I was going through Harold's washing protocol and was heating the gold in water. About an ounce of gold, 100ml water, in a 500ml beaker. It had not started to bubble. Without warning the contents of the beaker erupted violently and ejected half the gold and all of the water out of the beaker. It went all over the hot plate, all over the work table, and all over me. Thank God it was only water. I just spent an hour gathering every piece of gold I could. I am going home and will regroup tomorrow. I am still in shock and none too happy with the inevitable losses. What the heck happened :?: