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Re:Germany and Italy pressed to bring $245B of gold home fro... by weberer on Monday June 23, 2025 @09:01AM (#44355383)
They have handheld XRF analyzers nowadays. They cost around $20k.
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Re:Germany and Italy pressed to bring $245B of gold home fro... by signaturefish on Monday June 23, 2025 @09:56AM (#44355865)
Huh, impressive - I guess I'm out of date (and/or the people I listen to about such things have a working XRF already and don't want to replace a working unit).
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Re:Germany and Italy pressed to bring $245B of gold home fro... by yread on Monday June 23, 2025 @03:06PM (#44358982)
You can get a used one for like 3k. I don't really need it but I have it on my santa's list for ages already. One day he will deliver I hope
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Re:Germany and Italy pressed to bring $245B of gold home fro... by amelius on Monday June 23, 2025 @10:43AM (#44356327)
Interesting. How deep into a gold bar would that work?
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