So what are you guys using? thanks in advance

Damon

Most new buyer of gold want to get their feet wet by buying a small amount of gold for a reasonable price and then look to see where they can do that. Ebay is very popular place to buy raw gold nuggets and there are a lot of sellers there, unfortunately IMO there are a lot of sellers there who misrepresent the gold they are selling and the buyer may be left with a sour taste in their mouths to never come back.
YES gold nuggets are rare in the grand scheme of things, so rare in fact that in nature a 1 ounce gold nugget is rarer that a 5 carat diamond, however that said I want to point out that there is a common enough occurance of smaller gold nuggets as to be able to buy and sell them for very close to spot price (spot price is the price paid on the world market in USD for 1 troy ounce of 99.9999% pure gold). When I say a common ennough occurance of smaller gold im talking about all gold nuggets that are aproximately match head in size and smaller, in ANY quantity. Yes you may a small premium for small quantities of gold (1 ounce or less) but you certainly should be getting good value for your money, if your paying more than 15% OVER spot, your paying too much as I will consistently sell high quality gold match head size (#8 screen) or smaller, for NO MORE than 10% over spot. I encourage you to shop around on Ebay or other sites and then come back here and get your feet wet safely for only $20.00 and then if your satisfied with what you biught and want to further your purchases there are many members on goldbay to help you with that!!

mlgdave

You will be receiving 1 big nugget and 1 or 2 tiny nuggets if possiblity because of their limited number on sale. The picture I provided above shows you how big they are to a dime. happy bidding.

So what do you get 2 flakes or 3 flakes ?? Look at the wording "1 BIG NUGGET" that is just a down right lie, it is a flake not even a picker NOT EVEN CLOSE to being A NUGGET. There is no weight given so my guess is you'd get 2 tiny flakes. You know some new guy might buy this thinking he is getting a deal, but really he is getting screwed. Heck, this guy is gonna send you the two tiny ones, why, because he can. This is exactly how I got ripped off. Now would you buy this ?? NO YOU WOULDN'T and to me this isn't doing business, it is a clear cut case of ripping off a new,  UNEDUCATED buyer.

Dendritic Gold: Gold that “grows” in delicate almost fern like branches.

DENDRRITIC

Crystalline Gold: Gold that is crystallized with thousands of minute crystals that can be seen under magnification.

CRYSTALINE

Crystallized Gold: Gold with geometric crystals visible to the naked eye. Very rare

CRYSTALLIZED GOLD

Leaf / Foil / Plate Golds: Gold that grow in thin to extremely thin sheets usually very shiny but not always. I know some will disagree with me but these golds look similar to each other except for thickness essentially.

FOLDER LEAF

Octahedral Gold: Gold growing in octahedral crystals similar to diamonds this is the most common form of gold crystallization.

Trigon Gold: Gold crystals in a pyramid or triangular 3d shape. This is the second most common gold crystallization.

Wire / Rope Gold: Gold that grow in the form of thin wires or thicker “ropes” This is an extremely rare gold formation and highly prized by collectors

WIRE                      WIRE NEST               

Hopper Gold: The second most rare gold formation and again very highly valued by collectors, usually starting in the hundreds per gram!!! Hopper gold is gold that forms step like structures otherwise known as chevrons. Trigon crystals are the most common type of crystal that will show hoppers.

HOPPER

Flakes gold: piece of chipped gold pieces.Found after shredding.sometime can be found around fool's gold.Therefore best to stay away from this form.

GOLD FLAKES
Cubic Gold: And last but certainly not least! Cubic gold formations, the must have for any serious collector, this is the absolute rarest form of gold crystal even very small specimens are highly prized larger ones selling for obscene amounts of money in excess of $2000 per gram!!!

ALLUVIAL GOLD NUGGETS
are nuggets that are found in creeks which has been tumbled off many years ,so they are smooth appearance

   Believe it or not that is not the full list of types of gold crystals that mother nature creates but that will do for now. I hope this article has given you a greater appreciation for the natural beauty of gold specimens, a beauty no jeweler could ever replicate.

I'm looking to buy just a couple grams of pickers for now... but honestly, I'm a little leary of this site.  I was planning on buying some on Ebay but this place looks pretty promising.  I'm looking at the 11.5 Grams for 412.00 right now, or something along that line.  Is something like that common around here?

I guess I'm just hoping that I'll get a few responses from this to let me know it's an active site before I buy.  Also is PayPal the preferred method of payment, and does this site pretty much work exactly like Ebay?  I don't see "current bid" anywhere though... am I missing it?

Thanks for your help and I hope to but lots of gold here!!

mlgdave

ok i'm new at this but after many hours surfing around , i found that when gold is mixed with other alloys the colour is changered from a bright yellow gold ,down all the way to a white. so lets break's it down a little.

nice bright yellow - 100% gold

white gold - 90%- 70% silver 10%-30%% gold ---

whitish gold  - 70% silver 30% gold - sometime copper gets mixed in to which up to 30% which takes 15% of gold and silver away.

pale green yellow - 30%-40$ silver  ,30%-60% gold and copper 30% to 40%.

green yellow - 30 to 15% silver ,70 to 85% gold and copper 30 to 40%

yellowish - 75 to 45% silver, 30 to 70% gold and 40 to 50% copper

yellow - 40 to 5% silver ,60 to 95% gold and copper 40 to 50%

reddish - 90 to 70% gold, and copper 50 to 70%

red yellow - 5% silver, 95 to 90% gold and copper 45%

copper red -70% gold , and copper 70%

please note that its up to , as i to can see that some doesn't add up to 100%

just picture that its a triangle with gold at top , with silver on one side and copper on the other --the more white the more silver , the more reddish the more the copper.

now with prices white gold and red gold show be cheaper ,as its got less gold, the brighter the colour the more gold and more of a price.
now this is to weight

but collectors go by looks

a flat piece would be priced by weight , as for a nugget that looks like something eg. a ducks head( yes that duck's head again ,i missed out on , so pissed about that one)..say the nugget was 0.20 grams - worth around 6$ ,cause it has a nice shape (duck's head) the price would double. i believe this piece jumped up to 25$ , not bad for a 6$ nugget.

i anyways go for the shaped nuggets that look like something eg, head ,tree(some gold wire can look this way) anything that got a good shape.

i been collecting for 6 months now and upto 1/2  an ounce and its still growing
with help from this site and many others ,my love for gold has growing.

if anything in  document is wrong just p.m me and i will fix the post
thanx michael

mlgdave

mlgdave

Getting there!!

Dave