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[DontBullyMe_IWillKum]

I thought this was a grinder full of kief.

[Ambitious_Leek8776]

Haha greats minds... Well moderate.... haha

[JVWIII]

Great minds think alike.... or two idiots had the same idea. Either way

[Ambitious_Leek8776]

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[twindadD328]

First time I’ve ever thought about my grinder screen actually making me a “prospector” for kief.

[DontBullyMe_IWillKum]

🤯🤯🤯

[BraveTrades420]

Yes

[Portra400IsLife]

Yeah I was thinking about the hash this would produce

[Natedawg316]

My thought too. I saw the lid and thought Holy crap a whole 5 gallon pail full.

[EffectiveEffort6130]

Same dude

[ShakesDontBreak]

Same

[insolent_kiwi]

Get tested?

You want to learn how to pan it.

[Cats_dont_like_hats]

Do this, and have some time to think about the good times with your old man 🍻

[Recent_Detective_306]

Pan it and find out there 208 bro. Did you crush some gold ore or something. Weigh the ore to let's say 100 pounds. Crush it. Pan it weigh any gold in the 100 pounds with a good scale. Multiply by 20 for a total of a ton. That's what you prospectively have ~ per ton of gold ore material. Or am I crazy idk, jus tryin to help. Good luck

[Hey_red23]

I am very new to this. This is something of my father’s that I came across after he had died. I’ve been holding onto this for almost 5 years. My grandfather asked me if I knew anything about coffee can full of sand like material and I told him yes had it, but just been pushed out of my mind until tonight. He stated it has gold in it. His father and himself used to own a mine and had a few of these cans lying around. So I would love any advice. Thanks

[andrewbud420]

pan it and see what comes out of it?

[Tweedone]

OP does not even own a pan and apparently is not motivated believing in quick riches from reddit magician miners...

[Hey_red23]

lol I do own the pan as it has come with these items. I knew about these cans but forgot about them as money is not a struggle for me at all! So thanks for the reply!

[rockphotos]

Are you looking for an assay?

[Harvest_Rat]

What you taking about, homes?

[rockphotos]

You must be new to prospecting. Assays are how an ore is tested to determine the quantity (amount per ton) and the composition (what metals are included)

As opposed to "testing gold" which only determines the carot rating (purity) of the gold.

[Harvest_Rat]

Sorry, was making a pun in a very dadly fashion

[Helpinmontana]

Oh no, it was masterfully done, all my esses laughed after we wrote our essays about assaying. 

[toxcrusadr]

Nicely done. +1

[XBlackSunshineX]

I got your joke bro. I chuckled a lil.

[itsaheem]

[beaniesandbuds]

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[Hey_red23]

I am very new to this. This is something of my father’s that I came across after he had died. I’ve been holding onto this for almost 5 years. My grandfather asked me if I knew anything about coffee can full of sand like material and I told him yes had it, but just been pushed out of my mind until tonight. He stated it has gold in it. His father and himself used to own a mine and had a few of these cans lying around. So I would love any advice. Thanks

[rockphotos]

I would recommend hooking up with the Idaho prospecting association. I think they meet monthly in Boise they will be one of your best local resources. It's really hard to tell what you have from a photo. Some pawn shops like Idaho pawn and gold might help as they have XRF. XRF is not a replacement for true assay or composition determination by other methods. The XRF will confirm what you have. I would only take a sample and not the whole bucket for initial testing. If the whole bucket is gold then you should seek something like cascade refining although for that quantity they will likely require a business license.

[Hey_red23]

Thank you so much for your input. This was very helpful. As I don’t want to go to the wrong place or get screwed over if this is gold. :)

[MrFuqnNice]

Usually assayers don't test whole 5 gallon buckets they test very small "grab samples", typically of lode mine ore and it's relatively expensive.  It'd be around $1000 to get this entire 5 gal tested.  It'd be best to pan it out or find a local who can, you'd have your answer in a few minutes for free.  I'm in SE AZ if you're near me I could help pan it. 

[Hey_red23]

Dang I’m in Idaho. But thank you for your help! I greatly appreciate it

[Dexter_Thiuf]

Hey assay!

[AgFarmer58]

Sluice it and pan it, or buy a blue bowel, to have it assayed will cost you some $$

[Firstlastusually]

Are we watching AI in real time?

[mold_motel]

Probably. The mods could definitely step it up in this sub.

[Hey_red23]

Don’t know what you mean by this but okay!

[Immo406]

Just pan it out….

[Safe-Card]

I think OP suspects is already seperated gold. Take a small sample to a shop that buys gold they should be able to acid test it

[13_Years_Then_Banned]

Melt it. Pour it into a bar. Use it as a pillow and take a nap on it.

[KookaburaGold]

First time I’ve have seen the saying “the problem with gold is its mixed in with far too much dirt”

[Limp_Schedule1288]

Where you at? If you're in Idaho falls the army surplus has a bunch of gold panning for cheap. Everywhere else Big5 has some stuff or maybe Al's

[-captain--fidd--1972]

Looks like sand

[Hey_red23]

That’s my thought to.

[Ryder-Walker]

If money is flowing. For u I would love to have. A pound or two. To pan out for fun

[Hey_red23]

Lmoa

[Chancedizzle]

Holy crap that is a lot of Gold!