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Gold Prospecting
Alluvial Gold Prospecting
sodium metaborate instead of borax
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<blockquote data-quote="nucopia" data-source="post: 523158" data-attributes="member: 5588"><p>Just did my first gold melt .</p><p>Started off by heating the small crucible and coating it with borax to get a good glaze.</p><p></p><p>Then tipped in all the fine Gold we collected from panning at Ophir last week, about 0.4 grams.</p><p></p><p>Took a little while to get the hang of things and I think I may have made a few errors.</p><p>Torch kept blowing out and needed to be relit and the glaze in some parts of the crucible has left a greenish blackish tinge also a very tiny )pin head size) peice of Gold was embedded into the glaze and had to be pried out . </p><p>Here is the result of my first attemt to melt Gold.</p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/5588/1574719886_3c337035-460a-4372-9bf2-fad987a8e6b5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Button weighs 0.34 grams <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nucopia, post: 523158, member: 5588"] Just did my first gold melt . Started off by heating the small crucible and coating it with borax to get a good glaze. Then tipped in all the fine Gold we collected from panning at Ophir last week, about 0.4 grams. Took a little while to get the hang of things and I think I may have made a few errors. Torch kept blowing out and needed to be relit and the glaze in some parts of the crucible has left a greenish blackish tinge also a very tiny )pin head size) peice of Gold was embedded into the glaze and had to be pried out . Here is the result of my first attemt to melt Gold. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/5588/1574719886_3c337035-460a-4372-9bf2-fad987a8e6b5.jpg[/img] Button weighs 0.34 grams :) [/QUOTE]
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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
sodium metaborate instead of borax
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