gold nugget on the outer banks?

[vabuckhunter]

I found this last week on the beaches of North Carolina, Pretty sure it's gold but my tester won't be here till Friday. Never heard of anyone finding a nugget on the beach of OBX but was hoping yall could tell me if it was?

 

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[DDancer]

Hope it is gold That'd be a pretty darn cool find.

 

[TravyLeigh]

Copper, bronze and similar metals containing copper would be greenish... That's gold

 

[vabuckhunter]

Any idea if it's a nugget or a piece of broken jewelry that has been tumbled for years?

 

[TravyLeigh]

Looks like a nugget to me, but I could be wrong

 

[TravyLeigh]

Honestly, I'd weigh it... Then I'd go back to that beach with a gold detector

 

[TravyLeigh]

Tell me what kinda weight you're dealing with

 

[Mach1Pilot]

The pictures look like gold... hope you found a nugget!

 

[NeoTokyo]

Do you have a photo with better white balance and more saturation?
On my computer it looks like lead.

I hope its gold or platinum though.

 

[TravyLeigh]

99% sure it's not lead... As a bullet caster and machinist, I have seen lots and lots of metal. Worst case scenario, you found a recently melted low-copper content piece... Which is possible on the beach, but it doesn't have the brass/broze characteristics. But I'm also not a rocket-surgeon... So what do I know

 

[Hoser John]

Simply walk into any pawn shop and have it checked for free-John

 

[dave wiseman]

If it's a nugget it could be from a sunken pirate ship or a ship returning from the California gold fields that didn't make it.....but the edges look rough for being in the water for any period of time.

 

[TravyLeigh]

It's the second nugget I've heard of being found on the beach. I don't see why they can't be there :3

 

[TravyLeigh]

I'm sure we can find gold literally anywhere. I mean, at one time, lake bonneville was covering a massive chunk of the U.S... I'm sure it had one hell of a river pushing material pretty far :3

 

[vabuckhunter]

My test kit should be here tomorrow or Friday and I will let yall know results. I will weigh it this afternoon and give yall the weight

 

[NeoTokyo]

Go to a pawn shop or Jeweler if your in town.

 

[vabuckhunter]

I got my test kit in today and it didnt pass the 10k test. I am surpirsed because it sure feels and looks like gold to me.

 

[TheGoldProspector]

I got my test kit in today and it didnt pass the 10k test. I am surpirsed because it sure feels and looks like gold to me.

Pyrite?

 

[TravyLeigh]

Pyrite breaks and doesnt bend. Who knows what it could be :0

 

[NeoTokyo]

put a torch to it, if it melts then its lead like I said.
If it tarnishes then it may be silver.
If it doesn't tarnish then it could be platinum.