Pyrite found while metal detecting dirt piles in Goldsboro, NC

Gilligan · Jun 16, 2010

My son and I were detecting some piles of dirt that apparently came from the Neuse River, perhaps at a bridge site. We found these cool pieces of fools gold during our detecting. The hooked shaped ones are a mystery, but they are solid fools gold. The egg shaped rock had a cut in it that we thought may have been made by indians, but normally that type of cut goes all the way around for a hammerhead, we kept it just in case.

zerojinx · Dec 8, 2010

I had a similar experience in Texas. While out exploring a creek, and prospecting for fossils, I saw something glinting in the sun. The closer I got, I started seeing a gold color. I got excited for a couple of seconds until i got too the specimens and found them to be large Pyrite crystals. I collected some of them. They turned out to be the only thing I found that day.

Gilligan · Dec 11, 2010

They are pretty in the bright sun and fun to collect for sure. Thanks for your comment.

terryo · Dec 11, 2010

you should see the fossil pyrotized Ammonites I found in England, on the southern coast, near Charmouth.They look like robotic machines, more than the creatures they once were...

Gilligan · Dec 11, 2010

terryo said:
you should see the fossil pyrotized Ammonites I found in England, on the southern coast, near Charmouth.They look like robotic machines, more than the creatures they once were...

would love to see pics of them!