How do you store your gold?

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Small ounce plastic and glass vials some wet some dry. Old pic.. i keep it sorted by location. This way i know what to expect in a certain area

Cheers Tone
 
Thanks guys, I'm storing by location at the moment as well but noticed some mossy kind of build up in one of them that had a bunch of flour gold in it and it's kind of stuck to the bottom now - do you guys get that as well?
 
Algae or something Nick, you can store in glycerine or white mineral oil to avoid that.

I also store hundreds of ounce in a box under the mattress, thats a lie, I don't have hundreds of ounces, if I did I'd be looking for something a bit more secure and sure as heck wouldn't be talking about it on the innnnernet!
 
Jewelery piece nuggets in gem display boxes, rough nuggets in a dry jar, alluvial gold in 1oz vials with no moisture (sun dried).

Generally by weight rather than location. ( none stored at home) ;)
 
I used to keep mine in water until I got growth in it, now I just keep it dry. Less complicated that way.
 
I store my meager amount dry. to dry it out I just left the lid off in cupboard for a week it dried out nicely :)
 
WarD40 said:
Just curious but what do you mean by storing it wet???

It's just basically filling the vile or container up with water and storing your gold in it.
 
Thanks guys, I'm thinking I'll give both a go - water for the ones I want to make look bigger ;) Now to figure out how to separate gold from algae, is there a sluice for that? :p
 
Ben78 said:
Algae or something Nick, you can store in glycerine or white mineral oil to avoid that.

I also store hundreds of ounce in a box under the mattress, thats a lie, I don't have hundreds of ounces, if I did I'd be looking for something a bit more secure and sure as heck wouldn't be talking about it on the innnnernet!

Think you might be right Ben so will give that a go once I clean it out, maybe it's punishment for not stocking it up in the search for nuggets with the detector.

Lol, I just decided to make my sheets out of my hundreds of ounces, now I dream about gold every night :p
 
WalnLiz said:
Jewelery piece nuggets in gem display boxes, rough nuggets in a dry jar, alluvial gold in 1oz vials with no moisture (sun dried).

Generally by weight rather than location. ( none stored at home) ;)

If you need somewhere to store them I'd be more than happy to help you out there mate. ;)
 
Mine's stored in it's natural location .... in the bush at the diggings ..... so any you find must be mine :p
But seriously what little I have is in the 1oz vials.
Also starting to keep little clear 'stones', not sure what they are but next time I meet up with someone I'll ask.
Cheers Tom
 
I've got the gold that started the fever in a water filled vile on the mantle as a memento, the rest I'm stockpiling dry in a jar on my bedside table at the moment... ALL MINE is stored on the premises but you're probably better off stealing my beer out of the fridge if you're gonna go through the effort!!
 
Just hope you guys store it with better security than that poor dude in Brissy earlier this year
 

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