How to melt gold at home??

[nvradar]

I have several oz. of gold to melt into a button or bar. I have several crucibles and a gas ax. Do I need some kind of flux to keep spatter down?

Will I be able to sell it once I do it? I have heard it can be hard to sell. Thanks for any advice. NVRADAR

[Silver Surfer]

I would send it into ARA... They will refine it for you, and send it back minus 2%, which is not much at all... It would be in BB form though, but then it would be much easier to melt and mold into an ingot, etc...

[nvradar]

Thanks for the info Silver Surfer. I'll check them out.

[strickman]

I use borax .to shield to gold . google different methods . to much to sit here and type ...... look in gold prospecting section ,I do have some old post on this topic that will help . I believe it's under rock salt nugget .

[strickman]

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...,145914.0.html

[goldinmypan]

Check out these sites. Probably more than you want to know.

http://webpages.charter.net/kwilliams00/bcftp/bcftp.htm

http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/index.html

[nvradar]

Hey fellas thanks for the responses. I kinda like the raw form here by just dumping it in cold water. What do ya think?

[homefires]

They Call that Corn Flaking.

[nvradar]

Then thats what I did! COOL stuff huh! I do have a few that do look like corn flakes although a good bit thicker. NVRADAR

[Shortstack]

To get the BB style, you have to pour the molten gold at a higher distance from the water pot and do it slooooowly and in small amounts. That gives the gold time to "pull" into a ball before it hits the water. It's the same technique used years ago to make lead buckshot.

[nvradar]

Yep it makes perfect sense. I just like the strange shapes it makes.