What is this?

[Tammie]

Found this while using my new Bounty Hunter Pro. It had a high reading of 87 on jewelry mode.

 

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[GaRebel1861]

It looks to be a blob of melted metal. I find them sometimes when we hunt where an old house burned.

 

[Molewacker]

Hey, Sending a welcome!

 

[nomad 11]

case closed. if its magnetic ? its a melted ferrous metal. if its not magnetic ? its non ferrous melted metal. better luck hunting Tam.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Its leaverite.

 

[cudamark]

Looks like melted aluminum can to me.

 

[Tammie]

There is a piece of glass/quartz/. What does this look like?

 

[cudamark]

Probably a bottle was thrown in the bonfire along with the aluminum can.

 

[smokeythecat]

Either lead or aluminum, most likely guesses. We find them here sometimes, generally not that big though.

 

[Tammie]

Maybe lead. Too heavy for an aluminum can. Thank you!

 

[cudamark]

If it's lead, it should bend easily.

 

[nomad 11]

so what are ya gonna do with it ? or did ya do with it ?

 

[Georgivs]

There was a huge woodshop where my dads shop is now, it burned down and due to the extreme temperature from the solvents, paints, and varnishes burning everything but the cast iron melted. I still find huge chunks of aluminum/alloys that look just like the one you have here. They often have inclusions of other metals and chunks of glass. I've also found similar chunks around a house that burned down which had aluminum siding. Pretty much ruins those sights for future detecting.

 

[nomad 11]

also if u scratch it with a screwdriver or something else you could tell if its brass or maybe copper ? brass will be more yellow and copper will be more orange. then u can start a scrap bucket. rather than discard it back on the ground where u dug it. over time it adds up. metal detectors love junk metal. better luck tu ya