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I was up at my place at the lake today looking in the water by the sand and found this any ideas I have no clue how to tell if it is gold or not  Edited by daviscfad
07/18/2008 6:03 pm
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I'm not sure, it really depends on where you live. If you live anywhere on the west coast or in Montana, SD, ND, Idaho, then yes, that is possible. But it is most likely pyrite, fools gold. Wait, on second thought, I'm sure that is pyrite. Notice how it looks like there are a bunch of little crystals on each stone? If is was gold it would be one universal sheen. That one on the bottom right could be gold though. I really need higher quality picks to make certain.
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I cannot tell what these are at all as the picture is fairly blurry. It almost looks like bits of shell.
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07/18/2008 5:57 pm
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yea I am not sure how to clear up the picture. and Coinwhiz1776 if any were I would have to say like you the bottom one. but I dont know. I am in NC
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yea I am not sure how to clear up the picture. and Coinwhiz1776 if any were I would have to say like you the bottom one. but I dont know. I am in NC I've never heard of gold in North Carolina, so it's probably just pyrite. Sorry! |
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I've never heard of gold in North Carolina, so it's probably just pyrite. Sorry! before the california gold rush gold was big in NC.' Gold has been an important part of North Carolina's history since 1799, the date of the first authenticated discovery of gold in the United States. North Carolina was the nation's only gold-producing state from 1803 until 1828, and continued as a leading producer until 1848 when gold was discovered in California. By about 1830, the leading mines in North Carolina were hard-rock mines rather than surface placer operations. Output probably peaked in the early 1830s and again in the late 1840s. The most famous mines in the South were at Gold Hill, where one shaft eventually reached a depth of 800 feet. Writer and illustrator Porte Crayon visited Gold Hill in 1857 for Harper#65533;s New Monthly Magazine and created the best surviving images of antebellum Carolina mining. The federal government built a branch mint at Charlotte which coined southern gold from 1838 until the start of the Civil War in 1861. http://www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/...12222000.htm |
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it looks like pyrite to me, try to bend it if it snaps it pyrite. or you can do the old trick of biting it....
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I was getting ready to say, "never heard of any gold in NC" ? there was so much gold here in NC that they started the Charlotte Mint here
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You can take a blow torch to gold, heat it orange- and as it cools it will not tarnish.
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You can take a blow torch to gold, heat it orange- and as it cools it will not tarnish. thats an interesting thought. I will have to try that Quote:
I was getting ready to say, "never heard of any gold in NC" ? there was so much gold here in NC that they started the Charlotte Mint here very true. always nice to meet a fellow north Carolinian. doesn't much matter to me if real or not! Just exiting to see something that looks convincing! but all responses are greatly appreciated |
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oh yeah Does anyone know why gold nuggets sell so cheap I mean it is gold?
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About those gold nuggets, Yes I was puzzled by that, also. I believe they are tiny grains that they call nuggets, and they make em look large.
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Exactly how large are these chips? If they aren't bigger than a small pea, they probably aren't worth more than the gold value if they are gold. An old prospector used a flat hammer and hit it, if it shattered into little pieces, it isn't gold which is extremely malleable and will just flatten out.If they are just grains, you can pan it and see if it shows high density. If you take gold foil and crumple into little balls in a glass bottle of water, they appear huge!
Jim
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The Reed gold mine was where the first discovery of gold was in the country. NC has alot of history with gold. When I lived in NC , there was nothing in the area I lived. You had to head out to western NC to have any luck. There are alot of places to go panning in the mountains. Out in Boone, there use to be alot of places to look for minerals and gold. But it has been years since I have been there.
Go Wolfpack!!
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