Strange Rock????

[sixshooter]

Maybe someone can help me identify this rock I found. I was detecting in the Southern Ca high desert near Randsburg. It gave me a really hard signal. I thought maybe it was a "hotrock" but it is NOT magnetic. I ground a portion of it off and it is silver/black metallic in color (shiny spot in the picture). Could it be Silver?? Nickle?? Platinum??Meteorite?? Any help appreciated!!
Thanks

 

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[fossis]

six shooter, It sure looks like a meteorite,
but most of them stick to a magnet, maybe someone local could test it for you, good luck,

Fossis..................

 

[Eu_citzen]

I'd say Magnetite or hematite.
I don't think it's Silver,Platinum,Meteorite or Nickle
NOt the right colors, Meteorites have rounder form nothing sharp (almost nothing)

 

[Las Vegas Bob]

Looks like a piece of coke from a smelter.

 

[Old Dog]

Is the christaline formation in the center a metalic one? If it is it could be a Galena chrystal which would explain the hit you got.
Galena is a lead mineral that can be as much as 65% pure.

OD