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[markscomp]

I do appreciate it. I work for a business who's business is recovering gold. I actually am working on some jewelry right now

 

[markscomp]

welcome to the forum fellow Pennsylvanian -- I am from central PA - just south of Altoona.

 

[MBJohnson]

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Name : Mike Johnson
Sex : Male
Age : 50
Location : Chico, California, USA
Profession : US Navy Reserve warrant officer; computer consultant
Hobbies : reading, movies, video games, watching YouTube videos on gold refining
Interests : all of the above, and many more (I’m something of a polymath)
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : No refining done to date, purely an interested hobbyist. Been watching YouTube videos on the subject for the past year or so.
What are you looking for in our community? : Unsure, really. I signed up for a premium membership as a way to support a community that I stumbled upon a year or so back via YouTube, and somewhat accidentally. I also have two young adult sons that might well be interested in something like this; I’m wondering if there might be a way for the three of us to pool our mutual interests to come up with a way to become more than… well, interested hobbyists. (grin)
How did you discover our Forum? : Google Search on another member who produces YouTube videos in their own right, then I clicked down the digital rabbit hole…

 

[mrgee]

Name: Galen Maughan
Sex: Male
Age: 50
Loc.: Concord California
Profession: Journeyman Electrician
Hobbies: Astronomy, gaming, carpentry and woodwork
Interests: Travel &Whisk(e)y

How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : My interest is very much in its infancy and is probably more of a curiosity as yet.

How did you discover our Forum? : I had a HS chemistry teacher who covered the topic a bit and it has forever been in the back of my mind ever since. He also set up a very small scale demonstration extracting very high purity silver using scrap and an electrode. I was recently talking with my mother in law and she has started going to estate sales looking for very random things. I'd suggested that I might be able to compile some info regarding good pricing for gold and silver scrap, plated jewelry, and various 10,14, 18k prices and work together to focus her hunting and make sure to get good deals. I was thinking I'd like to set up a small hobby level project to recover and extract the high purity gold and silver. This is how i found the forum as the first thing I wanted to investigate was an abundance of safety and proper handling of any corrosive chemicals and fumes involved in the process.

 

[jdgodz1984]

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Name :Justin
Sex: Male
Age :39
Location :Alabama
Profession :Marine mechanic
Hobbies :basketball, hiking, kayaking
Interests : sports, cryptocurrency, casino games
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? :12 years
What are you looking for in our community? : Answers to a few questions about molten metals
How did you discover our Forum? :Google search

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[Yggdrasil]

Name :Justin
Sex: Male
Age :39
Location :Alabama
Profession :Marine mechanic
Hobbies :basketball, hiking, kayaking
Interests : sports, cryptocurrency, casino games
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? :12 years
What are you looking for in our community? : Answers to a few questions about molten metals
How did you discover our Forum? :Google search

Welcome.
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[Meticulouswr]

Name : Jonathan
Sex : Male
Age : 47
Location : Victoria, BC, Canada
Profession : Watchmaker
Hobbies : Outdoors activities
Interests : Travel
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : I do not refine metals.
What are you looking for in our community? : Advice on how best to refine and cash out on 20 years of collecting gold filled watch cases etc.
How did you discover our Forum? : Google
In advance: Thank you for your help! I have a whole lot of gold filled material that I am considering sending off to Umicore to have refined. I’m here to ask if this is a reasonable way to cash out or perhaps find someone local to Victoria or Vancouver BC, Canada who knows how to refine this material. Thank you!!

 

[Tmanuge]

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Name : Anthony Manuge
Sex : M
Age :60
Location : Northern British Columbia Canada
Profession : Retired
Hobbies rospecting, fishing and figuring things out
Interests : I never can tell what is going to grab my attention, everyone always wanted me on their team for trivia game
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : Just starting with chemistry, about a year trying fire assay
What are you looking for in our community? : information mainly
How did you discover our Forum? : Searching for how to precipitate Pd from copper and silver in solution

 

[tap4Christ]

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Name : The Anointed Purpose
Sex : Male
Age : 37
Location : VEGAS
Profession : Gold Prospector(Banned on eBay without a reason given, for life.
Hobbies : Hip Hop Country Music Creation
Interests : Jesus Christ The Way Of Life THE only way to Life..
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : 12 years
What are you looking for in our community? : Companionship with people of same general interest, and to find out how to market it somewhere else besides ebay and etsy
How did you discover our Forum? : ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

 

[tap4Christ]

Here are some of my samples i've recovered recently

 

[FrugalRefiner]

Welcome to the forum. Please be aware that discussions of religion are against our Rules. We've lost valued members when religious discussions went sideways. We prefer to stay on the topic of recovering and refining precious metals.

Dave

 

[Kurt01]

Does anyone know what this might be I believe it's AU just my buddy borrowed my kiln and spilt his pour in the kiln and messed up all my ceramic bricks. But anyhow this is the material I picked out of the ceramic bricks in my kiln anyone have a clue and how would I go about finding its true identity lol seriously though thanks for the help

 

[Kurt01]

Here are some of my samples i've recovered recently

I've found similar here in San Jacinto California what should I do bust em down and classify and pan em out please let me know thanks

 

[Yggdrasil]

I've found similar here in San Jacinto California what should I do bust em down and classify and pan em out please let me know thanks

Yo did not find a better thread to post this in?

 

[Martijn]

I believe it's AU

Keep religion out of the equation, stick to facts. You have rocks.
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threa...le-read-this-before-you-post-about-ore.33333/

 

[Moderniko]

Hi, to everyone.

 

[Yggdrasil]

Hi, to everyone.

Welcome
Here are some rules and links of what to learn.

We ask our new members to do 3 things.
1. Read C.M. Hokes book on refining jewelers scrap, it gives an easy introduction to the most important chemistry regarding refining.
It is free here on the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=19798
2. Then read the safety section of the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/safety.47/
3. And then read about "Dealing with waste" in the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/dealing-with-waste.10539/

Suggested reading:
https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/the-library.101/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/when-in-doubt-cement-it-out.30236/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threa...le-read-this-before-you-post-about-ore.33333/


Forum rules is here.
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/gold-refining-forum-rules.31182/

 

[AMCRob]

Name : Craig
Sex : M
Age : 49
Location : Dayton, NV (downstream of Virginia City ;-)
Profession : Safety and Environmental Guy
Hobbies : Snow skiing, American Motors vehicle restoration
Interests :
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : I collected a decent amount of Silver Nitrate and other silver salts over the years. Worked for a precious metals dealer as well. Learning to recover some of my silver.
What are you looking for in our community? : Questions on a mistake, and ideas for the future
How did you discover our Forum? : asking Google questions

 

[Yggdrasil]

Name : Craig
Sex : M
Age : 49
Location : Dayton, NV (downstream of Virginia City ;-)
Profession : Safety and Environmental Guy
Hobbies : Snow skiing, American Motors vehicle restoration
Interests :
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : I collected a decent amount of Silver Nitrate and other silver salts over the years. Worked for a precious metals dealer as well. Learning to recover some of my silver.
What are you looking for in our community? : Questions on a mistake, and ideas for the future
How did you discover our Forum? : asking Google questions

Welcome.

here is some helpful links, we recommend to start with safety and then waste treatment.
All while reading Hokes book.

We ask our new members to do 3 things.
1. Read C.M. Hokes book on refining jewelers scrap, it gives an easy introduction to the most important chemistry regarding refining.
It is free here on the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=19798
2. Then read the safety section of the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/safety.47/
3. And then read about "Dealing with waste" in the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/dealing-with-waste.10539/

Suggested reading:
https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/the-library.101/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/when-in-doubt-cement-it-out.30236/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threa...le-read-this-before-you-post-about-ore.33333/


Forum rules is here.
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/gold-refining-forum-rules.31182/

 

[Joe Irvine]

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Joe
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Arkansas (Int'l travel for work)
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Chemistry, Music, Learning
Never have refined Gold or any other metal.
To learn how to refine, process and search for precious metals
I discovered this site by reading comments on a YT channel (Sreetips) and have been lurking for a bit.

Currently working in NW Romania for the next two months. Have Sundays off and want to find gold from the Aries river here. Anyone know if I'd get in trouble for gold panning?