Silver Nugget
Hi Friends,
When I was in Arizona a couple weekends ago, I panned out some desert dirt looking for gold. I found a few micro pieces of gold in my test buckets so hardly worth posting about, however, I did find one silver nugget… check it out:
I call this a silver nugget, but actually I am not sure how to test to verify it is silver. I found it in a dry creekbed below an active lode gold/silver mine. I know it is metal as my pinpointer screamed when it touched it. I put the nugget on the scale and it came in at:
That is 1.19 grains and there are 480 gains in a troy ounce. With silver at $15.70 per troy ounce, the value of this nugget is $0.04 in US Dollars. Lol. Here is the nugget and the gold together:
However, maybe it’s a palladium nugget which is worth $1,900 per ounce?? Maybe a platinum nugget at $750 per ounce??
Anybody here that can help me with the identification? 😊
Thanks for coming by,
Brian
Is it magnetic at all? Is it heavy? Platinum is the heaviest, similar to gold. Silver and Palladium are lighter. Closer to the weight of lead. Maybe try throwing it in some hydrogen peroxide. Platinum should immediately bubble up. Silver will only slightly form bubbles.
Thanks for the tip... I will try to put it in hydrogen peroxide to see what happens and report back!
Do you ever wonder what it will be worth in "Sound Money"...???
May 13, 2020... 12.7 Hollywood Time...
I hope it is a palladium nugget. :=)
It is quite expensive. Your work is very hard. thank you