Gold vs Fool's Gold How to Tell the Difference

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  • @stephensimonson3716
    @stephensimonson3716 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thanks for showing the difference, I wish I had seen your video before our trip because we found the plenty of "fools gold". Regardless, we still had a lot of fun as a family looking for gold in Northern New Mexico.

  • @RoelVandePaar
    @RoelVandePaar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ouch. It was fools gold we found. Thanks mate!

  • @RavMky
    @RavMky หลายเดือนก่อน

    No video on the net like this, amazing

  • @NQExplorers
    @NQExplorers 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great demo for the beginner Joey, shop looks great too mate! Happy Fossicking! Warren.

  • @waltertodd4479
    @waltertodd4479 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for taking time to explain all this. Specific gravity of gold is way heavier than pyrite or mica is. That's why gold sticks to the bottom of the pan and others wash away. Pyrite is a mineralizing sulfide that can bring in gold. Micas can be alteration minerals that form from mineralizing solutions that bring in the gold. So it's important to differentiate these minerals...Good Luck!

  • @aaronschmidt3402
    @aaronschmidt3402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Quick and to the point awesome.

  • @sandramcvay4528
    @sandramcvay4528 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome and helpful video. I have a question, I collect the mica on our property and it is mostly covered in red clay. How would I wash the clay off without hurting the mica? I have sent some of the cleanest specimens to my sisters, as fools gold from my home, as gifts. This clay is hard to get off. I have also come across some nice crystals and again, the cleaning process is difficult. What is a good way to deal with clay? Thank you. This video helped me explain to my Hubby that what we were finding in the ground, we are building a home, are not gold flakes.

  • @miguelgranados3761
    @miguelgranados3761 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the most i ever learned in one shot from a single video. Thank you i was about to go on a fools mission. Thank you so much

  • @megammegam9795
    @megammegam9795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hi, I collected some rock samples where I found golden flakes very thin and when I press it, it starts to become fragments. I heated it to glowing bright yellow then I cooled it and it maintained the same golden color. It is inert to acids. I'm confused whether it's is gold or mica or Pyrite please answer my question

    • @beast-bz2fi
      @beast-bz2fi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same question in my mind.

    • @beast-bz2fi
      @beast-bz2fi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Put the stuff into Mercury.

    • @patwoodson9599
      @patwoodson9599 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I found a piece but I don’t think it’s pyrite. I think it’s gold colored mica. One reflection will be clear and one a gold colored. Frustrating but fun.

    • @swedensy
      @swedensy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Put it in a microwave. Gold should burn away within a second with flash or without flash.

  • @Robert-j4d8t
    @Robert-j4d8t 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh my goodness...
    You wouldn't believe how many videos and hours I've spent looking for the knowledge you just shared in less than 3 minutes! No fluff, no confusion, no captions, no bs.
    You're the man. Much thanks! 🫡

  • @MrJeffcoley1
    @MrJeffcoley1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The proverb “All that glitters is not gold” is literally true. Gold does not glitter, it’s the same color in all light at any angle. If it sparkles … it isn’t gold, it’s pyrite

  • @mrtnbrtt2093
    @mrtnbrtt2093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for thyat courts and pyrite lession, i have touth about that glimmer long now :D

  • @maksymilianzietara330
    @maksymilianzietara330 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pretty good video, thanks for the ideas. My social 7 class enjoyed it.

  • @Mickey-h3g
    @Mickey-h3g 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    THANKS. You made it EASY to tell REAL GOLD. (( I WANT REAL GOLD FLAKES, for an Item I am Making, And A Natural, Clear & Quick Drying Glue, to hold the Flakes on to My creation))...ANY Suggestions ??? Thanks again. Debra.

  • @lo-tar1442
    @lo-tar1442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Is it possible to have flour gold so small that it does move around in the pan? Thanks for the great video. I have a feeling I've been collecting Mica haha

    • @jackiepeacock84
      @jackiepeacock84 ปีที่แล้ว

      If it shimmers then it's not gold. Gold shines.

    • @trollhunter6934
      @trollhunter6934 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jackiepeacock84 but you didn't answer the question

    • @RockyEvolutionGal
      @RockyEvolutionGal ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes it can float as well

    • @Blameberg
      @Blameberg ปีที่แล้ว +1

      well in the places where you can find only flour gold it doesnt resist water at all.. those micron sized flakes floating just like mica

  • @Tracy_555
    @Tracy_555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Can gold be in a quartz rock?

  • @FatTracksMusic
    @FatTracksMusic 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was extremely helpful, looks like I have mica 😭

  • @felishapenney6
    @felishapenney6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was very informative thank you

  • @legneil
    @legneil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks finally a tip i can use.

  • @Brzysunsets
    @Brzysunsets หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great information!

  • @swedensy
    @swedensy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Golden video.

  • @kendradawn369
    @kendradawn369 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your the best.... Subscribing.
    This shiny, flaky stuff has been driving me crazy. I have tons of mica and pyrite
    in my pan.
    Can find gold attached to these minerals?? Will there be gold in these areas?

    • @MightyGachiman
      @MightyGachiman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There might be but nowhere near as much. Gold is formed under very heavy pressure and heat, which is much more than pyrite needs. So no you most likely won't find gold attached to these minerals.

  • @SusanAnnePowerOfTruth
    @SusanAnnePowerOfTruth 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Literally Glitterally... duly noted 😂😂❤

  • @cliffordjohnson5285
    @cliffordjohnson5285 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi everyone, Im from Queensland Australia just wondering where to get a Maverick pan from and how much are they???

  • @th8298
    @th8298 ปีที่แล้ว

    You know... I've been doing this for a long time now and I only wish someone told me about how gold doesn't move. I was so scared for years that I was losing all my gold out of my pan and only left with black sand but in reality... I never had gold in the first place... Well not very much at least.
    Thank you for that. You're great. But... One question... I have this big mica rock and the dang thing is so flipping heavy... I was wondering... Is there something else with it? Could there also be gold?

    • @Blameberg
      @Blameberg ปีที่แล้ว +1

      but youre losing a lot of floating ultra fine gold for sure😂

  • @ClaudeFromChicago
    @ClaudeFromChicago 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    00:40 Not all hero’s wear capes 🙏

  • @pakgemsinfo
    @pakgemsinfo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice video

  • @Blameberg
    @Blameberg ปีที่แล้ว

    I think in my locality is only ultra fine gold that also floats and a lot of mica. If Im tapping the pan I think first goes mica . Im using more angles of the view if it glitters. then tapping again and those real gold flakes is harder to tap them out and suck them. And they shine from all angles. But mica definitely suck. 😢

  • @Cosmasmusau480
    @Cosmasmusau480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I collected a rock like gold in my home river, but ain't sure if it's real gold?

  • @biancaliriano9200
    @biancaliriano9200 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We love 💕💕💕💕 y'all.. 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @duckshaker
    @duckshaker ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the information. You might be interested in a video here on TH-cam titled "Headless Valley (Mel and Ethel Ross, 1958)". @ 1 hour 16 minutes and 24 seconds they find what they believed to be gold...a LOT of gold! I'd love to hear if you think it really is gold. Thanks.

  • @Songbitslaura
    @Songbitslaura ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!!

  • @jefffogelson9687
    @jefffogelson9687 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you thank you

  • @ScottKauffman-zk9wl
    @ScottKauffman-zk9wl 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    PYRITE AKA TWEEKER GOLD . Ever tweeker I run in to out in the hills swear they found a ton of gold

  • @jocelabellanosa107
    @jocelabellanosa107 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a pyrites her sir

  • @itisistacyTarotReader
    @itisistacyTarotReader 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    But how come gold resist movement?

    • @oliviapappas9281
      @oliviapappas9281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because it is heavy as fuck

    • @babarbaloch842
      @babarbaloch842 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oliviapappas9281 experience talk

    • @domdoo88
      @domdoo88 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Density aka (mass)x(volume)

  • @arcatacompany
    @arcatacompany 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't think any of us are ever going to have a chunk of gold big enough to stab with a knife to determine whether or not it is actually gold

  • @CJ-tc7xh
    @CJ-tc7xh 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @benco7eenheid897
    @benco7eenheid897 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you now i now

  • @darladowhaniuk1969
    @darladowhaniuk1969 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    AHHH MAN ! DARN IT IVE WATCHED TONS OF VIDEOS AND I HAVE BEEN WRONG ALL THESE YEARS AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE
    I THOUGHT IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND...I THIOGHT THAT FOOLS GOLD WAS REAL HARD AND IF YOU SCRAPED IT IT WOULNT CHIP OFF AND THAT IF YOU USED YOUR FINGER NAIL AND PRESSED A LINE IN IT THAT REAL GOLD WOULD LEAVE A LINE IN IT AND THAT IF IT WAS REAL SOME MIGHT EVEN CHIP OFF... SO IVE GOT IT BACKWORDS

  • @TrukT
    @TrukT 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Где взять такой латок

  • @JoeDoe-qr3hd
    @JoeDoe-qr3hd 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍

  • @gerrycruzkapanotchanel1333
    @gerrycruzkapanotchanel1333 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have like your stone

  • @payanjala2191
    @payanjala2191 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok

  • @paulbalingasa8799
    @paulbalingasa8799 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i have like your stone..

  • @SusanAnnePowerOfTruth
    @SusanAnnePowerOfTruth 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Special Sauce 😂😂😂

  • @Appliedscienceguy
    @Appliedscienceguy ปีที่แล้ว

    Filter your water first....❤

  • @StephanieVal87
    @StephanieVal87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Came here cuz I thought I found gold. It's Mica 😅

  • @marvingladden9590
    @marvingladden9590 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    W

  • @brenthuard3139
    @brenthuard3139 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Squirrel