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[RGINN]

Here's a thing I've wondered about. I found this off the beaten track in the desert north of Moab a couple of years ago. The general area has a history of uranium mining and oil drilling, but none of that was taking place around where I found this. Of course I first think 'Spanish silver bar'! No such luck. One side has the number 6473 engraved on it. I believe it to be steel. It has some weight to it, and nice ring to it, seems to have been pretty impervious to rust, and is very hard. Any ideas?

 

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[DizzyDigger]

Wow...that's an odd one. Cool find, but I'm clueless...

 

[Robot]

Hi RGINN,
Of the 3 main metals mined around Moab, the one most like yours may be a Bar of Vanadium,
Price - $28.00 per Kg.

 

[vhs07]

Looks like a pipe tong insert.

 

[RGINN]

I like that idea Robot but I tend to think vhs07 may be more on track. I wondered about the number engraved on it, and the location I found it. Underneath a little ledge on a canyon wall. In plain sight and obviously placed there. Kind of strange, but we have seen some pretty weird stuff in that part of Utah before.

 

[AU Seeker]

I like that idea Robot but I tend to think vhs07 may be more on track. I wondered about the number engraved on it, and the location I found it. Underneath a little ledge on a canyon wall. In plain sight and obviously placed there. Kind of strange, but we have seen some pretty weird stuff in that part of Utah before.

You say you think it maybe steel, is it magnetic, i.e. will a magnet stick to it?

 

[RGINN]

Good point AU Seeker, and I should have checked that. Didn't think I had a magnet in the house til I walked by the refrigerator. Yeah it's magnetic.