The Aluminum Monster
Hero Member
- Mar 18, 2015
- 595
- 777
- Detector(s) used
- White's Coinmaster Pro, Tesoro Mojave, Garrett AT Pro, 5x8 DD, 15" NEL Attack, Garrett Pro-pointer, Pro Series 5x9 sand scoop, 30" Royal Compact sluice, 36" Bazooka Gold Trap, Gold Cube.
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I don't know... Maybe a pound and half of melted copper?
I went to a far field at my mom's today. It was hugely disappointing and frustrating due to outside factors. I hadn't been out there in a few years and beavers have flooded the place, poison ivy has taken over and I am not sure if I could have been any more covered in ticks. It wasn't enjoyable at all and that bothers me because I know the field once had activity in it and I've now got to figure another way in to her woods where the old rock walls are.
I mean, seriously. If this were a working farm again, our chief export would be poison ivy and lyme disease.
Walking back to the race track, I was swinging my detector and in a slightly depressed, swampy, muddy spot, a spot that I can always recall being muddy and swampy, I got this hit. It rings in solid at 80-81 on the AT Pro. It was completely covered/packed with mud but I could still feel all the bumps and it was quite heavy. I had to move some downed reed grass to get to the ground.
Brought it back and washed it off and can clearly see the green patina. I mean, it looks kinda natural from some angles and it looks like it could have been melted at other angles. Put it on a food scale and it bottoms the one pound scale out.
Ideally, I would like to hear people say they think it is something melted. My mom's house was rebuilt after the original property burned down pre-1909. We've never been able to get an exact location where on the property that home was but we know it is not where the current house is.
I didn't get another tone ANYWHERE where I searched today except for this. It was weirdly quiet. No tractor parts, no horse shoes, no coins. Just this.
So, anyone have any ideas? Should I file a section to see the inside? Try to clean it some? Dunk it in ketchup or coca-cola for a while? I'm stumped.
Thanks for looking and any help. Happy Hunting!
-Jay
I went to a far field at my mom's today. It was hugely disappointing and frustrating due to outside factors. I hadn't been out there in a few years and beavers have flooded the place, poison ivy has taken over and I am not sure if I could have been any more covered in ticks. It wasn't enjoyable at all and that bothers me because I know the field once had activity in it and I've now got to figure another way in to her woods where the old rock walls are.
I mean, seriously. If this were a working farm again, our chief export would be poison ivy and lyme disease.
Walking back to the race track, I was swinging my detector and in a slightly depressed, swampy, muddy spot, a spot that I can always recall being muddy and swampy, I got this hit. It rings in solid at 80-81 on the AT Pro. It was completely covered/packed with mud but I could still feel all the bumps and it was quite heavy. I had to move some downed reed grass to get to the ground.
Brought it back and washed it off and can clearly see the green patina. I mean, it looks kinda natural from some angles and it looks like it could have been melted at other angles. Put it on a food scale and it bottoms the one pound scale out.
Ideally, I would like to hear people say they think it is something melted. My mom's house was rebuilt after the original property burned down pre-1909. We've never been able to get an exact location where on the property that home was but we know it is not where the current house is.
I didn't get another tone ANYWHERE where I searched today except for this. It was weirdly quiet. No tractor parts, no horse shoes, no coins. Just this.
So, anyone have any ideas? Should I file a section to see the inside? Try to clean it some? Dunk it in ketchup or coca-cola for a while? I'm stumped.
Thanks for looking and any help. Happy Hunting!
-Jay
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