First Silver is a 2lb Chunk!

homestead-hunter · Mar 22, 2013

went out to the old ghost town and my buddy found an 1888 morgan possible "O" and some silver spoons. I have been waiting for my first silver and it came...a 2lb chunk of pure silver.

testing123 · Mar 22, 2013

Different shapes, forms, and weights of a metal can give different readings on the detector. A small piece of gold sounds like foil but a heavy gold band sounds like a zincoln cent. The detector doesn't know what the metal is... It just beeps

vpnavy · Mar 23, 2013

Great finds homestead-hunter!

WildDigger · Mar 23, 2013

Nice lead. So where is the silver?

homestead-hunter · Mar 23, 2013

testing123 said:
Different shapes, forms, and weights of a metal can give different readings on the detector. A small piece of gold sounds like foil but a heavy gold band sounds like a zincoln cent. The detector doesn't know what the metal is... It just beeps

Yeah I know how it works... My GTI 2500 is ringing it us as silver and my buddys Whites Spectra V3i is ringing it up as silver. The same as the morgan dollar. Maybe we both our machines are broken. and apparently not so... Have you ever used a V3i?

WildDigger · Mar 23, 2013

homestead-hunter said:
Yeah I know how it works... My GTI 2500 is ringing it us as silver and my buddys Whites Spectra V3i is ringing it up as silver. The same as the morgan dollar. Maybe we both our machines are broken. and apparently not so... Have you ever used a V3i?

Just cause it rings it up as silver means it has to be silver? Sorry not how it works. If that is the case then every pull tab I have found MUST be gold cause it rang up as gold. And every can MUST be silver cause it rang up that way.

homestead-hunter · Mar 23, 2013

testing123 said:
Different shapes, forms, and weights of a metal can give different readings on the detector. A small piece of gold sounds like foil but a heavy gold band sounds like a zincoln cent. The detector doesn't know what the metal is... It just beeps

As far as the detector not knowing what metal it is, Mine has been pretty damn accurate so far! If it says silver, always been silver, says gold, always been gold, mine is pretty damn accurate in telling me the size and depth too!.. You may think about upgrading if thats all your detector does.

homestead-hunter · Mar 23, 2013

pretty much most of the time, if it were lead it would ring up gold. Im not gonna sit and argue all day about it. The only way is a test. I have never rang up gold and pulled out silver, never rang up silver and pulled out lead. Sorry if thats what your 3030 deos

TORRERO · Mar 23, 2013

The Whites will see a large piece of GOLD, as silver if it's big enough...
I think it looks more like lead slag than these pictures of crows feet.
I've found large pieces of lead when I hunted in Spain, and they would read really high like coins.. (I've been using a whites Eagle and DFX and Spectrum for years) A small piece of Gold will read like aluminum, as will a small piece of lead, but they will both also read real high if they are big...
I would like to see how this tests out as I usually throw out the old slag I find..
As for the inside color... well lead is shiny on the inside... looks like silver...

WildDigger · Mar 23, 2013

homestead-hunter said:
pretty much most of the time, if it were lead it would ring up gold. Im not gonna sit and argue all day about it. The only way is a test. I have never rang up gold and pulled out silver, never rang up silver and pulled out lead. Sorry if thats what your 3030 deos

Lol. You think it is better then the 3030. Funny. Your comments shows you do not know your detector. Yes there are certain signals that I know is a silver. But it still is not 100% accurate. If you think yours is you are missing a ton of good stuff. Lol.

homestead-hunter · Mar 23, 2013

WildDigger said:
Lol. You think it is better then the 3030. Funny. Your comments shows you do not know your detector. Yes there are certain signals that I know is a silver. But it still is not 100% accurate. If you think yours is you are missing a ton of good stuff. Lol.

Is this a pissing contest? Dude relax, if you dont think its silver, fine you said it, now you are just using the internet to try to make yourself look like a big shot. LOL! "You think it is better then the 3030. Funny. " what are you in high school

I never claim to be the almighty super metal detector god like you... Dont feel threatened, Im not going to take your job!

Just go look at another thread, move on thats right, nothing for you here.

TORRERO · Mar 23, 2013

homestead-hunter said:
As far as the detector not knowing what metal it is, Mine has been pretty damn accurate so far! If it says silver, always been silver, says gold, always been gold, mine is pretty damn accurate in telling me the size and depth too!.. You may think about upgrading if thats all your detector does.

What a bizarre thing to say...
Let me take you to a ball field where kids play, and you mark the gold and silver targets and then lets dig them and see how many you get right .. I bet your machine is no better than anyone else.

Mater of fact, I bet that if you marked 10 targets as "gold" in that ball field.... of those 10... none of those targets would actually be gold...... I think....

If there was a machine that could do that... we all would have one and be rich..

A clad quarter reads at 85, and a silver dime reads at 80, so if a silver dime reads at 80... the question is why is not my clad quarter made out of silver if it reads higher...
what a bizarre thing to say..

WildDigger · Mar 23, 2013

Umm no it seems you are trying to act like the big shot. I could care less. I was just trying to Enlighten you on just cause something rings up silver does not mean it is. Cans , lead , brass and other things will ring up as silver. You are the one that got his panties in a wad and now trying to get the eye off you. Hope one day you do find a 2lb silver bar but you did not this time I promise.

testing123 · Mar 23, 2013

We are all hoping its silver for you and just want you to test it to be sure. We have all had signals not turn out what they signaled as. Last year I had an aluminum ring sound as a silver dollar. All we are saying is you shouldn't be so sure it's silver and telling us it is 100% guaranteed silver even though no one knows. A silver test kit is about $5 on eBay. I think the discussion could be on hold until the tests are in. No one is making any ground right now

Jason in Enid · Mar 23, 2013

homestead-hunter said:
Is this a pissing contest? Dude relax, if you dont think its silver, fine you said it, now you are just using the internet to try to make yourself look like a big shot. LOL! "You think it is better then the 3030. Funny. " what are you in high school I never claim to be the almighty super metal detector god like you... Dont feel threatened, Im not going to take your job! Just go look at another thread, move on thats right, nothing for you here.

The only person "pissing" here is you. You obviously are new to metal detecting and we are just trying to help you understand your metal detector better. Don't want advice? fine, I'm done trying to help you.

Zodiacdiverdave · Mar 23, 2013

Homestead_hunter, your piece is 99% certainly a zinc crows foot. I wish I could say it was silver but it isn't :sadsmiley:

. and as far as zinc running up on your display like silver :icon_scratch:

try running your machine over a galvanized pipe. I guarantee it will sound just as good.
ZDD

wingmaster · Mar 23, 2013

LOL . Thats a good one.

homestead-hunter said:
As far as the detector not knowing what metal it is, Mine has been pretty damn accurate so far! If it says silver, always been silver, says gold, always been gold, mine is pretty damn accurate in telling me the size and depth too!.. You may think about upgrading if thats all your detector does.

Blskypilot · Mar 23, 2013

wingmaster said:
LOL . Thats a good one.

Yes someone please share what model bounty hunter this is. I must have one.

gleaner1 · Mar 23, 2013

Nothing so ugly and massive would ever be cast in silver. It's so simple, a caveman could understand it. But h-h, that counerfeit Morgan is off the hook :icon_thumright:

Davers · Mar 23, 2013

OP.....Lets use a little common sense here. IMO your piece looks like a crows foot zinc ,if you know its not lead . Many times ' yestreday my xlt ' med size deep iron read in vdi#s & sound as if I were over a good target . What id dug was a rectangular size piece of iron in the shape of a belt plate ,I know few were made of iron so I hoped thats what it was but common sense told me not . MY POINT is sometimes mdrs [ as said above] ring up what it thinks a target is , if I just had a nickel, for every pull tab that was not a gold ring .[ MY MACHINE LIED TO ME ] [just kidding], and sometimes things arent what we want them to be . Dont be too naive and maybe post too quickly next time be sure of what youve found so you can better answer those who WILL question you. Any way thats a nice silver dollar & even if your piece is zinc or lead is still worth a dollar or two. p.s. Dont trust what your MD tells you ,its just giving you its opinion. & use this as a learning experience. Good luck ,I truely hope it is silver.

Dixiegal · Mar 23, 2013

The chunk of silver is called a splash. It splashed out of the smelter. Back in the day silver wasn't worth that much so they weren't as careful with it. Nice find. I would think worth about $700. Lucky you.