Thought I found my pot (rock) of gold

[rip]

Originally Posted by Pat

Oh, I let them have them back I think I am going to have fun watching them look that creek up and down for signs of gold, but who knows they might just find some and then the laugh would sure be on me!!!

They and a friend were going to try and be sneaky and plant a large silver coin that was pure silver or had 1 ounce or something like that, it was a nice coin and have me dig it up!!! I told them, they did that and finder's keepers from now on!!! They did give the coin to me!!! I guess they picked enough!!! I did tell them to plant them coins I would dig them up and just add them to my collection, if they went to all that hard work

Reminds me of the time I took a couple of those fake lottery tickets and gave them to my mom and her cousin, boy you should have seen their faces, one was for 1000 and the other was for 10,000....I am waiting to see what they have burried in their yards for me!!!!

HH to ya Rip!!!
Pat

You should be carfull with them fake lottory tickets ! Some folks get down right ornery when they find that they have been had !

[RingDancer]

XOX...hunting license??? What ya got to have license!!!! I guess I had better get to running and you all should have seen me running from my ma and her cousin!!!! Now that was funny Well I had better stop killin rats cause my friend is finding rings!!!!!!!!! I have started calling her the ring queen!!!! She has been using my bounty hunter and doing a fine job!!!
Look for her pics in the finds area!!!

Pat

[canadian detector]

The one thing Ive noticed Pat about fools gold is it usually comes in squares around here, and is bright and shinny and the gold is a deep yellow color just my 2 cents hope this helps--- CD

[Warrant]

I spent many happy years with my grandfather and his rocks, he was a hard rock miner of the old school. I had lots of iron pyrite pieces and I believe what I see here is just that. I do know that in general where iron pyrite is plentiful so is the gold, in general that is. You should be spotting a fair amount of quartz in the same area also.

[Nitro 54]

Take your pocket knife and try to cut the gold. If it is pyrites it will shatter and crumble. If you just leave a mark in the gold, you probably have the real thing.

[RingDancer]

Just now getting caught up on reading this post...Thanks for all the information...I found more on a past hunt...I will let you all know the outcome of the pocket knife trick....I don't think it is gold...When you look at it at different angles or in different light...it almost has a silver look to it???????

Just did the pocket knife trick and it is hard as a rock and did break a piece off...with a little flaking like glitter... Well maybe next time!!!

I see some good harmless fun in the future!!!!

Thanks for the comments

Pat

[getndusty]

Hi,
pyrites will have a silver or black looking edges,,if you can see the edges,
gold will be yellr all the way around,,

[RingDancer]

Hello getndusty, thanks for the tip!!!

Pat

[bigbillinsc]

fools gold is Iron Pyrite. yes it should show up with metal detector. i have never found any but beein mostly iron it should.

[arnie161]

Originally Posted by RingDancer

While I was out detecting one of my favorite places two days ago, I had noticed they have hauled in some new dirt and rock. As I was walking along I saw this strange looking rock, my detector didn't pick it up...I waved it over it and it still didn't pick it up??? It has the gold coloring, my pictures may not give the true color??? But I am posting pics...I read one of the posts below and I took a straight pen to it, I pressed inward, couldn't tell if I was making any progress, so I started scraping and after about 4 or 5 scrapes I did notice a few specks came loose....So I am not sure what this is...I guess fools gold....No nothing about minerals...Was wondering if fools gold can be picked up with a detector????

Any ideas what I have??????
Pat

Hi ,Pat

I dont think that gold is in granite , thats what the rock looks like to me.


Good Hunting ,

Arnie