Gold with flashlight

[alexias2]

How much does gold sit at the top of bed rock etc? If so would using a flashlight illuminate it up through the water so you can find it easily?

 

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[Goldwasher]

I found a Nash motorcar once. It's still down there, some where.

gotta be a few ounces in that ol nash by now

 

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[Dynamicjim]

Anybody know what this could be . Be finding it around my area near Quartz and sandy like soil . Is this mica looks real but is in slivers . Gold buyer acid tested it I think the lid was green on bottle. Can bend it also. Gold buyer didn't know what it is . Said it wasn't gold though.any opinions?

 

[Jimmydolittle]

Take a hammer to it, see if it flattens.

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Anybody know what this could be . Be finding it around my area near Quartz and sandy like soil . Is this mica looks real but is in slivers . Gold buyer acid tested it I think the lid was green on bottle. Can bend it also. Gold buyer didn't know what it is . Said it wasn't gold though.any opinions?

 

[Duckshot]

They might be12K jewelry filings from an unscrupulous paydirt seller. : )

But, I suppose some natural gold is less than 14K? Did you find it with your flashlight?

 

[Dynamicjim]

Yes with flash light in top soil pile purchased .smaller flakes on a buddies property .ill try pounding it tomorrow.vinegar doesn't Change its appearance.

 

[arizau]

Your description sounds like Mica especially if it has little weight compared to an equal sized stone. See below.

"Description:

Mica is a mineral name given to a group of minerals that are physically and chemically similar. They are all silicate minerals, known as sheet silicates because they form in distinct layers. Micas are fairly light and relatively soft, and the sheets and flakes of mica are flexible. Mica is heat-resistant and does not conduct electricity. There are 37 different mica minerals. The most common include: purple lepidolite, black biotite, brown phlogopite and clear muscovite"

PS Mica was actually used as insulation in houses back in the day. Our old house constructed back in the early 40's had a layer of Mica between the rafters above the ceiling for insulation. The expanded flakes could be squeezed flat from an original dimension of about 1/4" or larger and the layers peeled apart. What miners most often find now are individual layers and not intact larger pieces.

 

[Duckshot]

Mica is heat-resistant and does not conduct electricity.

Well there you go D-Jim. You already have a lamp and battery in your flashlight. No light means not gold.

 

[fowledup]

Looks like Biotite Mica to me but...
>Take a needle or stick pin and poke it. If it breaks it's not gold, if it dents it could be gold. You can also hit it with a hammer if you don't care what shape it ends up in. Gold will flatten, most everything else with flake, crush, or crumble

>Next (or maybe first depending on the hammer scenario) get yourself a piece of porcelin or a chunk of tile, rub it across the unglazed side and tell us what color it is. Gold- yellow streak, Pyrite- greenish black, Mica - white or no streak.

>Gold shines but doesn't sparkle like glitter, hold it in the light and notice the shine, turn it in the light the shine shouldn't change, now shade it with your hand it should look the same

>Gold usually looks worn, rounded, or irregular. Mica and pyrite tend to be angular, sharper crystal type structures

 

[beekbuster]

You can find many many bright yellow flakes with a flashlight at the bottom of a creek or river...much quicker than digging and panning.

you guys are killing me, im too gullible for some of these ideas. natural sun makes gold stick out like a sore thumb. when im sniping its movement is what catches my attention first( when the sun is not shining directly in the hole). water has little affect on how gold falls. it is falling while everything else is suspended, when you see gold the first time there will be no mistaking it.

 

[Jeff95531]

Mercury covered gold possibly.

 

[beekbuster]

mercury covered gold looks like oxidized lead a little bit, when i find mercury covered gold its usually partially coverd, some have been totally covered, but still has a yellow tint. its not completely grey. that does not look like natural gold. could be jewelry trimmings. it looks like mica or pyrite. neat find none the less

 

[TAKODA]

I heard it works best if you chain yourself to a sack of rocks before you jump in....and best if you make sure the water is at least ten feet over your head.

Kill'n me Washer ....................

 

[TAKODA]

I put vmat on the bottom of my boots...it works great....that way I don't have to bend over when I see the gold on the bottom....I do this kinda chicken dance I'm sure it's funny to see from the boat....scrape scrape turn...sometimes I even cluck in my head.....I was using gold hog on my waders but when I would hit pays treats my feet would just plain get stuck....the stuff holds onto gold so well....that's why I don't bother using a sluice anymore....that and all of them are only 10% efficient anyway

Do us some video on that dance man ...................

 

[TAKODA]

Yes with flash light in top soil pile purchased .smaller flakes on a buddies property .ill try pounding it tomorrow.vinegar doesn't Change its appearance.

Alexias ?

 

[KevinInColorado]

Alexias ?

That person is on a forced timeout from tnet and so won't be responding for a while.