its really small, but my detector is convinced that it is in the silver range and it kept showing as a dime. I was hunting with the Ace today. I can see silver slivers in it so perhaps it ore. I couldn't get a very good pic of it.

 

[wildrider]

That's pretty neat.

I've never had anything but hot rocks make my detector go off.

Good find.

Burt

 

[TEXMAN]

I found 1 in Dallas about 10 yrs ago at an old bulldozed lot, I assumed that it was from a burned out old house and was just some kind of junk aluminum or something. It's black on the outside ,about 1" long and big around as a dime. Sometime later on I was melting some old broken silver rings and things and decided to metl it. It would not melt, jsut broke into 2 pieces and its a silver color on the inside. Still don't know what it is.... maybe nickel or something..meteorite?? Forgot about it til now. hmmmm maybe I should have it ID'd..........TEX

 

[DJ_Quinn]

I get that all the time. There's a sil;ver mine north of me, and I've found ore when I'm detecting, and I also get a lot of rocks containing copper on the beach. Odly enough, they call the coastal area "The Copper Coast". I used to keep the most interesting specimens, but I finally ran out of room!

 

[BioProfessor]

If you can, take your rock here. They'll tell you what it is:

Magic Valley Gem & Mineral Society
5812 N. "26th" St.
McAllen, TX 78504-4704 USA
or
PO Box 3004
Edinburg, TX 78540 USA
Meetings: 3rd Wed. 7:30 pm (Sept - June), McAllen International Museum.

Daryl

 

[TEXMAN]

Hmmm, a little to far from dallas for me.. Good to know though! Thanks

 

[BioProfessor]

Sorry, I was "talking" to the original poster:

txkickergirl
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There should be a club near you though. I'll check.

Daryl

 

[BioProfessor]

Here you go Texman:

Rollin'Rock Club, Inc.
6004 Cohoke Dr.
Arlington, TX 76018 USA


Daryl

 

[TEXMAN]

much obliged,bio....tex

 

[jeric2]

is it quartz? I can't tell from the pic. if it is, it might have a small gold vein in it. A possibility

 

[DCMatt]

I hunted a house built in 1911 last Sunday. The back yard was loaded with "coal clinkers". Most of them about the size of a pea or slightly larger. It's the stuff left over after burning coal in a furnace. Made my detector go nutz!

I mentioned it to my 72 y. o. dad. He said when he was a kid they had a coal fired furnace and they'd just dump the clinkers "out back".

I read that they are sometimes found near old railroad tracks, too.

DCMatt

 

[txkickergirl]

If you can, take your rock here. They'll tell you what it is:

Magic Valley Gem & Mineral Society
5812 N. "26th" St.
McAllen, TX 78504-4704 USA
or
PO Box 3004
Edinburg, TX 78540 USA
Meetings: 3rd Wed. 7:30 pm (Sept - June), McAllen International Museum.

Daryl

Thanks for the info I will have to look in to it.

 

[privet12]

The way it looks and the fact that you said that it showed as a dime I will bet money that it is melted aluminum prob from an old camp fire. I run into them all the time hunting old camp sites. People throw their coke cans in the fire and they get melted into blobs like that. Sometime there are so many of them that I Just have to move away from that area. They always show up as dimes or quarters and usually give a good solid signal.

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

The way it looks and the fact that you said that it showed as a dime I will bet money that it is melted aluminum prob from an old camp fire. I run into them all the time hunting old camp sites. People throw their coke cans in the fire and they get melted into blobs like that. Sometime there are so many of them that I Just have to move away from that area. They always show up as dimes or quarters and usually give a good solid signal.

I agree...Dang melted blobs of aluminum sound goooooood!

 

[txkickergirl]

yeah it probably is a melted blob, but until I know for sure its a nice fantasy

 

[privet12]

Hey now fantasy's can be a good thing sometimes too cause sometimes they come true.

 

[TeddyB1967]

I have found a few rocks that made my detector go off too. No idea what they are, or what's inside of them. I just put them in a keeper bowl and hope one day I might figure out what they are

 

[Smokey]

That's a Nice Find!!!

55TXBANDIT