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mountainmetal

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• Jun 2, 2021

• #1

Hey all, this was found about a half hour from South Lake Tahoe. The large one is about 3 to 4 inches long. They are hard and not pliable. Did I finally strike it rich?

 

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007tallguy

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Nova Scotia, Canada, eh.

• Jun 2, 2021

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sorry to say it looks like melted pop/beer cans. i don't know why people insist on throwing them into a campfire, but you've found the end result after it melts.

Pete

 

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Sage

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• Jun 2, 2021

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Depends on your definition of rich. Aluminum scrap has value too....

 

Tom_in_CA

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• Jun 3, 2021

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007tallguy said:

... but you've found the end result after it melts.

Pete

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Pete is right : Molten can nuggets. We find them all the time @ on the beach. D/t people tossing their cans into their beach bon-fires. And they can be deceivingly heavy, leading you to *think* they're not aluminum. Because it is no longer thin-pressed, it's not the "aluminum" weight we all associate with aluminum.