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Written by Jack Rix
I"m looking for three golden tennis balls or five golden eggs. I"m not picky. Why? Because gold is currently trading at 785 per troy ounce, and I need 204 troy ounces (6.3kg) to be able to purchase the 160,200 Bentley Bentayga. Taking into account its density of 19.3g/cm3 that"s equivalent to the volume of three tennis balls, or a large omelette. And that"s before options. If I want the rotating Breitling Tourbillon dash clock, I"ll need to find the same again.Meet Jim. Jim has dedicated his life to pursuing this aureate metal, knows more about nuggets than Usain Bolt and owns American Prospector Treasure Seeker, the largest gold-mining equipment store in Southern California. The most gold Jim and his wife Sue have ever prised from the earth in a single day is 11g, and they know what they"re doing. Under Jim"s tutelage I"ve given myself two days in and around Palm Springs to smash his personal record several thousand times over, armed only with a goldish coloured Bentayga and some good old British optimism.Photography: Mark FagelsonThis feature was originally published in the April 2016 issue of Top Gear magazine.
Date written: 3 Apr 2016
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I"m looking for three golden tennis balls or five golden eggs. I"m not picky. Why? Because gold is currently trading at 785 per troy ounce, and I need 204 troy ounces (6.3kg) to be able to purchase the 160,200 Bentley Bentayga. Taking into account its density of 19.3g/cm3 that"s equivalent to the volume of three tennis balls, or a large omelette. And that"s before options. If I want the rotating Breitling Tourbillon dash clock, I"ll need to find the same again.Meet Jim. Jim has dedicated his life to pursuing this aureate metal, knows more about nuggets than Usain Bolt and owns American Prospector Treasure Seeker, the largest gold-mining equipment store in Southern California. The most gold Jim and his wife Sue have ever prised from the earth in a single day is 11g, and they know what they"re doing. Under Jim"s tutelage I"ve given myself two days in and around Palm Springs to smash his personal record several thousand times over, armed only with a goldish coloured Bentayga and some good old British optimism.Photography: Mark FagelsonThis feature was originally published in the April 2016 issue of Top Gear magazine.
Date written: 3 Apr 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2812