Best way to clean a dirty nugget??

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Discoveries »  +  ?  Page 1 of 212LastJump to page: Results 1 to 20 of 22 6Likes TopAllThis Page Thread: Best way to clean a dirty nugget??«Prev Thread | Next Thread»LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacksThread ToolsShow Printable VersionEmail this Page…Subscribe to this Thread… Ignore this ThreadSearch Thread Advanced SearchDisplayLinear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded ModeMar 03, 2013, 09:05 PM#1mellowyellow Sep 2012Southern CaliforniaGold bug313 73 times

Hi all, hope all is well.


So I found a nugget in the desert and its covered with caliche and dirt, ect. It had quartz all around it and the quartz is stained dirty looking as well.

Is CLR the best house hold product to clean it? I'm letting soak for and hour and see if it looks better. I scrubbed it with hard brush and nothing happened at all, it's caked in there.

Pics to come!

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I'm calling this the "peace out nugget". LOL. Look at one of the sides, looks like the hand peace sign. Btw , 1.27 oz/ 36 grams.

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Ultimacloud123, Lanny in AB, LinkHylian and 1 others like this. Reply With Quote Mar 03, 2013 09:05 PM # ADSAds

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Mar 03, 2013, 09:18 PM#2TerryC  Come out from under your bed today...... DO SOMETHING!Jun 2008Yarnell, AZ and Murphys,CARight now: Garrett GTA 500, ACE 250, Fisher Impulse 8, Gold Bug 2, Whites GMT, Vibraprobe 570, and Falcon MD203,283 654 times Coinshooting, Gold prospecting, and Nuggetshooting Honorable Mentions (1)Class Ring Found & Returned

I have never cleaned my gold but check with a prospecting store. They will tell you which acid to use. Others here will pipe up soon. Check the internet. Take care, friend. TTC

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Reply With Quote Mar 03, 2013, 09:32 PM#3mellowyellow Sep 2012Southern CaliforniaGold bug313 73 times

Thanks brotha.. I was with P Keene when I found it and he's the one who told me CLR. Lets see how
It looks after a lil CLR bath TC, be well.

Reply With Quote Mar 03, 2013, 09:37 PM#4TerryC  Come out from under your bed today...... DO SOMETHING!Jun 2008Yarnell, AZ and Murphys,CARight now: Garrett GTA 500, ACE 250, Fisher Impulse 8, Gold Bug 2, Whites GMT, Vibraprobe 570, and Falcon MD203,283 654 times Coinshooting, Gold prospecting, and Nuggetshooting Honorable Mentions (1)Class Ring Found & Returned

I know muriatic acid (hydrochloric acid) is used but might be better, quicker stuff. I think CLR is muriatic acid. You can buy MA by the gallon and it might be more concentrated than CLR. TTC

Someone had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

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Reply With Quote Mar 03, 2013, 10:20 PM#5mellowyellow Sep 2012Southern CaliforniaGold bug313 73 times

Thanks TC, added pics! Interesting nugget, seems to be a thin layer of
Quartz on a lot of the nugget and the gold just oozing out of it.

Reply With Quote Mar 03, 2013, 10:25 PM#6kazcoro KeithFeb 2013Glendale30 18 times Prospecting

That is awesome! I wouldn't clean it beyond the dirt.

I wish common sense was like the flu. Then, everyone would catch it......

Reply With Quote Mar 03, 2013, 10:31 PM#7DesertNuggets Mar 2011Tucson, AZGold Bug 2313 36 times Prospecting

It's a beauty! Doesn't look dirty to me.

Reply With Quote Mar 03, 2013, 10:32 PM#8Fullpan May 2012nevada570 240 times All Types Of Treasure Hunting

MY - after the bath, she looks just gorgeous to me! I can't see any caliche - looks like solid quartz/gold nugget, unique in all the world and requiring
no further treatment. I believe that's your first biggun, isn't it?

Reply With Quote Mar 03, 2013, 10:33 PM#9Ultimacloud123 Dec 20129 6 times All Types Of Treasure Hunting

Nice nugget. Beats the one I found late last month. Then again it's my first.

Reply With Quote Mar 03, 2013, 10:35 PM#10goldog Sep 2012Tujunga, CA65 14 times Prospecting

Bet you weren't mellow when that baby popped out. Very nice!

PS, I vote leave it alone. Little soap and water or CLR and thats it.

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Reply With Quote Mar 03, 2013, 10:39 PM#11mellowyellow Sep 2012Southern CaliforniaGold bug313 73 times

Thanks all! Yup, just clr'ed it and that's it. Gonna leave alone now, well after I make love to it, LOL

Fullpan and LinkHylian like this. Reply With Quote Mar 03, 2013, 11:33 PM#12Lanny in AB Apr 2003AlbertaVarious Minelabs(5000, 2100, X-Terra 705), Falcon MD20, and the Tesoro Sand Shark for sniping underwater on dredged bedrock.2,145 268 times Metal detecting for gold and dredging.

Nice find! That's the kind of thing I need to see this time of year to keep my blood pumpin'. Great pictures.

All the best,

Lanny

Nothin' quite as fun as chasin' sassy gold!

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 12:01 AM#13G1sammons Dec 2012Murfreesboro tn287 43 times Prospecting

Wow that's a nice one congrats

Bet that brought a big smile

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 12:50 AM#14Gravelwasher Sluice MonkeyJan 2011Motherlode267 46 times

Great looking gold for sure, thanks for taking the time to drop us all a pics of it. Gold is like porn you just gotta look..lol I have heard vinegar works quite well to shine up dirty gold..just what I hear...Gravelwasher PS looks great from hear though I wouldn't bother cleaning it any more either.

Will work for gold dust.

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 02:59 AM#15TAKODA  Aug 2008Alabama352 82 times Survival

All I do to a GOR piece is spray it off with water ; then soak it in
distilled water for at least a couple of days ; take it out and spray
it of good ; then I warm about a gallon of distilled water and mix in
about two tablespoons of Palmolive ultra oxy dish detergent with
it . Then put the piece or pieces ( ratio to job ) in to soak for a
couple of hours . Then use a firm bristle toothbrush with light
pressure to give them a good scrub down ( while submersed ) .
Take them out ; rinse them off good ; then pop them into a 200
degree oven for 30 minutes ; take out let cool and you got what
you got . That's the only cleaning I do to a piece . Of course results
will vary , but I've never done a piece this way that didn't look
some bit better afterward . Sometimes a lot better . It's about
as clean ............ yet still " natural " as you can do it

" A man should look for what is , and not for what he thinks should be. "
Albert Einstein .

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 03:12 AM#16LinkHylian Link's CloneDec 2012WA StateGarrett AT Gold and Garrett AT Pro238 58 times Prospecting

By "peace out nugget" you must mean something else hehe. Looks like a "nug" to me if you catch my drift
Originally Posted by mellowyellowHi all, hope all is well.


So I found a nugget in the desert and its covered with caliche and dirt, ect. It had quartz all around it and the quartz is stained dirty looking as well.

Is CLR the best house hold product to clean it? I'm letting soak for and hour and see if it looks better. I scrubbed it with hard brush and nothing happened at all, it's caked in there.

Pics to come!

Mellow yelllllow


















I'm calling this the "peace out nugget". LOL. Look at one of the sides, looks like the hand peace sign. Btw , 1.27 oz/ 36 grams.

"The pieces of the Triforce are resonating."

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 04:58 AM#17mellowyellow Sep 2012Southern CaliforniaGold bug313 73 times

Thanks all for the advice, good interesting info as usual.

Sure does look like a nug, lol.

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 05:59 AM#18DesertNuggets Mar 2011Tucson, AZGold Bug 2313 36 times Prospecting

Are the vials all different locations?

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 09:51 AM#19mellowyellow Sep 2012Southern CaliforniaGold bug313 73 times

Originally Posted by DesertNuggetsAre the vials all different locations?The gold is separated by size. About 5 different locations this gold came from.

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 02:09 PM#20mellowyellow Sep 2012Southern CaliforniaGold bug313 73 times

I'm curious of what this nugget looks like from the inside. A lot of quartz around the entire nugget, actually about 50 percent of the outside is quartz. Yet it feels like an anchor at 1.3 oz. so I am assuming the inside is mostly gold. Who knows?

You guys have any thoughts on this?

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