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Gold Prospecting
Hard Rock Gold Prospecting
worth crushing??
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<blockquote data-quote="22shells" data-source="post: 382033" data-attributes="member: 3817"><p>Only way to tell is to crush it and see what's in it. I just crushed a few handfulls of similar looking rock and got 3 specks. Couldn't see any gold in it before crushing even with a magnifier. Not really worth the effort for that amount of gold but interesting anyway, could be lots of gold deeper down maybe. There would have to be a fair bit of gold though to be worth doing, or you'd have to crush lots of rock like the old timers did. But at least I can now say that I've found a gold bearing reef lol <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I just put a plastic bag down on concrete with a small steel plate on it and cracked it up with a hammer into small enough pieces to fit in the rock crusher, then panned it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="22shells, post: 382033, member: 3817"] Only way to tell is to crush it and see what's in it. I just crushed a few handfulls of similar looking rock and got 3 specks. Couldn't see any gold in it before crushing even with a magnifier. Not really worth the effort for that amount of gold but interesting anyway, could be lots of gold deeper down maybe. There would have to be a fair bit of gold though to be worth doing, or you'd have to crush lots of rock like the old timers did. But at least I can now say that I've found a gold bearing reef lol :) I just put a plastic bag down on concrete with a small steel plate on it and cracked it up with a hammer into small enough pieces to fit in the rock crusher, then panned it. [/QUOTE]
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