What's the Difference Between a Hot Rock and Meteorite?

This is not a conundrum although it may seem like one. A hot rock can be a meteorite but a meteorite is a meteorite. Hot rocks are those which make your detector believe it has found metal. A hot rock could literally contain a gold nugget in its center or just be iron ore. A meteorite is hard to identify sometimes and the only real proof is in cutting one.

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I have several hot rocks, which I thought may be Meteorites. They were found next to a set of rings in the desert. I believe it was a mining pit I found now. Detecting the site was almost impossible, couldnt go a foot without several signals. I purchased a 4 inch coil and did better.

The rocks are heavy, but not extremely heavy and lack other signs of being a meteorite. They are magnetic, and do set off a detector. Filing a window into the rocks proved to be difficult, even with a industrial grade file. All home test did not prove or disprove they were meteorites.

Since the immediate area is covered with these rocks, and I have several, I may try again to see if there is something inside one of the smaller ones setting off the detector.

Meteorites can be worth more than gold, but your are holding something not made on earth.

Dig it all, and keep it till your sure its junk. My detector is not sensitive enough to find small or fine gold.

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Meteorites are sold by the gram as gold. Anywhere from $10 dollars and up. Some meteorites are very rare, and wanted by collectors. Most dont know the proper procedure to documenting a meteor find. Then it has to be verified usually by a nickle test, at your expense.

Meteorites usually are mosty iron, and decomp very fast in a wet enviorment. Unless you hunt in a dry area, I would not worry about it.

There is many types of gold hunting. I wish you luck. If you can, get a sample of what you want to find and set your detector to it.

Look forward to your finds and post on here. What kind of area do you plan to hunt, nat asking your location, is it mine trailings, creek, do you need any information on where or how to look? The youtube videos make it look easy.

Good Luck

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Yes I was looking for some old ruins and come across hot rocks. Got to walking around and decided to mark the spot for later. I google earthed my location on my blackberry and realized I was standing next to a large set of rings in the desert. A camera does not give the detail I need to post them on here, there is metal flakes, flow lines stuff you wont see with a camera. Its what I dont find that makes the rocks unusal. I will check out your thread.

Two very different locations. I am not the person to give advice as Im only been at it a few months. I have made a few friends who have very different ways of finding gold. I can only share thier advice, or better yet pm you a site with their information already there.

I would also look at crevacing, a small backpackable sluice, and definately classifier and pan set. There are some time tested ways to find gold. There is too much onfo to post here, and I dont want to take away from this site. I will pm you a good site with a good primer.

There is also a search bar up at the top right side of thuniting too.

Please dont hesitate to ask questions as there are some very knowledgable people here.



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