AI Nuggets at the beach

[G-bone]

Al Nuggets at the beach

Was able to get out for a couple hours Monday evening.
Hoping to capitalize on what was a busy weekend at the beach.
Pretty quite overall in the area I hit. Clad and Trash for the most part.
But hit it big with some nice big Al nuggets

 

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[ron lord]

Look like melted beer cans to me.

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

But hit it big with some nice big AI nuggets

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Wait AI or AL nuggets LAWL!

We may hafta consider that banner nomination material!

 

[H-2 CHARLIE]

Interesting.

 

[tony curnick]

We get those I'm south Africa on every beach,I have some the size of your hand,love to know where they come from?...possibly burning aircraft?....mystery aluminum nuggets!

 

[G-bone]

Wait AI or AL nuggets LAWL!

LOL, Thanks Pat-T-Cat. I looked it up again and you're right, it is Al (Lower case L) not upper case i.
These also could be Mg (Magnesium).

Hard to say where they come from..
Most likely camp fires and melted Beer cans.
And if Mg, back when they burnt the VW engine blocks?

Japan maybe? from the earthquakes? (they don't glow though).

Tony, what is aluminum going for by the lbs, where you live?
I think I'll start hanging on to this stuff and cash in.

 

[terry g]

I find lots of those..and agree they could be from camp fires

 

[Maximilian]

2$ question is do u find them on rocky or sand beach ?

 

[BagLady]

Will a magnet stick to them? My Gson found one this past wknd in our yard, with my MD. It is not magnetic, so I don't know what it is.

 

[njcommercialdiver]

ive found a couple that were obviously melted as they still had some "charcoal" pieces mixed in with them

 

[G-bone]

2$ question is do u find them on rocky or sand beach ?

Ah yes, in the rocky areas they were.
Patches of rounded cobble with rock as small as peas up to a Hen's eggs (but flatter)and some fist size.
The patches are about 12' or so in length down the beach and 6 or 7 feet wide.
All the Heavy's just piled up in nice little patches all down the beach.
That's the type of area I got my last two rings too.
The sand was quiet for the most part in between each patch.

And Negative on magnetic, Baglady.

 

[Peyton Manning]

sooo, where are you retiring to?

 

[CladiatorMax]

We get a lot of these on the North Side of the Huntington Beach Pier down in Orange County. Some think it comes from the oil platform just off shore (welding byproduct), who knows. It sure sounds great in the headphones, but is not that welcome in the scoop lol. Thanks for sharing.

 

[mnruxpin]

hate those things, escpecially in rocky areas, they look like rocks in the scoop, so you always dump them a time or two

 

[Maximilian]

If they r find in rocky beaches then they come from aluminum cans ,and they r exclusively made by wave activity , i find numerous number of them at rocky area , but just few in sand. Regarding that some have from charcoal in them many people trow away cans in camp fire . 2pcs u show on ur picture r somewhere in the middle of the process before they became stone shape. When they became stone shape it becomes extremely hard to separate it from rocks especially in the night, then pinpoint comes like solution.
They also have different sound similar to 24K gold or some coins so it is not so hard to tell once u dig the target what u find, if u cant see a coin or a gold u got AL nugget.
How i find they come from cans ? I find one which one part was stone shape (from the bottom of the can )and second have several thin aluminum layers(from can wall).
Hope those explain it.

 

[Hitndahed]

LOL, Thanks Pat-T-Cat. I looked it up again and you're right, it is Al (Lower case L) not upper case i.
These also could be Mg (Magnesium).

Hard to say where they come from..
Most likely camp fires and melted Beer cans.
And if Mg, back when they burnt the VW engine blocks?

Japan maybe? from the earthquakes? (they don't glow though).

Tony, what is aluminum going for by the lbs, where you live?
I think I'll start hanging on to this stuff and cash in.

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My bet is Aluminum,,,
Magnesium would not survive most fires. Once it if ignited that is.