Did you Know??

1. The term “gold” is the from the Proto-Indo-Europeanbase ghel / ghol meaning “yellow”, “green”, or possibly “bright”.
2. The chemical symbol for gold is AU, from the Latin word aurum meaning “shining dawn” and from Aurora, the Roman goddess of the dawn. In 50 B.C., Romans began issuing gold coins called the Aureus and the smaller solidus.
3. Did you know that Gold melts at 1064.43° Centigrade. It can conduct both heat and electricity and it never rusts.
4. Did you know that all the gold ever mined by man since the dawn of time would fit into 2 olympic swimming pools.
5. Did you know that the biggest miner and producer of gold is now China, overtaking South Africa, which has for years been the world leader of Diamond and Gold mining.
6. Did you know that in terms of raw material there is about twenty times more silver than gold, but in terms of metal reserves Gold globally has about 1.2 billion ounces where as silver only has about 200 million ounces.
7. Gold has always been admired by humans and its use can be traced as far back as the bronze age 5000 years ago.

• Gold is so pliable that it can be made into sewing thread. An ounce of gold can be stretched over 50 miles.
• The value of gold has been used as the standard for many currencies. After WWII, the United States created the Bretton Woods System, which set the value of the U.S. dollar to 1/35th of a troy ounce (888.671 mg) of gold. This system was abandoned in 1971 when there was no longer enough gold to cover all the paper money in circulation.
• The world’s largest stockpile of gold can be found five stories underground inside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s vault and it holds 25% of the world’s gold reserve While it contains more gold than Fort Knox, most of it belongs to foreign governments
• Carat weight can be 10, 12, 14, 18, 22, or 24. The higher the number, the greater the purity. To be called “solid gold,” gold must have a minimum weight of 10 carats. “Pure gold” must have a carat weight of 24.

(facts provided by http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/03/09_gold.html)

There are many interesting facts about Gold & Silver, one thing we do know for sure is thatGold prices are at an all time high ever in history. What better time to sell your old broken, scrap or out of style gold jewellery to Ezy Gold buyers, we promise to pay the best price on the day and you will receive Cash in hand (no cheques or bank transfers) just a good old fashioned deal.

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Gold in New Zealand was first discovered in the 1830s in the Coromandel but we didn’t get on the gold-mining map until the 1850s and 60s with a big gold discovery in Otago.

Much of the gold was in hard rock but some gold could be found in river gravel.  That’s why so many men flocked to New Zealand at that time to try and make their fortune with gold – all they needed to pan gold was a pick, a shovel and a gold pan.

And, believe it or not, there is still some gold left.  The bulk of the gold has gone (the gold rush in the 1860s and 70s took care of that) but you never know, you could stumble across an untapped piece of river, strike it lucky and get enough cash for your gold to retire.

So, how do you pan for gold?  It takes a little practice, but panning for gold is a fairly simple process. 

This is what you’ll need:

A gold pan (a shallow bowl with sloping sides that’s about 30cm across)

A river

 How to pan for gold

• You want a river that’s at least 25cm deep and where the water runs fast enough to wash debris from the gold pan.
• Put enough gravel in your gold pan so it’s about ¾ full and put the gold pan just under the water.

Shake the gold pan a little from side-to-side to bring the larger rocks to the surface and take them out.

Then, start making some circular movements with the gold pan.  The gravel will lift from the base of the gold pan and be washed away by the river.  The theory is that gold is heavier than the rock and the gold will move towards the bottom of the gold pan.

Once your gold pan has only fine gravel and lighter sand, tip the gold pan slightly away from you to wash this debris away.  When there is only a few handfuls left, take the gold pan out of the river with about 2cm of water still in it and keep washing until you’ve got rid of all the debris.  Hopefully, the only thing that’s left will be gold!

Where to pan for gold:

The best place to pan gold is the west of the South Island, between Queenstown andDunedin, but there are plenty of good gold-panning sites aroundNew Zealand.

A good place to find gold panning sites is:

http://www.crownminerals.govt.nz/cms/minerals/gold-fossicking

So after you’ve panned for gold you can get cash for gold at EzyCash Gold Buyers in Panmure,Auckland.  You can also sell silver, sell diamonds and sell luxury watches to us.  Come into EzyCash Gold Buyers for a free in-store valuation.

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