Look...Wire Gold

[TRINITYAU]

Hey guys, I thought this was interesting. There are two photos to look at. The similarity blew me away. One piece I detected in Redding, CA. while the other piece was found by some means at Chicken, Alaska. The Alaskan piece came off of your facebook site Steve. I thought it was kind of neat. TRINITYAU/RAYMILLS

[Steve Herschbach]

That gold was mined from Myers Fork at Chicken, Alaska.

Wire silver is far more common than wire gold. http://www.themineralgallery.com/silver.htm Chris has a photo of a great specimen on his page at http://nevada-outback-gems.com/prospect/gold_specimen/Natural_gold.htm Sixteenth picture down, from the Ground Hog Mine in Colorado.

Theories of how these specimens form are few and far between. An intact specimen would be very valuable. Go find some more Ray!

[Shasta gold hunter]

I know that piece..pretty cool Ray!