And out of the kiln came.......

[DanB]

these.....





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[gemee]

Ummmm, what are they?

 

[flyinguy]

hi dan! better post that on what the heck is it . gave me a site lead too. thanx. i have an old lime kiln and quarry about 12 miles from here to check out. let us know what them things are. Bill

 

[Dirty Knees McGee]

Notice the little balls of metal in the middle.... It appears that DanB is extracting precious metal.

 

[flyinguy]

Notice the little balls of metal in the middle.... It appears that DanB is extracting precious metal.

hey dirty, what metal? i have the need to know! Bill

 

[Dirty Knees McGee]

My recollection of this process is a bit dusty, but I believe this process extracts metal from a lead compound. The lead is absorbed by the a bone/ash material in the kiln and the resulting bead is a gold alloy as the lead usually contains silver which combines with the gold during the process.

DanB, let us know the specifics and how far off I am with the stage you have pictured. Thanks!