Gold Biosensor Being Developed

[Rick Watkins]

Im sure this is old news to some of you,this patent was applied for in 2014 by (Rebeca Lai),associate professor of chemistry at the University of Nebraska. 

I just recently seen this and thought it may be another tool for the guys wandering the creeks and streams.  The sensor is very small and uses a type of test strip that you use in the water supply you are testing.  They also test for silver ,mercury ,lead and other metals.  Supposed to be inexpensive,portable, on paper strips.  

The detected gold has to come from metalic gold,so if gold is found in a water supply, a gold deposit is somewhere nearby. I have not looked up the study on this yet but it sounds very 

Interesting.  we will be able to do our own testing of personal water supplies without hiring it done also they claim,if i can find the right understandable study I will get the link and post it. 

             Rick

[vanursepaul]

I talked with an Indian in SE AK who said he used a kit for measuring gold amounts in water years ago.

He only panned when he got a positive reading from the test kit.

Same idea as panning but quicker

Of course I thought he was bs ing me..

[Rick Watkins]

Hopefully this turns out what thet say,and inexpensive it could be very handy.

[Steve Herschbach]

Previous thread on forum at 

 

[Rick Watkins]

I missed that thread in February  steve looks like the same one.

[klunker]

 I have one of these though the operating principle is slightly different. It works by using optics and a logic circuit. I rarely go prospecting without it. It's called "using my head".

[vanursepaul]

Logic circuit????

What's that Scott?????

 

[Roughwater]

My head has a bit of short circuit so I think I'll go with the test strips if I can find them.