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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[meMiner]

Sounds creepy, but detecting in the ocean, I have found molars with fillings, fillings and dental bridges in the water. I suspect some of the dental stuff was old and maybe from people that were cremated and spread over the beach they liked. Nowadays, I suspect the crematorium removes this stuff but maybe in the past they did not. This is one kind of target that I release back into the wild.

Another possibility is you have melted beer can. I have found quite a bit where there are bond fire parties. People toss the empties into the flames and it turns into a "nugget".

 

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[TravyLeigh]

OMG THAT EXPLAINS THE GOLD NUGGET that a guy on YouTube found

 

[NeoTokyo]

OMG THAT EXPLAINS THE GOLD NUGGET that a guy on YouTube found

Link us the video!

 

[vabuckhunter]

It couldnt be a beer can or silver due to how it rang up on the e trac, hit a 12-04 which is exactly where you would expect a small piece of gold to hit. could it be a lower karat than 10?

 

[vabuckhunter]

It also rings up as a 44 45 on the deus

 

[dave wiseman]

Anything lower than 10k in the U.S. is not considered gold..possibly electrum?