OUT OF THIS WORLD?

[deldave]

I dug this object with my Garrett 250 at around 4". At first I thought of a 12ga. slug commonly used in this area for dear hunting. It had a shape and weight of lead. My machine read it as somewhere between brass and silver. After cleaning it I could see peculiar lines on the smooth side and a crystal-like surface on the other side. Careful testing with a small magnet showed a very faint reading on one small spot on the edge. This is hard as stone on every surface. ALIEN or no! I gotta know!

 

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[Hawkeye35]

Rub it firmly on the underside of your toilet lid or the back of a ceramic tile. If it doesn't leave any streaks, you might have a meteorite. There's also a meteorite section on these forums. I found something recently and thought it might be a meteorite so I just went through this process.

 

[ga/digger]

iron slag. the marks were made by the device used to skim it off the top?

 

[golden sluice]

Agreed! iron slag.

 

[flyadive]

Slaaaaag

HH

 

[deldave]

What is the slag, is it magnetic? Why did it ring up high on the detector scale? Just wondering...

 

[Oklahoma Digger]

Slag! If no chondrules then no meteorite.

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

Slag! If no chondrules then no meteorite.

That's not necessarily true.

Is it magnetic?

Mrs.O

 

[flytye]

Its lever right

 

[deldave]

Only very little, and mainly in one small spot

 

[deldave]

sorry? I have never heard that term. Please explain.

 

[SkaBa]

'Its lever right'

He's being smart. Meaning, It's a leave 'er right there (something worthless).

 

[deldave]

ouch , that hurt!