What is this rock??

[go_deep]

So I see this clean shinny black rock right on top the ground, out in the middle of nowhere, with no rocks around.
A magnet will stick to it, but my metal detector won't beep on it.
Handful of internet searches don't really come up with anything solid.

 

[Hilltop]

So I see this clean shinny black rock right on top the ground, out in the middle of nowhere, with no rocks around.
A magnet will stick to it, but my metal detector won't beep on it.
Handful of internet searches don't really come up with anything solid.

Could be a meteorite. Check the sensitivity settings on your detector. Any object showing paramagnetism should have enough metal in it to make your detector go off. It look like this?

 

[go_deep]

I have the sensitivity maxed and it won't beap.

 

[JimP]

If it is magnetic then it has to have some iron in it.

Try setting the sensitivity on your detector to the minimum setting.

 

[Winchester]

I agree, meteorite

Or maybe kryptonite ...

 

[taskswap]

It could be coal. One of my hunt buddies is a geologist and he's always pointing out interesting rocks. He showed me one that looked pretty similar to that one day and said coal comes in all kinds of forms and purity levels. Some varieties have too many iron and other impurities (which can make them mildly magnetic) to be burnable but still have enough carbon to make them technically a "coal".

 

[kidoggy]

it appears to be sedimentary . probably from the the cretaceous period .I believe what you have there is a tooth from an afrodontosaurus.






juz kiddin . I don't know dick about rocks.

 

[mallardsx2]

Its the biggest kidney stone I have ever seen. You must be a formidable man to collect such a specimen! lol

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

At first I thought it might be Obsidian (volcanic glass) . But Obsidian is not magnetic.

 

[go_deep]

Here's another picture for size reference. Feels really heavy for its size, weights 5 grams.
I've screwed around with all the settings on my metal detector and I can't get it to beap on it.
I got no clue what it is.

 

[Johnbud]

So I see this clean shinny black rock right on top the ground, out in the middle of nowhere, with no rocks around.
A magnet will stick to it, but my metal detector won't beep on it.
Handful of internet searches don't really come up with anything solid.View attachment 33180

Does it seem heavy for it's size? Meteorites have a higher density than terrestrial rocks. Is the rock black only on the surface or is the rock black throughout? Explore that carefully because if it is a meteorite you have an awesome item that has both scientific and $$$ value. PM me if you would like information about how to submit a small sample to a meteorite testing laboratory. Hoping that you have a new discovery!

 

[kidoggy]

before you scratch it put on your ppe. wouldn want you to catch the andromida strain.

 

[go_deep]

Does it seem heavy for it's size? Meteorites have a higher density than terrestrial rocks. Is the rock black only on the surface or is the rock black throughout? Explore that carefully because if it is a meteorite you have an awesome item that has both scientific and $$$ value. PM me if you would like information about how to submit a small sample to a meteorite testing laboratory. Hoping that you have a new discovery!

Seems rather heavy for is size for sure. See the post above, it's tiny and weighed 5 grams. Might try talking to someone at the UW in Laramie.

 

[dirtclod Az.]

I believe it to be a Chupacabra dropping.
Have you smelled it, tasted it? All good scientists/ geologists
go straight to the taste test. Give it a good lick! ha! ha!