an odd find....

[Paul in WA]

I found this up on a mountain pass area close to home with a metal detector. It is extremley heavy, but it isn't lead. a magnet won't stick to it either. I touched a small corner of it to a grinding wheel, and it doesn't spark, and the spot looked like chrome. It is hard to get a good pic of it. it isn't as dark as it looks in the pic. it's bigger than a golf ball. I have seen a lot of different types of metal in raw form, but nothing like this. goldsmith in town says it's platinum, so do both jewlers here. He did look at it with some super maginifying thing, and there are a lot of tiny quartz crystals on one side, and he said there is a slight trace of gold in it. It isn't a metorite, those are very hard, this is soft like silver, but not as soft as lead.

Paul in Wa

 

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[hunterinthesky]

I detected a couple of those myself. Don't know what its consistency is either

 

[Paul in WA]

at first I thoughtmy ex mother in law lost a filling.

Paul

 

[DD-777]

Maybe slag? What about Hematite?

 

[Paul in WA]

nope, neither of those

 

[tulecanyon]

if all the metal workers in your community say it is platinum, why are you not out there finding more?
you don't like platinum?

"Platinum (pronounced /ˈplætɪnəm/) is a chemical element with the atomic symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. It is in group 10 of the Periodic Table of Elements. A heavy, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal, platinum is resistant to corrosion and occurs in some nickel and copper ores along with some native deposits. Platinum is used in jewelry, laboratory equipment, electrical contacts, dentistry, and automobile emissions control devices. Platinum bullion has the ISO currency code of XPT. As of October 2nd, 2008, Platinum was worth $1,038.00 per troy ounce "

 

[49er]

Strange looking piece of material you found there Paul. What was your VDI reading? Did it have a positive or negative sound? Other wise I put in a cool dark place...

 

[QUICKSILVER (appletree)]

If the Goldsmith and jewlers say its platinum I'd see which one of them will buy it for fare market value! if you can't figure out what it is maybe its a money maker!!!!!!

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

A mystery wrapped in an inegma.
Chris

 

[catchdogcross]

I've found some material that looks and feels similar, in fact I have a couple big chunks didnt know what to do with and these were just thrown in my pail, theres alot more where I found it. hmmm maybe its time to do a recheck ... Nice find!
Catchdog

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Get it analyzed, and keep us posted!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Good News. I have identified your find.

 

[relichunters]

If that is true platinum you'd be a very rich person

 

[Chico Rico]

Platinum is not soft. It is a very, very hard metal. Sometimes people get their diamond ring tines remade with platinum because of the strength and durability.

 

[Nana40]

Cool find, Paul!

Nana

 

[Paul in WA]

Platinum is not soft. It is a very, very hard metal. Sometimes people get their diamond ring tines remade with platinum because of the strength and durability.

Platinum is very similar to gold when it comes to hardness. On the Vickers hardness scale, they are pretty close. Platinum is used for diamond prongs for 2 reasons....one is for the color, gold prongs don't compliment a diamonds color.........and second is for for it's softness with combined strength. a softer prong will absorb the shock of daily bumps & scrapes. using a very hard metal would result in a shattered stone if it took a hard hit.

Platinum is mixed with other metals to harden it up to different degree's of hardness.......... just like gold is.

Paul

 

[crazyjarhead]

I'd be marking the spot where you found that piece. Keep us informed. Maybe you'll make headline news

 

[creeper71]

found some photos of raw Platinum

Don't know if this will help or not... I hope it is Platinum you will defintly will have some big money if it is...

http://www.uraniumminerals.com/Notes/Images/Platinum-02-m.jpg



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