how do you smelt gold at home;or is there anyone out there who'd do it for a price?
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GET YOURSELF A JEWELER'S TORCH AND TANKS.
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Gold electroplating is an electro-chemical process which you cannot reasonably do at home. \nHere is a site which explains the process http://www.finishing.com/faqs/howworks.html
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yeah, if I could scratch it with a steel knife.  Pyrite would be flaky and would feel like glass almost. Gold would be soft and I could sink a knife into it a bit.  I don't know what silver feels like but I could tell it after I found the first two.
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hey check this out:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_mine
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There is a place in Nevada the town of Dayton that has a mint that may do something like this they were called Medallic, though I don't think the prices will be exactly to your liking.... I can't advertise here but my husband could do this..... Don't know what to do about this situation... My understanding is that you want 10,000 coins that way 1 gram each made of gold, easy enough once the logo is cut into the proper die.....if you want let me know I guess and I will turn on my email address for you.... but I am not certain of how this should work here.... if you are serious. I will leave this address open for two days
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This site is the best for spot gold prices:\n\nhttp://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html\n\nif it doesn't come up just go directly to www.kitco.com\n\nif you want to know the actual price of gold bullion that you'd have to pay go to:\n\nwww.apmex.com\n\nthey update their prices throughout the day.
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Being in Dubai this may sound odd, but you may consider joining the GPAA (Gold Prospectors Association of America)\nFor 79.00 usd plus shipping you get a nice riffled pan , a snuffer bottle 6 bi-monthly magazines with lots of great information on all aspects of gold prospecting, a claims guide (a directory of all the claims leased by the club in the U.S.and Canada) and quarterly updates, a good video showing how to prospect, a hat and some other stuff. You can request no mining guide and save 20 bucks.\nThere are lots of ads in the magazine for retailers of lots of prospecting gear. I've been panning now about 5 years and really enjoy this hobby. I even bought a dredge this winter and can't wait to get out there this year. \nIf you want to get your gold fever really fired up visit http://www.goldprospectors.org/  . This is the GPAA website. You will find lots of links to valuable information including membership info and a message board to communicate with other prospectors.\nI hope you get your pan and find lots of gold !! \n\nlet me know how you do
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Good question? I think it comes from platinum. A bar of pure platinum would be really expensive.
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It depends on the form of the gold...gold coins: find a reputable coin dealer in your area.
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I don't remember the ordering, but there's probably some metal out there that won't react?  Gold, maybe?  For regular metal, that sounds a bit iffy.
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You could do gold "leafing" at home but most likely not gold elecroplating. Unless you plan to do a lot of plating, the equipment and chemicals required to electroplate would be cost prohibitive. Leafing on the other hand is easily mastered and done using common adhesives and gold leaf which are both available at any craft store.
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depends on what work you're offering from home......do tell me though!
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Assuming this is fine gold with a purity of 99.9% or better...\n\nThe current spot price of gold is: $718.40/Troy Ounce. (May 14, 2006)\n\n1 troy ounce = 31.1034768 grams\n\nSo, .8 grams = 0.02572059 troy ounces.\n0.02572059 * $718.40 = $18.48\n\nSo: $18.48, but not many people would buy such a small amount of gold unless you drop the price by about 10%, so your could probably sell it for: $16.63
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Gold occurs in sea water at 0.1 to 2 mg/ton (0.1 to 2 ppb by weight) depending on sample location. Compare this to mining from gold ores which is feasible at the level of 1-30 g/ton, depending on depth.\n\nNo wonder no commercially viable mechanism for performing gold extraction from sea water has yet been identified.
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Well, generally, there are three things you can do (to sum up what others have said as well): 1) you take hold of physical gold (you buy the gold and have it sent to you) 2) you can invest in gold indexes or funds 3) you can invest in gold mining equities. I would suggest 2. You won't have a bunch of gold lying around your house and you won't have to figure out which gold miners are good and which aren't. That being said, you still need to figure out what kind of index or fund you will buy, and that may take some research. I would also wait a little on gold, I think we will see a bit of a pullback.
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You basically need information on metal manufacturing, casting, and molding.  Not really something that can be done at home.
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www.cboe.com\n\nyou can find the future for gold there..