Gold and Copper UFO (Unknown Found Object)

AthensHunter

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Jun 12, 2009
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I found this at Myrtle Beach this past week. It was about 12" deep and had a very strong signal. I was using a Minelab Explorer SE Pro and it showed FER= 00 and COND= 31. The top side (side with writing) is copper and the bottom is what looks like gold.

Dia. = 27.8mm, (1.0960" or 1 3/32")
Thickness 5.09mm (.2055" or 13/64")
Weight 26.9 grams or 0.949 Oz.

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In case you cant see the writing:
149
R=00
7325207-
000-01
NT-7900

I have no idea what it is. I have searched the internet using all the writing in one form or another. I am pretty new to detecting and this is the first thing I have ever found other than pull tabs and bottle caps.

Kris aka AthensHunter
 

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Mickk, I work in the utility industry and have see alot of fuse links and a lot of transformers. Never seen a fuse link that looks anything like this nor anything like this in a transformer. Now I have never been in a substation transformer so I will ask one of the substation maintenance guys if they have seen anything like it in a substation xfmr.
 

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The fact that the item weight .949 oz. or 1 troy ounce makes me believe it is a test weight for an old jewelers balancing scale.
You might follow that line of thinking in figuring it out.
 

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I can't believe PBK didn't have the answer in 30 seconds Kris! lol Looks like lots of folks are helping figure it out though....definitely has all of us wondering what it is. I can't wait til you find out!! Thanks for sending the link so I could see what you were talking about! See ya over there! ~hugs~
 

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Westerner said:
The fact that the item weight .949 oz. or 1 troy ounce makes me believe it is a test weight for an old jewelers balancing scale.
You might follow that line of thinking in figuring it out.
I always thought that 1 troy ounce = 31.1034768 grams. This weighs 26.9 grams. Not accurate enough to be a test weight.
 

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AthensHunter said:
I don't think itis a watch back as there are no threads. I don't believe it to be a battery either as I checked it with a volt meter and there were 0 volts and a battery will usually have a + or - on one side.

Kris
Check it with an Ohm meter with the setting on resistance just to see if there is a positive and negative side. You can see if it has continuity between the 2 sides or not.
 

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