Musket ball or bullet?

[IronSpike]

Found on 'flat track trail', which is not so flat anymore Thought I would get a quick scan in on the limited area and found this interesting lead bullet. Shaped almost like a button

Also found rock with pyrite or gold. How do you test?

 

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[IronSpike]

Dues the quartz signal with a metal detector?

Does Pyrite signal with a metal detector?

No signal from metal detector. Just an interesting looking quartz picked up in the dark

I would think gold would be picked up by a sensitive metal detector. Turn off all discrimination. If you have a detector that can pick up a thin gold chain, it should pick up this, if its gold.

As far as the test solution, you can only expect to test metal with a test solution. I suggest try to to determine if it is in fact even metal.

Thanks advise and good point as to whether in fact it is metal I tried with the pin pointer and no metal detection either. Anyway, very small quantity of "glitter" in the quartz specimen.

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

Try the thinnest or smallest piece of gold chain to see if your detector or pinpointer will signal. My Whites detector will pick up a gold link piece the size of a matchhead.

 

[IronSpike]

Try the thinnest or smallest piece of gold chain to see if your detector or pinpointer will signal. My Whites detector will pick up a gold link piece the size of a matchhead.

I think this glitter has to be pyrite as it doesn't make sense a detector wouldn't register if indeed gold. Thank you for your help bigcypresshunter

Pyrite technically a mineral with about 47% iron and 53% sulphur.