Native copper from spoil piles

[CaptjimUP]

So I decided to try a few of the local copper mining spoil piles near my house. They usually get hunted pretty hard but as the owners dig farther into the piles to crush for gravel new opportunities arise like these 2 beauties that I found.

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[rick67]

Ain't nothing but sand on the island I call home so finding ore is non existent.
What do you do with it now?

 

[CaptjimUP]

I could sell it or soak it in muratic acid so it turns all pretty and add it to my collection. Price per pound is only around $2-$2.5. Tourists would pay up to $6-7 a lb for it.

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[CaptjimUP]

This is what it looks like after being bathed in the acid.

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[RobRieman]

That's really cool. What's the biggest piece you have ever found?

 

[kingskid1611]

That is pretty. I can see how they can be sold to tourist. Nice finds.

 

[CaptjimUP]

That's really cool. What's the biggest piece you have ever found?

This is one of the biggest. People have found float copper up to 20 tons here!!

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[CaptjimUP]

This is one of the biggest. People have found float copper up to 20 tons here!!

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[CaptjimUP]

Here's one of the biggest a friend found while diving in Lake Superior. It was 17 tons.

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