Careful With Your Hot Rocks

[Steve Houston]

Well I probably shouldn't admit it but I was the guy throwing those pesky red rocks down the mine shaft, at least a couple of dozen before I noticed gold protruding out of one before I pitched it. Now did I feel pretty silly and disapionted at the same time. Well never again, Rick, will I throw away a red hotrock.

 

Hydroflouric acid fumes can and will kill you. Simply put, it is best not to use it.

 

Steve Houston

[1515Art]

I was out prospecting on a hillside in california and my zed hit a pretty solid signal. After recovering the target I was disappointed to see just some little brown hard clumps, I threw a couple in my pocket and moved on.

Thanks I hope, saw this thread and now I'm off to get some pool acid and I'll see if anything promising shows up?

[1515Art]

My hot rocks not gold, but I don't know what it is. I double checked and it is slightly magnetic with a strong magnet it was also unaffected by sulfuric or hydrochloric acid. its light in weight like volcanic  stone, i thought it was a compacted earth or some kind of ironstone? the way the zed is hitting space rocks I guess that could be a possibility. i just don't know very much about meteorites, but this was in an area that could have debris from the strike that happened a couple of years ago.

[Rick Watkins]

Too bad they weren't gold,but maybe something almost as good,i would like to find apiece of space.

maybe one of the guys can identify your find.

[fredmason]

take a whet stone and grind down an edge...if you see specks of nickel/iron it is a chrondrite...

fred

[joemedic]

Be careful handling Hydrofluoric acid, it's not painful when you get in contact with it, it won't even blister but after a few days, it will denature the tissue that had in contact with it.

[boulder dash]

I wear thick leather gloves when handling hot rocks!! Excellent gold there.