Today's digs

[steve in so la]

Met my friend Ed at daybreak and hit a concert place where a kazillion people had been this weekend. We each got about 25 coins so we tried another park and then split up. I hit a couple more parks on the way home, dug a bunch of coins and these things. The 2 dark egg things are magnets. what's up with them ?
The dragon sure looked gold but didn't test out as such with my acid test. The metal strip did test silver though. It's a broken part of a bracelet with stamped designs. You can see the black nitric acid I applied to test it. Good time was had by all.
Go Spurs !! steve in so az

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[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

I got out to with a friend, but an end loader and back hoe were in our way most of the time. We had fun and found some old doo-dads.

 

[Pete in MI]

wonder if those are the kind farmers that own cows put into thier stomach to catch metal items???

 

[VT Dave]

as "rattlesnake eggs" cause they rattletogether and spin to orient themselves. I think they are hematite ore that has been magnatized.

 

[Mike Chgo area]

n/t

 

[steve in so la]

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