HI Jb: to answer some of your legitimate questions. You posted -->
I apologize
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Frankly my friend, that isn't necessary, just an open ended discussion, understanding of what is still basically theoretical, but useful.
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why is it that all of this gold treasure that everyone seems to dig up is not the slightest bit decomposed?
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A) How can we ever know the precise original weight, even with coins? without this, we cannot say that, nor can we say just how much might be needed for the development of a luminous gas. How much Gold is needed for IR blocking effect for a sq. meter of glass? More important, just how much is required to form this bit of visible gas?
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The reales you dug up were not the slightest bit decomposed yet you claim it was the decomposition of these reales that caused the gas that led you to find them in the first place
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A) How do you know that? Do you believe that I would post the most eroded, unrecognisable coin, or the least eroded one?
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Wouldn't your theory imply that it would be nearly impossible for gold to occur naturally in adobe soil because after millions of years it would all be decomposed? Yet adobe soil is one of the best places to find naturally occurring gold.
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A) I am afraid that you are mistaken on Adobe soil being a good place to find Gold. Sorry. Just what IS Adobe soil?
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they don't "decompose" gold to put it on those windows
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A) In the strictest term, perhaps, but it is generally vaporized under precise conditions. The layer is deposited in a micron thick layer, hence effectively transparent..
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Note that once plated these components do not continue to "decompose" and do not produce any gases. And the processes used to plate those things do not create luminous gases of any kind.
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A) I presume that you have noticed that this is not being done in 'Adobe soils ', with the necessary chemicals? And yes, under certain conditions they DO decompose. In milling and processing Gold we never use metallic Gold watches, only cheap plastic ones.
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don't see how it is possible to "do my homework" since this information only exists in your mind. There is no information available other than wild speculation about how gold decomposes in the soil.
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A) Just how do you think that the various forms of Gold are created, such as the Chlorides, Halides, Cyanides etc etc.

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The OP states that you can put gold in any soil and take a picture of it.
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A) I said that the theoretical possibility exists Quote -->
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C) Gold readily goes into a visible ionic stage in much of the west where the soil conditions are amendable, i.e. have the various chemicals readily available. Cyanide, chlorine, the halides etc., and on.
D) The amount of Au necessary for this effect is almost infinitesimal to produce the so called "Treasure lights" which are famous in the west and have been used to successfully recover many treasures. I myself have recovered 7 mule loads of 8 Reales by this means. I have posted this picture, which swr vividly remembers hehehhe.
E) In theory it is quite conceivable that buried metal can be detected by a camera which is far, far more sensitive to certain energies than the human senses are supposedly capable of receiving. If it can be adapted to find buried precious metals so be it, nothing supernatural about that.
F) May I suggest that you search some of the latest Geochemical and geological tools for investigating metals 1000's of feet underground now being utilized to successfully find economical mineral bodies.
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With the way you belittle everyone out here (James, myself and others) with quips like "nor apparently understand what you are reading.." and such I find it hard to believe that you see yourself as being any different than anyone else out here.
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A) I don't, but I do tend to react to some remarks, but mostly for deprecating remarks to others. The following are the total of such remarks that I have posted on this subject. Responses to which the following answers were made. In no case did I initiate the questionable personal remarks. In the no. of years that I have been posting in TN, I defy anyone to say that I initiated, or insulted anyone first.
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A) This includes every one of my posts that could be construed as being a bit depreciative, and every one was in 'response to a previous post ' that wasn't very complementary. I agree, I shouldn't react. sorry
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Sheesh Jim, you certainly haven't done your home work. There are dozens of natural conditions in which Au decomposes in the ground. In doing so, it gives off energy which may be in the visible spectrum or anywhere else in the energy spectrum.
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good morning Stogie, not belittling your scholastic achievement or abilities in any way, especially in your field, but suggesting that you should study a bit more with an 'open' mind. Many of the natural occurrences of Gold Decomposition or conversions / combinations in Nature are utilized in normal commercial recovery processes. Cyanide's, Halides, Acids, Mercury, and on. Need I mention the Oceans
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As for the remark that "a Wikipedia review is acceptable", well that doesn't deserve an answer, nor does it enhance my opinion of you favorably by using that as a reference.
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'Sigh swr, this confirms my thoughts on your efficiency in research '
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At no time have I flatly stated that this or that, regarding an actual luminous gas, is a fact.. I have always attempted to show the distinct or almost certainty of something occurring, but not a positive fact. If you have seen any, please bring it to the room's attention. I was taught in Premed, to never state that anything in Nature is fixed, especially after reading the Holistic Universe theory. One interpretation is that Theoretically, everything can exist simultaneously both pro and con, past present and future. Soooo?
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Don Jose de La Mancha