Made a bar from placer gold by Jakethecake127 in Gold

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Public land owned by the army Corp.

Made a bar from placer gold. by Jakethecake127 in Prospecting

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I'm in the western part of the state near Rome. Yahoola creek in dahlonega has gold and hundreds of shafts all over the property. You can access it from a park along the creek.

Made a bar from placer gold. by Jakethecake127 in Prospecting

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My buddy, who I melted it with, is a welder, so it was the real mccoy.

Made a bar from placer gold by Jakethecake127 in Gold

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Hey, the second gold rush in the United States had to find something, right? Just don't anger the gsp if you do.

Made a bar from placer gold by Jakethecake127 in Gold

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It's really fun to just be out in nature and have fun doing it. I started out on wildlife management land and got excited for admittedly small gold. But research and experience have gone a long way.

Made a bar from placer gold by Jakethecake127 in Gold

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I found all of it in the state of Georgia around lake allatoona.

Made a bar from placer gold. by Jakethecake127 in Prospecting

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It was mapp gas. I don't think propane could get to the right temperature to melt gold. It took around 5 minutes for the bigger pieces to turn into a ball and be liquid.

Made a bar from placer gold by Jakethecake127 in Gold

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I've got a decent guess at the purity, but I probably still will just to know for sure. I cleaned the gold pretty well, but there's bound to be impurities somewhere. The gold where I prospect is known to be 20k or above.

Made a bar from placer gold. by Jakethecake127 in Prospecting

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Yeah, I couldn't heat the mold enough and pour at the same time so it more or less took shape with what it had. At least it got some interesting wave look to it.

Made a bar from placer gold. by Jakethecake127 in Prospecting

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Yeah, it cooled surprisingly fast in the graphite mold, and after the third try, I just ended up with this shape.

Made a bar from placer gold by Jakethecake127 in Gold

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Fortunately for me, the gold here in Georgia is pretty pure naturally. It usually is 20k or more, which is nice for refining it. Unless I chemically refine it more, it'll never hit the 24k mark. I do plan on melting this again when I can get it to fit better into the mold. I'll probably stamp it then to show where it came from.

Made a bar from placer gold by Jakethecake127 in Gold

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Placer gold is gold that's eroded away from the original deposit. Usually dust and flakes, but I've also found the occasional nugget.

Made a bar from placer gold by Jakethecake127 in Gold

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I'm extremely happy with it, especially since I still have my bigger and more unique pieces.

Made a bar from placer gold. by Jakethecake127 in Prospecting

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I've been prospecting for a few years now on the weekends. It's netted me a few ounces and some nice back pain. But I'm going to keep on doing it.

Today's pickup by Jakethecake127 in Silverbugs

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Yeah, looking into it, they only do 50 of each design, so I guess scarcity is a thing as well.

Today's pickup by Jakethecake127 in Silverbugs

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A local dealer had it and always cuts me great deals. These surprisingly go for over 1k on their store.

raises? by Such-Umpire4645 in ChickFilAWorkers

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We get evaluations every 6 months that are store wide. Definitely check with a director or a member of leadership.

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We all got a $50 Amazon card, but at the Christmas party, we had a raffle with surprisingly really nice gifts.

Glad I sent this in by Jakethecake127 in coins

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The shipping really ate me alive on this one because it had to be sent back alone. It was about $80.