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08-08-2008, 7:54 AM smelter Joined on 08-08-2008 Western N.C. Posts 50 Looking for :    I am rather new at this game, and somebody told me about this forum.  The main reason is that I am looking for a gentlemen called twigg.  Anybody know where I can contact him ?    Thank you,   smelter Life is beautiful - so is Au - but what good is the latter w/o the former ???    Report

08-08-2008, 3:26 PM tlcarrig Joined on 12-16-2007 Springville, Alabama Posts 27 Re: Looking for : Come to southeasttreasurehunters.com. It's his forum. Anyway he runs it. Turrable Terry Be careful of the idiots out there. One of them might be me.    Report

08-08-2008, 5:02 PM Gold seeker Joined on 06-03-2006 Bluffton South Carolina Posts 475 Re: Looking for : This is Tom's (Twigg) prospecting store web site, and his email address, and his new forum, you will have to register to get on the forum, he is trying to keep out spam http://www.alabamaprospectingsupply.com Email: tom@alabamaprospectingsupply.com http://www.southeasttreasurehunters.com/viewforum.php?f=2 Skip Email: den7cubs"at"hargray.com Seek and Ye Shall Find, and when you find It thank GOD!!! Treat the Earth well It was not given to you by your Parents, It was loaned to you by your Children.    Report

08-09-2008, 12:15 PM ClicktheYellowChick Joined on 08-26-2006 Posts 251 Re: Looking for : Oh dear, what's the ole' TWIGGER done did now??? Welcome to the forum, Smelter!  You smelt anything in particular?  Iron, steel, aluminum, brass.  GOOOOOOOOOLD???? Megan "YellowChick" Rose    Report

08-12-2008, 11:07 AM smelter Joined on 08-08-2008 Western N.C. Posts 50 Re: Looking for : chick, I presume : ? No, nothing bad about the fellow called Twigg. He was referred to me because of his knowledge of metal detectors. As for smelting, only AU. And I am not having a good time at the process. I have good leached ore, but the combination for getting out the .999 'r bullion doesn't seem to want to work. Patience is a virtue. Yeah, sure. How did you get the name of chick, if you don't mind my asking..? Smelter Life is beautiful - so is Au - but what good is the latter w/o the former ???    Report

08-12-2008, 4:07 PM Gold seeker Joined on 06-03-2006 Bluffton South Carolina Posts 475 Re: Looking for : smelter, YellowChick, can help you with your AU problems!!! I think, right Megan? Skip Email: den7cubs"at"hargray.com Seek and Ye Shall Find, and when you find It thank GOD!!! Treat the Earth well It was not given to you by your Parents, It was loaned to you by your Children.    Report

08-13-2008, 7:45 AM twig/al Joined on 01-24-2006 Gadsden, Alabama Posts 4,627 Re: Looking for : smelter, I am easy to contact!!! There are just times I don't get to stay "up to Date" on the forums!!! Just contact me with any questions you may have... Email or telephone are the best way... twig/al Alabama Prospecting Supply www.alabamaprospectingsupply.com Email: tom@alabamaprospectingsupply.com Southeast Treasure Hunters Forum www.southeasttreasurehunters.com    Report

08-13-2008, 11:19 AM smelter Joined on 08-08-2008 Western N.C. Posts 50 Re: Looking for : Twigg:  The Electroscope Co in Pa has a unit called The Gravitator Recovery System.  The person that gave me your name on this forum said you were probably the first person that I should contact.  Do you know anything about ths type of instrument ?  Smelter Life is beautiful - so is Au - but what good is the latter w/o the former ???    Report

08-13-2008, 1:29 PM smelter Joined on 08-08-2008 Western N.C. Posts 50 Re: Looking for : Okay Chick - here goes:    Gold Seeker says you can help me with Au problems    These are the fluxes that I have tried on my SSHCL and Iodine leached ores.    Actions'  Gold /Silver Flux    I. Shor house flux    Hank Chapmans' Gold only flux formula from his manual .  A cleaning-type of equal parts  Ammonium Chloride and Charcoal. ( what a stink )  Using oxy/acetylene and cupels from Action.    I do indeed get little beads from time to time, but nothing I can take to the bank.  Collector is silver - not lead.   From my browsing this forum, I see that you carry a gold only flux.  Perhaps I can send you a sample and you can play with it and see what you come up with.  I'll pay - of course.  Do you do testing of ores in your lab ?    Smelter Life is beautiful - so is Au - but what good is the latter w/o the former ???    Report

08-13-2008, 8:45 PM twig/al Joined on 01-24-2006 Gadsden, Alabama Posts 4,627 Re: Looking for : smelter, I am not familiar with the unit by that name... Do they have a web site? I may recognize it by a photo or by how the process works... There are so many processes out there today... Some are variations of old products and are good products... Others are just produced to make quick money... Alabama Prospecting Supply www.alabamaprospectingsupply.com Email: tom@alabamaprospectingsupply.com Southeast Treasure Hunters Forum www.southeasttreasurehunters.com    Report

08-13-2008, 9:03 PM twig/al Joined on 01-24-2006 Gadsden, Alabama Posts 4,627 Re: Looking for : smelter, I found a web site that had some information on that unit... It was all bad!!! The person that wrote the article obtained a unit and dismantled it and said that there was no way it could work and was a total waste of money AND that a plain set of dowsing rods would work better... From what I read I would stay away from that unit... BUT that is just my opinion... Anyone else have any information of this unit??? twig/al Alabama Prospecting Supply www.alabamaprospectingsupply.com Email: tom@alabamaprospectingsupply.com Southeast Treasure Hunters Forum www.southeasttreasurehunters.com    Report

08-14-2008, 12:18 AM tlcarrig Joined on 12-16-2007 Springville, Alabama Posts 27 Re: Looking for : Hey twigg, I bet his gizmo is something like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/OMNI-RANGE-MASTER-GOLD-SILVER-OTHER-METALS-MINING_W0QQitemZ320285445938QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:US:101 . I'm a severe skeptic of things like this. Smelter, take a look at this thing on e-bay and see if it's close to what you are talking about. Turrable Terry Be careful of the idiots out there. One of them might be me.    Report

08-14-2008, 9:10 PM ClicktheYellowChick Joined on 08-26-2006 Posts 251 Re: Looking for :  smelter wrote: <>Okay Chick - here goes:    Gold Seeker says you can help me with Au problems <>   These are the fluxes that I have tried on my SSHCL and Iodine leached ores.   Actions'  Gold /Silver Flux  I. Shor house flux    Hank Chapmans' Gold only flux formula from his manual .  A cleaning-type of equal parts  Ammonium Chloride and Charcoal. ( what a stink )  Using oxy/acetylene and cupels from Action.    I do indeed get little beads from time to time, but nothing I can take to the bank.  Collector is silver - not lead.   From my browsing this forum, I see that you carry a gold only flux.  Perhaps I can send you a sample and you can play with it and see what you come up with.  I'll pay - of course.  Do you do testing of ores in your lab ?    Smelter Well, Smelter, I have specialized A) getting gold out of black sands with pyrometallurgically sound lab practices. B) getting an gold or platinum assay sample out of whatever ore has been brought to me for testing. I don't test for anyone else anymore.  I just work for myself now. Doing lab work was "something to do" while the price of gold was low, back about oh, 4-5 years back, and things were reeeeeeeal slow in the NW part of the USA, in the mining biz. Now that the price of gold has doubled in that time, I'm beating them away from my door with a stick.  That's why I came up with a plan to teach guys and gals who wanted to know, how to: A) determine what gold or Pt was in their ore (whether or not it is a sulfide ore), and B) how to get the gold out of their blacks sands, be it the mag fraction or the non-mag fraction that has their gold tied up, ---->which allows me to still get my own work done (also MORE fun now that the price of gold, silver, platinum, etc., has doubled for me as well.) It's a kit like you see here on Brian's "Store" page on his site here. It's a rather inexpensive, renewable solution to helping others, and still not getting me all tied up doing stuff for others when I'm enjoying doing for myself and the doubled price of gold and the tripled price of platinum. And only those who buy the kit WITH the teaching CD that comes with it, chock full of my photos of how I do what I'm teaching y'all how to do, THOSE buyers get to buy refills, and them only. If any of this fits what you are wanting to learn, then gimme a shout.  <>If not, then good luck with the experimenting.  There's lots of other wing and a prayer fluxes out on the internet, trust me.  How do I know this?  Because not a week passes, that I'm not sent an email by somebody asking me to fix a mess they made using someone elses 'recipe."  Now, you know why I have a "busted flux" baggie in my 4 fluxes sampler. LOL However, it sounds to me after you trying all those other deals, someone somewhere has failed to impart to you the basics of how to do what you want to do & do it successfully. Little gold balls are good.  But you're right...it takes a lot o'them to make a banker sit up and take notice. Nice to meet you, and I hope I've answered your questions. ChickWithBrains= a favorite t-shirt of mine Megan "YellowChick" Rose    Report

08-16-2008, 7:25 AM ChuckNC Joined on 01-13-2006 Belmont, NC Posts 357 Re: Looking for : I'll gladly vouch for the fluxes. Especially the corrective one. I had a crucible blocked up from trying an internet flux formula. The stuff never got fluid enough to pour and due to the soda ash content, ruined the crucible. I was a ble to recover a 12g prill of gold alloy with the corrective flux. It would have been more, but like I said, the crucible was ruined. Save your money on the questionable formula mixes and go with Megan's to begin with. Also check out www.legend-reno.com for crucibles. Go with the clay crucibles, not the graphite. Chuck    Report

08-18-2008, 1:00 PM smelter Joined on 08-08-2008 Western N.C. Posts 50 Re: Looking for : Chick, Thanks for your answer,  As to black sands, not found in this ore.  I'll see about your kits in the near future.  Smelter Life is beautiful - so is Au - but what good is the latter w/o the former ???    Report

08-18-2008, 1:09 PM smelter Joined on 08-08-2008 Western N.C. Posts 50 Re: Looking for : TL,  I looked at the one you mentioned on ebay; doesn't look anything like the recovery unit at Electroscope.  Thanks, Smelter Life is beautiful - so is Au - but what good is the latter w/o the former ???    Report

08-19-2008, 1:09 PM ChuckNC Joined on 01-13-2006 Belmont, NC Posts 357 Re: Looking for : Smelter, you have a PM.    Report

08-19-2008, 9:56 PM ClicktheYellowChick Joined on 08-26-2006 Posts 251 Re: Looking for :  smelter wrote: Chick, Thanks for your answer,  As to black sands, not found in this ore.  I'll see about your kits in the near future.  Smelter Hi, again, Smelter.   Thanks for the comeback. RE: your electroscope gizmo, I've seen something similar that a good guy on ColoradoProspectors.com forum has, and he swears by it.  I think he calls it the "red ant" or something like that.  He sent me some pix one time of him demo'ing it in his backyard in Washington state.  They call him "Gat" over on that website, and he's GOOD people, like Dan and Denise, the forum webmasters over there..  Drop in, and ask Gat about his unit. He won't part with it for a million bucks, or so he says. Report back on what you learn about the similarities or dissimilarities if you would be so kind.  Twig's SETH forum has a GEM of a "Product Review Section" that would really benefit from such a report. G/L, Smelter. YC    Report

08-20-2008, 3:52 AM ccv_NC Joined on 01-25-2006 minneapolis NC Posts 524 Re: Looking for : smelter you have a PM.    Report

08-21-2008, 3:19 PM smelter Joined on 08-08-2008 Western N.C. Posts 50 Re: Looking for : You have a PM.   Smelter Life is beautiful - so is Au - but what good is the latter w/o the former ???    Report

08-21-2008, 3:27 PM smelter Joined on 08-08-2008 Western N.C. Posts 50 Re: Looking for : Chuck,  That last message about PM without a ( name to ) is meant for you.  I am not a computer person.  My apologizy. Smelter Life is beautiful - so is Au - but what good is the latter w/o the former ???    Report

08-22-2008, 7:46 PM ccv_NC Joined on 01-25-2006 minneapolis NC Posts 524 Re: Looking for :