GOLD NUGGET Alaskan 1.685 GRAMS Natural Placer High Purity Switchfork Creek

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GOLD NUGGET Alaskan 1.685 GRAMS Natural Placer High Purity Switchfork Creek:
$91.75

*ALASKA GOLD* JUST IN!!You are offerding on a solid natural gold Alaskan nugget (Placer gold). Alaskan placer nuggets are generally 20.5K to 22K, or 81% to 92%. This nugget comes from the Fortymile mining district (Switchfork Creek); This creek\'s assays are between 85%-92%. Total weight:1.685 GRAMS1.083 DWT (Pennyweight) .0541 Troy Ounces GOLD NUGGET Alaskan 1.685 GRAMS Natural Placer High Purity Switchfork Creek GOLD NUGGET Alaskan 1.685 GRAMS Natural Placer High Purity Switchfork Creek

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Description

*ALASKA GOLD*
JUST IN!!

You are offerding on a solid natural gold Alaskan nugget (Placer gold).

Alaskan placer nuggets are generally 20.5K to 22K, or 81% to 92%. This nugget comes from the Fortymile mining district (Switchfork Creek); This creek\'s assays are between 85%-92%.

Total weight:

1.685 GRAMS
1.083 DWT (Pennyweight)

.0541 Troy Ounces

If you are new to buying gold, here are some great tips:

Gold Weight:

Compare the weight in grams or ounces of the nugget to the current spot price of gold. (There are 31.1 grams per troy oz.) Nuggets do fetch more than raw melted gold due to its rarity in nugget form. Remember, gold weight is most often listed in troy and metric values. The weight of gold can be measured in troy ounces, grams, or penny weight. See chart below:

     1 oz. (troy) = 31.10 g (31.1 grams)
     1 oz. (troy) = 20 dwt (20 pennyweight)
     1.55 grams = 1 dwt (1 pennyweight)
     1.0 grams = 15.43 gr (15.43 grains)

Be sure you know the difference between a gram and a grain! Some unscrupulous sellers will intentionally mislead you by listing the weights incorrectly with common abbreviations (\"g\" is for grams and \"gr\" is for grains). If you see a 10gr nugget selling for $480.00 on , watch out - it should be more like $31.00! 10 GRAINS is equal to just 0.479 GRAMS. Remember it takes 15.43 grains (gr) to make just one gram (g) of gold. And there are 31.1 grams to one troy ounce. A grain is the smallest unit of measurement of gold. now prohibits the use of the word \"GRAIN\" in the title description line.

Gold nuggets are valued differently than raw gold and gold in coin form. When evaluating natural gold consider several factors. Gold may be valued on: weight, rarity, physical dimensions, shine, brightness or lustre, purity, origin, and whether the nugget is considered collector or specimen grade. Less than 2% of all gold found is in nugget form. Gold nuggets are now rarer than diamonds.

DETERMINING FAIR VALUE: Gold Weight and Color: For an average quality nugget weight and color are your best bets for determining value. Look for bright and shiny gold - if dark it may contain a high amount of copper or other less minerals and metals. Pure gold looks just as you would expect.

TESTING GOLD: The value of gold is based on the karat system, which is a 24 point scale, signifying the percentage of gold a piece of metal contains. So, if jewelry is 14KT, it is 14 out of 24 parts gold, or 58.33 percent gold. Nuggets are usually 20.5 to 22KT purity (81% - 95%). Gold is tested either with acid or electronically. The acid test is the most reliable yet can be dangerous do to the liquids used. The only 100% accurate way of testing for purity is a fire assay, (melting or refining) thus destroying the nugget value by altering them.

SIZING OR CLASSIFYING GOLD: Mesh or screen refers to the openings between the threads of a screen and is measured by the number of openings per inch; that is, 6 mesh equals 6 holes per inch, 8 mesh equals 8 holes per inch, 10 mesh equals 10 holes or openings per inch and so forth.

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Payment

PLEASE wait until the end of thesale day to payif you are offerding on more than one of my listings...ONLY ONE payment is HIGHLY preferred. Chance of a mixup only occurs when multiple payments are made by one person.If your payment will be longer than 2-4days, just message me so that I know...otherwise the automatic \"UNPAID item\" will remind you. I\'m happy to wait longer as long as you LET ME KNOW.

Shipping

Shipping is through United States Postal Service (USPS) onlyand I ship out within 24 hours of payment received; First Class and Priority mail are relatively fast from Alaska and travel at the same speed. Please do NOT panic if you have not received your item/s as quickly as you think you should have. You and I can see the same tracking information. Check your tracking daily. I get lots of notes stating \"It hasn\'t moved from Anchorage in days!\"...well, that is Alaska shipping..please be patient. Just because I\'m speedy at shipping, does not mean the post office will be. I will tell you that in 8 years of shipping out 65-140 packages weekly, only 2-3 have been lost for good...and one was stolen from the customer\'s mailbox. It\'s very rare for them to go missing.

If the sale does not state your country, I will NOT ship to your country. Gold is an import that is not legal in all countries.

CANADA & EUROPE: Shipping toforeign countriesis slow from Alaska.It will take a minimum of two weeks. To ensure that your item is safe, Priority FLAT rate International is the most economical and safestway to ship.ForCANADA ONLY; $23.95 Priority Int\'l Flat rate orif your item is under $250, I can ship FIRST CLASS Int\'l for $12.95. Other countries, Priority package or envelope, is $34.95. The Customs form will state \"Mineral Sample\".Signature confirmation is NOT optional for foreign countries.

Combined shipping: Please wait until the END of the day to pay for all your sales at once; then you will get a combined rate.

Terms of Sale

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Before leaving anything other than positive response, please give me the courtesy of letting me know if you are not satisfied with your purchase. I have a 100% money back guarantee if you are not happy with your items for any reason, other than \"I sure thought it looked bigger!\"Each side ofthenuggets, silver and jewelerywill be photographed, asI do not hide anything, including flaws, and will be mentioned if I see it.

I will show each possible angle of the nugget/s, good, bad or ugly. If you are notsatisfied with your gold, I\'m happy to offer a full refund upon return, as long as the gold has not been altered. Since 2010, onlythree nuggets have beenreturned.

About Us

A bit about me and where the gold is mined..

I have been living in Alaska since 1989, and the Interior since 2006, and this is home. Most of my Alaskanplacer gold nuggets are fromCircle, Fairbanks,FortyMile, Bonnifield, Rampart, Yukon, Valdez and Ophirmining districts,Alaska. Between 35 and 60 miners supply me throughout the state; some in Canada. I clean the gold by a natural process to knock off the dirt.The color and shineof the gold will vary, depending on the creek, assay, metal content, etc. I don\'t always know the creek where your gold comes from, but most of the time I do.
I am a one-woman business and I believe in \"truth in advertising\". From 2009 until now, gold is my full time job after a long career in aviation since 1977.I have gained the trust in hundreds, maybe approaching thousands, ofreturn customers, including other sellers and plan to keep it that way.

I also sell fine jewelry and custom made Alaskan nuggetpieces hand craftedby my friend and neighbor, Jim.He is a talented jeweler and his custom pieces are one of a kind. I have a source for vintage Alaskan jewelry, but often I don\'t know the history of the item. When I don\'t know a certain stone, I will state that. I\'m not a gemologist, but I do know gold. All diamonds will be tested and stated in the description.You willbe buying pieces for about 1/4of retail price. I can pass the savings along to you because I buy it right.I buy silver when I see vintage pieces and rescue them from being melted.

Keep watching my listings and add me to your \"favorite sellers\". I willsend you automated emails with my newest items,if you click the box. I believe I get the most unique, one of a kind jewelry of any seller on . I\'ve been at it a very long time and selling on since 1999.
If you seeerrors in my listings, please let me know...never any offense taken! If a listing is removed, it\'s only to correct an error...not for any obscure reason; it\'s as simple as that. It will always be relisted.

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