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by Joe S (AK)
Fri Mar 22, 2019 11:21 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Not a whodunit, howwouldyoudoit?
Replies: 20
Views: 11680

Re: Not a whodunit, howwouldyoudoit?

Say there Big Easy! First I'd stockpile the pump, hoses and the sluice box / highbanker. They aren't for searching for gold (prospecting) but rather for later recovery efforts. So, traveling light, yet comfortable enough, it's time to strike off looking for better than usual concentrations of Gold. ...
by Joe S (AK)
Tue Mar 19, 2019 11:02 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Refining GOLD...
Replies: 17
Views: 8126

Re: Refining GOLD...

No, it isn't a dissolution of the trace elemental metals - it's a chemical reaction which converts the elemental Non-Auriferous metals into chlorides. Basic chemistry stuff. Gold and Chlorine variations are a slippery creature to come up with in the wild - which is why they are usually discounted in...
by Joe S (AK)
Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:42 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Refining GOLD...
Replies: 17
Views: 8126

Re: Refining GOLD...

Chlorine Gas - Cl 2 - is introduced to (bubbled up through) the molten refined Gold as a Post Refining further step to achieve .9999 fineness. The Chlorine combines with the remaining minute trace alloy metals in the liquid to form metallic chlorides which can then, meticulously, be separated from t...
by Joe S (AK)
Mon Mar 18, 2019 1:48 am
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Refining GOLD...
Replies: 17
Views: 8126

Re: Refining GOLD...

After learning that Chlorine Gas dissolves Gold I realized that an over abundance of raw organic fertilizer was in evidence.

I went no further because I know better.
by Joe S (AK)
Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:10 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Old furnace
Replies: 21
Views: 10587

Re: Old furnace

He, He, HE!

Jim, just don't forget where you put it. Happens to me all the time.

Joe
by Joe S (AK)
Thu Feb 28, 2019 5:59 am
Forum: Metal Detecting Forum
Topic: Met an interesting guy today
Replies: 10
Views: 7283

Re: Met an interesting guy today

Jim -

Potato Rake.

Hand held 'picker-uppers'. Those 30" long pincers with a pistol grip for picking your socks up off the floor.

Small (almost child's size) shovel to scoop up the treasures.

OH, an afterthought - borrow some grandkids - they love taking a trip and they are soooooo active. :o
by Joe S (AK)
Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:51 am
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Best way to determine ownership??
Replies: 21
Views: 10733

Re: Best way to determine ownership??

>THE< best way to find out information is to go to the DNR office, and at the counter, start asking all your pre thought out questions. Computers are handy - but the results are not 100% timely or reliable. There are time delays in getting the recorded information into the data base - and sometimes ...
by Joe S (AK)
Mon Feb 25, 2019 8:54 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: How Come .......?
Replies: 7
Views: 3976

How Come .......?

So, why are there sometimes separate and distinct 'types' of Gold on a claim - at least where I work, and have worked, South of Denali Park? Sometimes the color is a bit different or sometimes sizes are distinct or sometimes the ground is just very different in color or texture or composition, corre...
by Joe S (AK)
Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:15 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Wow.... Canada has lost it..............
Replies: 8
Views: 4535

Re: Wow.... Canada has lost it..............

JED, Canada is simply a different country with different laws, policies and procedures, however they suffer from the very same core problems that we also share. Here in the US, where we all used to strive to progress in intelligently using natural resources (you know, to further our way of life) we ...
by Joe S (AK)
Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:40 pm
Forum: Welcome Forum
Topic: Glad to be back
Replies: 5
Views: 3569

Re: Glad to be back

Well, I can hardly believe my eyes! Lanny is back and, it seems, as adventure filled as ever. Wonderful to see you back - and - still coming up swinging. (Here we go with the cliche's again). I'll be standing by to read some of your, and maybe your wife's, adventures (maybe in installments) again. S...