What is it?

[MackDigger]

Found at a site producing some older stuff that's why I was curious.

 

[Bryanhashemi]

looks like a rock. Is it metal?

 

[Terry Soloman]

Khraporite.

 

[MackDigger]

Yeah it comes up like a quarter on my Coinmaster pro.

 

[Bryanhashemi]

Light,heavy?

 

[MackDigger]

Kinda heavy but not like led or anything

 

[Bryanhashemi]

Could be some type of padlock. Those can read high on a detector. From photos givin and that circular thing in the middle, that would be my best guess

 

[Breezie]

It's hard to tell from the pics, but it looks like the rounded, tip end of a barrel hoop. I've dug some thick ones similar to yours.


Breezie

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

That particular form of corrosion/oxidation, resembling scattered snowflakes on dirt, indicates the metal is zinc (or a zinc-&-lead alloy), which is lighter than lead and more brittle. (I notice that one end of your unidentified object looks like it broke off from a larger object.)

 

[mical66]

That particular form of corrosion/oxidation, resembling scattered snowflakes on dirt, indicates the metal is zinc (or a zinc-&-lead alloy), which is lighter than lead and more brittle. (I notice that one end of your unidentified object looks like it broke off from a larger object.)

i have yet again been amazed by you cannonball..recognizing zinc by the shape of the oxidation...