Gold Nugget From the Campfire!

[oldmxrat]

I'm always trying to think outside the box of where treasure might be found. When I first started detecting I found a silver Rosie in the forest and realized I was searching in the middle of an old circle of stones-a campfire ring.
Ever since then, it's been one of the things I look for. I have done well finding coins around the campfire rings, even though the globs of melted aluminum are a real pain in the butt, but only that one dime inside the ring. Until yesterday that is!
Tests as 14k and comes in at 10.7g

 

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[Tony in SC]

Good find! You can tell by looking at it that It's the real deal!!

 

[sprailroad]

Again...you just never know..... Nice

 

[tamrock]

Looks a lot like a potato gold button. Now if you find anymore in campfire rings, I'm gonna start thinking you're on to something. I've seen countless fire rings along the upper Arkansas River looking for stone artifacts in Chaffee County Colorado. Some looked as if they've been there for decades. You could wash fine gold all up and down that part of the Arkansas.

 

[Digger RJ]

I'm always trying to think outside the box of where treasure might be found. When I first started detecting I found a silver Rosie in the forest and realized I was searching in the middle of an old circle of stones-a campfire ring.
Ever since then, it's been one of the things I look for. I have done well finding coins around the campfire rings, even though the globs of melted aluminum are a real pain in the butt, but only that one dime inside the ring. Until yesterday that is!
Tests as 14k and comes in at 10.7g
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Very Nice!!! Sweet Yellow Nectar!!! Congrats!!!

 

[releventchair]

Good catch!
Congrats.

 

[EKG]

Very Nice!!! Sweet Yellow Nectar!!! Congrats!

I'm always trying to think outside the box of where treasure might be found. When I first started detecting I found a silver Rosie in the forest and realized I was searching in the middle of an old circle of stones-a campfire ring.
Ever since then, it's been one of the things I look for. I have done well finding coins around the campfire rings, even though the globs of melted aluminum are a real pain in the butt, but only that one dime inside the ring. Until yesterday that is!
Tests as 14k and comes in at 10.7g
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I discovered an incredibly pleasant vintage opium box in Australia during the 90s Metal detecting out there in the great Sandy dessert, tucked away where their campfire used to be. It was an ingenious hiding spot back then, ensuring their stash remained secure from potential thieves.

 

[Blak bart]

It looks like a smelted button....fine gold was often meted daily into a small gold disc/button....maybe someone lost there button while drinking around the fire ?

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on the gold fire button, certainly a great redemption for all the aluminum blobs dug.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A interesting place to look and a great find - congrats !

 

[oldmxrat]

It looks like a smelted button....fine gold was often meted daily into a small gold disc/button....maybe someone lost there button while drinking around the fire ?

Except that it tests 14k and less than 16k. Seems like it would have to be melted jewelry.

 

[tamrock]

Except that it tests 14k and less than 16k. Seems like it would have to be melted jewelry.

Yeah I thought that. Generally native gold is a higher karet or so that's what the gold buyer I deal with says. Are there any gold bearing streams near where you found it?

 

[oldmxrat]

Yeah I thought that. Generally native gold is a higher karet or so that's what the gold buyer I deal with says. Are there any gold bearing streams near where you found it?

Nope, just sandy desert.

 

[scruggs]

Sure looks like gold, nice find!

 

[Iron Buzz]

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looks a lot like a potato gold button.

I was thinking the same thing. Except the buttons that I've made from amalgam were spongy and dull yellow.

 

[ModernMiner]

Thar's GOLD in them thar campfires!!!
Man, what a cool and unusual find.
Thanks for the great post,
MM