Comments by "Brad Griffin" (@BradGryphonn) on "Has the Ark of the Covenant Been Found?" video.

@jordanekl5383 This comment is typical of someone who has been called out on their lack of knowledge about a subject. 1: The ONLY way Gold can 'dissolve' in water is when it is in a flowing stream/river with other harder aterials wearing it down. You know that fine Gold that panners find? Yeah mate, that was former nuggets that got worn down. 2: Gold rusts away? One of the least reactive elements on the planet rusts? Damn, I guess when I worked in the industry and the mine used caustic Carbon (highly corrosive) to separate the Gold from the Cyanide slurry, they were losing heaps of gold in solution. 3: If you'd like to know more about Gold and how it is extracted and purified, feel free to ask. But hey, don't pretend you know what you're talking about if you don't. Because you never know when someone who has worked in the game is reading.
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@jordanekl5383 You said that Gold rusts and decays. No, it doesn't. Gold can't rust, and Gold can't decay. It can be eroded by constant rubbing by harder materials which results in what's known as 'powder Gold'. It's very fine, but it never 'rusts away' like steel, nor does it 'decay' like wood. It remains the element that it is. You said in an earlier comment, "Have you seen what happens to Gold if left in normal tap water?" Nothing happens. And that is even knowing the fact that the strongest solvent on the planet is water. Most materials, elements, and compounds will dissolve in water, given enough time. However, Gold doesn't. It just gets ground into finer pieces. Your earlier arguments with the other commenter were full of misinformation. If Gold could rust or decay over even thousands of years, there would be no Aztec and Inca artifacts. There would be no Gold clad masks from thousands of years ago. They would have decayed beyond recognition.
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