r/goldprospecting

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Need help refining!

I have about 15 lb of concentrated material containing flower gold it shows to be about 70% in the centrifuge and melts directly into these nuggets in these pictures with no trash left in the crucible. I'm having trouble finding anybody interested in the material I've contacted all the refineries I can find that deal with the general public and Garfield told me they did not want this material but told me to find a smelting service. If anybody has any advice as far as what I should do next or a service that I can use I would greatly appreciate it.

u/No-Target-5685 — 3 days ago

Is this Gold flakes? I’m brand new

No idea if this is gold but it looks like flakes inside some other metal. Idk if it’s even worth anything in its weight but it was at the end of a very long practice pan from some good dirt I got under a cobble. I spent hours on this mud just to see if I could get a pile of magnetite, I found this at the end with maybe some extremely small flour gold, maybe nothing though. Please let me know what you think this is, thank you.

u/Sea-Difficulty-7556 — 4 days ago
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My new logo

Finally finished my personal emblem for prospecting! I wanted something that captures the spirit of the rivers and the craft — classic tools, gold in the pan, and Somerset roots. Really proud of how it turned out.

u/NewtoNuggets — 10 days ago
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Eastern sierras

Hello all I am putting together a summer road trip camping vacation for the family. For about half of it we will be in the Willow Creek area of Bishop California and then we will head to the whitmore tubs hot springs and finish off by camping near convict lake where my dad taught me to trout fish when I was my daughters age. I have never gold panned but my wife loves geological stuff like rock hounding crystal collecting has mentioned planning before, and I’m wondering if anyone knows if the areas I listed are productive. I know historically there has been gold mines in the area of the eastern sierras and I know how to read a river and lake for fish activity, but reading a body of water for gold is beyond me. I was hoping if anyone could give me a few tips and maybe some minimal equipment that may be productive. We aren’t looking to get rich just make memories together and if this memory pays for the whole trip that’s even better 😆

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u/pinchFloppa — 9 days ago
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Que opinan?

Encontre esta roca que parecia mas escoria de fundición que otra cosa pero por curiosidad intenté triturar un poco y agregar acido nitrico....

El resultado fue el que esperaba, el acido se pintaria de verde y se disolveria todo rastro de metal dorado como laton o bronce...

Pero... Al final me quedaron esos pedacitos de metal amarillo brillante, crei que con un poco mas de ácido los disolveria pero agregué mas y no paso nada.....

u/Environmental_Fly972 — 12 days ago