To still have words from these guys that came before US years from now will undoubtedly be the best advice and learned knowledge we won't have to learn.The true reason in any forum is to save the next guy some failures that didn't have to be repeated.I have learned to take my time,protect myself and others,the land the same.What gold or value is there for most part you will not lose it.If you are patient and stop long enough to leave it where u first lost it .If the test for gold is positive.Do you even know where it is or was in first place .Until I can afford to get some gold,any small trinket or amount to dissolve and test.. The balance of several people and experience .Especially specific types of gold.There are descriptions of other metals and most reagents used to get what you can to work with and get job done ..9999 gold?Is that not what all of us came to this forum to gain?I need to take a small 10 carat charm,1.04 grams and separate it to use for gold test solution .To gain knowledge of separating gold first.Well start,being safe so what I need to safely accomplish this.I will look for this in forum.Till then my eprom pile will become larger and I will maybe do the process here,may sell them,or might still have a couple when asked by one of you.Thanks for all,lazersteve,goran,and all the people out to share,learn,teach,and write their experience for another person to be a success instead of failure.