My biggest bit yet with the sdc2300

G’day Ozgold,

I forgot, this was the formula that I used.  

Quick S/G formula

Dry Weight 2.34 x 1.9 = 4.446
Wet Weight 2.06 x 3.1 = 6.386

6.386 - 4.446 = 1.94g

Oops I just had another look at the formula you gave us and saw that it’s the same.


Cheers.

Mike.

Thanks Mike and Jen for trying to find a rock the same size as your specie. It was worth a shot. Harry
PS. By the way, what are the dimensions of your specie Jen?

slimpickens wrote:Thanks Mike and Jen for trying to find a rock the same size as your specie. It was worth a shot. Harry
PS. By the way, what are the dimensions of your specie Jen?

Side view.. 6 and half cms long by 3 cms thickness
Bottom end is 4 and Half cms wide, then tapers down to 3 cms

W

Hi Jen and Mike,

Very nice find there. You have got us all going with this one.

I think you need to do the wet weight again.

Make sure there is enough water in the cup so you can fully submerse the speci without it touching the sides or bottom of the cup at all.
Make sure you tare the scales before dangling the speci in the water.
This is effectively calculating the volume of the speci (amount of water it displaces, 1ml of water weighs 1 gram)

To me your speci looks like it is pretty much quartz with a negligible amount of caprock coating.

A piece of quartz containing no gold with a volume of 134ml would weigh roughly 350grams. (much more than your speci weighs)
A piece of quartz without gold weighing 180 grams would have a volume of around 69ml.
So your speci containing gold (gold much more dense than quartz) would displace less than 69 grams of water. ( You should get a reading on the scales significantly less than 69 grams).

Keep up the good work and hope you find some more beauties.

Hi Au100Z

Thankyou

As we turn the rock around there’s gold sticking out on most of the rock, the picture doesn’t show it well.

It is still a guessing game, I think we may now wait until we get back home and hopefully get someone to dip it into that strong acid, then it will really show what’s in it
If not we shall put it in the dolly pot

If there’s a good ounce in it, Yay! If there is a little more, bonus!

Congrats Jen. A great effort with the SDC.
Has there been a better find with an SDC recorded on here?
I can't wait for the official weight ......... It'll give my wife a target to beat
Rob.

Hi Rob
Thankyou.
I am not sure if anyone has posted up a bigger find with the sdc2300 on here.
I am sure there have been some big finds with the sdc2300 though.

It may be a while before we put the weight up, we aren’t back home in cold Victoria yet
But as soon as we can, either acid it, or smash it up, We will let everyone know the weight.

According to the wet/dry weight results, I'v come up with 2.15 ounces of contained gold or 66.87gms mixed in with your quartz/ironstone specimen.
Let us know what gold content weight you guys come up with Jen.

Cheers Kon.

Kon61gold wrote:According to the wet/dry weight results, I'v come up with 2.15 ounces of contained gold or 66.87gms mixed in with your quartz/ironstone specimen.
Let us know what gold content weight you guys come up with Jen.

Cheers Kon.  

It will be a kinder surprise that’s for sure.
No worries we will keep you all informed.

Very very nice Jen. Good on you.    What a ripper. Hope all is well. Hi to Mike.

All the best of luck out there

JW  

kiwijw wrote:Very very nice Jen. Good on you.    What a ripper. Hope all is well. Hi to Mike.

All the best of luck out there

JW  

Thankyou little Bro

Alls good with us. Having a ball in sunny W.A .... now where is that next nuggy

Hope all is good across the ditch, say hi to mrs JW

Cheers

Wombat wrote:W

Hi Bill
Sorry I really didn’t see your post.
But whatever it was, Thankyou

I hope I didn’t miss any other posts, sorry if I have, Mike pointed out that I missed Wombats.  
Sorry again.

I have a bad habit of scrolling really fast to the last post and then looking upwards till I think I am back to where I was at.
Where as Mike re reads every post 100 times    he does, pretty sure he does
well I think he does  

I have asked a friend if it’s possible to have it put into that horrid acid.
Answer is—- Yes, happy to do it. But that’s if he can obtain some more of that acid.
So stay tuned.  Although It may still be 2 months away,
as we aren’t ready to head back to the cold just yet.

Hi Jen thats alright. If I remember rightly I wrote something like "Well done Jen. I hope it only has a cover of rock only and the rest is gold"
wombat

A very nice surprise find for you Jen,well deserved.

Wombat wrote:Hi Jen thats alright. If I remember rightly I wrote something like "Well done Jen. I hope it only has a cover of rock only and the rest is gold"
wombat

It sure would be nice if it was mostly gold

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deutran wrote:A very nice surprise find for you Jen,well deserved.

Thankyou

Awesome specimen piece Jen cheers Pete.

piston broke wrote:Awesome specimen piece Jen cheers Pete.

Thankyou Pete

Well done Jen. Congrats

Hey Jen, big congrats mate, well deserved Say gidday to Mike for us aswell.

nuggetseeker wrote:Well done Jen. Congrats

Hi
Thanks.
How’s the shoulder? Ahhh yes the bush has ears and eyes
Hope it all went well.

bloodgold2 wrote:Hey Jen, big congrats mate, well deserved Say gidday to Mike for us aswell.

Hello
Thankyou.
It will be interesting to see what the ugly rock holds

Mike is sitting right next to me reading. He says hi Back

Big hugs to you and the family.

Well done again Jen But not quite as good as the Species that were found just latterly over WA worth $15 Million. You'll have to go out again to see if you can find it's VERY BIG Brother. But remember keep your car very close so you won't have to carry it to far.
wombat

Well done jen happy hunting

goldminer997 wrote:Well done jen happy hunting

Thankyou

Mike cleaned it a little, and theres quartz crystals in it, so it maybe interesting to see what the gold looks like
Hidden within that rock.

Well here it is.
Wow! Now it’s beautiful... prickly. But oh so nice now it’s out of its host rock  

There was some really fine gold as well. That I didn’t place on these scales
All up it weighed 63.3 grams.

Fantastic result. Well done Jen/Mike

Cheers Kon.

Jen, wow, wow, wow,  2 oz of the good stuff, better than you thought. We are so happy for you and mike.
I need some of that good acid for some of my speccies.  

An absolute ripper Jen,well done.

Cheers moredeep