fredmason Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Not sure if this will work but this is about the Gold Police in Western Australia... Warning for prospectors as detectives seize $50,000 worth of illegally mined gold near Kalgoorlie 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Interesting article Fred thanks for posting it up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 I couldn't tell 100% if they stole gold that was already out of the ground or were detecting?? Article was confusing. I'm learning that it was already out of the ground gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 BD, my understanding is that they will pursue trespassers by various means and be very diligent in the chase... I was told they will do chemical and other tests  to prove the gold is from a certain spot...not sure how much is myth and how much is true..but they are out there...in case you go downunder . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDdesertman Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Quote I was told they will do chemical and other tests  to prove the gold is from a certain spot...not sure how much is myth and how much is true..but they are out there...in case you go downunder . I have sold some nuggets and specimens to a professor at a major college that does analysis on gold from various locations and studies the difference between them. Some of the gold he looks at is from one of the districts in Arizona and he was telling me how he is able to identify which areas the gold came from through his testing. Most of what he was doing was over my head, but still interesting to hear about nonetheless. So I have no doubt what you are saying is correct Fred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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