DizzyDigger
Gold Member
- Dec 9, 2012
- 6,391
- 12,979
- Detector(s) used
- Nokta FoRs Gold, a Gold Cube, 2 Keene Sluices and Lord only knows how many pans....not to mention a load of other gear my wife still doesn't know about!
- Primary Interest:
- Prospecting
Hey all,
Been kicking this around in my head for quite some time, and
have decided it's worth running it by all of you.
My days out in the field are few, and I find much more satisfaction
in staying in my shop processing concentrates and pulling out
the smallest of gold with my Miller Table. I've also had some success
with freezing the black sand, and then tossing it into boiling water
which shatters it to pieces, releasing even more ultra-fine gold.
I'd wager that 99% of prospectors have a tub, bucket or other
container they've been saving their black sand in after panning
out all the visible free gold. True, or false?
Proposal is this: Ship that black sand to me and let me process
it for you. The medium and large USPS Priority boxes can hold
quite a bit of black sand, and it ships for a fairly low price.
Once I receive the package I'll classify and work that black sand
to get every bit of gold out of it.
Here's the best part...
Option 1: If the prospector wishes to donate the gold from their
cons, I'll place the entire amount in a "community vial", and at the
end of the year have it smelted and poured into a single bar. That
bar will be sold for the best price we can find, and the proceeds from
the TNet Prospectors will be donated to St. Jude's Children's Research
Hospital
Option2: If the prospector desires to get the gold back, I'll keep 25%
for the effort, put the remaining 75% in a vial and ship it back
at my cost.
St. Jude's has been saving children's lives for decades, and they
do so on a very small budget, and mostly from donations. No one
gets a bill from them. WE can help make a difference in these
sick children's lives.
I sit here in my shop night after night with very little to do.
THIS is something I can do. I'm not out for gold for myself;
the 25% I'd keep if you want your gold back is to help cover
my equipment costs, but aside from that every spec will either
be returned, or 100% will be donated to the "TNet Prospectors
Fund for St. Jude's".
GoldenMojo is credited with the first donation, as he recently sent
me a box of his left over black sand, and I was able to squeeze
1/4 gr. out of it. He told me to keep the gold and do with it what
I wished...and I wish to use that 1/4 gr. to get the "TNet Prospectors
Fund for St. Jude's" started off. Thanks Joe!
I'm more than willing to do the work needed to get that gold out,
but is this something you or your prospecting pals would be
interested in?
Whether the proceeds of your black sand are donated or not is
strictly up to the prospector, and I'd never pressure anyone to
donate their gold unless it was their choice. I'm more than happy
to ship the proceeds back to you if that's what you wish.
If people are willing to go to the effort of shipping that black sand,
by the end of the year we should have a pretty good poke built up
to donate.
I've gotten some good feedback already via PM, but it will take
more than just a couple folks to make a difference.
I'm very interested in your thoughts.
Been kicking this around in my head for quite some time, and
have decided it's worth running it by all of you.
My days out in the field are few, and I find much more satisfaction
in staying in my shop processing concentrates and pulling out
the smallest of gold with my Miller Table. I've also had some success
with freezing the black sand, and then tossing it into boiling water
which shatters it to pieces, releasing even more ultra-fine gold.
I'd wager that 99% of prospectors have a tub, bucket or other
container they've been saving their black sand in after panning
out all the visible free gold. True, or false?
Proposal is this: Ship that black sand to me and let me process
it for you. The medium and large USPS Priority boxes can hold
quite a bit of black sand, and it ships for a fairly low price.
Once I receive the package I'll classify and work that black sand
to get every bit of gold out of it.
Here's the best part...
Option 1: If the prospector wishes to donate the gold from their
cons, I'll place the entire amount in a "community vial", and at the
end of the year have it smelted and poured into a single bar. That
bar will be sold for the best price we can find, and the proceeds from
the TNet Prospectors will be donated to St. Jude's Children's Research
Hospital
Option2: If the prospector desires to get the gold back, I'll keep 25%
for the effort, put the remaining 75% in a vial and ship it back
at my cost.
St. Jude's has been saving children's lives for decades, and they
do so on a very small budget, and mostly from donations. No one
gets a bill from them. WE can help make a difference in these
sick children's lives.
I sit here in my shop night after night with very little to do.
THIS is something I can do. I'm not out for gold for myself;
the 25% I'd keep if you want your gold back is to help cover
my equipment costs, but aside from that every spec will either
be returned, or 100% will be donated to the "TNet Prospectors
Fund for St. Jude's".
GoldenMojo is credited with the first donation, as he recently sent
me a box of his left over black sand, and I was able to squeeze
1/4 gr. out of it. He told me to keep the gold and do with it what
I wished...and I wish to use that 1/4 gr. to get the "TNet Prospectors
Fund for St. Jude's" started off. Thanks Joe!
I'm more than willing to do the work needed to get that gold out,
but is this something you or your prospecting pals would be
interested in?
Whether the proceeds of your black sand are donated or not is
strictly up to the prospector, and I'd never pressure anyone to
donate their gold unless it was their choice. I'm more than happy
to ship the proceeds back to you if that's what you wish.
If people are willing to go to the effort of shipping that black sand,
by the end of the year we should have a pretty good poke built up
to donate.
I've gotten some good feedback already via PM, but it will take
more than just a couple folks to make a difference.
I'm very interested in your thoughts.
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