Unknown Beach find

AuSomeness · Sep 4, 2014

Hello everyone,

I found this item on the beach, near the Pacific. I believe I found 2 of these, but I can only find one at the moment. It registers as metallic, of course. Any thoughts in what it might be?

Knut dirtfisk · Sep 4, 2014

welding slag.

ARC · Sep 4, 2014

If it's lightwieght it's aluminium prolly from a beer can in a bon fire... if it's heavy like lead than it's runoff from smelt of lead fish wieghts or such... even ammo. But really know whay to truly tell.

AuSomeness · Sep 4, 2014

Thanks for the replies, guys. It is definitely heavy. It's an odd finding in my mind. I guess you never know what you'll find, eh?!

CaptainCoil · Sep 4, 2014

Maybe a melted, corroded sinker.

gallileo60 · Sep 9, 2014

lead, find them all the time on the TC Dike..

RiverRat · Sep 10, 2014

I find a bunch of those in the coastal mountains of N. California...especially in campgrounds!
First one I found, in a riverbank, rang "silver" on my BH Pioneer...I was SOOO excited!...then, when did more research, found that it was melted ?....lead, aluminum, etc. Don't know why they'd be around campsites/grounds, but I'm always finding these...different shapes but around the same size as yours...have also found a few of them have very sharp edges (aluminum?), but most are smooth...

Diggin-N-Dumps · Sep 12, 2014

maybe my eyes are wanting to see something...But I swear when i first look at that second picture, it looks like a Horse head with the mane

RobRieman · Sep 12, 2014

If you have to look so hard at a find that it forces you to make it look like something then it's probably not worth much. Kinda like taking the ink splotch test.

dieselram94 · Sep 12, 2014

How big is it? Looks like a bullet that impacted something. Would also explain the weight.

sent from a potato...

Auriemma · Sep 13, 2014

Honestly... It looks like lava.

RiverRat · Sep 15, 2014

whatever it is, it's probably a metal that's been melted...I have found tons of these (that ring up as silver) in rivers and camp grounds...I once asked a ranger and he said melted aluminum cans...but could also be steel....they sure mess up your digging! first one I found in a river bed I totally believed was a silver nugget!...not...good luck!