✅ SOLVED Need help IDing this item found today

Oldrvrrat57 · Mar 17, 2026

Found this today and it came up on the D2 as a 39 it looks to have quartz inclusion in it. Im totally lost on this one. About the size of a golf ball ( bigger) no way to weigh it at home. Guessing around a pound. Also a magnet won't stick to it.

pepperj · Mar 17, 2026

Will a knife scrape it?

camichael · Mar 17, 2026

looks like Galena to me...

Oldrvrrat57 · Mar 17, 2026

pepperj said:
Will a knife scrape it?

Just tried it and yes it can be scraped. Almost looks like pencil lead after scraping

Oldrvrrat57 · Mar 17, 2026

camichael said:
looks like Galena to me...

I wasn't aware that Galena would set off a metal detector, and its heavey like hematite

ConceptualizedNetherlandr · Mar 17, 2026

Arsenopyrite? smell like garlic? You can lick it for taste but spit and rinse a lot. a goof ball during a mineralogy lab ID quiz tried that and then felt pretty bad for the rest of the day.

Oldrvrrat57 · Mar 17, 2026

ConceptualizedNetherlandr said:
Arsenopyrite? smell like garlic? You can lick it for taste but spit and rinse a lot. a goof ball during a mineralogy lab ID quiz tried that and then felt pretty bad for the rest of the day.

Doesn't smell like garlic but does have a metal smell, found on a homesite in Jersey county Illinois that has produced coins from the early 1800s and the weight is really heavy for its size!

pepperj · Mar 17, 2026

Oldrvrrat57 said:
Found this today and it came up on the D2 as a 39 it looks to have quartz inclusion in it. Im totally lost on this one. About the size of a golf ball ( bigger) no way to weigh it at home. Guessing around a pound. Also a magnet won't stick to it. View attachment 2247810 View attachment 2247811 View attachment 2247812 View attachment 2247813 View attachment 2247815 View attachment 2247816

I put a lump of Galena in front of the coil.
Jumped around alot, but it was 63-65.