I bought my metal detector a couple of years ago and hit my yard a little bit.... found about 8 nails, a old cookie cutter, a 1/4" socket and an old dog chain that had my year of birth as the date (and I just hit a very small piece of my yard). A couple of weeks ago I got out my detector to give it another go in my yard. I found a piece of metal that I realized was molten aluminum then shortly after that about 10 feet away I found another. A couple of days later I found my first money (a state quarter and a 64 penny). Then I found this piece of molten metal (about 20 feet from last aluminum find) that was about the same size as my first aluminum, but it was a lot heavier. I took it to work today and showed it to a co-worker (which he gave an immediate guess) I sand blasted it (to look it over real good), then took a propane turbo torch to it to see how easy it would melt. I think I know what it is now (and I will take some pics and post here later). But I would be interested to know about other finds of molten metal (that are not aluminum cans) that others have found. Also I haven't looked it up yet but I am also interested in the rocks that are found MDing (I would figure that quarts are picked up as they are used in electronics and have electrical properties). I will take any type of enlightenment.
Mike
Mike