H Hashish420 Tenderfoot Joined Aug 23, 2015 Messages 1 Reaction score 0 Golden Thread 0 Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Aug 23, 2015 #1 found this in a rock quarry and there is tonnes more Upvote 0
Gridwalker306 Gold Member Joined Nov 10, 2010 Messages 6,035 Reaction score 7,428 Golden Thread 1 Location Canada 🥇 Banner finds 1 Detector(s) used XP Deus, ATPro Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Aug 23, 2015 #2 I'm no expert on gold, but that looks like iron pyrite to me.
Chizzy Bronze Member Joined Feb 11, 2015 Messages 1,977 Reaction score 3,194 Golden Thread 0 Location North Central PA Detector(s) used Tesoro Compadre, Tesoro Vaquero, Garrett Pro-Pointer Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Aug 23, 2015 #3 Try the "streak test".......slide one or two of the prominent grains over a piece of unfinished white porcelain. If they leave black streaks, it's iron pyrite............
Try the "streak test".......slide one or two of the prominent grains over a piece of unfinished white porcelain. If they leave black streaks, it's iron pyrite............
Zee Full Member Joined Oct 12, 2013 Messages 202 Reaction score 145 Golden Thread 0 Detector(s) used Garrett AT Pro, Garrett AT Gold, Garrett Infinium, Garrett Pro Pointer(x2), 30" Bazooka Prospector, Scuba Gear Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Aug 23, 2015 #4 Looks like pyrite. Just take a knife or something and see if you can flake some off. Better yet crush it and pan it.
Looks like pyrite. Just take a knife or something and see if you can flake some off. Better yet crush it and pan it.