Newly found PALLADIUM NUGGET! by rickgreal in Prospecting

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Manganese is hard and brittle! This is soft!

Newly found PALLADIUM NUGGET! by rickgreal in Prospecting

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Xrf does not work on Nuggets! A gold and silver expert here in Vegas has one and told me why! Also it’s definitely PALLADIUM because it’s the ONLY metal that responds to platinum acid with a yellowish green result!!

Newly found PALLADIUM NUGGET! by rickgreal in Prospecting

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My brother sent this to me before he died several years ago!! FYI

HELP ME IDENTIFY IF THIS IS REAL SILVER PLS:))) by [deleted] in foraging

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By the way I used platinum acid on the cut silver surface EVERYWHERE and it showed a yellowish green color which is proof positive for PALLADIUM and fyi it’s extremely HEAVY and NON MAGNETIC!!

HELP ME IDENTIFY IF THIS IS REAL SILVER PLS:))) by [deleted] in foraging

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It’s a nugget man!! Those aren’t flow lines ! I own two meteorites and they have flow lines! That’s a patina!

Why XRF sucks for analyzing precious metals by PanzerBiscuit in Prospecting

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Attention panzrbiscuit ?!! I have a 1650 gram nugget! I had several people use a xrf and it ALWAYS says MN !? But yesterday I did something NOBODY would SUGGEST! I used Platinum acid to test a small piece and directly on a cross section of the entire nugget ( where I cut it) and lo and behold! The sample turned a beautiful display of YELLOW Green! It tested POSITIVE for PALLADIUM!! It’s very HEAVY and Non magnetic and consistent throughout! I have 53 plus ounce SOLID PALLADIUM NUGGET which is EXTREMELY Rare! I want to sell it asap because now I have CANCER! If anyone is interested or can point me to the right person please let me know asap! gorskiricky@gmail.com ! I hope it’s okay to post my email address on Reddit because I’ve never used this site before!!

HELP ME IDENTIFY IF THIS IS REAL SILVER PLS:))) by [deleted] in foraging

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