Lava looking metal?

[mcb613]

Anyone ever find a clump of what looks like a clump of molten lava. Gun metal color and very hard... cannot mark it with a whack from shovel. It is not porpous like lava though. Defenitely not rusted. Any thoughts?

 

[treasure sstate]

I have run into that myself. Someone told me it is slag what ever that is.

 

[UtahRich]

Picture?

 

[utahshovelhead]

You detected it? What numbers are you getting....mmm... Saw a meteorite that it sounds like.

 

[sandnsea49]

I've found some also and I think it's melted aluminum. Probably from a beer or pop can.

 

[detectorfreak74]

might be from a UFO ......... lol

 

[1goldsniper]

I found a piece of irridescent bornite last summer that sound similar to your description. You can find pics on ebay of samples.

 

[johnno 481]

In Western Australian goldfields we find a lot of this type of material in soils rich in iron and it is caused by lightning strikes melting the iron in the soil and forming slag type material.