Ray in CA
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- Oct 11, 2007
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Hey folks,
I got to get out for a few hours this morning with a couple older fellas from our church. We went out into the hills to what used to be a small mining town a hundred years ago but you would never guess anything was there by the looks of it. We don't have any old pics or maps to go by as of yet, so we were kinda aimlessly wandering about and didn't find anything of significance. But I did find two interesting items that I'm not sure what they are.
The first is a silver-plated over pot metal thingy. It looks very decorative, but I can't figure out what it was used for. The second is a small piece of metal that is NOT a piece of iron, as it rings up around +31 on my Safari, which is just below penny range. It is also NOT lead, as it is the wrong color and too heavy. It is very, very smooth on the outside but with a small pit on one side. When I scratched it I noticed there is a very shiny, silvery metal underneath the hard blackish coating. I am just wondering if perhaps this might very well be a nickel type of meteorite. Tell me I'm wrong!
HH,
Ray
I took the little "nugget" to the jeweler today and he performed an acid test on it. There was a reaction on the golden metal, which means this is not gold and is more likely a molten piece of brass or something similar. I still don't know what the other piece is, but I like the beer stine or opera glass explanation (in fact, I had been thinking it might be the latter).
Ray
I got to get out for a few hours this morning with a couple older fellas from our church. We went out into the hills to what used to be a small mining town a hundred years ago but you would never guess anything was there by the looks of it. We don't have any old pics or maps to go by as of yet, so we were kinda aimlessly wandering about and didn't find anything of significance. But I did find two interesting items that I'm not sure what they are.
The first is a silver-plated over pot metal thingy. It looks very decorative, but I can't figure out what it was used for. The second is a small piece of metal that is NOT a piece of iron, as it rings up around +31 on my Safari, which is just below penny range. It is also NOT lead, as it is the wrong color and too heavy. It is very, very smooth on the outside but with a small pit on one side. When I scratched it I noticed there is a very shiny, silvery metal underneath the hard blackish coating. I am just wondering if perhaps this might very well be a nickel type of meteorite. Tell me I'm wrong!
HH,
Ray
I took the little "nugget" to the jeweler today and he performed an acid test on it. There was a reaction on the golden metal, which means this is not gold and is more likely a molten piece of brass or something similar. I still don't know what the other piece is, but I like the beer stine or opera glass explanation (in fact, I had been thinking it might be the latter).
Ray
HH in 2010 
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not sure what first one is but somehow reminds me of Capt. Nemo ? , the second im sure is a road apple from a very tiny horse >. keep digging Jim
