Sell Gold Nuggets

Frequently Asked Questions

1. QUESTION:
   Who should i sell gold nuggets that has historical value to?
   I have some gold nuggets that was given by Chiang Kai-shek or 蔣介石 to his fellower when he first founded taiwan. I wanted to sell away these gold but who should i sell if i want to get a better price? Each nuggets is engraved and has a serial number, each weight 37.5gm. What is the highest i can fetch for each of these?

   • ANSWER:
     i wouldnt sell them they will go up in value as this depression worsens and the dollar inflates. you really should not get rid of them.. but if you want to sell them do not do that crap they show on tv youll get ripped off. first find out if its pure gold and then weigh them. if lets say you have an ounce then go on ebay and do a buy out of 900$ this is 55.10 less then the current price of gold per ounce as of today. youll get rid of it fast.

2. QUESTION:
   To whom should I sell gold nuggets that has historical value to?
   I have some gold nuggets stuff that was given by Mr. Johnson. I wanted to sell away these gold but I want better price for that. So, to whom should i sell if i want to get a better price? Each nuggets is engraved and has a serial number, each weight 37.5gm. What is the highest i can fetch for each of these?

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3. QUESTION:
   How do I sell gold nuggets?
   I have a rather decent amount of natural gold nuggets and I was wandering how and where I could sell them. The range anywhere from .5 gram nuggets to 20 gram nuggets to gold dust and I even have some wire gold. The total weight is probably near three ounces but I know that the price of nuggets is normally much higher than the price of melted down gold. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

   • ANSWER:
     A lot of people sell gold on ebay, but you should also check out http://www.goldbay.com/ (specialty gold market).

     Many of the dealers at the Gold & Treasure shows will also buy. http://www.goldprospectors.org/Gold_Shows/goldshow.asp?PageName=GoldShow (also look for gem and jewelry shows).

     Some jewelers buy nuggets and some dentists buy fines.

     Heck, I even buy gold every now and then. My contact info is on my site if you want to send pictures and descriptions: http://www.blackcatmining.com/

4. QUESTION:
   How do people sell gold nuggets/flakes?
   I quite often see gold nuggets & flakes being sold on eBay, etc. and there are actually quite many people bidding on them.

   What do they actually do with it? Make a gold ring out of it for themselves, or is there a special shops where you can trade in few grams of gold nuggets/flakes???

   • ANSWER:
     Gold is sold and valued by weight. The flakes are minute fractions of a gram and have no real value. The nuggets can be used for repairing other items but only if you know how to smelt them down and mix it with stronger metals. Gold is too weak to use alone. Why people bid? That is up to them I have bought several gram bars for good prices when gold was down and sold them locally when it was up but that was all.

5. QUESTION:
   Is it wise to buy and sell gold nuggets on eBay?

   • ANSWER:
     Check out the the sellers feed back, dont buy from outside the USA

6. QUESTION:
   Where can you sell unrefined, unsmelted gold nuggets/flakes?
   Panned these on a camping trip.

   • ANSWER:
     Scrap gold buyers. It's a lot more complex with jewelry and stuff, so if you just have panned gold they will buy it too anyway.

     here's a good tutorial on it: http://www.goldintomoney.com/how-to-sell-online/how-to-sell-gold-and-silver-jewelry-for-maximum-cash

7. QUESTION:
   Where is the best place to sell gold in Australia?
   I went gold detecting on the w/end and found six gold nuggets.

   Not huge, but we're going back there this w/end to check out more of the area with our machine.

   Where's the best place to get a quote on nugget sales in Sydney?

   • ANSWER:
     Have you been at the old folks home pulling out sleeping peoples fillings again? I TOLD YOU TO CUT THAT OUT!

8. QUESTION:
   Why can't you just melt gold nuggets to bars and turn a profit?
   I see gold nuggets online for around 38 dollars an ounce, or gold dust for less. However gold is basically 1,000 dollars an ounce.
   So why not buy the gold as dust or nuggets and melt them into bars. And then sell them for the 1,000 dollars an ounce price?

   What am I missing here?

   • ANSWER:
     First off, you are missing karat purity. while you may be able to buy scrape gold on eBay for "pennies" it is no way bullion. Gold bullion is 24k 999.9 pure. You may notice gold ingots for sale as well in various increments 1g,5g,10g,etc. ever notice how much people are willing to pay for this, on average 5.7399 for 1g, which is just plain absurd. Considering that if you were to purchase that straight up all the way to an ounce you would literally be throwing hundreds of dollars in the garbage. As far as buying gold anything in that small of an increment even owning 10oz is pretty much a waste of money that could be more wisely invested. Most professional investors buy gold to help fight inflation not profit. In order to profit you want to buy trading power of gold not physical bars for storage. if you are considering this go MONEX they will help you decide what is best for you and your money

9. QUESTION:
   Where can I sell my 14 ounce gold bracelet and not get ripped off? Is my only choice jewelry store or people?
   I have a gold nugget bracelet. The weight is 14ounces. I would love to sell it with the value of gold so high. But I don't want to get ripped off by a jewelry store. Are there any places that will buy it for what its worth on the market?

   • ANSWER:
     List it on eBay. Have a Buy-It-Now as well as a Best Offer button.

     Used gold does not command top dollar. Expect to get around a gram.

10. QUESTION:
    What is the current selling price for 99.9+ pure gold nuggets?
    The nuggets were processed by the US Treasury Dept. from counterfit gold coins that were confiscated by the US Secret Service. The coins were smelted, but the gold contained in them was returned to me. They are in a canvas bag sealed by Treasury.

    • ANSWER:
      At the time of this posting, gold is trading at 8.00 an ounce.

11. QUESTION:
    What do you do if you find a gold nugget in California? How do you sell it?
    Are there places that you cannot search for gold or find treasure at?.......other than private property, of course. Do you have to file a claim or anything?

    • ANSWER:
      I don’t know what cash4gold will pay. I do know from my past experience, that I sent them a scrap jewelry ring and they paid me .26. I rejected the offer and they returned my ring promptly. I then found another company, http://www.captaincashforgold.com/ that paid me 3 for the same ring!! and they enclosed a track able Fedex pack along with 0 insurance as opposed to some crappy envelope from cash4gold that you cant even track. I really got burned a couple of times using a couple of different cash for gold companies but with http://www.captaincashforgold.com/ I feel I finally found one that I could really trust with my valuables.

12. QUESTION:
    Is there a place in Dallas to sell Gold Jewelry for cash?
    Gold Nugget Bracelet and Ring (men's)

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13. QUESTION:
    Where is the best place to sell gold jewelry for top dollar?
    gold nugget ring and neclace

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14. QUESTION:
    Do you have to pay royalty taxes and acquire permits if you wanted to sell mineral and fossil collections?
    More specifically, if I wanted to sell a gold nugget I found for say 0 here in Canada through eBay am I permitted to do so without paying royalties?

    • ANSWER:
      royalities are due to companies or people; if you found the
      gold on public property, you owe no one anything; if you found it
      on private property, it is not yours to sell.

      interesting dilemma, huh?

15. QUESTION:
    Do Purified Gold Nuggets loose value?
    I was wondering if it is better to buy raw gold nuggets or chemically refined and purified to 24k gold, and does the sell value go down if they are altered from the original.

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16. QUESTION:
    How much is 0.121 grams of gold nuggets worth?
    If it's worth more than than is their a possibility that the gold is fake if someone is trying to sell it for less?

    • ANSWER:
      1 gram of gold is worth about today (,000 per kg). Hence, 0.121 grams is worth .6.

17. QUESTION:
    How do you know when you are buying gold or silver coins bars or nuggets that what you are buying is real tthe
    And when you do buy gold or silver where do you go to sell it .They say if you buy gold bars the goverment can take them from you at the going rate at the time of confication. Is this true. And do you have to pay taxes on gold.

    • ANSWER:
      You only buy from a reputable dealer. I buy my S African Kruggerands (1 oz gold) & silver bars from a local coin dealer. Buy from someone who is a known: U.S. Eagles, Canadian Maple Leafs, S African Kruggerands. My silver bars are from Handy & Harmons. They have serial numbers stamped into them.

      As far as I know, there is no national database of those that own gold. So how is the government going to confiscate these (gold & silver) if they don't know about them??

      You want to sell your gold & silver, just go back to the same person/dealer that you bought them from. I suspect you do pay taxes on any profits (of the sale).

18. QUESTION:
    Does anyone have any gold that they would like to sell me.?
    I will only except gold flakes, and gold nuggets. if you send me the gold i will send you the cash after you send me the gold. Dont worry I promise i will send you the cash

    • ANSWER:
      I put too much effort into finding the gold I have to be scammed out of it. Go to ebay, goldbay, or go out and mine it yourself.

19. QUESTION:
    Diamonds and gold nuggets in pokemon firered version?
    are they used for anything or are they there just to be sold for money?

    • ANSWER:
      You sell them for lots of money.

20. QUESTION:
    In pokemon Soul silver, what is the gold nugget used for?
    I have three gold nuggets. What are they used for?
    Do they help evolve anything or are they just there for you to sell?

    • ANSWER:
      The only purpose of the nugget is to sell them.

21. QUESTION:
    Where can you sell raw gold that you've panned?
    I have a small vile with some nice pickers and a small nugget. Panned in northern Georgia. Just trying to find someone that buys raw gold.
    Paul, did they assay your gold before they bought it?

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22. QUESTION:
    where can i sell my 800 pound raw gold nugget? harrybipes@yahoo.com?

    • ANSWER:
      Um. That's not a nugget, that's a boulder.

23. QUESTION:
    Is the gold sold on ebay worth anything?
    If I were to buy a gold nugget or bar from ebay, is it worth anything?

    • ANSWER:
      I wouldnt trust it.

24. QUESTION:
    How to make convincing gold without chemicals, tungsten, heat, fire, etc.?
    I want to make convincing gold nuggets (and/or bars), without using chemicals, tungsten, fire, or spending a fortune. I do not plan to do anything like selling it, but I just want to make it, for fun. And, it would be helpful if it was close to the weight of an actual nugget or bar. Thank you for your help.

    • ANSWER:
      If it just needs to look like gold, mold modeling clay into a block, stamp it with the letters "24K" and spray paint it gold. It won't be nearly heavy enough, and won't fool anyone who picks it up, but it will look good.

      Lead bricks painted gold are closer, and may fool some people, but anybody with a scale and a tape measure can calculate the density, and gold is much denser than lead, 19.3g/cm^3, vs 11.34g/cm^3.

      The density test is why you read about tungsten, which has a density similar to gold, 19.25g/cm^3.
      A gold plated tungsten bar would pass the heft test, but that's about all. Gold melts at 1,947°F, and Tungsten melts at 6,192°F. Any assayer would carefully drill a hole in the bar and test the shavings.

      Interesting article:

      http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2008-03/how-make-convincing-fake-gold-bars

      Grandpa

25. QUESTION:
    Selling gold coins where, how and also monitoring of prices?
    Solid 999.9 pure gold coins - Maple leaf, Australian Nuggets, Chinese Panda etc.

    • ANSWER:
      There are large coin stores around the country that will offer you a fair price. You can look in you local yellow pages for coin dealers but unless it is of a larger size you will not receive as good a price. You can also list them on ebay, but that will require some work on your part.

26. QUESTION:
    refining of lost wax gold nugget pendant?
    I have inherited 3 'lost wax' gold nugget pendants, which a GIA gemologist has analyzed and determined to be about 14K. They haven't sold on E-Bay. Is there somewhere that would refine them (remove the copper or whatever) and make them into a small ingot? It would have to be economically feasible, of course, to send them and have the refining done. Thanks!

    • ANSWER:
      Unless the point of refining them is just to be able to say you own a gold ingot, I think you are better off selling them to a custom jewelry maker. (There is at least one in Georgetown, and there is another--or there certainly used to be another--in Old Town Alexandria.) Since the nuggets are already 14K, they would be "ready to use" for someone who designs wedding and engagement rings or other jewelry.

      If they are refined into pure gold, the ultimate user will have to blend the gold again to make it 14K or 18K. That means the nuggest will need to be worked on twice--first to make them pure and then again to make strong enough to be usable in jewelry. I don't think that will make economic sense.

      Bottom line: Viewed purely from an economic standpoint, you are better off with what you have. Look into refining only if you liove the idea of having pure gold for its own sake.

      Good luck!

27. QUESTION:
    Can you make a profit from buying gold leaf flakes on ebay?
    So I am a little confused, I was looking on ebay for gold (looking to buy a little as an investment) and I see that gold leaf flakes sell for very little compared to solid gold nuggets. Now what is confusing me is that even in auctions that state the weight of the gold leaf flakes (lets say it says 1 ounce) the price is amazingly low (less then ). If I were to buy 1 ounce of real gold, that would cost me almost 00. So why are these gold leaf flakes selling for so much less? If you were to melt the 1 ounce of gold leaf flakes down into a solid peace, wouldn't the weight of the gold stay the same? I was thinking of getting an Oxy Acetylene Torch, a sand mold peace, safety goggles and gloves etc and melting it down myself. Any information you guys could give me into this matter would be most appreciated.

    • ANSWER:
      Read the fine print in most of those advertisements:

      "These beautiful Gold Leaf Flakes are scrap flakes from a leafing company which blends & cuts different base metal gold leaf scrap into flakes. These beautiful gold leaf flakes are not designed to be melted down. We do not make any claim as to any percentage of actual gold content contained therein."

28. QUESTION:
    how much would a pure peice of gold be worth today that weighs 1.6 grams ?
    i found a peice of pure gold nothing but a little nugget all gold and it weighs 1.6 grams how much would i get 4 it ? & where would be the best place to sell it ??

    • ANSWER:
      Here are gold prices for all major currencies. Right now gold is .11 per gram. 1.6 grams = .98. Gold nuggets are never pure gold. They could be less than 70% gold. A good price for you would be 50% of it's melt value or about assuming 70% gold. I would guess that you would get more for it as a piece of jewelry from a jeweler or from a collector than you would for it's melt value, particularly if it's an interesting shape. I posted a link to a company that buys gold nuggets.

29. QUESTION:
    How much is a gold nugget plecos normally worth?
    I went to walmart today. While there i went by the fish section (as i do always commenting on how sickly there fish are.) and i noticed something pecular. The're were gold nugget plecos' in the tanks. As it would turn out they didnt actually know they were gold nugget plecos and were selling them as common plecos. I normally dont buy fish from walmart but i figured this would be a good acception and i have the little guy seperated in his own little aquarium untill i feel he is sickness free. Hes about 1inch long and i was just wondering how much he was worth in comparison to the .95 i payed for him.
    it really is a gold nugget plecos. there fins have the same design and they have correct spot patterns and such.
    oh but how big do they get?

    • ANSWER:
      The most popular range is from the lowest point I've seen, which is , to the highest I've seen, which is . However, those are the extremes of the spectrum, and they tend to be either -, or -.

30. QUESTION:
    Selling a food item. Need help please!?
    Example: Gold nuggets supermaket sells Kikkoman Oyster sauce for 4.00 each (not including tax)

    If I want to sell an item at 4.00 each at retail price, how much should I to charge the supermarket, in order for them to want to sell my item.

    • ANSWER:
      You really have to determine your production cost, shipping cost etc before you can determine what to sell your product for. You also have to research the cost of like items. Also, realize that to start off you should be selling your item under market value in order to get interest in your product. There is a lot involved in going straight to the supermarket. You may want to start with local mom and pop stores like delicatessens, convenience stores and such.

31. QUESTION:
    Is this Gold real? (pic)?
    I guy on the street just claimed to sell me 3 ounces of gold in nugget flakes. He was asking 50, but i ended up paying 20$. I knew it had a high chance of being fake but i took the chance.
    Here is the pic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/64578048@N02/5881833554/
    Do you guys think it is real?
    it should be working now.

    • ANSWER:
      Gold nuggets found on the ground or in stream beds are not pure gold. They contain a lot of impurites. It doesn't surprise me that you paid much less than for 3 ounces of "normal", or refined gold. Yes, I think it's real.
      .

32. QUESTION:
    Is this gold real? (pic)?
    I guy on the street just claimed to sell me 3 ounces of gold in nugget flakes. He was asking 50, but i ended up paying 20$. I knew it had a high chance of being fake but i took the chance.
    Here is the pic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/64578048@N0…
    Do you guys think it is real?
    correct link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/64578048@N02/5881833554/

    • ANSWER:
      Absolutely no way to tell from a photo. My suggestion would be to take it to your local coin dealer. The coin dealers around here (San Diego) all have chemical test kits and can determine if it is gold or not. Bear in mind that 3 troy ounces of gold would go for around 00. At least you are being realistic about it almost certainly being fake.

33. QUESTION:
    What is the current value of the 1986 Australia Golden Nugget Proof Set. And what is the best way to sell it?
    Gold now trading at 00/oz.

    • ANSWER:
      Here is one currently listed on eBay with a Buy-It-Now price of US50:
      http://cgi.ebay.com/1986-Australia-Gold-Nugget-Proof-Set-FIRST-EVER-/160515077470?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item255f71b55e
      No bids on it yet, so that gives you an upper limit on what it would sell for. The set is 1.85 troy ounces, so that is 15 melt value.

34. QUESTION:
    Need Help Finding this anime movie?
    well the part i remember best is something about the main character having a demon arm and he was trying to sell a gold nugget in a village then he got attacked i think so he shot an arrow with his infected arm and cut the dudes head off and at the end there was this big like uber monster thing and it dies i really need to find it again
    oh yea and the monster was supposed to end the world or something but his head got cut off at the end
    im pretty shure it was rated R but it could have been pg-13 my memories a little fuzzy
    it was around 2004 when i rented it

    • ANSWER:
      Certain parts of this sound like "Princess Mononoke"; the main character had a demoniacally infected arm, which gave him the power to shoot arrows with such force and accuracy that they could decapitate his enemies. There was a corrupt monk in the movie who wished to sell the head of the "Lord of the Forest" to the Emperor (I think he may have tricked the main character into cutting off the Forest Lord's head; I recall a line that went something like "When you're killing a god, best have someone else do the dirty work for you"), but when the Lord of the Forest was dying the forest began dying as well. I don't recall the bit about selling a gold nugget, but I may be forgetting something, as there was a town dedicated to producing steel (at the time during which the story is set, a rare and valuable metal alloy). It was given a PG-13 rating for it's North American release, and was quite violent at the time (1999) for an animated movie given a mainstream (even if it was mostly distributed to "art" cinemas) release, at least for one that had more than one showing.

35. QUESTION:
    Twelve pound nugget of gold Really a funny joke deserve for your star>>>>>>?
    Twelve pound nugget of gold
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    A Husband and Wife, Both were very happy over the twelve pound baby boy that was born to them, Mr. Brown who could not conceal his delight, called up the editor of a famous newspaper and reported that he became the proud owner of a twelve pound nugget of gold.

    The editor upon hearing the seemingly extraordinary news was rather hesitant to accept it at its face value. So he sent his star reporter to interview Mr. Brown. When the reporter came, Mr. Brown was away and his wife was alone at home.

    The following interesting conversation took place between the reporter and Mrs. Brown:

    Reporter : Does Mr. Brown Live here?
    Mrs. Brown : Oh! Yes.
    Reporter : Is he in?
    Mrs. Brown : Why no, he went somewhere.
    Reporter : Is it true that he owns a twelve pound nugget of gold?

    Mrs. Brown : (Seeing the joke) Yes, indeed.
    Reporter : Can I see the place where he found it?
    Mrs. Brown : I am afraid, not because Mr. Brown objects in as much as it is strictly private.
    Reporter : Is the place far?
    Mrs. Brown : No, it is quite near and convenient.
    Reporter : How many years has Mr. Brown been digging the hole?
    Mrs. Brown : Just for about ten months.
    Reporter : Is the hole deep?
    Mrs. Brown : Quite so...
    Reporter : Has Mr. Brown reached the bottom of it?
    Mrs. Brown : Not yet, but he is coming near...
    Reporter : At about what time does Mr. Brown starts digging?

    Mrs. Brown : Oh, he does his digging mostly at night.
    Reporter : Does he work hard on it?
    Mrs. Brown : You bet... and how he perspires.
    Reporter : Is Mr. Brown the first to dig?
    Mrs. Brown : He thought he was...

    Reporter : How do you know there was someone ahead of him?
    Mrs. Brown : I am in a good position to say so, because I own the place.

    Reporter : Oh, I see, but you sold the place to Mr. Brown?
    Mrs. Brown : No, but for the present, he has the legal title to the site, with my consent.

    Reporter : Has Mr. Brown any helper when he works on the claim?
    Mrs. Brown : Yes, I work under him...
    Reporter : When do you think Mr. Brown will sell the place?
    Mrs. Brown : I think not because he enjoys working on it.

    Reporter : Can I see the twelve pound nugget of gold?
    Mrs. Brown : Yes, certainly (and she showed him the twelve pound baby boy

    The Reporter fainted!

    • ANSWER:
      lol shes talking about having sex

36. QUESTION:
    Thinking about buying one ounce of 24kt gold?
    I dont know if you heard but the golden nugget casino has a gold vending machine. I want to buy an ounce of gold but I have no idea how the gold market works. Are all gold bars 24kt? They sell the one ounce bars according to the stock market prices so right now its 30 an ounce. Is that 30 an ounce of 24kt gold? I want to invest into an ounce in case I need to cash it out later down the road, you know like an asset. If I pay 30 today and wanted to sell it tomorrow, how much of a lose will I take. Also, where would be the best place to sell it, cause the pawnshops will take 20-30% of the value for themselves cause I already called. Please help me and give me some advise and knowledge, I appreciate you reading this.

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37. QUESTION:
    What kind of Pleco did I purchase?
    Hi,

    I purchased this pleco yesterday and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what kind he/she was.

    He/She was sold as a Gold Nugget but am unsure if it is the real deal.

    Many thanks for your help.

    Alison

    Link to photo below

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/28783708@N02/?saved=1

    • ANSWER:
      Thats exactly what ya got. Check out http://www.fishprofiles.com/profiles/list.aspx?term=pleco they have all the pleco types so you can see your there

38. QUESTION:
    How do people make a lot of money from selling drugs?
    I cant understand how people make a lot of money from selling drugs like marijuana or cocaine and all that stuff. Why is it so valuable that people buy the stuff for a very expensive price. Do drug addicts have enough money to buy them?? Just noticed that a small amount of drugs can be sold like for several barrels of crude oil or a large nugget of raw gold. How is that?

    • ANSWER:
      Supply and demand.

39. QUESTION:
    Can anyone tell me if this is a real golden nugget watch?
    http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-GRUEN-GOLD-NUGGET-DIAMOND-MENS-WATCH-1960S-NIB_W0QQitemZ280342339781QQcmdZViewItemQQptZWristwatches?hash=item4145b4a0c5&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A13|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

    It says it sold for 0 back in the 60's. Shouldn't it sale for more now?

    • ANSWER:
      you cannot really tell without actually examining it. I wouldn't buy gold from EBAY

40. QUESTION:
    how to melt gold flakes?
    i got 100 grans and im lost, all im doing is burning then up or varnishing into a rose gold color and black, i hammered a 34 gram nugget out of it so far and got plenty left. is it liable to melt and sell??

    • ANSWER:
      Gold can be melted in a graphite crucible or fused silica. A propane melting furnace will do the trick, oxy-fuels are only required if you melt in the open air, something you really can't do for amounts larger than a few ounces. Oxygen is expensive.

      Flux is commonly borax, easily applied to said crucible by making a water slurry, smearing it on, and then torching it over to make a glaze. This keeps the gold from sticking to your crucible, which sometimes it does (particularly so with silica)

      Always preheat the crucible. If you're melting your gold with a torch rather than in a furnace, wrap up the gold sponge/powder with filter paper and heat from the bottom and the sides, otherwise it'll blow the gold powder out of the crucible and you'll have to sweep it up. After it's molten, you can play the flame across the surface of the gold, cast it when it's nice and fluid (easily moves around). Any ash from the filter paper should have long since burned away, but if it hasn't, a pinch of nitre (saltpeter, KNO3) will remove it. Or just add a little more oxygen to the flame...

      Cast the gold into a heated mold, preferably graphite if you're making ingots. Play a slightly reducing flame (from your torch) over the exposed gold, it'll give you a nice, polished surface finish. If you're investment casting, preheat the mold to about 1300F and make sure you use a proper investment like Kerr SatinCast. Just using plaster of Paris is a no-no, it doesn't have any quartz (cristoballite) powder in it, so it has very little permeability and cushioning effect which makes it crack and produce a bad casting.

41. QUESTION:
    can you please rewrite this research thingy?
    5 points, im really bad at doing these this :T

    On August 16, 1896, George Washington Carmack and two Indian friends in the Yukon pried a nugget from the bed of Rabbit Creek, a tributary of Canada’s Klondike River, and set in motion one of the most frenzied and fabled gold rushes in history. Over the next two years, at least 100,000 eager would-be prospectors from all over the world set out for the new gold fields with dreams of a quick fortune dancing in their heads. Only about 40,000 actually made it to the Klondike, and precious few of them ever found their fortune.

    Swept along on this tide of gold seekers was a smaller and cannier contingent, also seeking their fortunes but in a far more practical fashion. They were the entrepreneurs, the men and women who catered to the Klondike fever.

    George Carmack, the man who began it all, was neither a die-hard prospector nor a keen businessman. The California native was simply in the right place at the right time. Not that this son of a Forty-Niner had anything against being rich. But, like most of the white men who drifted north in the 1870s and ’80s, he came as much for the solitude as for the gold.

    There had been rumors of gold in the Yukon as far back as the 1830s, but little was done about it. The harsh land and harsher weather, plus the Chilkoot Indians’ jealous guarding of their territory, effectively kept out most prospectors–until 1878, when a man named George Holt braved the elements and the Indians and came back with nuggets impressive enough to make other prospectors follow his lead. By 1880, there were perhaps 200 miners panning fine placer gold from the sandbars along the Yukon River.

    In 1885, gold was found in paying quantities on the bars of the Stewart River, south of the Klondike River. The next year, coarse gold was found on the Forty Mile River, and a trading post, called Fortymile, then sprang up where the river joins the Yukon River. In 1893, a little farther down the Yukon, in Alaska, two Russian half-bloods hit pay dirt that produced 0,000 a year in gold, and spawned the boom town of Circle City. Known as ‘The Paris of Alaska,’ it boasted two theaters, eight dance halls, 28 saloons, a library and a school. But when news of the strike on Rabbit Creek (soon to be renamed Bonanza Creek) reached the citizens of Circle City, they decamped in droves. Only a year before Carmack’s lucky find, Canada had created the Yukon District as an administrative subunit within the Northwest Territories, and construction had begun on Fort Constantine (across from Fortymile), the first North-West Mounted Police post in the Yukon. So law enforcement was in place just in time to greet the droves of prospectors who would soon be stampeding to the Klondike region of the Yukon District, which would become a separate territory on June 13, 1898.

    Like his Indian friends, George Carmack believed in visions. Shortly before his dramatic discovery, he had a vision in which two salmon with golden scales and gold nuggets for eyes appeared before him. So lacking in mercenary impulses was he that he interpreted this as a sign that he should take up salmon fishing. And that’s just what he was doing, along with his friends Skookum Jim and Tagish Charley, when a determined prospector named Robert Henderson floated down from upriver and, in keeping with the prospector’s code, told George about the ‘color’ he’d found on a creek he dubbed Gold Bottom Creek. But, he warned, glaring at Jim and Charley, he didn’t want any ‘damn Siwashes’ staking claims there.

    The three friends didn’t like Henderson’s attitude, and for two weeks they ignored his lead. Then, with nothing better to do, they meandered over to check out Henderson’s claim. Henderson insulted the Indians again by refusing to sell them tobacco. Indignant, George, Jim and Charley left and set up camp on Rabbit Creek. While cleaning a dishpan, one of the three unearthed the thumb-sized chunk of gold that set the great rush in motion. Probably because of the insults, Carmack didn’t bother to hike the short distance back to Henderson’s diggings to tell him of the strike. Instead, he headed downriver the 50 or so miles to Fortymile to record his claim, and Jim’s and Charley’s. On the way, he bragged to everyone he saw of his good luck.

    Most of the old-timers just scoffed. Carmack had made’strikes’ before that amounted to nothing, earning him the nickname ‘Lying George,’ so they put little stock in this new bonanza of his. But a few cheechakos (newcomers) went to investigate, and the word spread. Within five days, the valley was swarming with prospectors. By the end of August, the whole length of Bonanza Creek was staked out in claims; then an even richer vein was found on a tributary that became known as Eldorado Creek.

    If all this had come about early in the year, the news would have reached civilization within a few weeks. But winter was already closing in. Once the rivers froze and the heavy snows fe

    • ANSWER:
      if you don't learn how to do it yourself, you will be in serious trouble later on
      sorry! tis the truth

42. QUESTION:
    How much do you think this semi precious/precious rock celection is worth?
    I've had all these stones for a long while and now i think its time to sell them, being as i don't need them and they take up a lot of space. Could please you tell me what you think they'd be worth at an online auction:

    Fossilised desert rose (selenite)
    1.5 inch fossilised shark tooth
    Small agate geode
    Sahara diamond
    Fools gold nuggets
    2 x small fossilised shark teeth
    Large 6 inch wide agate geode
    1x turquoise tumbled
    small tectite (meteorite)
    small rhodonite tumbled
    small point of citrine
    medium rose quartz
    small pyrolusite
    a few small white moonstones
    1 x small malachite
    small raw crystalline hematite
    small blue calcite
    small red calcite
    amethyst cluster
    2 x amethyst points
    one fossilised t-rex poop (very scientific term!)
    a fossilised scorpian inside a ball of glass, resting on some semi precious stones.

    Sorry about the long list, there are some others but i don't know the name of,

    thanks to anyone that can help, even if you named the price of one of the things i am grateful

    Sizes:

    small = 1 inch dimensions all round max
    medium = around 3 inches across

    • ANSWER:
      Unfortunately this is not worth much. If you are lucky you will get about 10 pound for this, but i rather think that you won´t get anything at all.
      The only thing of value is your T-Rex poo, if you can proove that it really is from T-Rex (it must be a rather big poo)

43. QUESTION:
    What are the mathematical (and other?) possibilities of me finding this?
    Yesterday I came across advertisement on 1980's jewelers' magazine which displays a huge 13.2 lb nugget of GOLD from Australia and which was being loaned to a private company here in U.S. for promotional endeavors.Today I open up a book about Victoria, Australia which my family is also putting up for auction on internet. And what do you think I find? A small article about the biggest gold nugget in Australia!!

    So, how do we look at the possibilities here?:

    1) Both, magazine and book, were purchased at secondhand store, but doubt they belonged to same previous owner.

    2) Supposing previous magazine owner himself were to have "stumbled" upon this book with that article, that in itself is another big coincidence, simply because the book is not about jewelry, gems, or gold, but about a particular city in Australia.

    3) Same goes for him having bought that magazine initially after having come across the nugget on the book first.

    4) Granted there is a jewelry expert who is also a customer at that store but I hardly can imagine him "parting" with these two items, since, on the contrary he appears to be a hoarder; he simply buys and buys just about anything and never sells anything there!

    5) Granted that it might be two different gold nuggets, after all the one on the book is only an illustration and I don't see the weight of it anywhere there.

    Still if we put this information into a computer what are the possibilities

    • ANSWER:
      some times things really do just happen by coincednce.

      either that or "the butterfly effect"............u dont want me go there

44. QUESTION:
    what community schooling fish can i add?
    my 55 gallon tank already has the following:

    one 9 YEAR OLD FULL GROWN 12" SENEGAL bichir
    one 3" peaceful blood parrot
    one 3" shy angelfish
    one 6" colorful gold nugget pleco
    one 6" happy AFRICAN BROWN knife fish [( NOT THE HUGE COMMON BLACK ONE that DOES need more than a 55!!])
    one 4" hungry bala shark ( i know he may grow to big for the 55, so i will probably sell him when he is more than a foot long, because is really rare to buy a full grown silver shark )

    lastly, do not tell me to get giant danios, because petsmart nor petco sells them, they are really rare fish around my area and nobody wants to get them.
    And please please please, dont remind that the bala shark grows too big and i will need to return it, because i already have him set, as well as "they need a school", because i took an hour checking trough all of the bala shark's care profiles websites, and 100% of them told me i COULD keep him alone, but i almost never ignore that rule.
    how about 5 black skirt tetras? will they get eaten by the 10" fulll grown african knife fish??

    • ANSWER:
      Black skirt tetras might work. they are large tetras.
      There are lots of schooling fish:hatchets, zebra danios, white cloud minnows, cardinal tetras, but they will probably get eaten by all your big fish. Maybe silver dollars? Silver dollars sound nice.

45. QUESTION:
    A repost to ask for tips, please give me your feedback w/o fear that you might hurt my feewings?
    Many years ago in an untamed exotic place
    where veiled and silent nomad tribes rode camels over dunes,
    and bits of quartz-stone glittered
    like diamonds and gold nuggets when lit up by jaundiced moons,
    whispers circled and sparked great fear
    in the wanderer's hearts, establishing legends in their culture,
    telling of inhuman creatures
    who devoured souls, leaving but flesh for flocks of vultures.

    Many a quest began in hopes of scouring the scourge,
    and many brave men quavered, to return, their families shamed.
    Some vanished with no word, whether fled or dead with courage,
    the whispered tales were embellished and the fiends were named:
    They were the djinn, the soulless, the dervish in the sands.
    They stole the future from the children and left no fabric unrent.
    Many centuries had passed since they came to these lands
    They were chaos in the desert, the unholy elementals,
    the most horrific of all nightmares with powers like minor gods.
    One man saw their ability as limitless potential ,
    and he undertook a plot to gain wealth by coercion and fraud.

    He had the glass-blower create bottles, intricately etched,
    and he wrapped them up in skins and he packed his camel for his quest.
    He rode across the expanse where the driest lands stretched
    across from each horizon, until the moon was sliver-crest.
    He laid out a tapestry that told stories by the hundreds,
    and chanted in a melodious and confidently audible voice,
    the wind began to stir and the air spirits thundered,
    but he did not break song; as if he dared rejoice!
    The djinn were there, invisible, yet growing in their rage!
    They argued amongst themselves about killing the stranger
    Who was this intruder? He was mortal, and no mage.
    He ended his song, stood with no heed paid to his danger.
    He spoke to them about a place that he had found while traveling
    that would give the seeker that which he desired,
    no matter what it be! Was his tapestry unraveling,
    he wondered, would he achieve to what he aspired?
    Yet, the djinn were listening, the winds had grown still in the night.
    So he continued with the woof and warp he wove for them with words.
    He told them that the place was hard to find until the sun's full light,
    guessing that for their kind, the sun was unpleasant, barely endured.
    He pulled out a bottle, finely crafted, and with a flourish, pulled the cork,
    The scent of rare, rich spices filled the air and drew them near.
    He had paid the glassblower quite a sum for his skilled work,
    and, as he knew he had the undivided attention of every ear
    he explained that he had made for them luxurious journey-keeps,
    to take them in haste with pleasant surroundings to that magical place,
    and that they would then have time to form wishes while asleep,
    and he would hear their stories which would bring his family from disgrace.

    The djinn were completely enamored of the storyteller's weaving,
    and one by one he corked the bottles, placed them in his pack;
    and though he knew a tinge of guilt as he was leaving,
    he left, tossing bottles at random, in the dunes without looking back.
    He took the final bottle to his master, an alchemist and trickster,
    who sold it to the sultan's enemy for half of the palace treasure.
    The Sultan, expecting to be cheated by yet another impotent elixer,
    discovered the results of apathy and was choked until he died, to his displeasure.
    The djinn was a raging storm, destroying all, the mess of the slaughter!
    Nothing went untouched! He kept at it all day!
    But the storyteller and the alchemist knew djinn would not travel across water;
    they climbed aboard their newly purchased ship and sailed far far away.
    While basking sometime later on some foreign tropical shore,
    a native servant came rushing at them with a bottle from a different land
    It opened up the hole to hell and they fell, evening up the score;
    then the djinn smiled at the native, who still held the bottle in hand.
    He granted the man three wishes, which were simple and when done,
    he asked the man to please let him rest in the bottle until he was prepared
    to seek out his captured fellows, in the dunes from whence he had come,
    and the native smiled and did his will, for of this spirit he was not scared.

    The moral? If you make wishes without noble deeds and benign will,
    the devil already owns you, and will return to collect on the deal.
    But if you have no deceit within your heart, fear not.
    there is great reward in the things that are not sought.
    OMG KATHY? It IS you, YOWEE do we need you here!!

    Jeez, I missed you and didn't expect this wonderful surprise.

    YOU BARE COMIN to Juice LaSalles party wether Juice gets kidnapped by a ... oops she just did!! Do you need caught uop on the gunslinger saga? Me and Dallas kinda both can do this, I gave her the rights to post and add to all of it so I;m sure she will help too. You were the one who drew the 5'7" angel here.

    OMG the poem was long enough and now I am making it longer cuzI am so tickled to feel you with me again.(((((sighs of relief))))

    • ANSWER:
      Speechless! Wonderful short story, Girlie! Imaginative, evocative - feel like I need to shake some desert sand outta my shoes now!

46. QUESTION:
    what do you think of this mare?
    i bought a mare last night at a local sale barn. im posting links to pix, what do you think of her? looks and conformation wise? she is 4 years old and AQHA registered. here is her pedigree http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/stars+gold+nugget and here are some pix of her i took today, i was busy so didnt have time to get conformation shots, but from what you can see what do you think? ill clean her up tomorrow and get better pix, these were just of her in the pasture. also what do you think shes worth? not looking to sell her just curious. ill tell you what i paid for her when i pick best answer.
    http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj184/perfectedcowgirl/HPIM1075.jpg
    http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj184/perfectedcowgirl/HPIM1053.jpg
    http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj184/perfectedcowgirl/HPIM1057.jpg
    http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj184/perfectedcowgirl/HPIM1066.jpg
    http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj184/perfectedcowgirl/HPIM1070.jpg
    http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj184/perfectedcowgirl/HPIM1071.jpg
    she has only done trails so far, i plan to rope and/or barrel race on her.
    there was a vet at the sale barn, shes nice and healthy, UTD on all. the fleshy looking thing on her neck is where she had her coggins pulled last night, hers is utd but i went ahead and had another pulled since hers was expiring in a month. i wormed all of the horses today since they were due so thats why she went ahead and got in the fields with the others.

    • ANSWER:
      She's so pretty! I love sorrels. (:
      Her conformation looks pretty good, and she'll end up being wonderful.
      Maybe worth 00-4000.
      Good luck with her!

47. QUESTION:
    I would like some help with this, there are a lot of things that need work. Help please?
    Many years ago in an untamed exotic place
    where veiled and silent nomad tribes rode camels over dunes,
    and bits of quartz-stone glittered
    like diamonds and gold nuggets when lit up by jaundiced moons,
    whispers circled and sparked great fear
    in the wanderer's hearts, establishing legends in their culture,
    telling of inhuman creatures
    who devoured souls, leaving but flesh for flocks of vultures.

    Many a quest began in hopes of scouring the scourge,
    and many brave men quavered, to return, their families shamed.
    Some vanished with no word, whether fled or dead with courage,
    the whispered tales were embellished and the fiends were named:
    They were the djinn, the soulless, the dervish in the sands.
    They stole the future from the children and left no fabric unrent.
    Many centuries had passed since they came to these lands
    They were chaos in the desert, the unholy elementals,
    the most horrific of all nightmares with powers like minor gods.
    One man saw their ability as limitless potential ,
    and he undertook a plot to gain wealth by coercion and fraud.

    He had the glass-blower create bottles, intricately etched,
    and he wrapped them up in skins and he packed his camel for his quest.
    He rode across the expanse where the driest lands stretched
    across from each horizon, until the moon was sliver-crest.
    He laid out a tapestry that told stories by the hundreds,
    and chanted in a melodious and confidently audible voice,
    the wind began to stir and the air spirits thundered,
    but he did not break song; as if he dared rejoice!
    The djinn were there, invisible, yet growing in their rage!
    They argued amongst themselves about killing the stranger
    Who was this intruder? He was mortal, and no mage.
    He ended his song, stood with no heed paid to his danger.
    He spoke to them about a place that he had found while traveling
    that would give the seeker that which he desired,
    no matter what it be! Was his tapestry unraveling,
    he wondered, would he achieve to what he aspired?
    Yet, the djinn were listening, the winds had grown still in the night.
    So he continued with the woof and warp he wove for them with words.
    He told them that the place was hard to find until the sun's full light,
    guessing that for their kind, the sun was unpleasant, barely endured.
    He pulled out a bottle, finely crafted, and with a flourish, pulled the cork,
    The scent of rare, rich spices filled the air and drew them near.
    He had paid the glassblower quite a sum for his skilled work,
    and, as he knew he had the undivided attention of every ear
    he explained that he had made for them luxurious journey-keeps,
    to take them in haste with pleasant surroundings to that magical place,
    and that they would then have time to form wishes while asleep,
    and he would hear their stories which would bring his family from disgrace.

    The djinn were completely enamored of the storyteller's weaving,
    and one by one he corked the bottles, placed them in his pack;
    and though he knew a tinge of guilt as he was leaving,
    he left, tossing bottles at random, in the dunes without looking back.
    He took the final bottle to his master, an alchemist and trickster,
    who sold it to the sultan's enemy for half of the palace treasure.
    The Sultan, expecting to be cheated by yet another impotent elixer,
    discovered the results of apathy and was choked until he died, to his displeasure.
    The djinn was a raging storm, destroying all, the mess of the slaughter!
    Nothing went untouched! He kept at it all day!
    But the storyteller and the alchemist knew djinn would not travel across water;
    they climbed aboard their newly purchased ship and sailed far far away.
    While basking sometime later on some foreign tropical shore,
    a native servant came rushing at them with a bottle from a different land
    It opened up the hole to hell and they fell, evening up the score;
    then the djinn smiled at the native, who still held the bottle in hand.
    He granted the man three wishes, which were simple and when done,
    he asked the man to please let him rest in the bottle until he was prepared
    to seek out his captured fellows, in the dunes from whence he had come,
    and the native smiled and did his will, for of this spirit he was not scared.

    The moral? If you make wishes without noble deeds and benign will,
    the devil already owns you, and will return to collect on the deal.
    But if you have no deceit within your heart, fear not.
    there is great reward in the things that are not sought.

    • ANSWER:
      Helping you out on this nearly perfect poem is going to be hard for what can a little man do to help a giant like yourself who has been here done that. Perhaps you want to see it from my point of view? Grammar wise or sentence structure wise, this requires very little fixing. There will be pros for that. Nonetheless, here is my scrawny version:

      Many years ago in an untamed exotic place
      where veiled and silent nomad tribes rode camels over dunes,
      and bits of quartz-stone glittered
      like diamonds and gold nuggets when lit up by jaundiced moons,
      whispers circled, sparked great fear
      in wandering hearts, establishing legends in their culture,
      telling of inhuman creatures
      who devoured souls, and leaving but flesh for flocks of vultures.

      Many a quest began in hopes of scouring the scourge,
      many brave men quavered, to return, their families shamed.
      Some vanished with no word, whether fled or dead with courage,
      the whispered tales were embellished and the fiends were named:
      They were the djinn, the soulless, dervish in the sands;
      They stole the future from children; and left no fabric unrent.
      Many centuries had passed since they came to these lands
      They were chaos in the desert, unholy elementals,
      most horrific of nightmares with powers like minor gods.
      One saw their strength and might as limitless potential ,
      and he undertook a plot to gain wealth by coercion and fraud.

      He had the glass-blower craft bottles, intricately etched,
      he wrapped them up in skins, packed his camel for his quest.
      He rode across the expanse where the driest lands stretched
      across from each horizon, until the moon was sliver-crest.
      He laid out tapestries of stories by the hundreds,
      chanting melodies in confidently audible voice,
      the wind began to stir and the air spirits thundered,
      but he never did not break a song; as if he dared rejoice!
      The djinn were there, invisible, yet growing in their rage!
      They argued ‘mongst themselves about killing the stranger
      Who was this intruder? He was mortal, and no mage.
      He ended his song, stood with no heed paid to his danger.
      He spoke to them about a place that he had found while travelling
      that would give the seeker that which he desired,
      no matter what it be! Was his tapestry unravelling,
      he wondered, would he achieve to what he aspired?
      The djinn were list’ning, the winds had stilled in the night.
      He continued with the woof and warp he wove for them with words.
      Told them it was a place hard to find ‘til mornin’ light,
      guessing that for them, the sun was horrid , barely endured.
      He pulled out a bottle, finely crafted, with flourish, pulled the cork,
      Scent of rare spices filled the air, drew them near.
      He’d paid the glassblower greatly for skilled work,
      and, knowing he had the unbroken attention of every ear,
      explained that he’d made for them lavish journey-keeps,
      to take them in haste with pleasant settings to that magic place,
      that they’d then have time to form wishes while asleep,
      he would hear their stories which would bring his family from disgrace.

      The djinn were completely enamored of his weaving,
      and one by one he corked the bottles, placed them in his pack;
      and though he knew a tinge of guilt as he was leaving,
      he left, tossing bottles in the dunes without looking back.
      He took the final bottle to his master, alchemist and trickster,
      who sold it to the enemy for half the palace treasure.
      The Sultan, expecting to be cheated by an impotent elixir,
      discovered apathy and he was choked to his displeasure.
      The djinn was a raging storm, destroying all, the mess of the slaughter!
      Nothing went untouched, kept at it all day!
      Both storyteller and alchemist knew djinn won’t travel across water;
      they climbed aboard their new-bought ship and sailed far far away.
      While basking sometime on some foreign tropic shore,
      a native came rushing with a bottle from a foreign land,
      It opened up the hole to hell; they fell, evened up the score;
      the djinn smiled at the native with the bottle in hand.
      Granting him 3 wishes simple and when done,
      he asked the man to let him rest in the bottle ‘til he was prepared
      to seek out his captured fellows, in the dunes from whence he’d come,
      the native smiled, did his will, of this he was not scared.

      The moral
      If you make wishes without benign will,
      the devil already owns you, and will return to collect the deal.
      But if you have no deceit in heart, fear not.
      for there is great reward in things that aren’t sought.

48. QUESTION:
    Purchasing bullion coins in Hong Kong?
    Where can I purchase bullion coins such as the Krugerrand, Canadian Maple, American Eagle or Australia nugget or gold bars such as Credit Suisse or PAMP in Hong Kong? So far, I have seen dozens of Chow Tai Fook shops, but they are only able to offer Chinese biscuit bars which I am not keen on. Could someone tell me the exact branch or address of a gold dealer who sells these? Thanks.

    • ANSWER:
      You may have to settle for the Chinese bars...you could have them melted somewhere if you just want the bullion.

49. QUESTION:
    Biology/chemistry density question.?
    Someone offers to sell you a walnut-sized “nugget of pure gold” for an attractive price. How could you verify that the nugget is really pure gold? (hint: the density of gold is 19.3 g/ml)

    My group mates were just guessing on this question. I was thinking that perhaps one would submerge the nugget in a measured beaker containing water, and taking the difference. That is my educated guess. Can anyone help me?

    • ANSWER:
      Yes, submerge the nugget in a slender graduated cylinder of water, rather than a beaker, to give you a more accurate measurement of its volume. Then weigh it on a gram scale or balance. Then divine the mass (weight) by the volume, to find the density, and see if it is 19.3 g/cc (which is the same as g/ml)..

50. QUESTION:
    where can i buy these fish things for good prices? PLEASE HELP!?
    1 driftwood that is good quality but not too much $?

    #2 power filter for a 100 gallon tank that is good and long lasting but not ?

    #3 A gold nugget pleco that is well prices, healthy and if online has some one selling that ships well?

    you don't have to tell me answers for all of them but I'm having trouble finding these things! I really need them soon! Also websites about gold nugget plecos are great, any websites are great!
    Please help, I'm really stuck! I've looked at petsmart, petco, aqaubid.com and google these things!

    • ANSWER:
      quite demanding lol. Try drfostersmith.com, you shouldve just bought a used on craigslist. With driftwood, i would buy it locally because there are some absolutely ugly pieces and buying online what you see is not what you get, they use the model PERFECT pieces. Where do you live exactly there might be a great store or seller near you. I would search forums for the goldnugget try monsterfishkeeper theres a few others i used to go to but i cant remember for the life of me. Ive met people with gorgeous species of african cichlids that i buy online but be forewarned buying online aint cheap (well the shipping isnt) so if your spending less than 0 dont go the online route try to find somebody local via forums