Nugget of some sort?

orm25 · Dec 4, 2013

Hi all,
I was beach detecting and stumbled upon this weird nugget near the wet sand.
Set my detector off. It's about 1 cm in length and it doesn't seem to be lead due to its weight.

BosnMate · Dec 4, 2013

Welcome to T Net, that said, is it magnetic? How large is it? Where did you find it? Along a creek, ocean, lake? What country might also help. Being heavy like lead would rule out melted aluminum, but that's why I asked the country or state, because in Oregon, the weather usually isn't such that people sun bathe on blankets at the beach. But they go to the beach and build lots of driftwood fires where people sit around them, drink beer and throw the empties in the fire, hence a lot of aluminum nuggets to be found here.

Back-of-the-boat · Dec 4, 2013

Melted aluminum can.

rginn · Dec 4, 2013

Yeah, I would say melted aluminum beer can. They are an aggravation when I detect around campfire sites, but their sound is slightly different than a good target.