Question???

[kuger]

Its against the rules to call BS,but why is it that so many specimens supposedly of gold being posted lately have a VERY strong resemblance of nothing more than pyrite?This shouldnt be,and people get weird when ya ask em.I just looked through a couple pics of gold I have taken and none look like pyrite...gold looks like gold!

 

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[Aurabbit79er]

Corse gold from Mojave desert last month.

 

[spillercanyon]

Hey Kuger, it's got to be from all the new comers to the prospecting world. I too have noticed that a lot of pictures of pyrite (and sand) have been posted that are supposedly gold. Once you've seen gold in it's natural environment, tough to mistake pyrite for gold. I think it's gold fever mixed with ignorance.

 

[kuger]

Hey Kuger, it's got to be from all the new comers to the prospecting world. I too have noticed that a lot of pictures of pyrite (and sand) have been posted that are supposedly gold. Once you've seen gold in it's natural environment, tough to mistake pyrite for gold. I think it's gold fever mixed with ignorance.

I agree my friend...and thats excusable,but there are a few being posted by some that should know....do know

 

[wvwildman]

lmao

 

[Oakview2]

I would agree with all the above, however sometimes digital photography seems to distort what is represented in real life. I don't know if it is cheap cameras, operator error, lighting or what. JMHO

 

[63bkpkr]

Oakview,
sometimes Real Life is distorted. However real gold does look like real gold, I've seen some pyrite that comes close but just whack it once or twice and you have your answer..........63bkpkr

 

[mattfink]

a little minnesota gold.....not pyrite!!!

 

[dieselram94]

Gold and pyrite are not hard to tell apart....once the difference is learned!

 

[Jason in Enid]

I could understand someone new to prospecting being fooled. My heart was racing and I was excited as hell when I started seeing big, glittery, golden chunks being sucked up off the bedrock by my dredge. When I did my cleanout, they failed the needle/hammer test.

So maybe it's someone who just doesn't know any better, or maybe it's someone hoping nobody else will know better. There are always a few people who will post fake/bought items looking for attention and praise.

 

[Oakview2]

Oakview,
sometimes Real Life is distorted. However real gold does look like real gold, I've seen some pyrite that comes close but just whack it once or twice and you have your answer..........63bkpkr

I would agree Herb, just commenting on how digital photography can sometime skew reality. I don't know how many times someone will post a picture of what looks like a purple rock, and when questioned, the posters says no the rock is actually blue... jmho

 

[mattfink]

colorblind

 

[419GottaMinute]

I think oakview hit the nail on the head. Everybody got digital cameras and their settings are getting more and more sophisticated. A light in the kitchen being on or off can really affect how well these newfangled cameras work, especially if you screw with the settings at all.
My two cents

 

[Oakview2]

I know that flourscent light can have a negative effect on colors photographed. But I still remember what gold looks like. Not mine but makes me long for turkey:-)

 

[kuger]

Thanks guys,I know quite well what it should look like,I just thought I am missing something....thats why I went back through a bunch of my pics to see if I did the same thing.....I want to give people the benefit of the doubt,I really do!As long as its not me being pescimistic!!!

 

[Oakview2]

Kuger

You are a heck of a lot more right than pessimistic. Jmho

 

[NeoTokyo]

Yup, lighting can make gold look like crap.
Natural light is always the best to use when shooting most things.

 

[El Cooter]

Kuger,

I think its just the nature of forums. You take the bad with the good and the fake with the real.

 

[kuger]

Coot!!!!A flash from the past!!!!
Shoot me your phone num pm!!!!!

 

[jeffrm20]

Heck, Ive only been prospecting for a month and I can easily tell the difference in pyrite and gold. Been finding a lot of small pyrite in one creek Ive been collecting a lot of flood gold. Been using the "crayon technique" If I can draw a picture in the bottom of my pan, it's pyrite!