DANGER67 IS A LUCKY CHARM........I FOUND A SILVER NUGGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sky_Warrior]

First off I would like to say I don't have a camera so no picture =(

Ok so I was about to leave chat for a quick backyard hunt and I told danger67 "pray that I find something that makes me jump up and down like a monkey" lol we laughed and I got off to hunt

Well 3rd hole I was about to go in and I figured hay 1 more.......... I pull out a silver nugget 0.4 of a ounce exactly 0.4 weird. So next time ur in chat and ur about to go hunt if danger67 is on ask him to say a prayer for you........................

THANKS DANGER67

SEMPER FI

 

[EDDE]

melted aluminum

 

[Sky_Warrior]

well ive seen silver nuggets before and im pretty sure its a silver nugget but i will post again when I test it

 

[Samuelben]

its easy to figure out aluminum melts very easily

 

[Sky_Warrior]

yes I all ready ruled out aluminum and I have experience with silver nuggets.

 

[Felinepeachy]

WOW Joe, awesome!!! You are learning that machine fast.

 

[Slipperyjack47]

Way to go Bud I knew it would'nt be long and you would make good with that machine! Peachyfeline musta knew ya had good karma Keep huntin and I expect more great finds from a great kid

Slipperyjack

 

[goldencoin]

I think you have a melted half dollar- .4 ounce=11.3g, which is about the weight of a worn half. Unless your in an area that is high in silver content

Either way, sweet find on the silver

HH
-GC

 

[Goes4ever]

congrats on the find! not sure why there are always so many doubters

 

[Detectingfreak]

nice job

 

[Southcacalaky]

Congrats, way to go, HH Art...

 

[Sky_Warrior]

yah thank everyone TT i am in a high silver area and obviously someone found this before because silver only is found on rocks and cut off usually copper ore which Michigan has a lot of...............

 

[eathabs]

melted aluminum

The only hit I got on silver nuggets in Auburn Hills was the following:

http://www.michiganmanufacturedhomesmls.com/homeParks.htm

Quite a few locations to search for the nuggets.

We need to see pics.

 

[bongo1962]

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Color is silver white with exposed specimens tarnishing black.
Luster is metallic.
Transparency is opaque.
Crystal System is isometric; 4/m bar 3 2/m
Crystal Habits include massive and disseminated grains, wires and plates as the most common, whole individual crystals are extremely rare but when present are usually cubes, dodecahedrons and octahedrons. "Jack Frost" type crystal growth as shown on some specimens produces beautiful intricate structures. Wires can form coiled clusters that resemble rams horns.
Cleavage is absent.
Fracture is jagged.
Streak is silver white.
Hardness is 2.5-3.
Specific Gravity is variable according to purity 10-12 (well above average even for metallic minerals)
Associated Minerals are silver minerals such as acanthite and prousite, cobaltite, copper, zeolites and quartz.
Other Characteristics: ductile, malleable and sectile, meaning it can be pounded into other shapes, stretched into a wire and cut into slices.
Notable Occurrences include Michigan and Arizona, USA; Cobalt, Ontario; Chile; and Germany.
Best Field Indicators are color, tarnish, ductility and crystal habit.




 

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eathabs, you should spend more time researching and less time doubting. While your at it, read the first string in this topic, Real or Fake. Bongo