what is this thing?

[Goes4ever]

found this today at the empty lot, was under a pine tree down about 6-7" my ace 250 said it was a nickel? any ideas? My pinpointer went off at about a good inch away, BTW it is about 1.5 inches long.

 

[jeffandmistie(TEXAS)]

when my husband and i md at the beach, we find alot of the same thing...or something similar. we think it is from people throwing cans in the fire and the tops melting together.....hmmmm...

 

[Monty]

On the beach people throw their drink cans into the hot coals of a bonfire and the melt into unidentifiable lumps. Find them all the time, many times they ring up as a qurter or half dollar though instead of a nickel. Monty

 

[junior967]

Found 2 " clumps " like yours yesterday at the site of an old church that is no longer around. Mine look definitely melted, due to there is black specks stuck all over it, like ash or asphalt or something. that is why I thought mine could be pieces of lead from flashing on the roof.

 

[SilverSalmon]

when my husband and i md at the beach, we find alot of the same thing...or something similar. we think it is from people throwing cans in the fire and the tops melting together.....hmmmm...

I think's it's aluminum can too. I've found a lot of the same stuff around campfires

 

[Goes4ever]

when my husband and i md at the beach, we find alot of the same thing...or something similar. we think it is from people throwing cans in the fire and the tops melting together.....hmmmm...

I think's it's aluminum can too. I've found a lot of the same stuff around campfires

don't think so, I just weighed it on my gram scale and it weighs 31 grams, I checked an aluminum can and the entire can is 15.4 grams, I am telling you this is very dense, hard and heavy for it's size, it is not soft like lead