Is this gold? My son found it smashing rocks at Kenilworth.

[Shizzles]

 

[mbasko]

Hard to say 100% but looks very much like an ironstone + gold specimen to me which is possible in that area.

 

[Nightjar]

Using a scriber scratch it, if it flakes away it is probably pyrites.
First thoughts though your son has found gold.

 

[Golden Phoenix]

I don't know the area but looking at it without any local knowledge, it seems to look more like how pyrite would form? Hope I am wrong actually!

 

[lostandfound]

It looks like a rather wonderful little pyrite specimen. I say that because there's a little chunk at the top that looks rather cuboid.
Its a nice find. I wonder, how many of those ugly brown rocks have a shiny filling?

 

[Hawkear]

Hard to say from a photograph, but when I zoom in, the yellow bit appears to resolve itself more like a mineral crystal that glistens. Gold will have an even yellow colour that doesn’t glisten.
If you know someone with a metal detector, if it were gold it should give off a decent metallic signal. You can also try a multimeter to test the conductivity of the yellow bit. Metals are highly conductive whereas minerals are generally not.

 

[Grey Panner]

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When in doubt, pass your specimen round in a bar full of experienced fossickers. If you get it back it is not gold.

 

[JD3]

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Follow advice here.
Scratch....
Smash....
Passs....
Jokes aside..smash it out then try to flatten it with a hammer.
Flattens....stays same colour...gold.
All else, shattered, changes its false.
Done it for years but hey, some still trick me till I try those things.
Good luck.

 

[Moneybox]

I'd be feeling pretty confident with that but my metal detector would make the decision.

 

[Ausgold]

I'm with mbasko Gold and ironstone specie

 

[Rockwall]

Any result yet?