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Pillar of the Community
United States
1721 Posts |
I've purchased gold in many, many forms but this was the first time I bought panned gold. The only bad part was there was only 3 grams. Not enough to fill a thimble. Approximately 150 dollars worth for 75 dollars. Not too shabby.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Mexico
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Nice! Where'd you get it?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
535 Posts |
I have some "nuggets" like that from a visit to Alaska back in the 80's
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Moderator
 United States
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I have panned gold at Dahlonega GA, just over an hour away. I have maybe a dozen flakes.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1721 Posts |
I had a customer come in today and she had a gold filled necklace with a gold filled bezel. The center of the bezel contained a small plastic container with the gold flake. I knew the flake was good but I had to guess on the weight of the gold. After I paid for the item and the custom left, I field stripped it down to its splendid glory. This was what remained.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4212 Posts |
Very nice! I don't care about weight, it all looks impressive. Nice score.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5854 Posts |
Very nice! The picture makes it look like there is much more than just 3g.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1054 Posts |
Raw panned gold...there's nothing more impressive. Even for that small of an amount.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like so much more, hence a good upclose picture.... Very cool I agree nothing wrong with rock deposits and raw gold, I will take it all day.... I see it selling on ebay from miners an such from Canada and Australia for example, grams like 2.5 for example..... Seems like since it is not refined, it goes for way less then say a 2.5 gram gold pamp bar obviously.... Anybody buy it, and what is a good price for say the average size nugget, what ever that may be? If I put together a nice gold nugget collection of say 20 DWT or 31.108 grams, how much would that be worth to a buyer here at CCF for example? Edited by Silverhawk74
12/05/2012 11:49 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Funny the small ones only go for like 10 to 20 bucks, but the larger ones (say in access of 1 gram which is pretty large for a nugget), seem to go for pretty close to a typical gram of gold which we all know on ebay being a bit higher is usually about 65 per gram in bar form eh.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-07-Gram-E...em2ec42602c3I have hunted these a limited amount in past, and to see one over 2 grams is not all that common.... A nugget is one of a kind as well like a snow flake, people like that and that they will always be drawn to nuggets, there just cool in hand.... To my point of the rant, maybe the way to stay in the gold game affordably and start ones own little Dakota Fredd gold jar, is to buy these nuggets when the right ones come up.... Edited by Silverhawk74
12/05/2012 11:59 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here is a chunker 16 gram half oz. bolder, lol.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/16-00-Gram-...em2ec4104c99I doubt many question the authenticity, even though fools gold must be out there for sale as well in this market.... Or the con artists are mass producing spray painted 24k plated fish tank gravel.... Edited by Silverhawk74
12/06/2012 12:08 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3184 Posts |
nuggets are neat, owning one a few grams would be great but sometimes they cost a lot
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Normally, natural gold nuggets are sold at a premium over their equivalent pure gold weight.
Sadly, even gold nuggets have been faked in many different ways.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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sel_69l,
I checked the gold with acid. If you have ever tried to scratch 22-24K gold on a stone, you know before you even apply the acid that it is good. Higher karat gold is very difficult to scratch onto the test stone. I've heard the expression: "It doesn't bite well."
I guess they mean it won't leave a large mark on the test stone like the lower karat will do.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I have no particular opinion about these, simply because I know so VERY little about gold nuggets.
As some of you may already know, I am also an amateur gem cutter (facetor).
I can remember reading an article in a lapidarist's hobby magazine, describing the melting of common worn gold coins and pouring the melt over a great height into water.
The drop height can be altered, as well as the depth of water and the presence or not of sand or gravel in the water container. I suppose it would be just as easy to not to bother with the water, to give the 'nuggets' a very rough uneven surface texture. I also suppose that there is nothing to stop pure gold rather than coin gold being used, or even a mixture of the two.
A lapidiarist's tumbler could be used to further modify the man made nuggets so obtained.
As with coins, artwork, financial dealings or anything else, there is always someone out there dishonest enough to try to find an easy way make a quick killing.
Nevertheless, having said all of the above, these look genuine enough to me, and look very similar to the few small gold nuggets I own.
Edited by sel_69l
12/06/2012 09:40 am
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United States
16679 Posts |
I go panning and sluicing often in my local mountains. Sometimes I do good, sometimes I get skunked.
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Posted 12/05/2012 9:29 pm
