Native or Not!

[wolcottdigger]

I found this detecting in the woods is it
native copper or just something that melted in a fire.

 

[traderoftreasures]

has copper and gold ever been found together? most native copper i have seen comes with some stone included. a nugget would need heat and i am unaware of volcanic activity near ct.. a nugget can achieve that smoothness if molten metal was to meet water.

 

[TiredIron]

A noteworthy fact about gold nuggets is their fineness, or actual pure gold content. Most of the gold found in the American West is alloyed with silver, and rarely copper. This means that nuggets are frequently composed of mixtures of gold and silver with mostly 75% to 85% gold and 15% to 25% silver. This is quoted from the internet.

TiredIron

 

[traderoftreasures]

take it as You like TI ..put your examples in a creek bed for several hundred years & they will become rounded & smashed over as well.

GG...... I don't dispute that Gold or Copper can achieve this condition and appearance over time...in nature. My point was that it also can be achieved by man through extreme high heat or physical manipulation as in a mill. You posted your example and stated..."This should show the people who THINK this is man made". Your examples "are" man made. My examples were of the other extreme,
made by nature and still in its virgin state. We hardly ever see Silver nuggets.... do we? We're on the same page...just stating the obvious different ways I guess.

TiredIron

most silver occurs in crystal form i think

 

[goldguru]

has copper and gold ever been found together? most native copper i have seen comes with some stone included. a nugget would need heat and i am unaware of volcanic activity near ct.. a nugget can achieve that smoothness if molten metal was to meet water.

Nice point you see the encrusted stuff where the copper has folded over..thats the Gange i spoke of earlier

 

[mickk]

I reckon its slag.

I say this because if you look at the pic, you see two parallel lines? They are impressions, Nature doesnt do those. To my eye, the entire back of this just says it has been dropped and cooled.

I wish it was gold tho.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

I think it's "slag" as well but I'm not going to argue about it

 

[IronSpike]

The gold/copper look may indicate slag alloy mix. Have you tested it yet?