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[Geo]

Name: Carl Mims
Sex: Male
Age: 61
Location: Central Alabama
Profession: Teacher:
Hobbies: Ham radio, bee keeping
Interest: prospecting and refining gold
What are you looking for: Learning how to work in the refining business.
How did you discover our forum: Google

hello Carl, welcome to the forum

i live in north Alabama, do you prospect in east Alabama or do you go out of state? I've done some panning in Calhoun county and Talladega county. i found a little color but nothing to brag about. all the best spots in the forrest is too far to hike for me.

 

[kupkumkup]

Greetings to all forum members,

Name : Ben
Sex : yes please
Age : 32
Location : Singapore
Profession : Chemistry lab tech
Hobbies : Lifting weights, drinking beer, annoying my wife.
Interests : well uh, chemistry i guess.

How long have you been refining gold? : not yet
What are you looking for in our community? : Knowledge
How did you discovered our Forum? : Surfed the web
Other : Want to learn more about rhodium refining.
Sources of good books.
I got some organic chem ebooks but not sure if they'd be useful.
My metal collection: about half a ton of cast iron plates in my
apartment.

 

[esinar]

Name : Steve
Sex : M
Age : 56
Location : Chesterfield, MI
Profession : Mgr./Director EVS; Now unemployed, but in business w/youngest son selling freeze-dried food and buying defaulted storage units. UE about to run out, can't find a job, so I thought that this might help pay the bills.
Hobbies : Photoshop, photography, roller blading, gardening vegetables, herbs, some flowers
Interests : Art, Cooking, learning how to brew and distill. Collecting bullion silver. Politics. History. Economics. Travel. Gold mining at estate sales, computers, phones, jewelry, and going down to the rivers out west and panning.
How long have you been refining gold? : Have yet to start...am only now learning in the last week
What are you looking for in our community? : How to find and refine gold & silver without killing myself. I flunked chemistry in high school but that was 38 yrs ago! I need a crash course in chemistry.
How did you discovered our Forum? : Humble stumble through the google land.
Other : Puedo hablar espanol (I can speak Spanish--functionally). Am willing to learn anything! And yes Ben, this will really get my wife annoyed, but it is all about the dollars, right?

 

[SuperSLO]

Name : Mark
Sex : M
Age : 59
Location : California Central Coast
Profession : Construction Superintendent
Hobbies : Silver Refining
Interrests : Precious Metals, Classic Cars
How long have you been refining gold? : Never have refined gold, however I recently took a stab at refining silver. (6 months)
What are you looking for in our community? : Chemical knowlege for dummies....LOL
How did you discovered our Forum? : Internet Search
Other : Like many, I have been riding the bumpy economy since 2009 when construction came to a screaching halt. I am fortunate to be employed at the moment, and I'm trying to use available time and funds to nurture my silver hobby to a new level. I have tried several alternative methods of making a living, such as storage unit auction buying, car sales, sublimation printing....Been having fun, but not making a living at anything outside of my chosen career. At least collecting silver is not a losing hobby....well, at least that is what I tell my wife.... :twisted:

 

[Harold_V]

Classic Cars

True classics, or what folks like to call classics? Examples might be Duesenberg, Auburn, Cord, Stutz DV 32, Marmon V-16, Cadillac V-16 and V-12, Rolls Royce, etc.

Welcome to the forum, in any event.

Harold

 

[kychuck]

Name: Chuck
Sex: M
Age: 61
Location: Greenville S.C.
Profession: Telecommunications
Hobbies: Alternate Energies
Interests: recovery of precious metals in scrap electronics
How long have you been refining gold? Never refined anything yet.
What am I looking for in our community? any helpful knowledge
Other: I have been selling electronic scrap at a local "gold dealer" but found similar items selling for 10 times on ebay what he was giving me
Where did I hear about this forum? On Ebay

 

[rusty]

Name: Chuck
Sex: M
Age: 61
Location: Greenville S.C.
Profession: Telecommunications
Hobbies: Alternate Energies
Interests: recovery of precious metals in scrap electronics
How long have you been refining gold? Never refined anything yet.
What am I looking for in our community? any helpful knowledge
Other: I have been selling electronic scrap at a local "gold dealer" but found similar items selling for 10 times on ebay what he was giving me
Where did I hear about this forum? On Ebay

Welcome to the Gold Refining Forum, in Palladium sig file you can grab a free copy of Hokes Refining Precious Metals.

 

[VernonBlack]

Name : Joe
Sex : M
Age : 59
Location : Lexington, SC/Pueblo, CO
Profession : Builder/Contractor
Hobbies : Film Making
Interrests : Writing, Editing, Reading, Being Grand Pa!
How long have you been refining gold? : Newbie
What are you looking for in our community? : Knowledge of experience....
How did you discovered our Forum? : I'm sure it was from watching Youtube videos...
Other : I go back and forth to Colorado now for over 25 yrs...Prospecting has always been
of interest to me...As you all might know there is a depression in the real estate
business which has hit me particularly hard emotionally, physically, and financially.
So, I'm "re-inventing" myself and going to get busy prospecting both here in SC and
in CO....I want to know every aspect of Gold mining....this is just one part....Thanks!

 

[Anonymous]

Hi guys and gals.

Name : Jon
Sex : Male
Age : 44 (god it hurts to type that...)
Location : North Yorkshire, England
Profession : Company owner for my sins
Hobbies : Music, guitar, riding trials bikes, generally getting myself into trouble.
Interrests : As above
How long have you been refining gold? : I have never actually refined gold YET, I just come across a lot of it in the gear we scrap.
What are you looking for in our community? : I'd like to meet other people who I can share ideas with, who can help me, and who I can happily help in return.
How did you discovered our Forum? :
I found it after some pretty harsh google searching. Well hidden isn't it?

Ok, cards on the table as I'm that kind of guy. I get a lot of IT waste into my business. I'm currently registered as an ISO approved AATF in the UK and frankly I think I'm missing a trick or two. I'd like to help and be helped, that's why I'm here.

I'd even get a lot of personal joy, if nothing else from learning to do it myself. (A geek at heart, no apologies!)

Kind Regards

Jon

 

[MileHighFan]

Very pleased to become a member.

My late father, watchmaker, left me with with several ounces of scrap gold and 10 of thousands of parts containing gold. It wasn't until recently that I discovered what I'm sitting on. I shall read much.

 

[qst42know]

Welcome to the forum Russ.

When you are ready to refine be certain the items you choose don't have a greater collector, or usable parts value.

 

[pmirefiner]

Name : Miranda
Sex : F
Age : 40
Location : San Francisco, CA
Profession : Buyer / Planner
Hobbies : Gold
Interests : Gold
How long have you been refining gold? : (3 years) I have been working with a gold refiner with 35 years experience
What are you looking for in our community? : Education, more insight into the gold business.
How did you discovered our Forum? : Google
Other : We changed our company structure from refining to now providing smelting and refining products, including product training.
We will beat any price on any product guaranteed. All backed with a 30 day money guarantee and training on all products.

I new to the Forum, thank you for the opportunity to join! Lots of valuable context. :shock:

 

[eddie0737]

Name : Eddie
Sex : Male
Age : 30+
Location : London
Profession : Refiner/gold trader
Hobbies : refining and trading
Interrests : At the moment GOLD GOLD and fast motorcycles
How long have you been refining gold? : 12 months
What are you looking for in our community? : giving and offering advice
How did you discovered our Forum? : I have been a lurker for a number of years and have read everything from Hoke to Amman - very hard book to find in the UK. I found mine in the British Library
Other : This site has been a God send and has helped me no end . Thanks to everyone from Harold to Noxx this information is not in the hands of the few rather the knowledgeable masses. Also what goes around comes around - period!

 

[onetruth]

Name : Robert Holley
Sex : M
Age : 33
Location : columbia ,TN
Profession : owner roofing company specializing in disaster area's
Hobbies : reading learning refining gold
Interrests : reading learning refining gold
How long have you been refining gold? : just learning and collecting right now
What are you looking for in our community? : knowledge, maybe someone close by that will trade labor & friendship for experience.
How did you discovered our Forum? : Google
Other I live on 273 acres so if a underpopulated area is needed for refining I might be able to help.

 

[LibertyRising]

Name : Darcy Braun
Sex : Woman
Age : 52
Location : Calgary AB
Profession : Fraud Agent
Hobbies : Buying and selling scrap gold and silver. Currently researching antiques and going to auctions.
Interests : Making money and having fun doing it.
How long have you been refining gold? : Never have. Wish I could. Discovered and accepted that I am not the brightest crayon in the box. :shock:
What are you looking for in our community? : I just enjoy being here but sometimes will look for buyers for my scrap.
How did you discovered our Forum? : Research. I really wanted to refine my own gold/silver at first...but like I said..you know about the crayon?
Other : What? I just gave you my life story! What "other" is there?
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[nickvc]

Darcy forget about the crayon and start reading, you don't have to be an Einstein to refine, you just need be able to understand the processes and have the right equipment.
I'm sure you have seen the comment, have you read Hoke? She is, yes that's right she, wrote what we consider to be the idiots guide to refining in that it's written for non-scientists or chemists to understand, even I can follow what she teaches so you have no excuses.

READ C.M.HOKE......

 

[Claudie]

What does a fraud agent do? You're gonna love the guys that come here selling Gold from Africa.... :|

 

[LibertyRising]

Hi Claudie: In a nutshell, I look at about 100 MasterCard's a day and decide fraud or no fraud on customers cards. If I think it's fraud, I call the customer to verify and do a fraud report. I also look for new cards that are issued due to fraud applications and identity theft. Prior to this job, I was in retail loss prevention. At one time, the Loss Prevention Manager for all of the Home Depot's in North Calgary and Medicine Hat. It's been a fun career but I'm ready for a change and want to work for myself.
I remember one of the post's when I first joined by the nut who wanted to know how to sell his unlimited supply of gold on the black market. That was hilarious! At work we pass around e-mails from guys like him who try to get us to do fraudulent emergency cash adv's or credit limit increases and add our own comments. Then we shut down his card. :twisted:

 

[LibertyRising]

Hi Nickvc: You're probably right. It can be a bit intimidating to read the posts and know I haven't got a clue. I'd like to get a copy of Hoke's book (hard copy) to study and see if it's a possibility in the next year. If I can really grasp it, i'll try it. My biggest concern is making a mistake during the process and destroying my gold. Are mistakes fixable or is it possible to completely ruin a batch?
Have an awesome day all :mrgreen:

 

[jack_burton]

It's pretty hard to loose gold, but not impossible. It's really easy to make it 1000% harder to get the gold than it has to be.