fishing8046 Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 I finally did the specific gravity test on this specimen and come up with 18.7529842126 The dry weight is 504 The wet weight is 205 The specific gravity is 335 What do you think? is there 583.274067963 grams of gold in this specimen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 Pictures are tough, can you give us something to see the size? Is there other stuff in it other than quartz and gold? Thanks for posting this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted January 12, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 Hey Fishing, I'm a bit confused, beyond it's a great specimen. You said the Dry weight, which would be the total weight is 504 grams. I'm not sure how there would be 583 grams of gold within a 504 gram specimen, as that is the total weight of the rock, correct? If the dry weight is 504 and you had 504 grams of gold, then the entire rock would be gold, right? I think you might have typo-ed a number, if not, maybe I'm confused. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishing8046 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Ok complex math problems are not my strong suit so I decided to start over. Dry Weight 540g and Wet Weight using distilled water 358g 540 - 358=182 540 divided by 182 = 2.967032967 2.967032967 - 2.63 = 0.337032967 0.337032967 x 182 = 61.339999994 61.339999994 divided by 25.97 =2.361956103 2.36 onunces of gold 73.4639206705 grames of gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishing8046 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) So I guess I was in the 1-ounce club with my 1st detected gold. I went 2 years before finding that specimen and thought I had picked the most difficult hobby I could have picked. I keep that specimen on a counter in my kitchen. I have always considered it equal to catching a 10 pound bass. I'm not sure why I never did the specific gravity test on it maybe I thought I would be disappointed. I have had it for 10 years now. I'm not disappointed it was and still truly is a trophy. I know that it is wire gold and chemicals would make it what it should be, but maybe I'll wait awhile Edited January 13, 2019 by fishing8046 Double post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted January 13, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Hey Fishing8046, It truly is a trophy! Large gold nuggets and specimens are hard to find. It's a great looking piece and I appreciate you sharing it with us. Wishing you a few more of those big specimens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishing8046 Posted January 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 Here a little better pictures of the gold. Would you crush it or would you think if I wanted to sell it I could get spot price for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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