Very small, intricate, crystallized Gold leaf. Lovely dendritic Gold, with the leaf crystallizing into individual branching stalks that are capped by weakly developed octahedrons on the terminations.  Brite luster, nice color. Very scarce specimen. Found within an obscure, old, historic, Nevada Gold camp.

Crystallized Gold in low temperature Quartz. This is a good example of a Paleo-hot springs type of Gold specimen. Gold occurs as a myriad of tiny wires, and dendrites, in a strong  argilically altered quartz setting. This piece comes from an obscure location. A Specific Gravity determination indicates 2.62 Grams contained Gold. A wonder under magnification!!

A small Crystalline Gold specimen from the Big 4 Hill area, Manhattan Nevada. Brightly lustered, with an orange-yellow color. Gold occurs as, irregular granules, and blebs on a Quartz vein with abundant radiating Quartz crystals. Minor FeOx staining. Weighs 2.9 Grams

 A splendid nugget from the Rose Creek placer. Has lovely, soft, velvety luster and an orangish-yellow tint.  Trace relict Quartz matrix remains. Very robust and sound. Found using a MineLab 4500 metal detector.  Weighs 2.2 Grams

Mother Lode!

This is a splendid nugget from a historic California Mother Lode gold-producing area. It boasts a very bright luster, a strong orange hue, and a distinctive character. few % quartz matrix is attached. It was discovered with a metal detector and weighs 4.6 Grams.

An interesting, Gold leaf nugget from a little-known location. Exhibits bright luster. a curious character and shows a darker orangish-yellow color. No Quartz matrix remains. 

Native Silver Wire from famous Mexican Silver district. Collected underground from high grade pockets using a metal detector.

Native Silver Wire from famous Mexican Silver district. Collected underground from high grade pockets using a metal detector.

An interesting, smaller specimen of the rare, inter-grown, complex, and unique Silver-Antimony minerals named Dyscrasite, with Native Silver.   Silver shows as a free-standing mass with well-formed crystals in a fine arborescent (branching) habit and exhibits dendritic crystal development.   Exhibits gleaming luster and a fine silvery color.   The matrix is mostly country rock, with a trace Calcite.  Found in the Bouisma mine, Morocco, Africa.

Wire wrapped Necklace.

Splendid, 14K Gold filled wire wrapped Blue Opal necklace. Beautiful, polished specimen of Blue Opal from Piaua, Brazil. This is a new find.  5.1 Grams. Chain is 14K Gold filled.

Wire wrapped Necklace.

Awesome, 14K Gold filled wire wrapped Fire Opal necklace. Beautiful, polished specimen of Fire Opal from Southern Oregon. stone is semi-translucent and shows faint banding. weighs 2.8 Grams. Chain is 14K Gold filled.

Awesome, Sterling Silver bezel with Turquoise necklace.  

The Lander Blue turquoise mine in Lander County, Nevada was first claimed in 1973 and produced some of the most beautiful spider-webbed turquoise ever discovered. Today it is considered the rarest and the most valuable turquoise known.  Less than 110 pounds of this beautiful spider-web turquoise was ever mined.

Weighs .4 Gram

A great affordable bag for the beginner, or person who just wants to try Gold panning. Every bag guaranteed to contain 1/2 Gram real placer Gold, or more.  

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Every 1 Pound Bag contains a guaranteed amount of one Gram of real placer Gold. Ideal material for testing your skills with a Gold pan, or Gold wheel. It is highly recommended that a person pans this material over a large plastic, or metal wash tub so that the Gold won't be lost. This assures that the panning experience can be repeated over and over for continued enjoyment.    

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This material will contain 2 Grams, guaranteed, of real placer Gold. Both size bags contain black sands (Magnetite) however this 3 Pounder may contain larger size nuggets. This material is recommended not only as a panning concentrate but also as a calibrating material for testing your dry washer or high-banker. Again, it is advised that you try re-circulating the spoils to capture all the guaranteed Gold, and to allow you to repeat the process as often as you want.

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Sorry --due to the rapid increases in the Gold price, my small profit margin, and high shipping costs I cannot do the FREE SHIPPING over $200.00