r/Whatisthis • u/Kinggambit90 • Jul 17 '23

My freind found this renovating his house Open

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No idea what this is. He hopes it's gold, I just hope it's not asbestos

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u/SymBiioTE Jul 17 '23

Have it tested to see if its gold.

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u/HairballTheory Jul 17 '23

Or Nerds

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u/jamesGastricFluid Jul 17 '23

My great great grandpappy used to pan for nerds in that exact location where OP is. I'm stakin' mah claim on them thar nerds!

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u/ultranothing Jul 17 '23

Oh my, yesss!

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u/corporate-hq Jul 17 '23

hijacking top comment thread to say i disagree. i used to work for a beauty supply distributor, and this looks exactly like pre-melted wax beads for waxing hair off your body.

it’s not this brand, but here’s an example: https://www.ulta.com/p/gold-hard-wax-beans-pimprod2009989

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u/Careful-Function-469 Jul 17 '23

Hold on there! You taking about the 1876 Nerdsrush that brought my family from down yonder. Taste em!

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u/sonorancafe Jul 17 '23

There's nards in them thar hills!

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u/Herban15 Jul 17 '23

Gold Nerds ya nerds

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u/Any-System2349 Jul 17 '23

You guys are talking about the forty-nerders.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

🤣

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u/biyotee Jul 17 '23

Glitter litter

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u/apinklokum Jul 18 '23

Or gold nerds

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u/Kinggambit90 Jul 17 '23

Yea when he comes over in a few days we'll go around to a few spots with a few pellets to see what's up

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u/SIVART33 Jul 17 '23

Who is he*. Maybe don't just have someone come over you don't know to test your gold. That seems like an open invitation to get robbed. Take it somewhere to get tested.

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u/MedicGoalie84 Jul 17 '23

He is probably the friend mentioned in the title of this post

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u/uhmerikin Jul 17 '23

Reading comprehension just eludes some people.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

If only more people responded to what other people actually say/write and not what they imagine other people say/write. That's a tall order though, especially since pushing a common language is apparently racist or otherwise not politically correct.

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u/friend_jp Jul 17 '23

You really miss-read OP's comment.

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u/MMButt Jul 17 '23

The tax man

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u/stereo420 Jul 17 '23

Tar and feather him

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u/z-eldapin Jul 17 '23

My guess is the 'he' is the friend that is referred to in the actual headline.

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u/fluidmind23 Jul 17 '23 edited Jul 17 '23

I mean have you picked them up? Do they feel heavy? Can you break them? Very often gold comes in these bead forms for jewelers when they are doing casting. Easiest to weigh and get right amounts when measuring out requirements.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

It’s going to end up being like enriched uranium, and you guys are going to go to big boy felony prison

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u/intentionallybad Jul 17 '23

But then they would be immortalized on the List of Civilian Radiation Accidents, which includes a number of people unwittingly taking radioactive material home and playing with it.

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u/outsideodds Jul 17 '23

Ask Archimedes to help

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u/Striders_aglet Jul 17 '23

Screw Archimedes.

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u/Potater31415 Jul 17 '23

Under appreciated comment right here

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u/vito1221 Jul 17 '23

Inclined to upvote that...

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u/intentionallybad Jul 17 '23

and his Dial of Destiny!