I'm not sure what I have found. Can anyone help?

[Daviedonald]

Hi sorry I'm new to this. I found what looks like gold. It was on dry Rocky land close to quite a lot of quartz. Does any one have any ideas?

 

[trapperart]

No help here but best of luck to you

 

[vpnavy]

Noticed this was your very firsts post - so, Welcome Aboard Louie! You didn't list your state (or country) in your profile. So, you might consider jumping over to Sub-Forums: Select Your Area.... for information (i.e., clubs, hunts, finds, legends, maps, etc.) directly related to your state (or country).

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Here's what is reported to be a good test for distinguishing actual Gold versus Fool's Gold (a.k.a. Iron Pyrite). Use a hammer on it. If it bends, it's gold. If it is brittle (breaks into pieces), it is Fool's Gold.

 

[Older The Better]

Probably pyrite if I remember correctly it is commonly found with quartz and being that large odds are its not a nugget, there are many tests to tell the two apart some are very simple but I can't remember them but Google could help you with that