Don't Put Peroxide on Your Gold Until You Hear This

Old Col's Reading the Ground has a chapter on specimens, junk and fakes, and the Starter Kit has five free tests for real gold vs fool's gold: https://oldcolsgold.com/yt All three books for US$27. Instant PDF download, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. No book can promise you gold. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Costs you nothing extra. Gear for this one: Beginner panning kit: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VMBWCMW?... 14 inch gold pan: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MD02MWE?... Snuffer bottle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AZ80H5U?... Glass gold vials: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BP6P8226?... Folding sluice: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QSQCQZF?... A little brown bottle of hydrogen peroxide from the drugstore can clean up a gold specimen, and it can wreck one. Most people find that out one ruined rock at a time. I've seen more good rock spoiled by cleaning than by anything else, so I clean a rock only until the gold shows, then I stop. In this video I go through six things to know before you pour it. I cover what peroxide can and can't do to the gold itself, what to wash a rock in before any chemical comes near it, why the fizz fools nearly everybody, and the one mineral that must never go in the jar. Then there's why a cleaner rock isn't worth more (a nugget that sold for well over a million dollars makes the point), and a paper filter that tells you if you're washing gold down the sink. I save the mix of two ordinary bottles that makes gold disappear for last. Use the weak 3% peroxide, wear gloves and glasses, and work outside. Never mix peroxide with acid, and never mix bleach with anything but water. Then tell me in the comments: what did you clean your first specimen with? One word will do. Chapters 0:00 The brown bottle 0:24 It can't hurt the gold 1:52 What it's good for 3:55 The fizz fools you 6:19 Anything brassy 7:56 A cleaner rock isn't worth more 9:29 The paper filter check 10:15 The mix that makes gold vanish #goldprospecting #goldspecimens #hydrogenperoxide #goldinquartz #cleaningquartz #prospecting Old Col is an AI character created by JS Media. The prospecting tips are real and sourced.