Classifying Gold.
  Learn a simple way to seperate the dust and flakes from the pickers.

  After a few years of prospecting it is easy to end up with several vials of gold. Each one containing a collection of small pieces, flakes and flower gold.

  Recently, I wanted to make up some of those necklaces that have the small glass center filled with gold for my granddaughters. These necklaces take about a gram of gold to fill and look best filled with flower gold so, I needed to separate my gold according to size.

  To do this I went down to the local dollar store and found three small wooden picture frames.

  Then I stopped by the local hardware store and picked up a piece of aluminum window screen and a small piece of eighth inch and quarter inch hardware cloth large enough to use in the picture frames I bought from the dollar store.

  I took it all home and removed the backs of each of the wooden picture frames. Then I took the glass out of them and set the glass aside. After all, I was looking for the wood frames.

  Using a pair of tin snips, I cut each of the screens to a size that would fit in the back of the frames.

  After placing the screens in to the back of the frames, I used some thin wood strips with finishing nails to keep the screens in place.

  Over a small bowl I held the wooden frame with the aluminum window screen and pored my vials of gold on to it. Gently shaking the wood frame over the bowl, I removed all of the fine gold.

  Next, I poured the remaining gold into the wood frame I had the eighth inch screen in and shook it over another small bowl until all of the small flakes had fell though.

  Then I classified the last of the gold through the quarter inch screen. The only gold left in the wood frame was small nuggets larger then a quarter of an inch. These I placed into an one ounce vial by themselves. The gold in each of the other bowls I kept separated by pouring them into one ounce vials.

  Now I had my gold classified according to size, it was easy to fill the glass centers of the necklaces I wanted to give my granddaughters.

  These necklaces are also a great way to sell off some of your extra gold you have laying around. Take them to your next prospectors meeting or list them on a web site like ebay. Remember to price them at the cost of the necklace and a little above the current spot price of gold.

Author: Prospector Jim.

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