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Wholesale (1Kg++) Gold Nuggets available for sale. PM for details.

Lol.

Post a picture of one of these 1+ kilo gold nuggets next to a piece of paper with your username written on it.

Thats how i first read it, on a 2nd attempt I presume he means smaller nuggets totalling 1kg :)

are these the golden nuggets from minecraft?

most probably how much diamonds each? :D

He he he, those are gold nuggets totalling to a few Kg's. Will upload the pictures on Monday. Nuggets at 96% +- 1% purity, bars at 99% +- 0.9% purity.

Where you based?

what nuggets are they? is it golden shoots or real nuggets?

;D can't help myself .. I can have a side market for some kits now .. Probably it was better to have a separate thread .. but heck ..

Gold testing acids in handy 1/2 ounce plastic squeeze bottles. No mixing or pouring. Use in conjunction with a gold test stone.  ~$30 US + shipping
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-8927086896656_2270_41791738

The acid test kit includes a nicely finished wooden box, test stone and your choice of 3 testing acids.
Choose 3 from the following gold acids: 10k, 14k, 18k, 22k or silver, or platinum. ~$45 US + shipping
http://ep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-8927086896656/gold-acid-test-2.gif

The Gold is in Nairobi, Kenya and they are real nuggets.

You will have to provide some serious proof that this is true and accept escrow before anyone will consider doing business with you.

More than happy to try your service but full escrow before any btc is handed over.

What premium you thinking to charge per ounce?

Nice kits wh00per! That'd be great to have if you dealt in PMs a lot, and they would certainly come in handy around here.  ;)   One question though- do they damage the (real) gold in anyway during testing?

And yes, I definitely made the mistake of reading that as 1kg (each) gold nuggets. Real gold nuggets from Africa for BTC would be pretty sweet if legit, but I am airing on the side of skepticism until solid proofs are presented. Perhaps you could send a small vouch nugget to wh00per up there ^ for him to test with his kits? If it's real and proven so you could probably do some pretty decent business on here I'd think.

Perhaps for starting new threads in this section users should be required to post an image.

Agreed. Interested to see how this plays out

Yes I agree 100%. Picture(s) with username and date should be compulsory. Also escrow must be used unless its a very high standing / respected member, but that can be agreed between buyer and seller.

Biggest warning signs for me lately are no pictures, pictures without name and date ( that could have been taken from somewhere else ) or stock pictures and reluctance or refusal to use escrow.

People would then just get around that by posting any old image they found on google. Nobody serious would buy these (or other such expensive items) without a verifiable picture anyway.

Monday is just a few hours away so your pictures will be delivered. Now about the Escrow, how do we pick whoever is to provide the service? You may trust them, but how do I trust them? And if we really need to go that way then we also need to agree in advance on a third (fourth in this case) party arbitrator, since the escrow provider is enjoined in the transaction, and the laws that will be applicable to the transaction(s).

In this case ESCROW must be chosen between people who are really trusted. In this forum there is lots of people like that. Like DannyHamilton, or tomatocage or canaryinthemine.

Your trust towards them probably means nothing as you are the one who asking for business. They well established and i can be shure they have more btc than this escrow will be about.

Why not send taste to 3 different people to prove you serious, that postage will not make trouble and to make sure your stuff is genuine?

 

At the very least you'd need to add some photos with your forum name near them. Once you upload them and find a buyer I can escrow this transaction. I would require photos of the actual nugget being sold along with what you are shipping it in and a tracking number. Buyer would need video unboxing of the nuggets.

This is obviously a high risk transaction so much proof would be needed by both parties in case of any discrepancies.

The problem here with the escrow would be to verify that the gold sold is indeed pure gold. (and the buyer does not swap the gold with his fakes too)

No nugget will be exactly the same as another, So every single nugget would need to be well documented. Size, Weight and any unusual shapes or markings.

At least people would be able to verify authenticity of the thread given the user would have their username in the picture instead of just having a picture.

Username would need to match in the picture as it is on this forum.

There would be very little occurrences where a user here could find a google pic with the item they want to sell with their specific username in the image.

Maybe even require users post their USERNAME and "BITCOINTALK.ORG" in the image hand-written.

If they do not have that then the thread should be considered questionable.

It isn't necessarily something to automate. But some sort of format to follow just like people do in their bidding in auctions.

Yeah well my thought process was having good pictures of the size and shape of the gold nuggets. Buyer then video unboxes to show what nuggets were sent. Then buyer has the right to keep them or pay for the shipping to have them returned to the seller if they believe/test that the gold is not real, seller then does same video unboxing to make sure that they received their exact nuggets back.

This is a joke-right?

do you guys need metal detectors?

that's a problem and risk but if seller will certify gold before sending which I would do to ensure legitimacy there shoukd be no issue. time.stamp photograph of lots should be proof for buyer what nuggets he sends.
very slippery this gold buying thing is but can be rewarding.
I am ready to go for taste like 2 ounces to see really if what they selling is fake or not.

op didn't respond about premium.

All the big boys have already pointed out that this very suspicious.

Any time someone the the following, then is my alarm bell triggered:

- No picture in OP, with username clearly showed.
- No asking price (this could be legit though, if trading with items hard to put a price on, but this is gold everybody here know the spot price for gold).
- Only want to respond through PM, if your business is legit, then is a public dialog something that only would boost your sale.
- Newbee acount, no sales record.
- Escrow! That should have been stated in OP from the beginning, that escrow is a must both to protect seller and buyer. I am sure the argument "buyer always pays first, gold delivered after" will come up.

You sir are a scammer, prove me wrong and I will retract my accusation and apologizes.

I'd be happy to escrow for any trades with OP! Can also offer multi-sig through Bitrated, link is in my signature.

I would highly suggest that whoever buys a 1 kg+ chunk of gold that you somehow determine (drilling or x-ray?) that it is in fact solid gold and not a pound of gold and a pound of tungsten!

So I'm assuming this was a scam then as no evidence has been provided but OP has been online >:(.

Looks like they checking if this would go ahead. so probably scam. and with kg of gold nuggets in would. melt it to a bar and tested. If. anything wrong GTFO.

As usual, people always want to scream scam this scam that... Well here are your pics:
1Kg Gold bars 22-23K (96% -99% purity)
https://i.imgur.com/Ryiol9Q.jpg

Gold Nuggets 22-23K (96% - 99% purity)
https://i.imgur.com/hqMrEFg.jpg

Price per gram: Will use the price as indicated on today's list at http://goldvalue.co/23k-gold-price-per-gram/ (http://goldvalue.co/23k-gold-price-per-gram/) 35$ Per gram. This includes shipping to whatever location worldwide for quantities not exceeding 2Kg. Anything above that, you are welcome to Nairobi in order to negotiate better terms and employ the services of a trusted courier.

We are willing to send up to 1 ounce of gold to three different and independent firms dealing with gold in the cryptospace (first that comes to mind is digitaltangibletrust.com) for testing and verification. Please feel free to suggest any other reputable firm so we have three separate testing units.

About Escrow, I have links, and reputable people within the cryptospace that can handle and assuage all your fears.

Wait so you are advertising $10 million+ worth of "gold" and they appear to be stored in a thin metal tool box inside of a wooden closet??  ???

Must be, see math below:

300kg = ~10,000oz

10,000oz*$1200 spot price = $12,000,000

On second thought I'll take them all!

May be interested in some of you gold nuggets. As of late I've been testing/ melting a fair amount of gold and silver, so I'd be happy to purchase a small amount to begin with if you have it vetted or use escrow so that I may test it myself when I receive it.  Have you shipped to the US before, and if so do you know what the shipping costs would be for a few grams?

Don't take this as any offense if I'm incorrect, but this looks very much like gold plated tungsten from this picture. You can't blame people for being suspicious when you come out of nowhere with millions of dollars of gold.
http://puu.sh/dA7tE/0da4651eee.jpg

I'm not a certified Assayer, but I've got melting/casting equipment, ultrasound machines, and quite a few years in the metal trade. Obviously I'm not going to judge your business from what could be bad lighting, but just figured I'd point it out so you could address that.

There better be more protecting that gold than a wooden wall and a tool box. That doesn't look like a safe storage place at all, unless there's more to the picture that I'm not seeing.

The gold pictured there is what I hope to have in metal alone come 10 years from now. I bet they're fake bars cause who the hell keeps 10mil in a wooden crate but hey it is pretty cool looking and cool to think about that much worth.

It is said the customer is always king...

The gold is real. Nothing coated or "gamed" there, if I were to use the language.

Price per gram: 35$ which comes to 35K USD. I will take the BTC equivalent at time of trade.

The best way to do this, is by you visiting our facility, so you can assess, assay and then assent to the trade, I figure only "whales" can do that.

For the rest of us small fry, I suggest a collective/cooperative purchase. That way, we can even get the gold to a reputable foundry for conversion into a "user friendly" form (read coins that could easily pass customs without much furore). Well, its an open world, we make it into what we need to live.

Do you have a minimum order?

What is minimum order? Where are you located? Would you be willing to escrow or send a sample to someone before they pay?

All of your questions except for minimum order can be found above..

I would buy some gold nuggets once salty verifies that it is in fact gold.

What's the average weight per nugget? 1g? 5g?

Take one or two of them to an assay office and post the results up, people will be much more likely to believe you, especially if you let them buy with an escrow. I think I should also point out to people that raw gold ore will obviously have other metals or bits of rock mixed into it and won't be as pure as fine gold bars you can buy from dealers which have been properly refined.

I would not place a limit on the order, if the buyer would handle shipping. But 100gms is the minimum order at which we can ship at our own cost.

The nuggets have variable weights, and do not contain solid impurities. We can ship worldwide.

Salty: How many grams would you need in order to satisfy your testing? We can share the shipping cost (Included in the escrow amount). Though we are yet to decide whether to use bithalo or a human escrow.

I'd be interested in some of the nuggets, but please could you explain why you have $10 million+ of gold being stored in a tool box behind a flimsy looking wooden door?

Isn't your question flimsy too? It sure takes a sizeable amount of skin to trade here. Do not worry, even nature doesn't have strong rooms, but we do.

I think its a legitimate question as 2 others have wondered the same thing.  I have a nicer safe that I got for $30 and dont store nearly $10mil.

This looks more like painted wood with gold dust color...

I'd be happy to place an order to test in the next week or so, waiting for a CNC mill to arrive so I can make my own graphite molds (cough hint to the community) really I can test with any amount 1g-2g or larger.

I'd prefer a human escrow since I've never used escrow, there are a lot of forum members who have been trustworthy with an obscene amount of BTC, and it would be against self interest to act unfaithfully as an escrow agent, as they will make more money in the long run. I'd recommend TomatoCage, Kluge, DannyHamilton, OGNasty, or JohnK, but I'm open to suggestions if you have any people in mind.

It look like gold shoot not nuggets. So now question is whats minimum order?

How would you like to do this trade? We have agreed to ship 10grams for testing. Where do we ship to? So as to have a final costing that will enable a start the escrow process.

Pmed with shipping info.

Is this the deal I was PM'd about for escrow? If it is, I need to know some details like who will cover the 1% fee, what exchange rate will be used, etc. Thanks in advance.

Yes it is, will have to get back to you in the next two to three days. Thanks for your prompt response.

I'll buy one of those nuggets.

PM me and I'll give you an address you can send the nugget to. Upon receipt and verification of purity I'll send you payment.

SaltySpitoon can get away with this, but for most everybody else it's recommended that you use escrow :)

I'll purchase 2 grams depending on postage. What would be the cost for postage to Melbourne Australia.

Happy to use Tomatocage as escrow aswell and I'll cover that cost.

Did anything happen with this?

Interested too

As you can imagine, several pairs of eyes are watching... and wondering...
I hope we get some update soon :-)

Never heard back from them. I'm not too interested in the gold anymore though, turning my attention towards buying BTC instead.

*edit* reading over my last few posts leading up, and I noticed I said, "I've never used escrow" I meant I've never used nonhuman escrow heh. I didn't want to edit the original post. -completely nonrelated to this post

Does this surprise anyone? Myself and others pointed out that he is storing $10 mil worth of "gold" in a tool box.  Clearly this is a scam.

Or they've sold it all and are sipping margaritas on a beach in the Maldives surrounded by hot chicks ;D

I was hoping it would be legit.
We need this kind of positive action, moving millions between btc and gold.... With all parties involved being happy...
Well, maybe next time :-)))

Come on people...this didn't pass the common sense test from the beginning.

Agree. But you cant bame me to wish that it would work out.
It would be in bitcoin and our interest if we can start seeing this kind of action.
More, better :-)

But yes, you are right...

This is/was actually an impressive attempt. Kewbesi acted properly and got serious offers even though the account is new and untrusted and the offer is very fishy. (even if they have the gold, why are they trying to sell it for BTC anonymously on this forum eh?). If the deal had gone through it would have a great example on how to handle deals on here. As it stands now it is still a good example though.

For those who wonder about the apparant poor storage of the gold... I am assuming that either 1) it is in an unsafe cabinet inside a vault inside a secure building hopefully in a safe area or 2) It's not real and thus doesn't need to be secured so much.

The skepticism in this space is rather contagious. Anyway, we are working on the entire supply chain.

The storage should not be a concern to anyone here apart from myself and the rest involved.

Sorry Saltyspitoon for delaying the deal, but we are dealing a precious commodity right there and thus all precautionary measure have to be considered before moving. It should not come as a surprise to anyone here that I've had to introduce and train the rest of the crew on the benefits of conversion to btc, notwithstanding the "volatility"... (Gold was at one time sold at 10Usd per gram). When we are ready to ship, I'll inform y'all.

Wish you a Happy and prosperous New Gregorian year.

Keep us upto date, I'm eyeing off some of that gold shot.

Wow. Lol this is hilarious. Some of you are posting about the way he stores his gold? In $20 boxes? Really thats your biggest concern here? Think outside the box guys..

https://i.imgur.com/tsxtnrp.jpg