Prospectors And Christmas Ornaments

[geof_junk]

20 hours ago, Glenn in CO said:

I really would like that one under my tree on the 25Dec2020 🥰 

[Glenn in CO]

 

3 hours ago, geof_junk said:

I really would like that one under my tree on the 25Dec2020 🥰 

Here's a few more you might like:

[jrbeatty]

Aussie gold rarely as pretty as US stuff. Love those wire gold specimens!

25 odd ozs of Victorian colours. Merry Christmas to all!

 

[Glenn in CO]

6 hours ago, jrbeatty said:

Aussie gold rarely as pretty as US stuff. Love those wire gold specimens!

25 odd ozs of Victorian colours. Merry Christmas to all!

 

Really nice gold specimens you got there, and all gold specimens are pretty to me! 👍

[MSC]

Only ever found one nugget detecting in the snow, you are one tuff son-of-a-gun my friend. 

[afreakofnature]

Merry Xmas!  🤣🤣

[geof_junk]

Simon you have let my down, I was thinking it was a red bucket not a top. 😁

[Gerry in Idaho]

On 12/23/2020 at 9:47 PM, geof_junk said:

Simon you have let my down, I was thinking it was a red bucket not a top. 😁

You mean the pic by Brian is not a red 5 gallon bucket with 2 multi ounce pieces? 

Either way, they are golden and beautiful.

[Gerry in Idaho]

Glenn,  Please PM me your address so I can send a Minelab hat.

I have found some very nice gold n my years, but your treasures are museum quality. 

I especially like the before and after pics and would love for you to start a post and educate us on your preferred methods of turning specimens into picasso's.  Well done my friend.

Thanks everyone for sharing some golden ornaments, there were some really nice finds and yes even the little sparkler ornaments are precious.

[GB_Amateur]

On 12/21/2020 at 1:56 AM, Glenn in CO said:

On prepping the gold specimens some do well and stay intact and others do not. Fortunately the acid dissolves the host rock slowly and it allows you to monitor the progress and you can decide whether to continue or not. I've had some disasters where I should have stop with the acid treatment, but that's part of the learning process. Here's some before and after pictures....

Great photos, Glenn.  But you've piqued my interest regarding the 'disasters'.  Any photos of those, or at least a description of what you've had go wrong?