First day out found 4 of these.

[ErGarber]

It is really light weight silverish metalic and read a 75 on my Garrett AT Pro in the ground. All of them were around 2" under ground. What are they?

 

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[mick56]

Probably "fire nuggets", formed when aluminum cans are thrown into a campfire. The cans melt down into blobs like that.

 

[jewelerguy]

Probably "fire nuggets", formed when aluminum cans are thrown into a campfire. The cans melt down into blobs like that.

I'll second that motion

 

[ErGarber]

I have always seen aluminium cans burn, not melt. This stuff is also hard an does not bend as easy as aluminum. Zinc maybe? Could be aluminium but I don't think from cans. I was told there was a house that burnt on the property.

 

[huntsman53]

Have you tested the pieces with a magnet to see if they are strongly or even remotely attracted to it? That test will rule out a lot of metals! To me, they appear to be melted Aluminum and even melted Aluminum cans will become harder and more dense when melted into blobs, so one shouldn't rule them out!


Frank

 

[ErGarber]

Thanks Frank. I was wondering if aluminium would get harder if melted and cast. If so I would defiantly say these are aluminum. I did check with a magnet. No attraction at all. Thank you for the input. I don't care what they are. I found them and had a blast doing so. They were also some of my first finds with a metal detector.

 

[BosnMate]

They are can nuggets, or if found on an Oregon beach, they are Budweiser nuggets. I find them on the beach every time I hunt over there. The MXT loves them, and they are quite hard.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

If a house burnt there, they could be all sorts of things melted.... Beer cans are the most common, but they could be lead from old plumbing connections too...

 

[bill_wabo]

Some years ago I found some aluminium nuggets, steel and some lead nuggets too, all in the same field . After a bit of research, found out a stolen car was burnt in the field I was detecting.

 

[Carolina Tom]

aluminum gutters and hardware make really nice nuggets, at burnt house sites!

 

[ErGarber]

Defiantly not lead.

 

[scavanau]

Looks like slag from a smelting process.