Metal meteorite?

[MeteHunt]

Hello everyone. I'm new one on this forum. My main hobby is hunting of coins and relics with a metal detector and I've been doing this for last 12 years. And this is the very first time when I found something that looks like a meteorite, so would be very grateful for some help with identification.

Some facts about the rock:

- place where it was found - Eastern part of Belarus (Europe);
- was found with metal detector (dug out) at a depth of 30 centimeters (12 inch);
- metal detector detects it like nonferrous metal;
- it's very heavy (density maybe like lead), if necessary I can try to calculate;
- non-magnetic with ordinary magnet but becomes slightly magnetic with very powerful neodymium magnet;
- solid but can by filed with good rasp-file (look at the pictures)

Thanks in advance!

 

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[Terry Soloman]

Have it examined by a geologist at your local university.

 

[Rick K]

Very heavy? Perhaps a tungsten fragment of armor piercing projectile from the Great Patriotic War. Conductivity of tungsten is about 28% of that of silver (or so the web said).

 

[galenrog]

I am going to say no. A metallic meteorite will normally have enough ferrous metal for any common magnet to easily
stick. With no other evidence than what you have presented, including images, I am going to say slag.

To help prove me wrong, please follow Terry’s advice and have it examined by a qualified professional. If you do not have one nearby, have someone smooth and polish the surface you exposed. If this is a meteorite, a widmanstatten pattern should be evident.

When I did lapidary, back in the stone ages, I cut and polished many suspected meteorites for folks. Well over 95% were not meteorites. Every one of the winners had the widmanstatten pattern present to some degree, typically visible during polishing.

Time for more coffee.

 

[stonecutter1]

Looks interesting, it appears to have some fusion crusting. Maybe a stone meteorite with a low iron content?? I would definitely have it tested.