Has anyone seen or heard of fake gold nuggets being made and sold?

PerryHall

Since the larger gold nuggets bring a premium over melt, it seems to me that it wouldn't be too difficult to melt some scrap gold and to cast a large fake nugget and then perhaps to put it in a rock tumbler to make it look like it was in a river bed for a few years. I hope I'm not giving anyone any ideas.

gecko109

If someone was to pour their own gold nugget, I'd imagine they would make a mold and then line the interior of the mold with very coarse rock salt before pouring. This would create all those nooks and crannies so characteristic of natural nuggets. The salt could then be disolved with warm tap water. Thats how i'd do it anyway!

CaptHenway

MMMMMMMMMM......nooks and crannies...........glllllllllllll

PerryHall

I hope the chinese aren't reading this thread.

CaptHenway

With six you get egg roll!

sonde79

you can be sure scammers have thought of these ideas and more.

Weiss

A friend and I melted a 10 oz bar of silver when we were young (yeah, that's what I did in HS. Talk about a dork).

Map gas torch + silver bar + bucket of water = .999 pure nuggets

I imagine it would work the same way for gold.

CaptHenway

As they say in the refining business; "A fool and his nuggets are soon parted!"

PerryHall

<< <i>As they say in the refining business; "A fool and his nuggets are soon parted!" >>



Yikes. That sounds painful.