Six hands on the pan. Three tiers, five claims.
The trust pages publish the receipts — the claims map (geography), the certificate library (assay), the trace chain (sourced → lab-confirmed → posted → sealed). This page publishes what landed at the kitchen sink: real buyer quotes on weight, unboxing, and color recovery, grouped two ways. Pick your tier, pick your claim, read what shows up.
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Filter by origin claim
Isolate the trust signal for a single claim.
Pick a claim state to see only the testimonials whose gold was sourced from that district. Showing every review.
Grouped by tier.
Top-level grouping reads each bag by what it costs and how it assays — Starter (1-lb introductory) → Multi-gram (1-lb, mid-tier) → Premium (2-lb guaranteed).
Starter · 1-lb introductory
1 review- GA → GAWeight verificationGA
“My kitchen scale read 0.41 g on the dot — within a tenth of the 0.412 g the certificate PDF lists for lot CSS-0731. I had the printout next to the bag and watched it tick up as I picked out the picker. Worth every penny of the $24.”
Marcia · GA
Cochrane Hill · 1 lb (starter)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Marcia, GA, first-time starter buyer]
Multi-gram · mid-tier
5 reviews- AK → AKUnboxingAK
“Opened the green bag at the kitchen table and the material was already pre-classified — not a fistful of gravel, which is what I'd feared buying sight-unseen. The lot card and the AK-1142 certificate slip were tucked in the seal, both readable.”
Dale · AK
Nome Belt · 1 lb (multi-gram)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Dale, AK, Nome belt repeat buyer]
- CO → COColor recoveryCO
“The recoveries came up angular and bright — no black sand halo around the picker, the way the catalog photo shows. Inspectorate in Denver was on the certificate, the lot number CO-2218 matched up, and the bottle fulls looked like the catalog image.”
Renée · CO
Clear Creek · 1 lb (multi-gram)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Renée, CO, Clear Creek long-time buyer]
- NC → NCWeight verificationNC
“I weighed the bag before opening (16 oz on the nose), panned out cleanly at the kitchen sink, and the recovered gold hit the 0.319 g reading SGS shows on the certificate. The science on this one is honest. I will order another.”
Jerome · NC
Henderson Fork · 1 lb (multi-gram)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Jerome, NC, Reed Gold belt new buyer]
- ID → IDColor recoveryID
“Two pans in and I had visible color — fine, evenly-distributed pickers surfacing under a careful pan, the way the catalog describes. ALS out of Elko was on the certificate tag, the lot ID ID-3307 punched straight into the lab portal.”
Tessa · ID
Boise Basin · 1 lb (multi-gram)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Tessa, ID, Boise Basin first-time buyer]
- CO → COWeight verificationCO
“I keep a 0.01-g scale at the bench and the Clear Creek bag came in at 0.348 g — within the lab's 0.351 g tolerance for lot CO-2218. The plastic vial and the certificate PDF printed cleanly, both still mate up to the lab portal.”
Marian · CO
Clear Creek · 1 lb (multi-gram)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Marian, CO, Clear Creek repeat buyer]
Premium · 2-lb guaranteed
2 reviews- GA → GAUnboxingGA
“The 2-lb bag ships in a matte-black wrapper with a sealed assay card on the front — the 1.25 g Au minimum yield is printed on the seal itself. Panned out to 1.31 g Au on my assay scale, which is above the floor the bag promises.”
Calvin · GA
Cochrane Hill · Guaranteed Gold (premium)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Calvin, GA, premium Guaranteed Gold buyer]
- AK → GAColor recoveryGA
“Even from Alaska, the 2-lb Cochrane Hill Guaranteed bag ships Priority Mail in three days, the assay seal is intact, and the recovered color reads coarse and bright under a 10× loupe. Above the 1.25 g floor by a tenth on my scale.”
Noe · AK
Cochrane Hill · Guaranteed Gold (premium)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Noe, AK, premium mail-order buyer]
Grouped by buyer’s state.
Same reviews, re-grouped by where the buyer lives — useful for a buyer asking “what does a kitchen-sink buyer in Coloradolook like?”
AlaskaAK
2 reviews- AK → AKUnboxingAK
“Opened the green bag at the kitchen table and the material was already pre-classified — not a fistful of gravel, which is what I'd feared buying sight-unseen. The lot card and the AK-1142 certificate slip were tucked in the seal, both readable.”
Dale · AK
Nome Belt · 1 lb (multi-gram)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Dale, AK, Nome belt repeat buyer]
- AK → GAColor recoveryGA
“Even from Alaska, the 2-lb Cochrane Hill Guaranteed bag ships Priority Mail in three days, the assay seal is intact, and the recovered color reads coarse and bright under a 10× loupe. Above the 1.25 g floor by a tenth on my scale.”
Noe · AK
Cochrane Hill · Guaranteed Gold (premium)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Noe, AK, premium mail-order buyer]
ColoradoCO
2 reviews- CO → COColor recoveryCO
“The recoveries came up angular and bright — no black sand halo around the picker, the way the catalog photo shows. Inspectorate in Denver was on the certificate, the lot number CO-2218 matched up, and the bottle fulls looked like the catalog image.”
Renée · CO
Clear Creek · 1 lb (multi-gram)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Renée, CO, Clear Creek long-time buyer]
- CO → COWeight verificationCO
“I keep a 0.01-g scale at the bench and the Clear Creek bag came in at 0.348 g — within the lab's 0.351 g tolerance for lot CO-2218. The plastic vial and the certificate PDF printed cleanly, both still mate up to the lab portal.”
Marian · CO
Clear Creek · 1 lb (multi-gram)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Marian, CO, Clear Creek repeat buyer]
GeorgiaGA
2 reviews- GA → GAWeight verificationGA
“My kitchen scale read 0.41 g on the dot — within a tenth of the 0.412 g the certificate PDF lists for lot CSS-0731. I had the printout next to the bag and watched it tick up as I picked out the picker. Worth every penny of the $24.”
Marcia · GA
Cochrane Hill · 1 lb (starter)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Marcia, GA, first-time starter buyer]
- GA → GAUnboxingGA
“The 2-lb bag ships in a matte-black wrapper with a sealed assay card on the front — the 1.25 g Au minimum yield is printed on the seal itself. Panned out to 1.31 g Au on my assay scale, which is above the floor the bag promises.”
Calvin · GA
Cochrane Hill · Guaranteed Gold (premium)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Calvin, GA, premium Guaranteed Gold buyer]
North CarolinaNC
1 review- NC → NCWeight verificationNC
“I weighed the bag before opening (16 oz on the nose), panned out cleanly at the kitchen sink, and the recovered gold hit the 0.319 g reading SGS shows on the certificate. The science on this one is honest. I will order another.”
Jerome · NC
Henderson Fork · 1 lb (multi-gram)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Jerome, NC, Reed Gold belt new buyer]
IdahoID
1 review- ID → IDColor recoveryID
“Two pans in and I had visible color — fine, evenly-distributed pickers surfacing under a careful pan, the way the catalog describes. ALS out of Elko was on the certificate tag, the lot ID ID-3307 punched straight into the lab portal.”
Tessa · ID
Boise Basin · 1 lb (multi-gram)
[founder slot] [FOUNDER: paste real review from <source> — Tessa, ID, Boise Basin first-time buyer]
Start at the kitchen sink.
From the testimonial slot to the bag in your hands.
The Starter Kit ships the field gear (pan, snuffer bottle, 10× loupe, vial) bundled with a 1-lb bag. The tier picker walks all three tiers side-by-side so a buyer can compare Starter / Multi-gram / Premium by gram range, lot, and origin without leaving the page.
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