pitch tar ringing off as metal?

[ivan salis]

found an old wreck spot on the shore line area by it ifound several iron items and also a couple black lumpy items that are NOT silver coins (dang) one fellow told me they might be coal--another said pitch tar used to seal the layers between the hulls inner and outer --found an olive jar shard at the site too. well have any of you had pitch (TAR) ring up as metal?

 

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[Skimmer]

No Ivan....as far as I know, "pitch" contains no elements that would register on a metal detector.
But..I learned early on in the emergency medical field......."Never say never" if you do it'll bite you in the butt. Who knows what someone mixed into pitch, right?

 

[mad4wrecks]

Actually, sailors used to hide coins in barrels of pitch tar. Are you sure there might not be a coin or two in those clumps?

 

[Peg Leg]

Ivan just a thought but there could be something inside the tar like maybe a 1 escudo coin that is causing the MD to sing.
I would have the chunk X-Rayed.
Peg Leg