A week in the life of a thrift store "auminer"

Originally Posted by NobleMetalWorks

By the way, I like your name!



Scott

THANKS!

I have used it ever since I started internetting back in the mid-90s. At the time, I lived in the mountains of Colorado, near Breckenridge, and my absolute FAVORITE hobby was recreational gold prospecting. You can never quite get enough of that special excitement in the pit of your stomach when you see that yellow glint against your green pan at the trailing edge of the black sand.

I can only guess... well, at least, I certainly HOPE... that you experience a similar sensation as you near the completion of your refining processes.

But I still think it's a different kind of special to be the first human to sieze that gold from where mother nature put it millions of years ago. (Well, OK, technically, she put it in the spot from which I was getting it just a few thousand years ago, but whatever )

Originally Posted by auminer

THANKS!

I have used it ever since I started internetting back in the mid-90s. At the time, I lived in the mountains of Colorado, near Breckenridge, and my absolute FAVORITE hobby was recreational gold prospecting. You can never quite get enough of that special excitement in the pit of your stomach when you see that yellow glint against your green pan at the trailing edge of the black sand.

I can only guess... well, at least, I certainly HOPE... that you experience a similar sensation as you near the completion of your refining processes.

But I still think it's a different kind of special to be the first human to sieze that gold from where mother nature put it millions of years ago. (Well, OK, technically, she put it in the spot from which I was getting it just a few thousand years ago, but whatever )

I still, to this day, get very excited when I precipitate gold out of solution, it's very exciting. I understand why people who practiced alchemy were also thought to be witches and wizards. There is something truly magical making gold appear out of a solution, and then watching it fall to the bottom.

I use a novel method to extract gold from acidic solutions, I use a special solvent that removes just the gold from the solution, even in dirty solutions with many types of metals. Then I precipitate. the gold, from the solvent with an acid. The resulting gold falls out of solution looking beautiful, it can be fluffy and gold in color, and never ever do I get bored of it, each time is like I am seeing it for the very first time. It's an incredible, magical experience.

When I get the chance, I'll post a video sometime...

Scott