However weight alone is not enough to identify real gold in a rock.
Real gold flakes in rock.
Placer gold is raw gold you find for example as flakes or nuggets in stream beds or on the ground compared to lode gold which are the embedded veins of gold that must be extracted from rock outcroppings.
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Most people have no idea what to look for and even if they do find gold they might throw it out accidentally.
Our fine placer gold is all natural and measures between 18 mesh and sub 30 mesh.
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Gold panning whether it s professional or recreational is supposed to yield gold flakes and nuggets washed out of the soil.
This natural gold is variously known as gold flake gold fines or flour gold.
Gold feels heavy like a lead fishing weight when you hold a placer nugget in the palm of your hand.
In this video you will learn about gold bearing rock identification.
What does gold ore really look like.
However just because it looks like gold and is in the same place as gold doesn t mean that it s gold.
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The safest way to extract gold from rocks at home is to crush the rocks.
This is the smallest gold we regularly stock.
As an amateur you can test a rock for gold in several ways.
Placer gold roughly 75 to 95 percent real gold comes in a variety of shapes and sizes from small flakes to large bumpy nuggets.
One of the ways to find raw gold begins with panning for it in creeks or rivers fed by eroded gold from mine or natural deposits in rock formations above the water sources.
What does natural raw gold look like in rocks.
Your raw gold is likely placer gold which is typically only 60 to 85 percent pure.
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