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Hello all, newbie here and I would really appreciate some help. I bought a crystal sphere being told it was Lepidolite. After receiving it, it looks nothing like I'm used to with Lepidolite and have since been told it's possibly Kunzite. I am attaching photos without flash and with flash. Any help at all please?

Thanks in advance 😀

Last night I had an unexpectedly fruitful hunt at a farm here in eastern Massachusetts. I hope the shoe buckle, mangled, but complete, will admit me to the 1700s club. I know nothing besides what it is and hope we have an expert on these things here. It's on the small side, and the frame is pretty thin, so perhaps it's for a lady or a child? I expect the material is brass, but surely the pin is steel? If so, I'm surprised it survived. Any info is appreciated!

I had a good friend want to go metal detecting for his first time and he found this old button. Looks to be some sort of brass/copper metal. No markings on either the front or back. About 1" in diameter but was wondering if anyone knows the approximate time frame. Thought the shank would be the best judge of age. Thanks in advance.

Hey guys! New to the forum world but could really use some help identifying this little statue and figuring out what it’s made out of. Any help would be greatly appreciated 🙂 Much Love

Apologies for the unclear photos. I found two like this and cracked one open and I would love to know what they are.

Last weekend I was finally able to get out and detect something other than park turf. Detected several sites from the 1870's and up. Got snowed on quite a bit, rained on quite a bit, the wind howled most of the time, but it was a blast! Some of my finds: Lower right, are a couple of brass or copper tags. My Google Fu is weak, as I can't find what they might have come on. One says "Mon Choix", the other "Unique". I had to clean the "Mon Choix" a bit with a wire brush to read it. Anyone have any idea what these came from? "Mon Choix" sounds like some sort of ladies item? "Unique" could be darn near anything. Although, the one possible thing I found is a sewing machine from the early 1870s, which is the right time period for where I found it. One of the more interesting items to me, I think I know what it is. I think this is part of a shotgun that died in a fire. There was a lot more of it in the hole but it was all crumbling to the touch. Only this chunk of what I believe to have been part of the forearm/magazine held together. The site where the Unique tag and the shotgun part were found. The Mon Choix tag was found here. Also found at the site above was a little piece of silver decorative trim. Thinking it might have been horse tack decoration, but not at all sure. Wasn't totally sure it was really silver, but acid says it is. And straightened out a bit. Anyone know what this might have come from too? A bit heavier than it looks, at 6 grams. Totally wild guesses as welcome as well informed opinions! - Dave

Anyone ever seen this before? I used a very strong magnet and picked up no attraction so rules out iron pyrite. Did a volumetric displacement test and ran some calculations and getting 9.09 grams of gold contained within the specimen. Love to see what others think.

I find these in an orchard I work in every now and then we don't use chemicals or fertilizer that would create these ,when I find new ones they have black covering them but irrigation removes it white under black ,I broke one open baby blue inside .just wondering were there coming from magnet does not stick to it .any help figuring this out will be appreciated.

I know you guys are probably getting tired of my questions, but I was inspecting this little thumb scraper, see photos, and noticed this:

Found this, looks forged. Maybe an old chisel?

Seems big and also dont think its lead, green patina throws me off.. found on farm that dates back into 1780s. Ideas?

Please help me identify this if possible😸. I found this while Hounding around Louisiana. At first I thought it might be a meteorite but then I started thinking it’s melted metal haha. I’m not sure though. It is slightly magnetic and it’s streak is too hard on some sides and just scratches the plate. BUT other sides leave a brownish gold and gray streak. It’s odd. I might need to clean it and do the streak test again. It’s weight is 19.0grams. Thank you so much!

I dug this on the beach yesterday with the Impulse AQ and it rang up loud and proud. At first I thought that it had to be just costume jewelry because who would wear something like that to the beach? It weighs 7.9g and while it has no hallmarks, it tested 14K, both electronically and by acid test. Each "stem" has 6 diamonds and it has 15 stems for a total of 90 diamonds. (and yes, they are real) So I guess that I have a bouquet of diamonds. LOL Each "stem" is like a post on an earring and is a live mount as it fits into a mounting hole and is "flared" to keep it from coming out of the mounting hole, and freely spins. It has one free hole that may have had a bail attached. Or it could have had just another "stem" of diamonds and attached to something else. I am just sorta lost on what it is-pendant, broach, pin,?,?,? Air test on the Equinox had it ringing up at 3-5. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Joe

Found today in an old pasture in eastern Massachusetts. It looks oddly familiar, but I can't place it at all. I appreciate any help! Front: Back:

I had another go at panning today and apart from the rocks/stones,I didn’t find any shiny.Since I’m a total newly to the art of prospecting,(and it is an art) I wonder if someone can put a name to these stones,as I’m not sure what they are or wether they can help to conclude wether there’s gold about.All advice would be much appreciated thank you. the bottom right is a dark red round smooth stone,and along with the three small round ones on the far left,we’re the last stones to pan out,so they are heavy. The middle bottom stone is a yellow green colour and I’m also getting left with tiny yellow flakes in the pan.I think the flakes are from the same type of stone,but more yellow.They appear as the last of the sand is panned back and it’s really annoying cause it can be vivid in the sunlight. the stone third from right has a greenish hue and is much more heavier than the rest,apart from the biggest stone probably. Thanks for taking a look.

Does anyone know what coin or token this is? Found in US.

Cut with pocket knife, found on the property when we bought it. Took 2 of us to move it across the yard. Michigan property, and it was obviously brought here and left by previous owner.

My husband and I have just returned from a weekend away panning and detecting and we are looking for info on our find, I assume piece is from around 1855 San Francisco. I have read basic info on Taussig. Pollack & Co we understand that to find the missing piece from buckle would have been amazing but unfortunately was not to be. Any info on history, worth, production number would be greatly appreciated. TIA

I have had this for many years, not even sure where I found it, I think the point was sticking up in my driveway in Georgia. The pics don't do it justice, it looks kind of like quartz, but is a beautiful deep purple, at one time I thought it might be Amethyst, but I have never seen any this dark. If you shine a light on it, there are bright red speckles inside....

Dug this earlier this week. My guesses are thinks like locker ID token, safe box token, but cant find anything that looks close yet...any ideas? 1cent for sizing.

In gold prospecting, lead ‘trash’ he’s been mentioned. Where does the lead come from - naturally formed or things like bullets and shot?

Good day. As there are a number of very capable prospectors on the site, I'm hoping my pictures are detailed enough and that you may have some perspective/insight on what i think may be gold in an ore sample. I found this metal detecting at a known gold site in NE Oregon. While the specific site wasn't known for hard rock mining (rather placer), there was some hard rock mining a few miles away. I was getting a good low conductive signal on my V3i, and out pops this fist sized rock from about a foot down. I could see clear indications of specimens in the rock, but it had more of a silver hue (some of it appears black - like silver would oxidize) and occasionally had a brassy appearance to some of the material in question. Quite heavy. Testing done: - confirmed non ferrous with a rare earth magnet - extracted several 'nuggets' from the ore with an ore crusher. I was able to take one and flatten it out nicely with about 3 whacks from a 3 pound sledge. Not brittle. Quite a bit of very small quartz crystals in the matrix of the 'nugget' specimens. - used acid tests. The piece i flattened seems more of a silver tone, whereas others have a bit more of a brassy appearance. 18k acid did show the streak lighting up blueish, but the silver acid test showed no reaction. Took 22k acid to begin to remove the scratch. - ran the little nuggets past the V3i and the Deus - both hit in the low conductivity gold range (about the same as a 22k earing back). 'Nuggets' are all about .2g +/-. I dropped them into muriatic acid to clean them up a bit. I am not aware of any silver mining in this part of Oregon (but I'm not well versed), and i don't find ore examples of silver that have similar visual appearance. The closest thing i can find for comparison is Calaverite, but also not aware that this has been found in Oregon. This rock does seem a little out of place for the area, so it's possible it came in from elsewhere. Anyone know if we have any gold/silver compounds in Oregon ore that might produce silver hued gold? Other mineral? Next time I sell some gold I'll have to take the little flattened sample and have it analyzed with a spectrum analysis machine. First image (IMO) makes the samples appear a bit more gold than they do out of the sunlight. Piece at 3 oclock is the piece that was flattened out. For comparison Initial large sample. Lots of this material throughout the sample. Following pictures are close ups of 'nuggets'. Flattened out piece Large ore sample with areas that have more of a 'gold hue' than most. Won't be disappointed by any input...and i might learn something. HH, Zincoln

Hi everyone. Can someone help identifying this rock? Found it in Northern Morocco and is quite heavy (455 g) for its size. I wasn’t able to find anything similar the internet. Thanks in advance for your responses.