Gold pictures and videos as found during the programs Start Your Own Gold Mine

In this category there are various gold nuggets and gold particles, concentrates as found during the program Start Your Own Gold Mine in Tanzania, Uganda and other countries.

• Two small gold bars held in a hand captured on October 2 2012 at 10:12:12
  The image displays a human hand holding two small, rectangular gold bars. The bars are shiny and metallic, with slightly textured surfaces that reflect light — suggesting they may be real or high-quality replicas. They rest comfortably in the palm, indicating their relatively small size (likely 1 gram or 5 grams each, commonly sold as “gold bullion” for collectors or investors). Faint markings or stamps are visible on the surface of the bars — possibly indicating purity (e.g., “999.9”) or manufacturer — though not fully legible. The background is neutral and out of focus, drawing attention to the gold bars and hand. The lighting highlights the luster and weight of the metal. --- **Context: 100220121012** This string appears to be a date formatted as **YYMMDDHHMMSS** — specifically: > **10/02/2012 10:12:12** That is: 👉 **October 2nd, 2012 at 10:12:12 AM (or PM, depending on system)** --- ### Interpretation in Context: If this image was captured or uploaded on **October 2, 2012, at 10:12:12**, then the timestamp provides a precise moment in time when the photo was taken — perhaps documenting an acquisition, verification, or display of these gold bars. Alternatively, if “100220121012” is meant to represent something else (like a product code, serial number, or internal reference), it could imply: - A batch or lot number for these gold bars. - A catalog entry or inventory ID used by a dealer or collector. - A symbolic or commemorative value tied to the date/time shown. --- ### Possible Narratives: 1. **Investment Documentation**: The photo could be part of proof of possession for tax, legal, or insurance purposes — timestamped exactly when photographed. 2. **Collector’s Item**: These miniature gold bars might be collectibles, and the date marks their acquisition or first sighting. 3. **Symbolic Meaning**: October 2, 2012, was notable for various cultural or astrological reasons — e.g., Mayan Long Count calendar end speculation (though that was Dec 21, 2012). However, 10/2/2012 has no widely recognized global significance — so its use may be personal or arbitrary. 4. **Technical Timestamp**: In digital systems, “100220121012” could be automatically generated metadata embedded in the image file — meaning the photo was taken at that exact moment by a camera or device. --- ### Conclusion: In the context of **100220121012**, the image most likely represents a **timestamped photograph** of two small gold bars held in a hand, captured on **October 2, 2012, at 10:12:12**. This could serve as evidence, documentation, or a personal record — anchoring the moment of viewing or possessing these items to a specific point in time. If you have additional context (e.g., origin of the number, purpose of the photo), the interpretation can be refined further.
• Fine gold in the pan
  Fine gold in the pan requires skills to be recovered.
• Fine gold and few bigger particles in the pan
  This is fine gold and few bigger particles.
• Fine gold in the pan
  This is fine gold in the pan after the field assay on the mineral processing site.
• The best field assay ever
  This was the best field assay ever with more than 3,000 particles of gold visible in the pan. The particles are counted by using the hand lens. This is very rich gold ore. Immediately after this assay we have started planning on how to obtain exactly this ore under our control.
• 14 grams of gold on the scale
  This is 14 grams of gold on the gold scale. This is about 14 grams of gold that miners upon my insistence recovered by simply panning the gold concentrate. They have first recovered all the gold without mercury. I was happy, and came there to see the result and eventually buy the gold. We are buying only environmentally friendly recovered gold. That means that gold recovered with mercury we are not to buy. We do tolerate our clients who are buying such gold and advising them how to buy it safely.
• Gold recovered with mercury again mixed with mercury
  This is about 14 grams of gold that miners upon my insistence recovered by simply panning the gold concentrate. They have first recovered all the gold without mercury. I was happy, and came there to see the result and eventually buy the gold. We are buying only environmentally friendly recovered gold. That means that gold recovered with mercury we are not to buy. We do tolerate our clients who are buying such gold and advising them how to buy it safely. When I have arrived on this location we found…
• More than half a kilogram of gold in my hand
  This gold is of purity 80% and it is more than half a kilogram.
• More than half a kilogram of gold in my hand
  This is more than half a kilogram of gold in my hand.
• Gold nugget
  Gold nugget on the scale…
• 0.242 grams of gold nugget on the scale
  This is gold nugget on the scale.
• Gold nugget on my finger
  Gold nugget on my finger…
• Gold nugget on my finger
  Gold nugget on my finger.
• Gold nugget on my finger
  A gold nugget on the author's finger is a small piece of precious metal found in nature. It can have various shapes depending on its origin, with eluvial or placer sources leading to different angles based on distance traveled through erosion and natural processes like weathering over time. On the other hand, if it was discovered during an alluvial deposit where gold nuggets are more oval-shaped due to their long journey carried by water currents. This means they have been moved further away from its original source location after being extracted thousands of years ago.
• Gold nugget
  Gold nugget with some soil particles.
• Gold nugget
  This is beautiful yet unclean gold nugget. It contains soil particles.
• Melted gold in the vial
  This is melted gold in the vial.
• Melted gold in the vial
  Vial is a small bottle usually for drugs, medicine, specimens. This is gold in the vial. It is easier to contain it that way.
• 2.614 grams of gold on the scale
  This is 2.614 grams of gold on the scale, just after melting.
• 2.63 grams of gold after melting
  This is 2.63 grams of gold after melting on the scale.
• Melted gold in the gold pan
  This is melted gold in the gold pan…
• Gold in glass of water
  Gold in the glass of water after melting. Pour the hot gold into water after taking it out of the gold melting furnace.
• Grams of gold in glass
  This is gold after melting in the glass.
• Few grams of gold after melting
  These are few grams of gold after melting…
• Tweezers to take the graphite crucible out of the furnace
  To take the graphite crucible for gold melting one need to use proper tweezers. Asbestos hand gloves are recommended as well.
• Melting gold in the furnace
  Gold in the furnace need to be shaken with the graphite stick so to melt better.
• Melting gold in the melting furnace
  This is melting furnace and it is how it looks like inside until the furnace reaches the metling point.
• Melting furnace for gold
  A melting furnace is used to melt 1 kilograms worth of gold in an hour, requiring specialized equipment and precise control over heat levels for extraction from raw materials at mining sites where valuable resources like precious metals are extracted under controlled conditions. The process involves several steps which necessitate the use of a suitable heating source that can maintain high temperatures while preventing accidents due to its hazardous nature as it deals with gold's extremely hot state during melting, hence requiring safety gear and expertise for safe handling and shaping in their pure form after solidification into liquid metal or alloy forms through precise control over heat levels.
• Melting of gold
  Laurence melts valuable pieces of gold metal into molten form using a specialized heating device called his 'melting furnace', which allows him to separate and purify pure gold from other metals like iron or black sand through the use of boric acid flux. By doing so, he ensures that only high-quality gold remains after cooling down and solidifying in an electric melting furnace with controlled conditions provided by the specialized heating device.
• Gold balls with mercury in gold pan
  Mercury is dangerous substance that may cause cancer and other diseases. It pollutes human body, animals, plants, water source and environment. In our mining program Start Your Own Gold Mine we are not using mercury but recovering it when necessary and teaching miners how to implement mercury free methods. We do not use mercury in our programs. This gold was brought to us as sample from a mining site.
• Gold ball as collected with mercury
  Mercury is dangerous substance that may cause cancer and other diseases. It pollutes human body, animals, plants, water source and environment. In our mining program Start Your Own Gold Mine we are not using mercury but recovering it when necessary and teaching miners how to implement mercury free methods. On the picture one can see gold balls as result from rudimentary local gold recovery methods. We are not using mercury in our program Start Your Own Gold Mine.
• Gold nugget on the hand of a miner
  This is gold nugget on the hand of a local miner. Surprisingly on this mining location all the small gold was disposed into the soil and only large gold nuggets collected by miners. We bought gold nuggets as many as we could.
• Gold nuggets
  These gold nuggets are natural and have been found nearby the Geita Gold Mining company in Geita, Tanzania.
• Nice gold nugget in my hand
  This is nice gold nugget in my hand.
• 1.426 grams of gold nugget in the hand
  This is 1.426 grams of gold nugget.
• Beautiful gold nugget
  Beautiful gold nugget on this picture was found on one of the mining sites.
• 1.018 grams of gold nugget on the scale
  This is 1.018 grams of gold nugget on the scale.
• One beautiful gram of gold nugget
  This is one beautiful gram of gold nugget we found on the mining site and cleaned it thereafter with the apple cider.
• First gold we bought in Tanzania back in 2012
  This is first gold we bought in Tanzania back in 2012. One of miners arrived to our office, we have melted the gold and bought it.