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Metal Detecting for Gold
Natural Lead Occurance in Goldfields?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dron" data-source="post: 391728" data-attributes="member: 7074"><p>I don't think it's natural.</p><p></p><p>Most lead in nature occurs as ores, primarily as Galena.</p><p></p><p>I think what you have there is fragments of bullets. When bullets hit something traveling at high velocity they deform or fragment off and turn into weird shapes.</p><p></p><p>The old gold miners used to hunt rabbits etc. for their dinner which is why there is so many bullets still on the gold fields.</p><p></p><p>Here are some I found last trip that I think are fragments that must have cooled rapidly in water forming organic looking shapes.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/7074/1519458863_20180224_184255sml.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I think the old timers used to make their own bullets too, by pouring molten lead into moulds. Here is a biiig chunk of lead I found near an old hut site. Would be fantabulous if it was gold, my scales go up to 100g.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/7074/1519458957_20180224_1843505sml.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Anyhow if you're finding bullets it's a good sign that the area you are in has not been thoroughly detected before. So keep at it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dron, post: 391728, member: 7074"] I don't think it's natural. Most lead in nature occurs as ores, primarily as Galena. I think what you have there is fragments of bullets. When bullets hit something traveling at high velocity they deform or fragment off and turn into weird shapes. The old gold miners used to hunt rabbits etc. for their dinner which is why there is so many bullets still on the gold fields. Here are some I found last trip that I think are fragments that must have cooled rapidly in water forming organic looking shapes. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/7074/1519458863_20180224_184255sml.jpg[/img] I think the old timers used to make their own bullets too, by pouring molten lead into moulds. Here is a biiig chunk of lead I found near an old hut site. Would be fantabulous if it was gold, my scales go up to 100g. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/7074/1519458957_20180224_1843505sml.jpg[/img] Anyhow if you're finding bullets it's a good sign that the area you are in has not been thoroughly detected before. So keep at it! [/QUOTE]
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