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@heidispellmeyer3287 ай бұрын
What he is doing is a skill most people don't have the patience to learn. It's also a beautiful form of art. ....so many people just see money, or the thought of profits. The value is in the skill and the patience required to learn and master it. Priceless. Thank you for your knowledge, your patience, and kindness for sharing it.
@jimmymcgreason4 ай бұрын
So cool. I wish I had the space to do something like this. I've watched 3 videos now, and the whole process is fascinating. Well done on that large bar!
@sreetips4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@TrumpedUp8888 ай бұрын
Just made the 21st bid on your disc. Some may say its a steep price for a silver item. But I hold all your work in high regard. It would be an honor owning any one of your projects. Fingers crossed 🤞😉
@ExtractingMetals8 ай бұрын
Beautiful bar. Anyone hating on the asking price can kick rocks. Where else can you buy a bar of this quantity with a video that shows it being created and sub videos showing it being refined? It’s more or less art at this point.
@ut000bs7 ай бұрын
Very nice bar. I never get tired of looking at the shine of pure silver, the most reflective metal. Back in old times the best mirrors were made from silver because of that. That's a beautiful bar, Sr. "Pay no attention to that four ounces of gold…" lol
@Mach1neWashable8 ай бұрын
I love your large pours. Absolutely stunning bar this time. You have outdone yourself again!
@SpartanONegative8 ай бұрын
My favorite Alchemist 🏴☠️ You make it look Easy Sreetips 🙏 God Bless. Thank you for sharing with us!!
@timsmith96458 ай бұрын
Another absolutely beautiful 63.3 Oz of silver bar getting pretty good at pouring silver bar's thanks for sharing sreetips
@JSMCPN8 ай бұрын
The crystals are amazing enough on their own, I almost "hate" to see them melted down... until the bar cools!
@b.c.93588 ай бұрын
I feel like I truly understand why vampires couldn't show up in silver mirrors now after seeing this pure bar. It's so beautiful.
@tj82448 ай бұрын
Value is determined by what someone is willing to pay.. Glad for you that it sold already. Keep up the great work Sreetips
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Mrs sreetips made me go higher. I would have listed it at two grand. She said, “no - twenty three.” I told her that it probably wouldn’t sell. It was gone ten minutes after I listed it. That means it was still priced too low. Glad I listened to her probably should have listened to her more throughout my life. We’d be in a lot better shape.
@pipeorganSI8 ай бұрын
@@sreetips Happiness doesn't come with money. The greatest wealth is a loving family, true friends, reputation and respect. This is the greatest treasure.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Agree. But having wealth sure makes life easier. Especially now. I can’t imagine what people will do? How will they get by? I know if it wasn’t for my KZbin channel and precious metals, we’d be in trouble financially.
@tj82448 ай бұрын
@@sreetips you got that right.. How I wish I had gone with my gut years ago when I could have bought silver for 5 to 10 per oz. But back then it really would have been buy the silver or put food on the table. Stretching to make ends meet sucks even if you have a great family.
@tj82448 ай бұрын
@@sreetips Probably was still to low.. Have heard others talk about hand poured "artisan" bars should sell for 3x melt value.
@Pr3stag38 ай бұрын
Wow that big bar sold for $2,300.00+ $135.94 shipping when it's worth $1500. Mr sreetips you ARE in the right business sir it's like printing money.
@jasonposten94817 ай бұрын
Plenty of suckers out there.
@briankaelin77282 ай бұрын
No doubt! That’s crazy to pay that much when you can get it through one of the big bullion dealers for a few dollars per OZ over spot price. Truly a poor investment at $38+ per OZ
@colleenallen33828 ай бұрын
I always marvel at the magic that happens when you turn on the burners🔥. Right before one’s eyes, a beautiful bar appears. It’s almost mystical!🤔
@max3d_0ut8 ай бұрын
Such a glorious bar of gold! I know this is a long shot, but I remember you doing a video where you walk through your glassware cleaning process, but I cant find which one it is. If you or a follower could help with which one im talking about I'll be super grateful. Thanks for all you do.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
I’ll do a dedicated glassware cleanup video.
@Antonowskyfly8 ай бұрын
You are welcome. The concentric rings are spectacular, and much more so when we are invited in to see how they are formed. Thank you Sir! 👍👍🤟
@ArielleViking8 ай бұрын
Such a beautiful bar of silver. The large melt was fascinating too. 👍🏻
@DavidDavis-fishing8 ай бұрын
Gooood evening from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great night!
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Goooood evening!
@bobbynavarro27177 ай бұрын
Mesmerizing! Absolutely beautiful work! Great job Street tips!
@arnedalbakk63158 ай бұрын
Hello Mrs and Mr Sreetips. Smart way to melting the silver. First time i see that. So beautiful crystal silver are.. And congrats whit that silver brick sir🔥 Stunning...God bless to all the sreetips family.
@PapaBear76518 ай бұрын
That bar is stunning! I could only imagine how shiny it must've looked in person.
@fredwright30708 ай бұрын
Glad you have Mrs Sreetips keeping you straight! Great job on the bar!
@pipeorganSI8 ай бұрын
A silver bar like that looks really crazy. Especially because you make it in your home workshop. Brilliantly made! But if someone later wants to use this silver as a raw material to make an object, he will have great difficulty pouring it in such a large piece. However, I think it is more practical and also easier to make smaller silver bars.
@jfssparky8 ай бұрын
You was speaking of a ebay page. I couldn't find a link. Very nice job. Yes you definitely need a few tools. I made my own. But, we aren't melting the same metals. I am doing the cheaper stuff😊 I found it, sold quick. Pretty cool.
@bellowsforge97268 ай бұрын
Only the highest quality is achieved by Sreetips, well done Sir. Congratulations on another brilliant bar!
@debcamp23598 ай бұрын
Its wonderful to see the fruits of all your work .
@dn28178 ай бұрын
As awesome as a 4.5 lb bar of silver is, i am really fascinated by your silver crystal that you scooped into the crucible. I would love an oz of it. I am also really eager to see what a the gold coming out of solution magnified looks. Those kinds of unique specimens are something I would buy more than a bar.. but then again, I am more of a rock hound. I like examining rocks under a microscope or magnifying glass
@dimorvanerkel20258 ай бұрын
Awesome result silverbar absolute ashtonishing looking....bigbars are great mr Sreetips keep it up greetings from the Netherlands
@gerard84968 ай бұрын
YOU are the man, another perfect show, be humble to the humble.
@bfd15658 ай бұрын
Very nice. It's nerve racking pouring large bars. I hate it. It's like you have to have a pep talk with yourself. Ok, we have to do this now. Steady... Oh My. I wish you could fill up a mold, cap it and slide in some kinda furnace for a set it and forget it. Set the heat and timer and come back a couple hours later. I use and electric furnace. I try and keep all my methods simple and as straightforward as possible. No wammies. It's a pleasure watching you Sreetips. Fun stuff...
@THR33STEP8 ай бұрын
Beautiful silver bar sir!!! You’re getting better at that!! I wonder how perfect the bar would be if you used an induction heater. You would lose the rings but the surfaces might be perfect on all sides.
@ego738 ай бұрын
Or just putting the graphite in your electric furnace and adding Ag little by little till you have a measured weight if the interest is "mirror perfection". Aesthetically, the concave concentric ellipsoids are flattering in their own way. "Topography!" -- George Carlin
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
It’s the reducing flame that causes those rings. How melted doesn’t matter.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Getting that graphite mold hot enough to melt the metal in it would quickly destroy the graphite mold.
@THR33STEP8 ай бұрын
@@sreetips Gotcha 🙂👍
@paulknight18798 ай бұрын
Love what u do, can u sell the little silver trees that u make in the silver sell they look amazing and awesome,beautiful silver trees.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Yes
@the1dud8 ай бұрын
Id like to buy the disk to inquart with my gold specimen. His silver looks ultra pure.
@the1dud7 ай бұрын
@sreetips this puck is incredible!!! No regrets on the purchase!
@kurtremislettmyr71088 ай бұрын
Ms Screetips huh? hehe, I distinctly remember telling you about using a towel in the quenching bowl some months back.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Good advice, thank you
@kurtremislettmyr71088 ай бұрын
@@sreetips Your welcome brother. I hope you are done doing things you don't want to do now. Bars looked really nice though. good job.
@SpartanONegative8 ай бұрын
Brother, i usually don't read the comments, but i did. You walked away with $95.00 profit compared to what I get silver at. Absolutely i will pay $10 over per oz for the manufacturer stamp. Nice Work and Sale Sreetips 🤠
@pauliewalnuts52418 ай бұрын
beautiful silver bar
@TrueReject8 ай бұрын
I know others have said this already, but the sold price of that large bar is ridiculous. At a price of 2300 for 63oz that comes out to be 36.00 an oz. Perhaps in 5 to 10 years you can get your money back. For an extra 250.00 you could have purchased a 100oz bar. Some people are just a little slow in the head. Beautiful pour by the way always enjoy the content.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
It sold almost as soon as I posted it. Means the ask price was too low. But I’m not selling any more silver, if I don’t have to.
@azwelke26388 ай бұрын
Very nice work!!👍
@b.c.93588 ай бұрын
Very beautiful bar
@DragonBlazeDesigns8 ай бұрын
ok, I saw the video. Okay, I got done watching the video. I click the link again. lol sold. Wow, do you want me do the time stamp of how fast that was? hahah yes I guess you were right it was too cheap. I feel you i would keep your gold and silver in your Pirates treasure chest
@DragonBlazeDesigns8 ай бұрын
also i look at the big bar i seen other poat from other you can see it if you want butis title of item 1985 RARE Homestake Mining Company Co 100.28 Troy oz 999+ Silver 100 Mintage! is at $2,805.00 11 bids Ends in 6d 18h I want to watch it and let you know how much it selĺ For it, it would be a good way to see how much the value is at, but if only sells at 3k lol your fans are the buyers your bars at whatever prices so much love lol
@DragonBlazeDesigns8 ай бұрын
Ok I did it again video was post 21hours ago on January 13, 2024, 5:26 PM the eBay item was sold on Sat, Jan 13 at 5:32 PM. making it 6minutes sold I feel I was wrong on the time if you can see how I get it wrong let me know lol
@johnmallette31436 ай бұрын
Tkzz for sharing,.,,.peace
@RayRusawcocktailminer8 ай бұрын
that pouring molting metals is a fun art to learn
@TheOfficialRybot5 ай бұрын
wow!! congrats on your harvest and success in casting! what a beautiful bar! 🤍
@copperinquarter8 ай бұрын
Nice work, Mr Sreetips! Thanks for sharing!
@vincejamison80788 ай бұрын
Sreetips, I've been watching your channel for QUITE a long time Your premium is keeping me from buying a sweet amount of your silver crystals. Sry, I don't mean to be rude
@PaulAllee8 ай бұрын
He don't care if you don't buy it. Someone who sees the value as supporting the educational entertainment will donate the difference out of love. He'd rather keep all the silver in the world and never sell any but it is a chance for us the fans to support the work.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
No problem. I’m not into selling my silver. I want to keep it. Having a high price is doing its job for me.
@tinamitchell87358 ай бұрын
Thank you for doing some great work .
@StuckinMO8 ай бұрын
I was hoping you would took care of that flux schmutz! Nice job!
@paulhylton95038 ай бұрын
After you pour the bar initially put it in your electric furnace still in the graphite mold remelt it then you'll have a perfect bar no rings no blemishes
@copperinquarter8 ай бұрын
That is not a good idea. The graphite mold will oxidize and get destroyed. Then, you will have a layer of graphite oxide on top of the bar.
@josephcormier59748 ай бұрын
Two silver bars in a row that is outstanding sir six stars
@ZoonCrypticon8 ай бұрын
Have you thought about putting a silver bar into your silver crystalizing bowl ? Would be interesting to see, if crystals would grow on it and how it would look like afterwards.
@VerdantImage8 ай бұрын
You need a furnace to melt in. Torch melting is inconsistent in high volume.
@Poooghost8 ай бұрын
The fruits of your labors and boy are they beautiful you're getting amazing with bigger pours hope you still choose to offer your pure silver crystal or gold sponge from time to time on your eBay store at least hope to have some material you refined one day soon
@adamtheninjasmith29858 ай бұрын
It might sound weird but if you do anything like this again try starting with a much smaller amount of silver/gold and getting it fully molten before you start charging it with more. Also because you're only heating it from the top it might make sense to get the crucible itself good and hot before charging it from the get go but I'm not an expert in smelting.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Good advice
@NOFX08907 ай бұрын
Interesting technique... great result!
@Joe.Rogan.8 ай бұрын
Almost perfect after your second try..pretty freaking good.
@BatoMijac8 ай бұрын
Great Video Sreetips. Always an amazing education experience.
@oszb8 ай бұрын
Pay no attention to my ELIXIR OF GOLD. What a baller.
@TrumpedUp8888 ай бұрын
My hobby is silver stacking. I would sure love to make this the base foundation of all my ownings! It's beautiful 😍 Second only to your gold bar. Fantastic job, sir. I compete with a buddy at work when it comes to how much silver we can accumulate in a given period. This bar would certainly make me top dog for sure😆. I took a cruz over to your ebay to plot how I can get my hands on this bar. SOLD?! 😭 I will bid on the leftover disc from this majestic pour.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
It sold ten minutes after I posted the video. It means that I had it priced too low.
@pipeorganSI8 ай бұрын
@@sreetips Anyone who has bought it knows that it is quality refined silver. I think that such a buyer does not only look at the price. Otherwise, the current price of silver on the stock exchange is relatively low.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
The current spot price of silver, as with all the other numbers we’re getting, are bogus. Silver and gold are both grossly undervalued. But silver is far worse than gold.
@larrykester85938 ай бұрын
@@sreetipsGold to Silver ratio has been manipulated for decades!! Ever since Nixon took the US off the Gold Standard. Huge mistake!!
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
I ignore all the talking heads. I’m all in on gold and silver. Not for a “big bump” in price. But simply to protect the value of my savings from being plundered by the money printers.
@dimorvanerkel20258 ай бұрын
WoW! ...holy smokes awesome Silvetbar man super dupe awesome shine man and wow again ....silver mskes happy !😂🎉👍💥🎇
@asdfgsfgj82208 ай бұрын
Those rings are magical, be careful w/these monsters! Making me nervous Good God!!
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Me too!
@jonasgeez21408 ай бұрын
That pure silver crystal is absolutley beautiful looking stuff... That bar is even more beautiful shines like a mirror
@ChristianKenyon-j6s8 ай бұрын
Understand it's necessary to keep
@darrenmcrae23838 ай бұрын
My question is couldn’t the silver be melted directly in the graphite mold? Perhaps slowly adding small amounts directly into the mold with it preheated on the ceramic wool? I’m guessing there must be a reason perhaps the graphite can’t handle the same heat for the same amount of time as the crucible?
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Correct. That much heat would destroy the graphite mold.
@darrenmcrae23838 ай бұрын
@@sreetips beautiful pour and silver bar by the way. Also have you ever tried or do you know if cast iron or steel moulds would work? @bigstackD does not usually pour precious metals but he uses them as well as graphite for copper and bronze and many other metals. I guess I’m trying to learn how the mold material itself affects the pour. Thanks love your content.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
I only have experience with graphite molds. I’ve never used cast iron. No experience with base metals. Only precious metals cast into bars.
@thedarkside0fmars8 ай бұрын
Amazing brother. You take your virginity to a whole nother level. Respect.
@shaneyork3008 ай бұрын
You ever gets to buy it is very lucky!!
@RedneckCoinz8 ай бұрын
Amazing work and love that bar
@dimitrischrein94337 ай бұрын
Dear SREETIPS you may try to dissolve the flux in some boiling con. citric acid dissolved in distilled water in a beaker like the jewelers do that! That is just borax leftover, right?🤔
@sreetips7 ай бұрын
Correct
@dimitrischrein94337 ай бұрын
It is much cheaper (reuseable), less dangerous and will not etch the silver. You will need one tall beaker with only 1Litre with this acid anywhere in your Lab. ready to use anytime. We are not allowed to handle with H2SO4 or HNO3 nothing in Germany! Only because of some bad guy i think...
@sreetips7 ай бұрын
They punish the masses for the deeds of a few.
@dimitrischrein94337 ай бұрын
Ja right, however you have much more liberty in your country what I like so much you know. God bless. @@sreetips
@tedlis5178 ай бұрын
I know you are a careful person, but I was concerned that there could be moisture in the cold crucible. When you pre-heat the mold, you are drying it before pouring the melt. I'd hate to see a water vapor explosion or splatter in your crucible. Keep up the great work!
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
On my mind the whole time.
@wszechmocnieuzdolniony8 ай бұрын
Good job pozdrowionka serdecznie z Polski 🇵🇱👍👍👍
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Greetings!
@LISTINGTOSTARBOARD8 ай бұрын
AHEM. A TRUE AMERICAN. A GUNS AND GRITS MAN... WOULDN'T BUY GOLD. HE'D GO GET HIS OWN. THAT'S THE WAY.
@andrewrossi71648 ай бұрын
That bar is awesome, great work sreetips 👍
@AMoose4548 ай бұрын
Found my new favorite KZbin channel.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Welcome!
@hectororellana33978 ай бұрын
When some silver sticks on the bottom, does that mean that the crucible wasn’t hot enough on the bottom ? Could it be that the amount of heat on the top was greater than the bottom? So the crucible surface on the bottom of the crucible heat needed to be the same as the top surface ?
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
I think it was due to my inexperience and the crude setup that I was using. I just failed to get it all out of the crucible and into the graphite mold.
@spokehedz8 ай бұрын
If you ever wanted to hit a specific weight very accurately, undershoot by a few grams and then melt a tiny portion of the metal onto the 'ugly' side of the bar with a torch afterwards. With the silver, this is easy-peasy since you have plenty of it in crystal form already. But gold would be trickier, since the powder would blow all over the place. Maybe make a tiny bar, and then flatten it out, and cut tiny strips out of it.
@En-Pea-Sea8 ай бұрын
this is how those shops sell perfect 1 ounce gold bars by the truckload. after they stamp them all they go through weight certification and the rejects that are under get layers of gold foil melted on the back side, almost like it is braised on. The rejects with too much weight typically get re-melted because the chance of messing up the bar to reduce weight is just not worth the man hours.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
I can get it close with just a touch over, if I wanted to get a specific weight.
@BossBrus-c7o8 ай бұрын
Good man Kev do as the boss says
@brianevans18518 ай бұрын
Time to buy tools for bigger pours and a kiln like big stacks or Mount baker mining better safe than sorry and that was a beautiful bar once again awesome
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Those guys are pros. I’m just a hobbyist, an advanced beginner.
@covecova8 ай бұрын
too bad silver seems harder to pull than gold, if im. not mistaken, comgratz for your great work
@andrewbaker88058 ай бұрын
Hefty hefty big ass bar
@jmsparger43398 ай бұрын
Hey big guy BEAUTIFUL job!!! Just had a question. The prettiest bars from companies I've seen, life Geiger, put the silver in the mold and then melt it down in an oven to make the mirror loaf top. Just wondering if that's something you've considered or might show us.
@jimwednt12298 ай бұрын
Yeah but how are you gonna put in those pretty concentric wave patterns in the surface if it's in an easy bake oven . You know what I want now, an apple pie ! 🥺 I have to wait until the stores open now.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Getting a graphite mold hot enough to melt the metal will quickly destroy the graphite mold.
@jmsparger43398 ай бұрын
@@sreetips Thank you Maestro. I really enjoy learning from you and watching you work your alchemy.
@ICU2B4UDO8 ай бұрын
$815.44 the price of 1K of .999 Silver...
@MultiGangus8 ай бұрын
Ever consider using a buffing wheel?
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Precious metals don’t need buffing, in fact should not be buffed. They look amazing right out of the mold. Base metals REQIRE buffing, then start to oxidize almost immediately. That’s one of the unique properties of gold and silver.
@drJonas-hg3fy7 ай бұрын
Nice Sir.
@davidbohan37358 ай бұрын
Sreetips, friendly question, roughly how much do you go through in glassware in a year? I'm assuming you get most of it 2nd hand. But I would interested to know how many beakers flasks and glass rods wind up as causalities of heat breakage and wear and tear. As always please do not share anything proprietary or security compromising in chat. as always thanks for the terrific video.
@En-Pea-Sea8 ай бұрын
Good corning chemistry/lab glass should last a long time with what he is doing. Rarely is he using chemicals or materials that can damage the surface of the glass, even after constant repeated activity. You can even burn the inside of corning glass and it will wipe clean. I burnt some organic compounds on the bottom of one of my larger graduated cylinders and a quick boil in HCL and H2O2 and the bottom looked clean.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
I don’t break many pieces. I’ve had most of it for my entire refining career, almost 14 years. If some breaks it usually do to my carelessness. I haven’t had anything break while in service.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Except one beaker that wasn’t Pyrex, tried to dry some powder and it broke.
@davidbohan37358 ай бұрын
Good to know. I was worried that constant heating and cooling would take a toll even on Pyrex overtime.
@En-Pea-Sea8 ай бұрын
Pro tip, the really good Pyrex has its logo in all lower case, and the crap from china is all caps
@andybaldman8 ай бұрын
For your melt table, why don’t you just have a small furnace like other channels for these big pours? They’re like 200 bucks. That would pay for itself in MAPP gas.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
I’m just a hobbyist. I normally don’t make big bars very often. So I don’t need a big furnace. But I’ve shown that i don’t really need one. I have an electric furnace. But the torch is easy, cheap, and faster.
@non-binaryjesus8 ай бұрын
Ill give you a dollar!!!😂
@seropserop8 ай бұрын
You should’ve added at least double if not triple the amount of sulfuric to be at 10% to clean the bar effectively
@PaulAllee8 ай бұрын
People pay to support the work. There are idiots spending money on actual worthless stuff. Sreetips silver is actually special and valuable.
@seandelaloe70638 ай бұрын
😮 Mrs Sreetips! Cheeky!! 😂😂
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
Cheeky: impudent or irreverent, typically in an endearing or amusing way. I had to look it up.
@seandelaloe70638 ай бұрын
@@sreetips definitely endearing - ot was in response to your quip about Mrs Sreetips threatening to spank you. We Brits consider that very cheeky in a loving kind of way
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
I like it.
@primo13318 ай бұрын
That looks like very expensive snow, and not the narcotic type.
@dynorat128 ай бұрын
great bar very nice work
@niagarajoe44028 ай бұрын
Not sure why anyone ever buys more than spot for raw precious medals? In precious medals you never purchase for what the perceived price COULD be…this isn’t a cattle or oil FUTURES market. There’s a reason why the spot price is calculated in almost real time……premiums on precious medals paid on coins and bars that are collectable and still isn’t much more than 10% unless it’s a rare piece. Paying anything more than $30 an OZ on a big bar like this is an overpay, by ALOT…and yes I get it’s cool, and you can watch it be refined, but that doesn’t add much intrinsic value
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
What it means to me is that silver is grossly undervalued. Price and value are two different things. Please read what then president Johnson said about the coinage act of 1965: “If anybody has any idea of hoarding our silver coins, let me say this. Treasury has a lot of silver on hand, and it can be, and it will be used to keep the price of silver in line with its value in our present silver coin. There will be no profit in holding them out of circulation for the value of their silver content." What does this mean? It means that governments can, and will, kill the price of the metals to control the price, and therefore the demand, for precious metals. They don’t even need metal anymore. They can use paper silver to crush the price. The money printers can not afford to have you converting worthless paper dollars to real money, gold and silver.
@niagarajoe44028 ай бұрын
@@sreetips I understand….and this has been true of precious metals since it started being used as a commodity….as it gets over mined etc etc it becomes more and more scarce. So yes it will go up…..governments have been playing this shell game forever, unfortunately I don’t see that ever not happening, which means that huge bump in price, isn’t likely to happen anytime soon, at least not in the time we are on this earth and holding metals. I’m not a huge investor (stacker etc whatever you want to call it) but I have over 100oz of gold and 2000 oz of silver. And I’ve never paid more than 10% of spot unless it’s a rarer assay bar or some of the rarer coins I’ve collected. (And I don’t collect for scarcity, just to have nest egg for when I’m older)
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
I’m not in this for a bump. I’m in it to protect my savings from the money printers. I work for gold and silver. Not for paper.
@dann4098 ай бұрын
Totally unrelated but want your awnser. When dissolving the silver/gold or just gold, what effect does chlorinated water have when added to dilute?
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
When working with silver in solution I avoid using chlorinated water. Gold in solution, being a chloride, no problem with using chlorinated water.
@davidgordon23058 ай бұрын
Lovely job!
@brittangolden31058 ай бұрын
Premium on crystal silver is high. Poured bar… lowest premium there is unless its vintage. Huge bummer to see it melt.
@eisenkrieg5538 ай бұрын
What is your professional background? I think this is a neat hobby and would find it enjoyable myself.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
I’m retired
@almacli83607 ай бұрын
I have a foundry that I do my melting - How do you set up a bowl like that ? Please tell me in steps on how to get it done thanks in advance Sreetips
@sreetips7 ай бұрын
I wrapped the crucible with ceramic wool and secured it with steel wire. Worked great.
@sethpark25398 ай бұрын
Bring back the plastic spoons.
@scotthultin77698 ай бұрын
39 👍's up sreetips thank you for sharing 😅
@Stopbeingnosyffs8 ай бұрын
Awesome can’t wait to watch
@MikeGervasi8 ай бұрын
Great looking bar. I'm more a gold guy as silver value is a lot more volatile.
@jimwednt12298 ай бұрын
Yeah but silver is more versatile😮 If you're ever forced to use silver, like when our dollar crashes. For the everyday person you want to have more silver on hand than gold because most of your purchases will be made with silver unless you're buying a house or a car or something Of high value. Or if you just want to consolidate your assets into a smaller package , go with gold. And just so you know the gold price fluctuates the same as silver does is it still on a different Part of The scale so you don't notice it as much unless you're looking past the $.000012 mark
@linxiaoning8 ай бұрын
Why not to use induction heater to melt silver? It's easy and fast.
@sreetips8 ай бұрын
I don’t have one.
@linxiaoning8 ай бұрын
The price of Induction heater has a bit expensive,but really safe and convenient to use compare with fire metal melt. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHjCqnaYe56GnrM