I was not able to speak English until school as a boy. I learned Spanish in high school and then became fluent in Mexico. I suffered greatly from chronic homelessness after addiction. I am blessed today.... I have a wonderful home a new life. I still struggle greatly with socializing... Though I do not have mental health issues any longer...it is still very difficult to be multilingual!
Let me try once again. I drove from CA to NV and fpund calcite along the way.... None of which containwd gold. Though my detector was not as specific at the time. I returned to Northern Calufornia to check a slope. There is limonite exposed in sand and gravel. There is gold ore at the top. This is the first time I have found gold there. The specimen was atop the sand at the midpoint. It weighs less than one gram and is 22k. It is nearly three inches in length. Thanks for viewing my post. I plan to return next month to mine some of the limonite to check for a gold vein....sigh. Jon
I'm truly sorry for all the troubles in your life. It's encouraging to see that you have made such tremendous progress. As for your English, you seem to write English better than many others - ESPECIALLY a friend of mine on another forum!!
But then one thing in that last post also causes me to pause. You mention how this piece of gold is 3" long, has tested to 22K, yet weighs less than 1 gram, as well as how you unfolded it. I'm sorry, but that's it for me. Without MUCH more substantial photos/testing, I simply cannot accept that this is natural gold. Gold, even in its natural state, is one of the heaviest elements known to man. Also, while California is known for having had a huge amount of gold in the past (with lots more still out there), the native gold in CA is typically not as pure as native gold found in other states. It still weighs a lot(!!), but the more diluted gold is with other elements/minerals, the less likely it is to be so easily bendable. For the piece weighing less than a gram, it would almost have to be some sort of foil - even if it's 22K gold-plated foil.
Sorry, but I'm gonna have to retire from this thread until such time as new and clearer photos may become available, as well as a little more info to help explain the multitude of strange-but-interesting questions surrounding this piece.
...For a little comparison, one of the newer cents (with the shield on the reverse) weighs 2.5 grams - lighter than the older 95%-copper cents, which could weigh in at up to 3.2 grams. Your piece of gold 3" long weighing less than a gram seems quite lightweight. And finally, when I compare the OP photo from this thread with the OP photo from your other thread, it "appears" that the outline shape of the piece has some small discrepancies. Maybe this is due to blurry images? ....Sorry Jon, I have to retire for a while.
