✅ SOLVED Found this doing yard work. I believe it is natural platinum. But?????

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I was doing some yard work about a year ago and found what looked like a fossil to me and having always loved different rocks & minerals I brought it in the house. Doing some more yard work I began to notice there was A LOT of rocks in this yard. I can dig down 3 feet or so and have river rocks start filling my hole back up with little to no dirt. I started looking at some of these and I could see gold & pyrite, silver, gray to dark gray to metals in a lot of them. Now I am landscaping and breaking rocks. I picked up the old fossil & noticed gold & silver color in it so I decided to break it open and this is what I found. The nugget weighs 97.7 gr's & I tried your torch test. 20 minutes later & the tip of the nugget wasnt even red yet. I let it cool down & it looked like it had never seen a torch. I have a couple magnets that will really pinch your fingers & it just barely stuck to it. The complete piece weighs 1.74lbs. I washed it off after breaking it out of it's casing and glued it back together for the pictures. 0211030255a.jpg0216030026.jpg0216030025.jpg0211030242a.jpgI have never seen anything like it in 50 years and was hoping someone on here could just verify what I think I have found. Thank you very much in advance, I can't wait to read your answers. T.
 

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Did Diaz change his name for this post? The only thing missing are the insults to the people trying to help.
As we sit with baited breath, The poster states he doesn't need the money....Ok and he has had it over a year...OK So why now dose he feel compelled now to ask us? He stats that an acid test wont work because there are impurity's in it? B/S
It will work! the poster is "JUST HAVING FUN"! If our poster would give us the volume info we could figure it out for him? JMO HH
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Broken knee said:
Did Diaz change his name for this post? The only thing missing are the insults to the people trying to help.
As we sit with baited breath, The poster states he doesn't need the money....Ok and he has had it over a year...OK So why now dose he feel compelled now to ask us? He stats that an acid test wont work because there are impurity's in it? B/S
It will work! the poster is "JUST HAVING FUN"! If our poster would give us the volume info we could figure it out for him? JMO HH
BK
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DIAZ :laughing7: At least he hasn't yet claimed that it's extraterrestrial! :smileinbox:
 

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Please, mister I-AM-KNOW-1 if you can or will give me the measurement from a standard 2 cup measuring cup or larger the amount of water that is displaced by your item, I will be able to help you? sorry your name made me chuckle
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Broken knee said:
Please, mister I-AM-KNOW-1 if you can or will give me the measurement from a standard 2 cup measuring cup or larger the amount of water that is displaced by your item, I will be able to help you? sorry your name made me chuckle
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sounds like a deal and I bet you wont charge 10k.
 

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A while back when I work a turn-around at a refinery, they had some gizmo that would read any piece of metal. It would tell what the metal was made of, and the it's hardness. I don't know if you have a refinery in your area, but this may be another avenue to have your specimen tested.
 

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Maybe this helps explain where I'm going, other than nuts!
To measure density:
Find the mass of the object (in grams) and find its volume by the volume of water it displaces (in cubic centimetres). Divide the mass by the volume to obtain the density (grams/cubic centimetre).
This value can then be compared with known densities of the platinum, generally accepted as 21.45 g cm[SUP]–3[/SUP]. Other physical and chemical properties can be found by searching in:
Google
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Here is something else to chew on!


The simplest tests are heating and discoloration.
If the item is heated, for example, in a Bunsen flame, platinum will be more difficult or impossible to melt and the platinum will not discolour.
The effect of acid is another basic test. None of the common acids will attack Pt. However, cold aqua regia (3 part HCl + 1 part H[SUB]2[/SUB]NO[SUB]3[/SUB]) will attack Pt, but only very slowly. Aqua regia will attack most other metals and alloys almost instantaneously. A reputable jeweller should be able to test for platinum using acid.
If these two tests are not feasible then find the density of the object. This will identify Pt from silver-coloured base metals. :dontknow::dontknow::dontknow:
BK
Please anyone, if what I have posted is incorrect please correct me?
 

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Broken knee said:
Did Diaz change his name for this post? The only thing missing are the insults to the people trying to help.
As we sit with baited breath, The poster states he doesn't need the money....Ok and he has had it over a year...OK So why now dose he feel compelled now to ask us? He stats that an acid test wont work because there are impurity's in it? B/S
It will work! the poster is "JUST HAVING FUN"! If our poster would give us the volume info we could figure it out for him? JMO HH
BK
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The jeweler whom had weird acid said they are obsidian? like black arrowheads? Used as ballast in old ships? The sterling turns red but that is 925 ,so what color does green or blue mean? What color is pure silver or platinum or gold or palladium. He said it would cost a lot to be done by an industrial plant in RI. Jeweler only wanted grandma's forks and spoons, but they are heirlooms. I need to know this for the great grandchildren because they will have harder times than we do? maybe aluminum will skyrocket soon when silver and gold hit the skids? Palladium is often not even thought of?20120127_110816.jpg Sometimes I feel like we have just entered the twilight zone? Have Metal Detector/will travel/wire palladium! These "things" are very very heavy, and I need a scale and diamond tester soon, can you send them to me someday?
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Wm. Kidd called here "dead man's Island" and used a "horseshoe" shaped Island to find it, Nantucket?
 

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IAMKNOW1 said:
I was doing some yard work about a year ago and found what looked like a fossil to me and having always loved different rocks & minerals I brought it in the house. Doing some more yard work I began to notice there was A LOT of rocks in this yard. I can dig down 3 feet or so and have river rocks start filling my hole back up with little to no dirt. I started looking at some of these and I could see gold & pyrite, silver, gray to dark gray to metals in a lot of them. Now I am landscaping and breaking rocks. I picked up the old fossil & noticed gold & silver color in it so I decided to break it open and this is what I found. The nugget weighs 97.7 gr's & I tried your torch test. 20 minutes later & the tip of the nugget wasnt even red yet. I let it cool down & it looked like it had never seen a torch. I have a couple magnets that will really pinch your fingers & it just barely stuck to it. The complete piece weighs 1.74lbs. I washed it off after breaking it out of it's casing and glued it back together for the pictures. <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=742357"/><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=742358"/><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=742359"/><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=742360"/>I have never seen anything like it in 50 years and was hoping someone on here could just verify what I think I have found. Thank you very much in advance, I can't wait to read your answers. T.
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So my .02 worth keepin in mind I know squat about minerals gold etc except what I've read.
If its not gold since nonmagnetic, when you glue it together it looks like flat surfaces around the edges like a mold if you will. And that makes the gold looking piece a "button" Least that's the first thing I thought of when I seen it put together. Specially with the Hershey kiss shape at top of it.

Anyways. I'm going to read thread and maybe I got it right lmao. Is there any way that gold would lose its magnetism?? Either way IMO its a cool find!! Thanks for sharing.
 

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boris said:
The jeweler whom had weird acid said they are obsidian? like black arrowheads? Used as ballast in old ships? The sterling turns red but that is 925 ,so what color does green or blue mean? What color is pure silver or platinum or gold or palladium. He said it would cost a lot to be done by an industrial plant in RI. Jeweler only wanted grandma's forks and spoons, but they are heirlooms. I need to know this for the great grandchildren because they will have harder times than we do? maybe aluminum will skyrocket soon when silver and gold hit the skids? Palladium is often not even thought of?View attachment 745827 Sometimes I feel like we have just entered the twilight zone? Have Metal Detector/will travel/wire palladium! These "things" are very very heavy, and I need a scale and diamond tester soon, can you send them to me someday?
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Boris did you drop some bad acid? Please stay seated and the bad trip will end soon, mister just stay calm and the little green man will go away!!! I promise HH
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IAMKNOW1 said:
LOL, I understand what you are saying, but we really don't need the money and more importantly......IT'S JUST A ROCK!! LOL No offense what-so-ever. I'm just really having fun and getting a lot of yard work done at the same time. Happy treasure hunting.
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IAMKNOW1, I could certainly put the money to good use and provide receipts to the charities. Let me know if you need my snail mail. :) Breezie
 

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Hey fellow members, I found a jeweler that will test all my gold and precious metals. The only catch is they want a 10k donation for the testing. What do you think? Should I do it?
 

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when you glue it together it looks like flat surfaces around the edges like a mold if you will. .
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Exactly my point but the poster stated that the flat surface was caused by a glacier and he didnt originally see the nugget until he broke it open. My best guess is that the nugget was originally deeper inside the rock. But its just a guess.
 

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