El Dorado 964 Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 I have been very fortunate over the years to have found, held and worked with some amazing gold. I put a small slideshow together to share a small portion of that gold. On the bottom right there is a button to make it full screen.............Enjoy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garimpo 2,295 Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Great slide show Steve...beutiful gold all....was some of it from Faina? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 964 Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 Yup...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
diggitdawg 0 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 please xcuse my drool, that was beautiful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoser John 1,240 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 ddddddddddddyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmm fine bud-John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nugget Shooter 4,614 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Very nice and thanks for putting that together! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RANGERMG 0 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 MANY THANKS El DoradoThat was a great slide show..Love the sound track as well.. Both are nothing but Pure Gold... Very RespectfullyRANGERMGTim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goldfinger 43 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Thanks for putting that together. :thumbsupanim Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GlennM 93 Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 WOW! That crystaline gold at ~00:27 is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen! :wub: (the lover's eyes are tracking the mouth on my screen, making me laugh)First time seeing true crystalline Au, thanks for educating me. Now, a couple questions:Can you tell us the regions for the different gold as they appeared, as I know some can tell an area just from the color and structure? I'm not asking for anything specific that would come even close to being able to locate anything, maybe districts or even just the country and state/province or county (if it's that localized regarding color). I'm looking to learn what gold from different areas looks like, because it's all so very different (you've just made that certain for anyone with a shadow of a doubt).Now, back to the drool-inducing crystalline gold... was that found in a vein-type setting or what? I could not have travelled, well, at all. You can still see the structures of the crystals on the facets!The pendant at 02:09 looks like a Playboy™ turtle set to hop around a bit LOLDamned fine gold, and EXCELLENT photography! :wubu: The depth of field in several pics (e.g. 01:03) really helps to centerpiece the subject matter all the more. What camera were you using?Thank you so much for hyping me up even more. Now I can barely type and I'm an IT geek by day (wish there was spell check inherent in the board, LOL) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 964 Posted September 11, 2010 Author Share Posted September 11, 2010 GlennI did not find all that gold, only some of it. I did however get to either work on most of it or it was just shown to me. So, it is hard to say where some of it came from. The nugget with the best story and the most valuable was the one in the first slide. This was the largest nugget recovered from The USS Central America. Some of the gold came from my two trips down to Brazil as Don's (Garimpo) guest, Most came from California (including that pendant).The most amazing crystalline gold came from right here in my hometown of Foresthill! The gold on that ship came from the earliest days of the California gold rush and was bound for the east coast when it sank. Various cameras were used, but they are all Canon Power Shots. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beeper Bob 90 Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Hi El Dorado, You do have the Midas touch with your finds and jewelery. Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GlennM 93 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 GlennI did not find all that gold, only some of it. I did however get to either work on most of it or it was just shown to me. So, it is hard to say where some of it came from. The nugget with the best story and the most valuable was the one in the first slide. This was the largest nugget recovered from The USS Central America. Some of the gold came from my two trips down to Brazil as Don's (Garimpo) guest, Most came from California (including that pendant).The most amazing crystalline gold came from right here in my hometown of Foresthill! The gold on that ship came from the earliest days of the California gold rush and was bound for the east coast when it sank. Various cameras were used, but they are all Canon Power Shots.Thanks for the response. I'm still drooling over the crystalline gold!I shared the slideshow to Facebook and my dad almost immediately responded asing if I'd struck it rich... I wish! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sean.C 1 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Thanks for sharing that Steve. The story behind the first slide is fascinating. The first time you posted the picture of it I tried to imagine where it came from and how it made its way from the mine to the ship. Gold is even better when it has an amazing story behind it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Relichunter2 129 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 I swear I saw Elvis in one of those nuggets !! Very nice work El Dorado, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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