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Fake of Not?

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steve herschbach

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There was an earlier thread where it was purported that the gold/quartz specimens pictured were fakes. Of course the problem always is trying to determine this sort of thing via a picture on a computer screen. Sometimes it is hard when you have it in your hand!

So I am curious of anyone's opinion on this one - real or fake?

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12/24/12 Update - answer at http://www.findmall.com/read.php?27,1817856,1820130#msg-1820130

Steve Herschbach
 
That is fake for sure Steve and you should get rid of it ASAP. I am a fake gold depository, so just send it to me to properly dispose of it......:devil:
 
Because there appears to be some gold in small nooks and crannys, I guess real. Would be a lot easier to say if it were in hand and could be viewed closely and the texture of the gold seen clearly.
 
It doesn't look quite right for some reason. I took my Infinium and my Compass Gold Scanner Pro
and ran them over the picture and neither one sounded off.
Rich
 
:cam: Ha ha.. Rich ya' forgot to turn the detectors on to "Photo mode." I used my trusty plum bob treasure locator
and it wiggled "No." The gold is real but it not a "natural" gold-quartz specimen... (My fee for dowsing photos is " $100")
 
Best faked quartz I've seen yet! Does it pass the heated pin test? Where'd ya pick it up, China? They clone about anything these days, lol. I don't get why they cast fake quartz around all that lovely gold, but whatever sells at Wallmart, I guess!
-Ed
 
Hard to tell but it looks real to me. If you had it in hand it should be fairly heavy. If there is that much gold showing on the outside then there should be a lot inside also, making the specimen heavy.
 
Hi Parrott,
I went back and checked it with my pendulum and it agrees with your plumb bob locator.
I also checked for a "Made in China" label and apparently there isn't one, must have been a
local yokel.
Rich
 
My "real" take is it's a bit of both. Some small amounts of native specimen gold in a few cracks, with an applique of added gold as the main traces.

Best guess wins it, right? :rofl:
-Ed
 
Wow Dave, don't do that, it hurts! I gave that up back in the 60's. If you can't stop on your own, we'll have to have an intervention or something! :stretcher:

-Ed
 
it's definately fake! That's the nug specimen I've been seeing in my dreams and I haven't found it yet - yup it's fake! :0)
 
Take it to the next

http://www.goldprospectors.org/Events/GoldTreasureShows/tabid/62/Default.aspx

If you dug it, then it's real.

Specimens like that are worth more than melt value.
:thumbup:
 
It sure looks real to me. The only problem I see is that the gold is awfully bright and butter yellow. Most specimens I've seen do not have that bright a gold sill incased in the quartz. An acid bath will bring out the brilliant color but the bath will also show up on the quartz with some etching. I see nothing to indicate the quartz has been touched with acid. That's the color of gold you usually see coming out of Oz, very pure. And the contours of the gold matchup with the quartz where it's been water worn. Hmmm...

Digger Bob
 
Real. This is a 3.22 ounce specimen I found at Ganes Creek, Alaska in 2002 with a Fisher Gold Bug 2 w/14" coil. Never been treated except soap and water. This quartz is exceptionally white for Ganes Creek which usually has off white or brown quartz. I sold it a couple years ago. Anyway, thought I would post to illustate how hard it is to tell looking at photos if a specimen or nugget is real or not.

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Steve Herschbach
 
That sure was a beauty Steve.
 
Congrats Steve, some of us (me) were a bit fooled. I guess no one would fake one and go up to Ganes Creek to leave it.
What kind of a premium price over spot did it go for If I may ask?
Rich
 
It was my one and only experiment in auctioning a specimen on eBay and I did not do very well on it.

Steve Herschbach
 
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