I found this in my woods about 3 years ago: Wasn't sure what it was, it was heavy, about the size of a fist, and had dull grey finish until I washed then it became somewhat shiny and green. Still had no clue so I asked a bud and he said it was a meteorite! What? So I emailed the head of Geology at UW Whitewater. I sent him a few pics and gave him my phone number in the email. He called me not 20 minutes later and asked me to do a simple test: Does a magnet stick to it was his test. It was not magnetic I told him. "I am sorry to say it is not a meteorite. 99.9% of meteorites are magnetic". Boom I was deflated. He emailed a couple days later stating he sent my pics to another head of Geology at an Illinois college and his fellow professor said "tell your guy it is a chunk of industrial slag". I have no idea how it got there or who put it there. It is on a shelf in my shed. My wannabe meteorite just sits there saying " I coulda been a contender",,,,,
That looks a little bit like forge slag. I'm finding a bunch of it in a garden where there was once a barn and I always thought it was some kind of coal-slag from burning coal and a lot of coal was burned here at one time heating a house and several barns. I'm always digging up little golf ball size chunks coal.
no I am not but when my mother died the bank called and said I had to clean out her bank deposit box only thing she had in it were 77 old silver dollars that us five kids never knew she collected
Yes I treasure the one I kept. Each of us 5 kids (why do I say "kids" we are all in our 60's-70's) picked one out and I was ordered by the gang of four to sell the rest. They were not in very good condition as they were well pocket worn, some dates you couldn't even see. But they were silver. I went to three different coin buyers in Madison/Janesville and the highest offer was $34 a piece so out the door they went,,,
You and your siblilngs will always be kids. Just like my older brother (72) and two younger sisters(68 and 65). Our mom still calls us her kids and she is 96.
