Nugget found in the most unlikely of spots

[High Etiquette 009]

So I have found what I think is my first Gold nugget today. Found on a small playground beneath the mulch, was a very dull looking "rock" that was coming up as metal with my pointer. It was unusually heavy too. I pocketed it and kept moving not thinking much of it. After some cleaning using the salt & vinegar method and having to brush the rest of the residue off with a soft abrasive sanding block, the color was revealed. It is weighing in at about 1.8 G.

I still am having a hard time understanding this find...

 

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[Loco-Digger]

It's not shiny enough to be gold in my opinion.

 

[brianc053]

A quick acid test will tell you whether it's gold or not.
https://www.amazon.com/Precious-Metals-Testing-Silver-Platinum/dp/B000OVHWLK

- Brian

 

[clv]

maybe some kid got his gold filling knock out...he should have ducked, that's if it is gold

 

[smokeythecat]

Welcome. With the look of it, it is also possible it is a tiny meteorite. There is a lot of gold near Charlotte, but meteorites are everywhere. Do a specific gravity test and that will either quickly confirm or rule out gold. You'll need a small scale, something to put a little water in and a string to do it. (And some math.)

 

[JoeDirty]

We have hot rocks that look like that here. More brown sometimes. See if it is magnetic.

 

[Rob in KS]

The local kids saw you detecting, took a piece of lead and painted it gold. LOL

 

[Kenmitch]

Your images are too crisp. There isn't really any guessing room left on the table.

Has density going for it.

Non metalic?

Looks somewhat like rose gold .

 

[49er4ever44]

Looks like gold to me. If it's not magnetic hit it with a hammer and see if it is soft.

 

[Reed Lukens]

Could be either a nugget of copper or gold mixed with copper. It's the copper that gives gold the pink color. So it's a lower grade if you melted it down but as for a nugget, it rocks as is and the pink color gives it some distinction Definitely a keeper.

 

[Hoser John]

Simply walk into any pawn shop and tested for absolutely free whilst you wait a minute for a definitive answer and no conjecture or hazard of playing with dangerous chemicals-work smarter--not harder-John

 

[Carolina Tom]

I look forward to the update on this one Joe.

If it is a nugget... big congrats!

 

[Goldwasher]

The weight for that size is about right.....Maybe somebody spread some ones ashes and forgot to classify first

Like John said the asiest way would be a jewelry store. Can you take more pics in different light.

DO NOT HIT IT WITH A HAMMER!!

 

[Relichunter1]

Here is a story I heard from a customer who came into my prospecting shop in Mariposa a few years back. He showed me a 4 gram gold nugget he wanted me to verify if it was real. At first glance I could tell it was the real deal, nice and worn smooth by water 4 gram nugget. I asked him what area it came from, and he said I would not believe it, but continued with the story. Said he was on the California central coast on a beach with his son playing and exploring the tide pools when he got glimpse of yellow coming from a crack in the rocks in the tide pools. He took out a small pocket knife and pulled it out from the crack. So if you're on the Central Coast, be on the lookout for California gold nuggets !!! True Story.

 

[johnedoe]

Looks like gold to me. If it's not magnetic hit it with a hammer and see if it is soft.

Brilliant.....

I really do hope your being sarcastic....If you are I missed it....

 

[High Etiquette 009]

Got this one verified last night by a jewelry to NOT be gold. Oh well, still makes me wonder what kind of metal it was.

 

[russau]

Some years back my wife and I went to see her cousin by marriage at her PT business in Sac. California and she asked me to see what I thought of what one of her patients gave her and she dropped something into my hand and by the weight of it I knew it was a BEAUTIFULL gold nugget! about 2 OZer. She had NO IDEA what it was ,other than being a pretty "rock"! She had it on a window ledge above her desk. I told her that nugget of gold would enable her and her husband a great weekend! I don't know what she ended up doing with it.