Gold nuggets?

[Oliman]

Hi guys,

My friend has these nuggets, weight approx 7-8 grams. Need help identyfying do they look right. 

Any help much appreciated. 

[arphethean]

They look a little odd. Do you have any idea where they came from? There are a few generous dealers with XRF machines who could test them for you which should give a good idea of Authenticity

[Oliman]

No idea, my friends nan gave them to them as a present. 

They feel wrong and not weighty enough given their size to me. Also i thought the colour looked weird. 

@arphetheanthanks for the advice. They are thinking of taking them to a gold shop to be tested. 

[LawrenceChard]

1 hour ago, Oliman said:

Hi guys,

My friend has these nuggets, weight approx 7-8 grams. Need help identyfying do they look right. 

Any help much appreciated. 

 

I don't know anything about yours, but these are some I saw a few months ago:

I think these are probably natural, but have not seen enough "natural" gold flakes or nuggets to be certain.

The total weight is approximately 4 grams.

I did a Niton XRF test on one of them, but can't find the file at the moment.

😎

 

 

[Oliman]

Thank you @LawrenceChard.

i dont think his are legit as they just dont look right. Yours looks more substansial for 4 grams in weight also. 

There is alot of whatever his is to make up 7-8 grams

Edited May 29, 2022 by Oliman

[LawrenceChard]

3 minutes ago, Oliman said:

Thank you @LawrenceChard.

i dont think his are legit as they just dont look right. Yours looks more substansial for 4 grams in weight also. 

There is alot of whatever his is to make up 7-8 grams

They look rather rounded, possibly water worn, but could be molten gold dropped into liquid.

😎

[James32]

Look like copper of some description ,and too many for such low weight.

Check @stackerp5 recent post to get an idea how they should look. 

[Mtaybar]

this might help. You can get gold test kits on Amazon I believe. 

 

[Mtaybar]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224963015818?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=-YvSLQCxQGW&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=lXfA0l4pRCW&var=523838096447&widget_ver=artemis&media=MORE

Found this one on ebay. Be worth checking the kit works on verified gold first if you have any scrap available. 

 

Edited May 29, 2022 by Mtaybar

[dicker]

Hi

I have seen a fair few nuggets particularly in Australia. Yours don’t look like any I have seen or own.

But that doesn’t mean much. Could be gold in them but I suspect they will have a fairly high copper content.  It does a colour similarity to fools gold - see the pic attached.  I haven’t seen fools gold in this form though.

May be worth cutting one open to see what is inside.  I doubt there is much value in them being intact nuggets vs crushed and melted.

Worth getting tested!

Just for interest - see the pic attached.

(1) Is a Manganese nodule that I found while diving in the South Pacific.  Had it tested by a friend who is a materials science person.  Quite rare (in base metal terms)

(2) Decent sized sample of Iron Pyrite (Fools gold)

The pen is for scale.

Best

Dicker

Edited May 29, 2022 by dicker

[GoldDiggerDave]

3 hours ago, Oliman said:

Hi guys,

My friend has these nuggets, weight approx 7-8 grams. Need help identyfying do they look right. 

Any help much appreciated. 

Does you mate have Rabbits?

[Mtaybar]

2 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

Does you mate have Rabbits?

Or fish

[stackerp5]

1 hour ago, James32 said:

Look like copper of some description ,and too many for such low weight.

Check @stackerp5 recent post to get an idea how they should look. 

Hi James thanks for the tag!

@Oliman please go on my profile and check my recent listings for gold nuggets.

I'm no expert but those could be copper nuggets judging by the colour. I could be wrong, and I say this because the nuggets I have for reference are minimum 21.5K and they are clearly bright yellow in colour.

I have a gold scratch/testing kit I got for cheap off either ebay or amazon. I would offer to test but if it's copper I dont think the postage would be worth it? EDIT: the cheapest postage is, I think 96p for 2nd class large.

I agree with @dicker's comment but I've also got a couple examples of fool's gold with varying colours and it doesn't seem to be that close. Even the "golden" fool's gold has a dull yellowish tinge/colour to them.

I suspect it could be copper. It may be very low purity gold or have some gold content within (what looks to be) copper but again, I'm not sure.

I hope this comment is of any help 🙏😊

Edited May 29, 2022 by stackerp5

[SidS]

I was thinking something like electrum where there's various silver and gold mixes and depending upon the content of each metal depends upon the colour.

I think copper is highly likely, gold could be present in low quantities, afterall 9ct gold always looks a little coppery to me, but then again so do certain 22ct gold coins which has been a bug bear of our own @LawrenceChard for example. 😁