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Mystery metal

Posted by Reuben F. on July 9, 2015 at 1:02am

I found this piece on a creek in Utah county a couple years ago just wanting to test out my panning skills after I first gained serious interest in prospecting. Could this be a small meteorite?

Comments

Reuben F. July 13, 2015 at 2:34am

Doesn't show on my detector and it is not magnetic. It's definately in some state of oxidation.
kchacha July 10, 2015 at 9:31pm

Have you ran a metal detector over it? If comes up hot rock, might be meteorite. Looks like copper to me. Does it come up cent/dime on M/D? Might be a native copper nugget? Not as valuable as gold, but as cool!!
Lynn Campuzano July 10, 2015 at 8:05am

ya never know
Reuben F. July 9, 2015 at 11:08pm

Thanks for the info Barry.
Talon July 9, 2015 at 9:51pm

He're a link that might help you determine if its a meteorite http://www.meteoritemarket.com/metid5.htm
Reuben F. July 9, 2015 at 2:01am

This piece has some interesting features on this side with the two points on each side with a small horizontal pit in the center. The other side is more smooth and rounded. Beats me!

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