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	Could this be silver « on: June 23, 2010, 03:57:27 pm »

I found this last weekend and it was 8" down after washing with dish detergent it came out very clean could it be silver

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	Re: Could this be silver « Reply #1 on: June 23, 2010, 04:07:45 pm »

I suggest you check the specific gravity. If you're not sure of the procedure this will help

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You can find an extended list of specific gravities here

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( I suspect you're looking at melted aluminum, but I've been wrong before---hopefully I'm wrong again)

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	Re: Could this be silver « Reply #2 on: June 23, 2010, 04:09:30 pm »

Silver in Nugget like gold form is most rare.

You give no indication of the weight of the thing.

It looks like a fire blurked beer can to me.

Silver can be confirmed with good old Selsun Blue Shampoo!

It turns anything with significant silver content the most cool Cobalt Blue. Sulfides it real fast, and can be recleaned with the touch of aluminum foil and some salt.

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	Re: Could this be silver « Reply #3 on: June 23, 2010, 04:11:19 pm »

Looks like melted aluminum. Can you weigh it?

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	Re: Could this be silver « Reply #4 on: June 23, 2010, 09:49:06 pm »

it does look like aluminum,, what part of the country did you hunt? a silver region?

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	Re: Could this be silver « Reply #5 on: June 24, 2010, 09:17:10 am »

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Silver can be confirmed with good old Selsun Blue Shampoo! It turns anything with significant silver content the most cool Cobalt Blue. Sulfides it real fast, and can be recleaned with the touch of aluminum foil and some salt.

I never heard that, good tip Thanks Homefire

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	Re: Could this be silver « Reply #6 on: June 25, 2010, 07:38:58 am »

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I never heard that, good tip Thanks Homefire

Ditto: Never heard of that one either, but makes sense...............sulfides.
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	Re: Could this be silver « Reply #7 on: June 25, 2010, 07:52:47 am »

I learned that one by mistake one day.

I had a 1/4 silver ingot on a chain and used the stuff.

Looking in the Mirror, I fund my chain and Ingot had transformed to the most cool blue color.

I cleaned it up and put some shampoo on it.

Bammmmmmm!

Blue again.

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	Re: Could this be silver « Reply #8 on: June 25, 2010, 10:16:09 am »

I'd be surprised if that was silver. I grew up in a silver/copper mining region and the silver nuggets we typically found were mixed with copper and rock.

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	Re: Could this be silver « Reply #9 on: June 25, 2010, 07:26:50 pm »

I have found quite a few clumps of melted silver at old plantation sites. When recovered from the dirt you will see shiny places, crevices fill with dirt. They have significant weight and are very hard.

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