Not gold but its heavy

[imafishingnutt]

3 bars of lead found detecting,
selby sold out in 1909 to asarco selby was the biggest gold silver and lead smelter on the west coast from 1860ish to 1910.
i was gonna make sinkers but i think ill keep them for thier history
they were found on the coast of oregon.

 

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[DJ_Quinn]

Wow, cool finds. I wouldn't melt them down either. You never know what you going to find when you start digging do you?

 

[goldencoin]

I found this 8 pound bar in michigan

HH
-GC

 

[DJ_Quinn]

Wow, that's a monster GC. What part of Michigan?

 

[Jeffro]

Old lead goes for a pretty penny these days. Newer lead is mixed with impurities.

 

[kaptainkosmic]

Not gold but sure thought it was at first.

Found this near my shop in Kalamazoo, Mich. Sure was a heart stopper when it came out of the ground. Found out later building was a brass foundry. Found this and a casting sprue.

HH Steve

 

[DJ_Quinn]

That's pretty cool. I lived in Sturgis, south of Kzoo for a few years. I've also been around to a lot of the founderies in Western Michigan. Before I left and moved to Ireland, I was a castings buyer for General Motors. I'd love to detect around some of the really old foundries, I've done a lot of detecting around old lime kilns here in Ireland and I always find some big chunks of slag. It isn't worth anything, I just think they're cool. That slag you found looks like brass, what does it weigh?

 

[imafishingnutt]

That's pretty cool. I lived in Sturgis, south of Kzoo for a few years. I've also been around to a lot of the founderies in Western Michigan. Before I left and moved to Ireland, I was a castings buyer for General Motors. I'd love to detect around some of the really old foundries, I've done a lot of detecting around old lime kilns here in Ireland and I always find some big chunks of slag. It isn't worth anything, I just think they're cool. That slag you found looks like brass, what does it weigh?

I think you met the question for some one else i didnt find any slag the other posting guy did.
Rick mine are 3 bars of lead turns out to be from around 1800