Jim,
The bigger nuggets (1/2oz or bigger) are worth a lot of money, intact... A troy ounce (31.1g) of flake/flour gold will be worth about market value, maybe a little more. I'm just passing on what I read.
Some of the lode gold becomes almost like sculpture, the quartz around the gold is dissolved, leaving these wild, natural wire like shapes.
I'm new to this and don't have much to brag about.
