Forging The One Ring (from Va Gold)

[PG-Prospecting]

Not exactly a gold prospecting video, but it still deals with placer gold.  

My fiance and I decided to make our wedding bands from the gold that i have found in Virginia.  At first we tried actual forging, which was way to hard and required to many specialized tools.  So after a little more research we decided to try sand casting.  This process required a few tools, but none were very expensive, and this process was easier to do.  That being said it took about 10 failed attempts to make her ring and 1 failed attempt to make mine.  Something to note is that the smaller and more intricate the item you are trying to cast the harder it is to get it to work properly.  

This video is just of making my band.  All in all i am very happy with the results and i actually like the little dimples and imperfection that are in the band, it gives it character, and since im not perfect my band shouldnt be either lol.  (FYI her band is perfect because she is lol)   

Hope yall enjoy the video.  Thanks for watching.  

 

[mn90403]

Good video and congratulations.  The cat and the dog add a lot of character to the video also.

Good luck on finding more gold and have a wonderful time in your marriage.

Mitchel