Diggernaut
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OK, I was on a buddy's property tonight and got the metal detector out to show him what this detecting stuff is like. He took me into the back of his property where an old house once stood. The house seems to have be from around the turn of the century but we are really not sure as we have found nothing with a date on it yet. Just mainly stone and early type concrete foundation. We found a thin copper square that was folded over and when flattened back out it was about 4 inches square and looked like an early type backsplash or ceiling tile, although I really have no idea. Anyway back to the "what is it" question. We left the old house and walked about 30-50 yards from the front of the old foundation and I got a really strong hit with my v3i. It was hitting +86, three green, straight bars in alignment. Great quarter hit, I thought. We dug down the 3-4 inches the v3i said it was and out popped something very unusual. After cleaning it off my buddy took a butter knife to give it a little scrape, as we thought it might just be a lump of lead. Not lead, way too hard. It does have a bright silver color underneath the weathered outer skin. It is heavy for it's size and I just can't figure out what it is. I would like to believe that it is a silver nugget but just wishful thinking, I'm sure. I compared it to some .999 silver bars of mine and seems to be close in physical amount and weight for a not completely pure metal. Again, I really don't know. I used some Tarn-X on it and it did nothing. I do know that it can't be steel or iron or it would be a ball of rust. I also know it's not a gold nugget. Other than that, I need your guys' help. Thanks!