[Jewelry making - Article 00188] - Re: [Orchid] Sending scrap and other valuables

[Neilthejeweler]

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    Later they called and told me that there had been a lot of gold mixed
    in with my sweeps which came out to nearly $ 800 more than I had
    expected. 

    As for honesty, I suppose one could never know entirely Its easy
    enough to estimate your anticipated yield from solid scrap. With
    bench sweeps it gets trickier. Most of the metal will be grindings
    ie: dust. You can dump all your sweeps in a large plastic bag and
    shake the b'jesus out of it. The greatest part of your heavier metals
    will collect at the bottom. You'll see it 'looks' rich. Now you've
    got a bowl full of stuff and from there you can guesstimate a base of
    what your stuff is worth. 

    Yeah your filters and whatnot contain filings too but bear in mind
    it generally costs you more to process that kind of material. You can
    put aside your bulkier, low grade sweeps and save them up for a later
    date when you have enough volume to make it worthwhile. 

    My refiner has been so consistently inline with my projections, he
    has my complete trust. It doesn't get turned around as quickly as
    some other refiners but I've never felt shorted. You might look at
    it like this...you want the money quick, or in full measure?
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