Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Charts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Treasure Hunting
Finds Identification and Valuation
Tiny metal ball identification (found while panning for gold)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support Prospecting Australia:
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="navieko" data-source="post: 498420" data-attributes="member: 988"><p>Hey that's an interesting possibility Greenhornet_au, it does look very similar to some of those in the video albeit a little bigger. A lot of the ones in the video even have similar gold/copper tinge on isolated parts of the balls. I didn't end up finding any more of them and I did clean out that area pretty good but I suppose that doesn't rule out a steel bird shot as the most likely option, just thought I'd have found a few more if that was the case.</p><p></p><p>I'll just go with the micro meteorite theory as that's a lot cooler sounding! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>Edit: By the way was no rust at all, pulled it out of the pan as it is in the pictures. Didn't even occur to me until I saw you ask, does that rule out steel/bird shots? It was pulled out of wet clay that remains under water level pretty much all the time I'd imagine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="navieko, post: 498420, member: 988"] Hey that's an interesting possibility Greenhornet_au, it does look very similar to some of those in the video albeit a little bigger. A lot of the ones in the video even have similar gold/copper tinge on isolated parts of the balls. I didn't end up finding any more of them and I did clean out that area pretty good but I suppose that doesn't rule out a steel bird shot as the most likely option, just thought I'd have found a few more if that was the case. I'll just go with the micro meteorite theory as that's a lot cooler sounding! ;) Edit: By the way was no rust at all, pulled it out of the pan as it is in the pictures. Didn't even occur to me until I saw you ask, does that rule out steel/bird shots? It was pulled out of wet clay that remains under water level pretty much all the time I'd imagine. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Treasure Hunting
Finds Identification and Valuation
Tiny metal ball identification (found while panning for gold)
Top