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[yotaboy86]

i found this rock in some dirt we had delivered the dirt is coming from about a hundred yards up stream from a mouth of a creek

 

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[yolderboy96]

First of all, nice name. Second, I could be wrong, but to me it looks sorta like an Opal. I would look up some picture on google of opals and see if you can find anything similar!

 

[yotaboy86]

First of all, nice name. Second, I could be wrong, but to me it looks sorta like an Opal. I would look up some picture on google of opals and see if you can find anything similar!

Yeah thats my next step i figured id try the experts on here first i have had a great experience with questions here, And yes when i opened this thread your name was the first i seen thats pretty funny i havent seen you on here before but i mostly follow the gold prospecting and sluicing forum

 

[joncutt87]

this is the side facing soil

 

[joncutt87]

from an internal fracture in the bedrock

 

[joncutt87]

another pic of the clean face

 

[MrLee]

View attachment 1085895View attachment 1085896 i found this rock in some dirt we had delivered the dirt is coming from about a hundred yards up stream from a mouth of a creek

Looks like a fire agate to me. Definitely an agate.

 

[yotaboy86]

Looks like a fire agate to me. Definitely an agate.

Yeah i did some research and thats what i came up with good call thanks for the reply

 

[l337scum]

another pic of the clean face

I will take a stab with a pick axe at it Seems like a Gabbro from your pictures. I would call it Diabase. It most likely has a high content of Magnetite for the magnetism.

 

[joncutt87]

Thanks l337, Gabbro is where I was leaning, but then I read that Gabbro usually has an olive color to it. I found a 1966 geological survey of my county, and according to it my area should be a Diorite/Granite mix, although there was an area of Gabbro right down the road. Diabase looks really close too.

 

[NotJo]

Do you know what this is?

 

[btb1606]

Found this piece in an old barn on an old plantation in Mississippi, Found it with my metal detector, I had the trash eliminator setting all the way up
and usually will not pick up anything that's not precious metals. looks like silver Mayber, im shooting in the dark, Its heavy for its size and I believe completely metacllic throughout other than what has accumulated on the out side. no sign of corrosion on the spot where you can see the silver shiny material. thanks for the help.

 

[btb1606]

Magnet will not stick to it.

 

[Tony_agr]

Dumb question, Is that gold on the quartz pic Right? I have many pcs of quartz that look like that.. I'm really new at this so 2nd dumb question, will gold on the quartz appear shiny or dull?
I'll send pictures if you'd like
Thanks
Tony

 

[ChrisKrez]

Theres one with lines that were engraved all the way around the rock. And another with what I think are crystals. Anyone know what these are?

 

[chriseneim]

My falcon md20 really liked the piece and so I broke it open thinking it would just be Quartz inside but I was wrong. The yellow does not crumble like sulfides it's like a dense clay any ideas as to what it is?

 

[Sheldon J]

Yellow cake? where did you find it that may help.

 

[chriseneim]

Haha squaw peak

 

[PIMD2014]

My father and I found this with our deep hunter pro US edition. Please what could it be

 

[PIMD2014]

its dense and supper heavy. Was easily found about 4 feet deep. Magnet does stick to it. Platinum? I wish! I feel like JOE DIRT carrying this thing around... hopefully its not toxic! haha! Any advice would be nice.