What are these nuggets??

[Chagy]

We also found these nuggets at Treasure Coast they are very light weight so I dont think they are silver, they look like the lead pieces in the McLarty musuem,
Has anyone found one of these? and what do you think they are?


Best,


Chagy........

 

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[Jeffro]

They are without a doubt some of the rarest form of aluminum- the butt end of a can that has been melted in a campfire-

I find them all the time out here near (and even in) the rivers and streams.

 

[Las Vegas Bob]

I saw something similar at a crash site near Roswell NM

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

They could be Alum. The only way to know for sure is to test. This question has come up before. Check: is it Silver or Alum in What is it?
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,24080.0.html

Some of those pieces could be lead sheathing. Check this:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,22995.0.html

Chagy, you never know what you have til you get home. You might want to read a story of something I found on those beaches.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,19394.0.html

One more thing. They may not be worth anything, but I would like to see a close up of those Disney tokens that your wife found. I can not see clear in pic.

 

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I agree with Jeffro, I also find them alot at beaches or camp grounds.

 

[Chagy]

BigC.

They are not gold if thats what you are thinking, I alredy looked at them with a magnifing glass it has some green on them and I dont think they had been to long in the water.

Best,

Chagy......

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

BigC.

They are not gold if thats what you are thinking, I alredy looked at them with a magnifing glass it has some green on them and I dont think they had been to long in the water.

Best,

Chagy......

No, I didn't think they were gold. Just interested in tokens, that's all.

 

[Chagy]

OK!! Big C,

I will get some pics for you, with the nuggets I will have to agree with aluminum, (the shiny ones) but what about the crusty ones. There are only 2

Best,

Chagy......

 

[silverswede]

I too agree with Jeffro on the nuggets being melted beer or soda cans. They are to me the plague of the campgrounds here. They read like coins even with full disc and will mask the good stuff. I call my collection Bud nuggets, and am waiting for the price of aluminum to get to $500 an ounce.

 

[Chagy]

Do you think the black crusty ones are the same thing?


Chagy..........

 

[silverswede]

I suspect that the different types are from either the can top or bottom making heavier shiney ones and the thin sides make thin frothy looking ones. The black ones, though maybe something else. I've found melted copper, pewter and even silver coins melted together in a clump from sites where a structure had burned.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

They could be a lot of things. Before you toss them, I really believe they should be tested with one drop of nitric acid/ potassium dichromate. Then you will know for sure.

 

[treasure diver]

It's more than likely copper or lead sheathing off the bottom of a Spanish galleon. They drive a detector crazy on the bottom of the ocean. One thing about it, you know you are on the teasure trail.