RICH GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN 1.59 GRAM NATURAL GOLD AND QUARTZ for Sale

RICH GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN 1.59 GRAM NATURAL GOLD AND QUARTZ For Sale

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RICH GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN 1.59 GRAM NATURAL GOLD AND QUARTZ:
$170.00

GOLD QUARTZSPECIMEN from CALIFORNIAU.S.A Gold
For collectors of native gold, here\'s a rich, ruddy slug from the California Mines. The gold you see packed into this rock shows great color and character. Within this tangled-up network of faceted gold features are openings full of caprock and quartz. You won\'t get your money\'s worth in precious metal because these are specimens, not bullion or nuggets. Matrix rock is part of the package. Having mined gold for nineteen years, I guarantee the high quality of the Au. It\'s the real McCoy, folks. If you get jazzed by gold, this one sings a snazzy melody. Featured specimen is from California\'s Sierra Nevada Mtns.Quartz veins are seldom uniform in richness. Once in a blue moon, somebody stumbles onto a pocket of bonanza ore. Some prospectors are specialists who only hunt for pockets. If you were to trace an exposed vein which showed itself at intervals around the exterior of some desolate mountainside, a few lenses along that entire span might be rich enough to yield specimen-grade. Once erosion removes this material from the lode, it can lie hidden in pediment zones, dry washes, or creeks directly beneath these \'blowouts\'. Detectorists sometimes encounter them as nugget patches ripe for the picking - full of eluvial placer and crystalline gold. Much of it still has the host rock or pieces of gangue attached. That\'s basically what we have here. Enriched pockets of hard rock gold generally \'pinch out\', but occasionally, digging deeper into the vein, other rich pockets are encountered.
Please check my response for any disputes arising from non-authenticity issues. There are none.Specimen weight: 1.59 Gram - 24.6 GrainsSize - 13.6X7.4X6.7 mmRuler (if shown)is 1/4\" wide (actual size). A U.S. 10 cent piece isoften usedto show size of theitem for sale.FAST REFUNDIn case you\'re unhappy with thisspecimen, I offer a money backguarantee which includes your initial S&H.With regards to my gold quartz parcels, gold quartz specimens, slabs, and cabochon, I only deal in rocks containing naturally-occurring visible gold.Most of us interested inoro (Atomic symbol Au) like to see authentic, native gold intheir specimens; gold that was left there by natural, elemental forces, not by somebody\'s hand. It\'s an aesthetic we share and that\'s whatI sell -authentic, natural, gold quartz (withVGvisible gold). Weight Conversions: 15.43 GRAINS = 1 GRAM31.103 GRAMS = 1 TROY OUNCE24 GRAINS = 1 PENNYWEIGHT (DWT) 20 DWT = 1 TROY OUNCE480 GRAINS = 1 TROY OUNCES & H Combined shipping offered. For multiple item purchases, please request an invoice (from the seller)when you buy more than one item.U.S. BUYERS

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For U.S. buyers: We accept paypal. For intnl. customers: We accept paypal. Pay securely with [link removed by ]. Payment must be made within 7 daysfrom close of sale. We ship as soon as funds clear. If you have questions, please ask them before offerding. REFUNDSWe leave no stones un-turned insuring our customersget whatthey bargained for.If you\'re not satisfied with thisitem, contact me. Then, if the problem can\'t be resolved,returnproduct within 30 daysin \'aspurchased\'conditionfora fullrefund (S & H included. For thosewho knowtheups and downsof theprecious metals market, thisisa heck of a deal. Buy it and if the market drops dramatically in the next 30 days, you can return it for what you paid for it. That\'s a pretty cool insurance policy for precious metal buyers. I think most specimen buyers,however, are more interested inthese rocks for their intrinsic beautyandcollectability than they are for their gold content.UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH GOLD
Yukon miners astride their monster D9-10-11 Cats move more ground in an hour than I did in 19 years with a \'Georgia Drag Line\'. In mining lexicon, it\'s also known as ‘a shovel’. Small-scale miners employ what\'s available, affordable, and practical. Our tools are the same as lone-wolf miners have used through the ages, i.e. shovels, pickaxes, rock-hammers, pry bars, buckets, gold pans, rocker boxes (dip boxes), sluices, dry-washers, and high-bankers (or long toms). These days, prospectors have become modernized. In a few states, they’re allowed to use suction dredges. Then, after metal detectors muscled their way into the industry, they gave miners a huge advantage over the old timers. Lone wolf prospectors get up close and personal with gold. Small, isolated deposits force guys using picks and shovels to mine very selectively whereas big earth-movers shoot for volume. Someone without big equipment needs to know if ground is good enough to run. That\'s where prospecting enters the picture. Even before sinking a pick in the ground, there were times I knew gold was at or close to a spot. It\'s very satisfying, really, once those instincts, that ‘nose’ for finding gold, kick in. After spending almost two decades looking for the elusive stuff, you learn where gold likes to hide. Granted, metal detectorists do this all the time, but they\'re relying upon electronics to first give them a hit, a signal telling them some unknown, buried target beckons. To be able to pinpoint gold hidden in the landscape without aid of electronics takes familiarity with gold\'s habits and haunts.
For me, the 80s was an exhilarating time. Back then, I felt like King of the Drywashermen. When there’s not much gold in the area to begin with, anything you find feels like a bonanza. I loved packing gear into the bush and camping overnight. Until the rains came, a guy could hike up some lonesome ravine with a drywasher strapped to his back and hunt for wild gold. Sometimes, with a practiced eye, after lots of digging, a fellow might sink his pick on some likely-looking spot and hit a nice pocket or pay-streak - good ground overlooked by the old timers. Elsewhere, other drywashermen were combing the local gullies too; guys who worked just as hard as me. My guess is they rolled back concentrates in their drywasher trays and, seeing good color, felt the same flush of excitement I did. During that era and in eras past, going it alone on foot is what most prospectors did. The fewer people who knew where you were going, the better. Claim-jumpers are a scary, resourceful bunch of pocket-pickers. They come in all stripes and they\'re always watching. I had a few encounters with these characters through the years. The stench hangs heavy in your memory for a while. It takes time before the sting of having your hole commandeered by some stranger wears off. Here, you prospected all winter long, finally found something worth working, but weren\'t in a position to where you could guard it day and night. Some high-graders are beyond help. They can\'t do anything about these impulses. They see an opportunity and go for it. People build their own karmic houses which, to me, look very much like outhouses. But that’s that’s the yin and yang of gold mining, mates, and these things happen at one time or another to all who pursue gold seriously. Despite a few setbacks, prospecting fit me to a T. When you\'re prospecting alone, a person can almost taste the freedom and serenity. Finding virgin gold, unearthing it whereno one else thought to look was more gratifyingthan how much \'yeller\' fell in your poke.
The guys and gals running big earth-movers are good at what they do. They\'re outstanding heavy-equipment operators. Some are successful sourdoughs, genius mechanics, welders, electricians, riggers, rock-packers, all-around machinists, and the like. Most seem like genial mates you\'d enjoy sitting around the campfire with at night; guys and gals you could work alongside and get along with. Some demonstrate a real talent for finding gold. Most of the action on TV gold shows as I see the ground and the manner in which they work it doesn\'t seem like prospecting. It\'s all how much dirt you can move before the next big equipment malfunction. I swear it\'s as exhausting for me as it is for them; the continual stoppages to repair broken machinery. Admittedly, I never found thousands of ounces like some of these \'legends\'. If you\'ve not mined gold, believe me, an ounce is A LOT of gold to find using picks, shovels, and physical stamina. There were entire seasons I worked like a brute and didn\'t pull an ounce of gold.
In the SW Arizona desert, big nuggets always have been something of an anomaly. In other regions of the world, it\'s a different story. A few years ago, ten ounce nuggets in Australia were the rule, not the exception. My stomping grounds, the regions I prospected in, it wasn\'t ten ounce nugget country. I was a born-and-raised, small-scale American gold miner. My digs were Arizona\'s lean, isolated fields and drywashes where a quarter ounce lead or half a pennyweight nugget represented a memorable moment in time. They still do. Consequently, when a prospector finds something like that in our part of the world, i.e. southwestern Arizona or southeastern California, it\'s a thrill. Working hungry digs, a guy doesn\'t become jaded. In the bottom of a clear, water-filled vial, every little nugget, even a pea-sized one, looks bigger than the sun glowing inside that bottle. Nowadays, guys roar across the desert on their ATVs moving so fast they can\'t see anything except the trail before them. The guy behind him sees and eats dust, mostly. Tearing along at break-neck speed, everything flies by in a blur. For the prospector on foot, he gets to take it all in. He can connect with nature and read the land. In my handbook, that\'s what real prospecting\'s all about. That\'s the kind of show I intend on producing. If there\'sonelesson about prospectinga guy who\'s beentheremightpass on, it’s\"go where the gold is, not whereitisn\'t\". Lesson number two - \"live an honorable life.\"btw - somebody \'borrowed\' my idea and done produced the show. Notice the date below when I first created this I.P.
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