V Von12 Newbie Oct 26, 2020 4 8 Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Oct 26, 2020 #1 Found this while exploring a cave in the TN mountains. Any ideas as to what or if this is anything other than a rock would be appreciated Amazon Forum Fav 👍 How to Research for Treasure Hunting and Metal Detecting From Lead Generation to Vetting - Grab it through Amazon! Attachments F2D20FA0-42C1-4F8D-9AFA-7B0274F7FCDC.jpeg 1.2 MB · Views: 34 724E3E66-24CA-4391-A9EE-B7555A7571D8.jpeg 1.1 MB · Views: 44 81076765-A43E-4128-9C97-AD327EDBA35F.jpeg 1.1 MB · Views: 30 F10A8669-401B-40FF-9229-F8E51B22437D.jpeg 1.2 MB · Views: 35
Found this while exploring a cave in the TN mountains. Any ideas as to what or if this is anything other than a rock would be appreciated Amazon Forum Fav 👍 How to Research for Treasure Hunting and Metal Detecting From Lead Generation to Vetting - Grab it through Amazon!
R RogueFlea Jr. Member Sep 24, 2020 22 94 Saint Louis, MO Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Oct 26, 2020 #2 Maybe calcite or quartz? Upvote 0
OP OP V Von12 Newbie Oct 26, 2020 4 8 Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Oct 26, 2020 Thread starter #3 Do you see how it looks like it has layers? Should I chip it off or leave it how it is ? Bust it? Upvote 0
DDancer Bronze Member Mar 25, 2014 2,339 2,002 Traveling US to work Detector(s) used Current Equinox 600 Past Whites DFX Garret GTI 2500 and others Prospecting Minelab GPZ 7000 Past SD 2100 GP 3000 (retired) Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Oct 28, 2020 #4 Try a hardness test to see if its calcite or quartz. Looks like an agate to me. I wouldn't break it up any more, if you want to see the banding better I'd have it cut and polished on one side. Upvote 0
Try a hardness test to see if its calcite or quartz. Looks like an agate to me. I wouldn't break it up any more, if you want to see the banding better I'd have it cut and polished on one side.