@juneaugoldbuyer, I am a member of the GPAA/LDMA. To prepare myself as a gold prospector during retirement, I have been practicing panning and running concentrates through equipment (like the Gold Cube). I have a few pickers (nothing like the nuggets you see from the Yukon or Alaska) and the rest mostly gold dust. My largest picker is about 1/4 troy oz. and the smallest about 1 gram. The gold is from all around the country and the majority is from the southeast U.S. and Alaska. The 1/4 troy oz. nugget is from California.
I have been researching where gold refiners are closest to Nebraska. The closest I have found so far is in Missouri. I'm not ready to sell yet, but I am interested in where/who I can sell to.

• Do you buy gold jewelry only or do you also buy raw gold?
• Do I need to melt it down into a very small doer (I think that right) before sending it or do you accept raw (unprocessed) gold?
• Do you pay more for pickers than raw gold melted down (i.e., I should not melt down my pickers)?
• Is there a minimum amount of gold you will accept?
• And finally, I assume a person from the lower 48 would mail gold to you. Is that correct? And if so, is there paper work that needs to filled out before sending it?

I am mostly curious at this point and not ready to sell.

Thanks in advance!

Steem on,
Mike