HELP! HAVE QUESTIONS ON REFINING POSSIBLE GOLD INGOT DROPS

[izer54]

Hello all

I have 7 possible gold ingot drops that looked like somebody already tried to melt down or recover gold and didn't refine it enough. I have had these scraped tested for gold and got possible gold reaction but not definite. I had them sent out for x-ray and they said zinc and copper composite, but they said the only way to find out completely is to melt and refine them. I don't know where to go or send them to get refined more. Can anybody point me in the right direction for a national well known company that does this. Thank you for your time.

 

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[izer54]

Thank you for responding. I don't have the experience to use chemicals and or melt this down in a crucible. I just wondered if a reputable company was out there to send these out to get refined if possible?

 

[AU Seeker]

You haven't mentioned what the weight of these "gold" buttons are, unless you have well over a ounce, 3 to 4 ounces would be much better or it wouldn't be worth the cost of getting them refined, the refining cost would outweigh the amount of gold in these buttons, especially if they aren't more than 50% gold which I doubt they're even that much from the report you got back, at 50% gold it would of been evident that they had recoverable gold contained in them.

I can find info on a east coast refiner that is reputable, but before I go and take the time looking through my contacts, please post the weight of these buttons and show a coin for size comparison please.

 

[izer54]

Thank you for your response. The total weight of all the buttons is 188 grams/6.6 ounces total. Here is the pic you requested. Thank you for your help.

 

[AU Seeker]

I'm checking with some friends who regularly send in gold to be refined as to who is the best of the east coast precious metal refiners now-a-days, I will post later on their recommendations.

Just a minor correction on your weight conversion, 188 grams is only 6.044 Troy ounces, 31.1 grams to a Troy ounce, all precious metals use the metric weighting system which would be troy ounces, just didn't want you to be surprised and think that a refiner is ripping you off for over 1/2 ounce.

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That being said, a refiner will not give you 100% of the spot price of gold content in the pieces you send in, they will refine the gold out and pay you somewhere between 75% to 93% of spot price the day of refining, the percentage depends on the refiner you send it too.

 

[AU Seeker]

Sorry it took so long to get back to this topic, long hours working lately and waiting on a reply from my friends who are out in the field finding gold or prepping to do so.

No one recommended a refiner on the eastcoast, most everyone I personally know likes to deals with David H. Fell.

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I have heard of some who likes MidWest refineries, but I don't know anyone personally that has used them.

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[Redeemedbaker]

My two favorite refiners are ARA in TX, and C&A Refiners in the Detroit area. I don't have any experience with any that are on the Eastcoast, but both of these refiners have no minimum and both pay at least 95% and up to 98% depending on how much you have. I have to keep a pretty close eye on my bottom line, and have been very happy with both of their assay results. Hope this helps.

 

[unclemac]

i know exactly what these are! They are gold "buttons" that someone who pans or sluices gold has made using a homemade retort. The gold dust or flakes that he collected were very small and he "picked them up" using mercury which he then burned off (and recollected). The gold buttons are what was left after the process. Where did you find these, I actually know of a fellow that lost a jar of these in about 1935 when he accidentally knocked his summers work into the Snake river in Idaho!

 

[izer54]

Thank you for following up with this question. I appreciate the help!

 

[unclemac]

certainly....we are all here to lend a hand!

 

[izer54]

i know exactly what these are! They are gold "buttons" that someone who pans or sluices gold has made using a homemade retort. The gold dust or flakes that he collected were very small and he "picked them up" using mercury which he then burned off (and recollected). The gold buttons are what was left after the process. Where did you find these, I actually know of a fellow that lost a jar of these in about 1935 when he accidentally knocked his summers work into the Snake river in Idaho!

They were at my grandfather's house. After he passed away, we found these these 7 buttons just sitting in the garage in a glass jar? Could be Thank you for the info on what these are. I appreciate it.

 

[AU Seeker]

izer54,

I missed you stating "...I had them sent out for x-ray and they said zinc and copper composite...", soooo, what you seem to have is brass, and even if there's maybe a little gold in these buttons, the majority of the weight would be brass since the buttons tested predominately to be a zinc and copper composite, e.g. "brass", sorry for not catching this in your first post, but I don't think you will recover much if any gold from the buttons or the test would of revealed a positive gold content.

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