Is It Real Gold or Fool's Gold - How to tell the Difference 

very welcome... no more wasted time being distracted by fools gold, OR worse yet.. buying more recovery equipment trying to extract the dodgy stuff :)

Thanks as well.. I've learned the answer to life's big questions make good video material :)

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You are so welcome! Keep after it, there's more out there after every big water event..

No need, just let it go out of the pan or sluice!!.. its when you bother to try to catch it (thinking its the real deal) that you'll go mad.. cause it'll float away or disappear in low light!! Just keep panning, if the gold stays in.. its worth keeping :)

..be sure to run the sand WET and with detergent.. anything that stays in the box is the real deal...!!

me too!:(😂

Awesome to hear, folks living the dream and passing down the good ju-ju to the next gen.. hope your prospects are prosperous :)

Sometimes, yes. But I have found a lot more places with just fools gold only.

Yes, they can be found in conjuction with each other but the fools gold will be found with the "light's" material, on top of sand.. you want the "heavy's", the stuff from beneath or on the opposite side of water-way.. gravel, black sand, alluvial deposits on bedrock or sniping stuff from between cracks.. continue to search, prospecting is awesome.. finding Gold is just part of it!!

..I use Sun free and clear laundry detergent, as it is biodegradable as well.. and has less SUDS - that will float gold too, =0

really!? So all that floats isn't fools gold!? 😮

yeah, a lot of wasted time goes into chasing the glitter or trying to catch and keep fools gold... I say: always run it WET, add water and a drop of Sun laun. soap to your bucket, if it's real.. it'll stay where you can recover it!!

..no more wasted time chasing the brassy stuff and now.. truly holding the goods :)

I'm guessing digging in the "sand box" for gold ;)'

much appreciated!!

I'm not a "Rock"-et scientist ;) but.. my short answer is no, in fact enough heat will take metal to it's "Curie" point and can't be magnetized. Something about the heat energy scrambles the atoms so they can't line up to build a magnetic field. Heat will cause pyrite to expand and as the moisture evaporates and the friction can cause a small build up of static electricity, but not enough to shock.. same with drilling steel and it's not by the heat alone.. ??what say you.. anyone else??

You're very welcome!

..then you've do some diggin'.. and it's not gold :/ ..word has it he's still diggin'

..fun huh, thx and enjoy!!

ask jeff Williams it contain some gold

..keep your diggin's wet and use a drop of Sun free and clear liquid laundry detergent.. less suds and bio-D

Woop-Woop, Yeah!! And.. I pre-wet ALL my material and run it with a few drops of "Sun Free and Clear" low sudsing laundry detergent- breaks surface tension, biodegradable, doesn't dry out hands and makes gold real shiney :) ..checking tailings, not a speck of run over!!

Thanks, having a lot of fun finding color in the low water season.. so look for new stuff posting soon :)

certainly..Now's time to start thinking about spring, as it brings new placer deposits.. just a couple more weeks!

...until you catch a variant of the goLD-FLu.. :)

..yes'm! ..and, I've saved a few pans of sparkly sand in my past.. DOH

Appreciate the comments, a big thumbs up and.. enjoy your time afield :)

high water season.. time to get busy! :)

..certainly, glad to have helped.. pass it on so to speak

..Thx! 1moonbuggy says, "proformance speaks louder than numbers"

really?...or is it real?? ;) ..see what I did there!

because its heavy and sinks so fast :) ..use the gear icon to go slow motion and it still falls fast!

glad to help, time to get back out..

..much welcome, thx for commenting!

Certainly.. so cool when you start getting the good stuff, Thx