Being from Middle TN prospects of finding free gold are zero to none, but I have had interesting results crushing and applying chemicals to some rock types. Before I proceed further I'd like to slow down a bit and collect guidance form those in the forum who might be able to point me to the best types of rock to play with. There are 5-6 types I will move through, one at a time, and seek forum consensus step by step regarding the manner in which I (and we) process it to find GOLD !! Up first is the heaviest ore type I have found in the creek. I have imaged the sample in whole, on scale, cracked open, under microscope cracked open, and crushed under microscope. It now sits there in my garage, all lonely, with no one to dance with and nothing to do. I was thinking a roasting in firepit in a cast iron skillet over night might be a good next step, but will leave it to the forum.
Q. - Any ideas what the heck it could be ? Looks like magma, or something one of the boys who are buried in mounds around here might have melted.. It is black in hand, with some silvery shine here and there.
Q. - What is the orange gooey looking stuff ? Gold!.... Gold !!...... GOLD !!! Right ?
Q. - From previous chemical processing I have collected some brownish goo, I have microscopic images of the goo on the knife blade i used to scrape it from the mason jar to transfer to a smaller collector jar. Does it appear to be gold goo to ya'll ? (images below and named , "gold on knife")
Q. - Next step ?
Q. - Any ideas what the heck it could be ? Looks like magma, or something one of the boys who are buried in mounds around here might have melted.. It is black in hand, with some silvery shine here and there.
Q. - What is the orange gooey looking stuff ? Gold!.... Gold !!...... GOLD !!! Right ?
Q. - From previous chemical processing I have collected some brownish goo, I have microscopic images of the goo on the knife blade i used to scrape it from the mason jar to transfer to a smaller collector jar. Does it appear to be gold goo to ya'll ? (images below and named , "gold on knife")
Q. - Next step ?
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ORE CRACKED ORANGE GOO.jpg818.6 KB
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ORE CRACKED OPEN.jpg1.1 MB
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ORE CRACED UNDER PHONE MAG.jpg1.1 MB
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ORE UNCRUSHED WEIGHT.jpg968.5 KB
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GOLD ON KNIFE.jpg1.7 MB
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GOLD ON KNIFE2.jpg1.7 MB
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GOLD ON KNIFE3.jpg1.7 MB
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CRUSHED ORE.jpg2.1 MB