I'm Jordan

[CASACEO]

Hello reader(s),

My name is Jordan and I am a disabled veteran of the United States Navy. I used to assemble and maintain explosive ordinance, bombs and rockets for the USS CVN 71 Theodore Roosevelt during operation Iraqi Freedom. After the military I worked security for a couple of agencies and eventually went back to college. I studied computer science at the Metropolitan State College of Denver. After college I began manufacturing space vehicles and components for private and commercial space flight. The overwhelming pressure of this work aggravated my disabilities to the point where I was unable to continue working. I have since then been relaxing at the lake while I make frequent trips to the hospital for treatment and blood work. I took up gold refining to help pass the time and keep me doing something so I don't go crazy. I have been refining for about three months and last night I finally got a pure gold slurry worth bragging about. Just need to clean it up and melt it. 8)

 

[tek4g63]

Thank you for your service in our military! Glad to have you here.

 

[Geo]

here here, from me as well. thank you for your service.

good luck with the refining.

 

[Harold_V]

I, too, am grateful for your service, as well as that of others who have made the sacrifice.

Harold

 

[maynman1751]

I, too, am grateful for your service, as well as that of others who have made the sacrifice.

Harold

Count me in! Thank You Jordan and all of our brave men and women especially on this Memorial Day weekend.
Without your sacrifices we wouldn't be having our cookouts and drinking beer with the freedoms we enjoy today.

 

[philddreamer]

Please count me in, too! And thank you Jordan, and also a big thank you to all of our brave men and women who have served in the Armed Forces! 8)

Jordan, don't forget to post a pic of the gold button! What was the source of the gold?

Take care!

Phil

 

[Palladium]

I concur!

 

[nickvc]

Whilst not an American I too wish to thank you and all who fight and serve to promote and protect freedom at a risk to their lives and without whom the world would be a lot darker and unhappy place.

 

[CASACEO]

Thanks everybody, reading your posts made me smile this morning when I read them. I like the fact that foreign nationals recognize that the American military is dedicated to freedom and democracy around the world.

As for my gold, I cleaned it up and there was a lot less so I added it to my refine again dirt. I have been getting my materials from 775 cpus and motherboards, a couple various cards, cords, hard drives, even mice also from paydirt concentrates and some 18k gold plated jewelry. Altogether I have spent about $400 on equipment and materials and haven't processed much other then the gold I'm really close to a break even scenario. I am borrowing an oxy/acetylene torch for now. (I don't have the equipment to process my palladium and I've got about an ounce of pd bearing materials.) I found a local jeweler that will send my gold to a refiner for me once I have two ounces and will pay out 75 to 80% of the total gold value. I will take a picture of the gold I have already melted and post it here.

 

[CASACEO]

Here are the pics of my gold so far... Most of this is a 12k alloy and the red button is obviously lower quality.

I have more values that need refining and reclaiming from waste, set aside dirt and trapped in filters... The more I do the better I get at it. Thank you all again!

(with today's spot price of 157x.xx these picture depict between 160 - 210 US dollars, Quite a bit less then my 'break even mark' that includes the 25% fee I'd pay to sell it.)

 

[Geo]

id call that a good opportunity to practice refining karat gold. try the poor man's AR for the dissolution. be careful, place the pieces on a flat heavy piece of steel, and with a hammer, flatten the pieces as flat as you can to create more surface area for the acid to react with.

or you could try inquarting with silver.

both are good techniques to know.

 

[qst42know]

Hello Jordan.

If you spend a little more time on cleaning up your material you can get a better price for it. More like 98% of spot. You can learn what you need to know here on the forum, we can help.

 

[Palladium]

Where are you located jordan? You can get a better price than that!

 

[CASACEO]

I am located in southwestern Missouri. I am working on refining the quality of gold I have.