meteorite?:confused:

[mudpuppy]

I WAS on my way to go catch some fish, when some big weather rolled in and they cancelled the salmon tournament for the day...so I fired up the F70 and went worm stabbin for a little...I got this hit at high silver dime/ring ping, nice tight signal, stable, 4" deep...78 on the TID (unusual signal)......in the middle of a football field, its some sort of nonmagnetic rock that I cant scratch with my screwdriver, its heavy, weighs 11.7 gr. its not brass or copper, I dont know what it is..also got a 56 wheatie, 74 coins, for 5.37 total for the year is...6445 coins, 507.61 clad...(never going to catch that damned BHLandstar at this pace) any ideas if meteorites ping in this high?
Mud

 

[jim tn]

Nice find if it is a meteorite, but not a clue where they ring in at. Nice pile of clad. HH jim tn

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[mudpuppy]

This sure has got me baffled...Its not lead, or some sort of babbit, or of course aluminum...I coated it with my 18k gold test acid, and it sort of fumed a little and gave of a light creamy colored liquid, ..I filed a little, and silver metal shows up..the thing is it does not look like a typical molten metal drop from some sort of firing..I just dont know, but your right Elton, from what I could find, most meteorites have an iron/nickle composition, so this is probably not one...a weird chunk of silver is all I can guess...

 

[MarkCZ]

Meteorites are Iron based,
They will most times have a rounded (blunt) point on it, this where its melts and shapes as it streaks through the atmosphere. Also behind this entry point you may find signs of metal flow as it melted and flowed back.

You can pick them up with a magnet.
Most are very small, maybe the size of a pea.
And should come in as a low Iron reading on a detector.

Mark