Popular Post madtuna Posted June 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2020 Spotted a jar half sticking out of the ground yesterday...…. Between 10 and 15 kg of Mercury. ? Will break it down into 1kg lots and process it through my retort as it appears quite gritty so could be holding a bit of gold. Sure beats the 3 grams I found too? 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanursepaul Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 On ya mate!!! Give us a tally when you get her done.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivers rat Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 French Jar??? i can read : NIVEAU....... DON NOT JAM INSIDE ONCE IT S EMPTY RR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry in Idaho Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 That is an interesting find and it sure would be nice to know when/how it arrived at that site. Did you detect it and then look down or did you spot it before swinging a detector over it? I was with some clients detecting in Oregon years back and one of them dug a beautiful green bottle. At the bottom was a couple ounces of mercury in it. Not sure what he did, but I guess there could have been gold in the mercury too. Cool find. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Alaska Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 On 6/9/2020 at 7:46 AM, madtuna said: Spotted a jar half sticking out of the ground yesterday...…. Between 10 and 15 kg of Mercury. ? Will break it down into 1kg lots and process it through my retort as it appears quite gritty so could be holding a bit of gold. Sure beats the 3 grams I found too? Please be careful with your retort. Remember that Hg can and will vaporize at room temperature and lower. Proper protection from Hg fumes requires a proper face mask with special Hg filters. The photo below illustrates 450 lbs. of Mercury being cleaned using proper protection in a laboratory setting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madtuna Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 Thanks for your concerns Jim. I am well aware of the dangers of Mercury and have been using the same 1kg to process gold for a gazillion years reclaiming it each time using a retort and yes I use PPE. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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