HELP WITH THIS NUGGET!!! From Puerto Rico.

[KIRKCO]

HELLO!

THIS WEEKEND I WAS METAL DETECTING WITH MY DAD AND I FOUND THIS BIG NUGGET, ITS NOT THE FIRST ONE WE FOUND ALOT MORE? OF THIS BUT DIFFERENT SHAPES, BUT THIS ONE IS THE MOST THAT CATCH MY ATTENTION, AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS IT! BECAUSE WE THINK IS SILVER. IS 0.53 ONCE, THANK'S. AH!!! WE ARE IN PUERTO RICO. JUST IN CASE!!! JA,JA,,,,,AND WE FOUND GOLD TOO.....

 

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[ClamBob]

Re: HELP WITH THIS NUGGET!!!

If it came out of the ground shiny, I doubt it's silver. Looks like chromium slag I have seen in the past.

HH,
BobJ

 

[KIRKCO]

Re: HELP WITH THIS NUGGET!!!

Hi!
Thank's for you response. No! i wash and clean it very well and i used a jewlery cream to shine it; but it? came out of the ground like and old lead bullet, like grey color or and old piece of aluminum im talking about the original color. Here's anotherPhoto without wash it or clean it! tha's the way it came out of the river side near the ocean.
Thank you again for you help..

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[JakePhelps]

is it light or heavy for its size? (density)

 

[warsawdaddy]

Is it magnetic?

 

[KIRKCO]

Hi!

Is 0.53 oz, 1" 1/2 wide and 1" 1/4 tall, NO! is not magnetic!!! the original color when it comes out of the river side is the 2nd photo.

 

[ClamBob]

Found in an historical document on Puerto Rico:

_Silver_.--In 1538 the crown officers in San Juan wrote to the Home
Government: " ... The gold is diminishing. Several veins of lead ore
have been discovered, from which some silver has been extracted. The
search would continue if the concession to work these veins were given
for ten years, with 1.20 or 1.15 royalty." On March 29th of the
following year the same officers reported: " ... Respecting the silver
ores discovered, we have smolten some, but no one here knows how to
do it. Veins of this ore have been discovered in many parts of the
island, but nobody works them. We are waiting for some one to come who
knows how to smelt them."

Might have something to do with it.

Nice find and HH,
BobJ

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

HOLA:? Try this for a simple fairly accurte id.? ?Potassium Bichromate in a photo supply store .

 

[KIRKCO]

Hi!

Thank you all for your help!!!! i went to the same river this week with my Dad and found more of this things, who knows what is it!!! but thanks again for all your Post's,

Att: Kirk

 

[saint2529]

In what river do you found that? Maybe I can help you because I have a geology map.