Ingots of brass or bronze.... Any idea how old found a bunch of them along River bank

Slycer516 · Jul 29, 2016

25lbs each and looks real old..

Greastart · Jul 31, 2016

Slycer,

Understand that I don't know nuffin! But, let's assume that there is more to the story than meets the eye. Like Frank said...if you can relate them to a certain event or period they'd be worth more than melt value.

None of us know how many of these you have but may I suggest that you perform "tests" on just one rather than degrading/destroying more than one?

We're all curious and speaking for myself only, I hope for You that they turn out to be 25# bars of awesomeness. Keep your cool. Move slowly and quietly! Good Luck to You Sir!

AU Seeker · Jul 31, 2016

If the metal in these bars are as hard as you say, you can rule out lead and I would also think gold or silver, bronze and brass are a bit harder but not much harder but could be a possiblilty, lead is 1.5 on the Moh hardness scale, gold and silver 2.5, bronze and brass at 3, common steel comes in at around 4, do you think when drilling the bar it was as hard to drill as piece of common steel would be or easier?

Slycer516 · Jul 31, 2016

i was only able to bring back 2 cause I was in my kayak and had miles to boat launch( an extra 50 lbs lol..) ... Found in southern New England, along large River that is extremely low due to drought.. There were def more and lots of deep signals..civil war or even revolutionary war possibilities for coin or cannon/ gun manufacture..that would be cool...who knows but fun to find Stuff and learn about it..remote area

Greastart · Jul 31, 2016

Paddle Forest, paddle! Go get 'em!

Slycer516 · Jul 31, 2016

and I was having great luck with walleye as well haha... My 2 favorite things metal detecting and fishing...fish until I find an interesting place to detect... Cheers

joeyfresh · Jul 31, 2016

So many experts on here. [emoji2]

Jason in Enid · Jul 31, 2016

relic lover said:
Old lead has a special qualities make it very valuable to the circuit board industry

Not any more it doesnt. Nobody is using lead solder for electronics any more.

BARKER · Jul 31, 2016

Hi Slycer; Thing here is it sounds like your being very aloof about your finds. It appears you have made no attempt to have them tested to find out exactly what metal(s) it could be made of. The picture looks like a pudding mix of different metals. Yet you come here leading us around asking is to ID them for you. We here can only do so much without your cooperation. we want to help but you are making it very difficult. So I will keep an eye on this Thread and hopefully you will wake up. Then We here will help you ok. Good Luck. PEACE:RONB :coffee2:

Slycer516 · Jul 31, 2016

i filed it down some more and it does appear to be 2 diff metals.. Copper colored and a very shiny brass( goldish) color... ( would look cool if I could ever shine whole thing)Doing acid test on the small drill hole

Slycer516 · Jul 31, 2016

quickly turned a nice blueish color

Slycer516 · Jul 31, 2016

Maybe greenish too now idk lol

Slycer516 · Jul 31, 2016

I know silver turns red or pink but no clue what is blue/green maybe copper or brass

Slycer516 · Jul 31, 2016

Not magnetic at all either even with my high powered magnet... Hope this info help..

Seek Ye First · Jul 31, 2016

Being that you found them on a river bank, they may possibly have been used as ballast on an old boat or ship. Just my 2-cents for consideration. :smileinbox:

Jason in Enid · Jul 31, 2016

You should take one and put an angle grinder to it, with a wire wheel. clean all that corrosion off and see what you really have. Blue on an acid test should be copper based (copper, or brass, or bronze)

Slycer516 · Jul 31, 2016

Ok thanks didn't know that... that was my original thought and it being non magnetic would point in that direction... Thanks For all the info everybody&#55357;&#56397;

powrsurg · Jul 31, 2016

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burlbark · Jul 31, 2016

Low karat dore bars.... Do not throw them away and immediately get all the others.... Cut me off a piece and I can get you a karat value. You could have a fortune in front of you, I have seen this before, shoot me a PM.

Jeremy

nathan104 · Jul 31, 2016

burlbark said:
Low karat dore bars.... Do not throw them away and immediately get all the others.... Cut me off a piece and I can get you a karat value. You could have a fortune in front of you, I have seen this before, shoot me a PM.

Jeremy

Yep, you are rich dude. Go get them all FAST. A Dore bar looks just like that and some even have the copper color mixed with them just like that.

TripletDad · Jul 31, 2016

nathan104 said:
Yep, you are rich dude. Go get them all FAST. A Dore bar looks just like that and some even have the copper color mixed with them just like that.

ok, had to look that up:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doré_bar