Need advice. Possibly found a copper treasure. I'm an unexperienced treasure hunter.

[sammythepolecat]

I found a mound of metal balls about the size of a large marble. There must be a few tons of it and its in open territory so its not being taken illegally. It is known but nobody wants to take the time to do the work or maybe its worthless. The balls are rumored to have been spilled off of a train that tipped over somewhere in between the 1930s and 1960s. Rumor has it the balls are copper balls but not pure. So it is a mixture of copper and maybe 2 other metals. I heard they were used as a filler metal or something for something that was being manufactured at the time maybe to be melted down into molten metal for some factory. Can anybody give me any advice on how to get the balls tested to see if they are of worth? Especially because of the fact that there is so much of it. It has to be worth some labor. I feel nobody is cleaning it up or taking it loads at a time because there is no road access to it and the only kind of train that runs the tracks now are tourist train. If it is of worth the only way to load it out would be by small non motorized boat because its on a river bank next to some whitewater rapids. any advice would be helpful. I have samples i can posts some pics if needed.

 

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[vpnavy]

1st - I noticed this was your very first post - so, Welcome Aboard SammyThePolecat! You didn't list your state (or country) in your profile. So, you might consider jumping over to Sub-Forums: Select Your Area.... and selecting location information (i.e., clubs, hunts, finds, legends, maps, etc.) directly related to your state (or country). You might also consider adding your state (or country) to your displayed profile (SETTINGS -> EDIT PROFILE) so if you ask a question, etc. - people may have more success helping you (if necessary)...

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[nagant]

Sounds like iron ore to me, mixed with clay ready for the furnace.

 

[Aeroboy]

Does it look like this?

 

[Dug]

If it is in the US, I have never heard of open territory.

It is either going to be privately owned, owned by the state, or Federal property so be careful.

 

[Red James Cash]

If it's been sitting there for years it is abandoned property,go nuts.

 

[ivobg]

Ive seen these on railroad tracks

 

[sammythepolecat]

yes it does look like that!!!!!! What is it?

 

[sammythepolecat]

Does it look like this?

yes it does look like that!!! What is it

 

[dingode]

Iron ore pellets. I don't think they are worth recovering. Just for fun though have a few tested and see what they are for sure.

 

[HuntinDog]

Iron ore balls.
I have found bunches on the old US Steel (closed 1983) line from Lander[FONT=Roboto, arial, sans-serif] to Farson .[/FONT]
[FONT=Roboto, arial, sans-serif]They make great wrist-rocket ammo, but have very little value,[/FONT]

 

[s2ndjetli]

ahhh yes, back in the day when things were made TO LAST. I remember being a new guy on the Railroad and finding these along the bed from years gone past, the guys would have fun with me and tell me there were huge train robbery's and these were the pumpkin balls from the fight... boy did I get stupid real quick and almost loose my job searching for treasure..... Iron Ore pellets..