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mineforgold.co.nz		Posted : Saturday, 23 June 2012 11:12:00 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 299 Location: Nelson Thanks: 58 times Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 35 post(s)		Does anyone know where a person can buy some mercury? Or does anyone want to sell some?
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x-terra steve		Posted : Saturday, 23 June 2012 1:18:24 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 7/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 224 Location: Nelson NZ Thanks: 103 times Was thanked: 69 time(s) in 42 post(s)		Hi there, how much you after? got 30 grams you can have it that is enough steve

simon		Posted : Saturday, 23 June 2012 1:45:50 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 7/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 789 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 33 times Was thanked: 239 time(s) in 150 post(s)		while on the topic of mercury, has anyone found much while in the creeks and rivers? i've been getting a few bits of what looks like mercury over summer. started keeping it. it only shows up after i have panned up the sluicebox concentrates. there are just small but if you added up what must be in parts of the stream there must be quite a bit of the stuff.
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x-terra steve		Posted : Saturday, 23 June 2012 2:10:50 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 7/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 224 Location: Nelson NZ Thanks: 103 times Was thanked: 69 time(s) in 42 post(s)		Hi Simon, yep a see a bit from time to time, the claim I am on is just below the old stamping battery, sometimes it turns up in mass, coating the smaller bits of gold completey, Have also seen seperate balls of it sitting on the bedrock about the size of a large marble, If i can get to it i get rid of the stuff, Steve

mineforgold.co.nz		Posted : Saturday, 23 June 2012 2:26:13 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 299 Location: Nelson Thanks: 58 times Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 35 post(s)		Thanks Steve, I'll send you a PM.
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Saturday, 23 June 2012 4:01:01 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Originally Posted by: x-terra steve Hi Simon, yep a see a bit from time to time, the claim I am on is just below the old stamping battery, sometimes it turns up in mass, coating the smaller bits of gold completey, Have also seen seperate balls of it sitting on the bedrock about the size of a large marble, If i can get to it i get rid of the stuff, Steve It is well worth keeping as it isnt exactly the cheapest of stuff to obtain if you need to buy it - I have a bit here which I got from a stamper battery years ago but for some reason have kept it...more about that in my thread...one day. Although I am talking of a fair while ago as a kid I got a lot at the bottom of Tobins Track on the Arrow in the actual river so if you are near there mineforgold then it may pay to see if you can find some. Back then I do remember there was quite a fair bit and if recovered could well have suited your needs. Theres a bloke in Dunedin - a strange character - sallow pale complection - look like the grim reaper - Death - used to live at home with mummy while he waited for the right boy to come along - he has 400 pound weight of it! Getting any out of him would be like pushing butter up a hedgehogs arse with a red hot poker. Edited by user Saturday, 23 June 2012 10:20:59 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

mineforgold.co.nz		Posted : Saturday, 23 June 2012 9:01:37 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 299 Location: Nelson Thanks: 58 times Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 35 post(s)		heh .. I might have to eat a few more weatbix before I tackle that character thanks Lammerlaw.
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leslie		Posted : Sunday, 24 June 2012 2:56:35 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 23/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1 Location: waihi north island		Originally Posted by: simon while on the topic of mercury, has anyone found much while in the creeks and rivers? i've been getting a few bits of what looks like mercury over summer. started keeping it. it only shows up after i have panned up the sluicebox concentrates. there are just small but if you added up what must be in parts of the stream there must be quite a bit of the stuff. put water with your mercury it will keep it stable as you use it each time it will charge its self up .
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Sunday, 24 June 2012 11:52:29 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Originally Posted by: leslie Originally Posted by: simon while on the topic of mercury, has anyone found much while in the creeks and rivers? i've been getting a few bits of what looks like mercury over summer. started keeping it. it only shows up after i have panned up the sluicebox concentrates. there are just small but if you added up what must be in parts of the stream there must be quite a bit of the stuff. put water with your mercury it will keep it stable as you use it each time it will charge its self up . Interesting - water on top of the mercury suppresses the vaporization for anyone who didnt know as mercury will slowly vaporise at room temperature out in the open. It also prevents inpurities forming a skin on the surface, especially oils. For those who dont know what charged mercury is there is mention of it in this article - the bonus aobut this article is that it is of interest to all who are interested in Goldmiing and Goldmining history. http://nevada-outback-ge...e_pages/Amalgamation.htm At this point I shall be honest and state that I did NOT know about charged Mercury so looked it up and the very interesting above reference is the result - there is a big bottle of mercury sitting by my bed which I panned out of the dirt at an old gold stamper site in the hills. As a kid at school we used to get mercury oxide and using a bunsen burner and a charcoal block used to turn it into a blob of liquid mercury - we all did it as part of chemistry - in those days we were never told about 'As mad as a hatter' or mercury poisoning and if OSH found a teacher doing this with the pupils now then all hell would break lose.

mineforgold.co.nz		Posted : Sunday, 24 June 2012 2:01:58 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 299 Location: Nelson Thanks: 58 times Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 35 post(s)		It is good have an excuse for your madness though. Now days they just assume you are ADHD and dose you up on rat poison to keep you sedated.
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trigger		Posted : Monday, 2 July 2012 9:35:24 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 13/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 142 Location: marlborough Thanks: 12 times Was thanked: 25 time(s) in 21 post(s)		Originally Posted by: x-terra steve Hi Simon, yep a see a bit from time to time, the claim I am on is just below the old stamping battery, sometimes it turns up in mass, coating the smaller bits of gold completey, Have also seen seperate balls of it sitting on the bedrock about the size of a large marble, If i can get to it i get rid of the stuff, Steve which claim are you on steve?