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*Proceeds to Google to check what in tarnation "ingot" means*.
No, I haven't.
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I once held a solid hunk of gold. Only about 1 inch in diameter. And like the other poster said surprisingly heavy for such a small piece of metal.
shareJust an aside. Every once in a while I can get scraps of metal from work. I obtained a small rod of pure tungsten (1/4 inch diameter by 3 inches long) and an identical size rod of titanium. Every once in a while I show them to someone. I'll put the tungsten in their hands and they are shocked at how heavy it is. I then drop the titanium and they almost always grab like they are expecting it to bang on the table. It's about 1/10 the weight and they are always surprised.
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Oh you jester, you!
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A teaspoon of neutron star material would weigh 4 billion tons
shareYes, at Mel Fishers museum in Key West Florida. Its in a clear plastic box, with a hole that you can put your arm in and pick it up. Its been at least 15 years ago, so I can't remember the exact size, but probably about the size of a common house brick, but it was heavy as hell.
Edit: For those who don't know, Mel Fisher found the wreck of the Atocha, a Spanish galleon that sunk in a hurricane in the 1600's. It was, at least at the time (not sure about now) the richest wreck ever found, worth hundreds of millions in the 1970's.
I've been to Key West numerous times, and I think I've been to his museum. However, I can't remember handling a
gold ingot. I'll definitely have to check that out next time I'm down there. Thanks.
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I think I was there about 2002. It may not be there anymore. It looks like someone tried to steal it.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article215764985.html. I didn't read the whole story, but there is a video in the link that shows someone picking it up in the box.
Well that explains that, thanks. The bar was stolen, cut up, and sold for pennies on the dollar according to the article. The two thieves received eight years in prison. Dumb-asses!
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ingots................we want gold ingots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfYuczzALbM&t=349s&ab_channel=NivekHtims
All my life I've been in love with its color, its brilliance, its divine heaviness.
Seriously, gold bullion coins yes, ingot or bar no (at least, not that I can recall).