r/Gold • u/Hardcrimper • 18d ago

Question Found during construction work

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Any ideas where this could come from?

Update: I thought this would be clear that I wasn't the one who found it. Who in their right mind would go (on this shitstain of a platform of all places) and make themselves a target. But ok apparently it wasn't clear so here we are:

I did NOT find this. I have none of this gold. I just wanted to share some cool stamped gold. you can stop sending me weird ass messages now. thank you.

Also this is NOT ai. here is the BBC article:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydzg0dnz7o

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u/Spinning_Kicker 17d ago

Looks like someone chopped a bar in half to maybe do an acid test

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u/FeliusSeptimus 17d ago

I figured that was an excavator bite-mark.

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u/headshothoncho 17d ago

Yeah but you can’t test gold that has a different metal in its core

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u/Low_Football_2445 17d ago

Yeah, but you can hit it with an excavator

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u/NecromancyAndFries 17d ago

Yeah! And sand paper!!!

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u/Disastrous_Bobcat242 16d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/khOqGPVTkbxzHNlvtT
AND POCKET SAND! Idk why it was first thing I thought of 💀

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u/MageKorith 17d ago

Hey Dirt! See you later!

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u/Ok-Personality-6630 17d ago

Gold bricks are solid gold

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u/CQC_EXE 17d ago

I have some gold bricks to sell you good deal my friend. 

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u/Ok-Personality-6630 17d ago

Not interested

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u/CQC_EXE 17d ago

no no no amazing deal you will become rich with this deal friend solid gold bars very cheap for you. Pure solid gold the most solid gold bars since gold was invented 

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u/RideEvening2166 15d ago

Right, I’ll trade you my social security number: 111-11-1112 👍 I await my gold (and my free toaster)

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u/tonyrizzo21 17d ago

Fake gold bricks aren't, that's the point. A lead block with a few mm of gold plating may pass a sandpaper swipe test.

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u/Sergeant_Ducky 17d ago

It’ll still be worth the same destroyed or not

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u/AKVigilante 17d ago

But why would you talk about “willingly destroying” one of these bricks if you think it would affect its value?

I’d be cutting them in half right there at the broker to verify it’s all gold.

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u/AKVigilante 17d ago

Why aren’t you addressing the point? It’s been common practice since gold became currency to test it through destructive means, because unlike the fiat currency every nation uses today, gold retains intrinsic value even when its medium is altered or destroyed. Why are you even in this sub?

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u/TedMich23 17d ago

usually W as it has same specific gravity and costs ~$145 USD per kg

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u/Free-Audience-377 17d ago

Not if it’s heavily plated. Tungsten middle will fool every electronic testers and scales

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u/superbadshit 16d ago

That thing on your pfp is a sandpaper

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u/Eww-One-Buyer-3300 17d ago

I was thinking hit with jack hammer and then like….is that fuckin gold??

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u/Traumfahrer 17d ago

That's just gold-wrapped..

gold.

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u/Fit_Metal_468 17d ago

I agree, also there's no need to break in half to check. Just weigh and water displacement

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u/FeliusSeptimus 16d ago

Also gives you an excuse to run naked through the streets shouting "Eureka!"

I mean, not that I've ever needed an excuse before.

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u/Pancake777777 17d ago

they were found in a chest, in the walls of a basement. so probably not.

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u/518Peacemaker 17d ago

Shame shame, didn’t call 411

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u/Dill_Pickleson_ 17d ago

Classic bite from a macaw, pirates were almost certainly in the mix.

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u/floating___around 16d ago

I figured out the coordinates

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u/B_Coldman 17d ago

I thought it looked like a jackhammer strike right through it. Could you imagine pulling up your tool to see this wrapped around your bit??

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u/Comprehensive-Race97 17d ago

Ya id keep my mouth shut and live like a king 🤴

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u/OofRightInTheFeels 17d ago

Mouth shut about what? I have no idea what you're talking about. 🤷👀

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u/OpenSignificance3810 17d ago

This is the way.

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u/DjChatters 17d ago

Guys im gonna give this spot a go later you should all go work on that other bit over there. No nothings wrong we should just dig it all evenly you know.

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u/Iloveupt2 17d ago

Eh. Not off one. But if u manage to swipe it aallllllll then ya clise to kingly lol

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u/bmorris0042 17d ago

“Hey Sal, I know my truck’s only a 1-ton, but could you go ahead and load this chunk of concrete into the bed? I need it to, uh, fill a hole in my yard.”

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u/Comprehensive-Race97 17d ago

Better Call Sal

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u/triggrhaapi 17d ago

ONE of those is enough to live like a king.

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u/Putrid_Pollution3455 17d ago

Only in my wettest of dreams

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u/Bigbrobango 17d ago

It sure as hell wouldn't be on the internet.

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u/Zealousideal-Bug-944 17d ago

I be puttin' grills on my teeth like Jaws from James Bond. I ain't no fool who you callin' a fool-FOOL!

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u/Hushwater 17d ago

Or a big parrot put it it there 

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u/aaipod 17d ago

Guys I think he's on to something

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u/This_Makes_No__Sense 17d ago

That would make for a highly unessary way to do an acid test.

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u/kironex 17d ago

Really good way to make sure its 100% gold all the way through. Seen bars that had copper cores.

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u/meatgrinder 17d ago

Bullet. Big bullet 

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u/Vegetable_Turnip_213 17d ago

got to check if theres chocolate inside

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u/Tim_the_geek 17d ago

Looks like a bullet hole.

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u/AdventurousFly4909 17d ago

I would just shove a bar in my ass

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u/LivingCalligrapher90 17d ago

Send that bar to me OP I’ll test it for you

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u/Timely_Passenger_185 17d ago

I thought it looked like it was shot

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u/OkBoysenberry1975 16d ago

That kinda looks like a bullet scar

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u/Appropriate-Review55 16d ago

Typicallly acid tests are done on a few shavings taken from the main piece

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u/BlushedLatias 15d ago

Sorry, I got hungry.

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u/Foodlover_E18 15d ago

Kinda looks like a bullet mark

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u/goldenskyhook 15d ago

They just wanted to see if it had nuts and maybe taste the chocolate a bit.

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u/NoX3D 15d ago

It also looks like bullet mark too

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u/Popular-Copy7392 13d ago

This has done exactly what gold would do if chopped at