pepeli ridge Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 hi there, I found 2 nuggets ,smaller one 10cm deep,larger nugget under a 10 kilo slab of rock and 5cm deep.1 meter apart looks like lead, a few small quartz stones attached. maybe old musket bullets or shotgun slugs ,melted in bushfire ? metal is soft, gunmetal silver when rubbed and will tarnish over time. any idea! cheers ,Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Wilson Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Could they be galena? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave63 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I found a couple of these at Durikai last week. Mine where smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Valen Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Wish the lighting was better so maybe I could make out the colors a little better. That could be silver but I can't be sure. Good finds anyway, something unusual to make one take notice for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geof_junk Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 As Reg said "Galena" that is a combination of lead and silver and usually it occurs in crystal format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepeli ridge Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 thank you all for the info, yes I think it is galena . A lead silver mine is a few miles away , my detector is picking up signals all around the area where I found the galena. will leave it for another day . I'm looking for that gold. cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Wilson Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Could be gold in the same area. There often is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave63 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Here are the pieces I found last week Same bits scratched up plus a piece I found a while ago same area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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