I Turned MALACHITE rocks into PURE COPPER

[@Askjeffwilliams]

What's the easiest way you got copper and if so what method did you use. If you want to see me use a Potato to make Gold watch this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIPEkIqkZth_edk and smash that like button ....SMASH it HARD !!!!!

[@thehorseman8271]

Demolition gather copper in boxes is the best

[@coreymerrill3257]

Do you heat up your graphite bar moulds before you pour your metal? That's the only thing I can think of that would help improve the looks. Hot moulds give a little more time for the slag to separate and prevents any atmospheric moisture from causing micro bubbles. Especially in the corners.

[@davidcoulshed8683]

Dave from Australia 🦘 man I need to talk to you. . I found anchaint river bed..I need advice?

[@richardbeee]

Good recovery. Can't figure out all the steps. Remember, I worked at Magma Smelter ops. Direct smelt everything. Check your metal for gold. A friend of mine supposedly post some smelts we did on KZbin. Todd Anderson. Pound bars. Beautiful every time.😊

[@iainpaton1865]

Please keep the great videos coming jeff 😊. From Scotland

[@Askjeffwilliams]

you betcha my brother ...and remember ...if it's not Scottish ...its crap .Lol

[@davidhimmelsbach557]

Jeff, you have to pour your bars while under flame. That's how it's done industrially. While under flame, the copper is under REDUCING conditions.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks

[@TroyDowVanZandt]

Being from southern Arizona where copper is king, I can think of tons of places where you can pick up high-grade copper ore right off the ground. The same goes for old mines whose claims have long been closed. There's one between Nogales and Ruby that bears a tag indicating sulfates. You walk in the adit and the back and ribs appear to be basically pure ore. A peculiar sulfurous, coppery smell pervades the air. I once found a large chunk of copper sulfide that my metal detector really liked. It's conceivable that if the price of copper goes up enough, backyard smelting could become a viable biz. Since Jeff is in Chalcolithic mode, I'm surprised he didn't fashion himself a copper axe like the one Ötzi the Iceman had--the ultimate Copper Age status symbol.

[@joannehart9624]

I grew up in Tucson and as you point out, there's lots of copper throughout the whole area. 👍

[@Emprivan]

:} I'd like to know the anciant person who accidently made copper the first time, and how it was that this green rock got involved in thier fire pit in the first place. Whats this hard red shinny stuff? Oh cool it smashes with a hard rock....

[@Askjeffwilliams]

they more than likely had it as part of the fire pit ring and next day saw metallic copper

[@Emprivan]

@@Askjeffwilliams Ya, seeing that green rock in the vid reminded me, back when I was a kid we would go out into Lancaster CA and climb around on those ash cones looking for blue coated rocks. :}

[@scrappydoo7887]

I love that you explained the flux recipe Jeff 👍

[@milesduggan4996]

As I'm taking a break from scrapping washers and dryers and AC units for the copper.....this looks more fun

[@Askjeffwilliams]

and easier too

[@bigshow5173]

@ 2:55 Ancients and Hairdryers? I would stay away from the fumes....for awhile. Lol

[@RectalRooter]

haha That also triggered my spidey senses

[@bustamante549]

I was walking around Globe,Arizona and found alot of green rocks and have about 1 hundred rocks and weighs about hundred pounds of it too. Thanks for the information, I make my own copper bars

[@joannehart9624]

The Globe/Miami is known for it's copper production. Some HUGE mines around there.

[@bustamante549]

@joannehart9624 A year ago I walk where they throw there slag from the mine I found 4 oz of gold.

[@joannehart9624]

@@bustamante549 Wowzer!! A big congratulations.

[@dezertraider]

VERY VERY COOL,THE MASTER OF MAKING METALS,JEFF WILLIAMS.STAY AWESOME.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks

[@AndrewChandler-zp6nf]

Great video Jeff Love the inclusion of heavy metal in your videos while processing heavy metals

[@joannehart9624]

So are we going to start finding a bunch of tweakers out in the mines digging for that copper ore? They've watched your video and now they are all going to become copper miners! 🤣🤣

[@Askjeffwilliams]

as long as the leave the Historic machinery alone and don't spray paint the mines I am good . Lol

[@user-friendlyhuman]

😄

[@Gravity4220]

I live in Niagara Falls in a tent, non tweaker... I been digging up all kinds of crazy stones 😜 including andesite, jasper, quartz... these tweakers don't even care I'm sitting on idk 😐 some serious dough 😂😂😂

[@davidautrey9914]

Like addled people have never found the desert before.

[@4x4lowgear]

They wouldn't mine, as that involves hard work. Easier to cut cables off car chargers, and steal catalytic converters for precious metals.

[@EdwarPitnaen]

4 Bars look good , heat the mold always helps it seems . Nice video . TY

[@tradermunky1998]

I love these types of videos, Thanks!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks....much appreciated

[@OzkAltBldgCo-bv8tt]

Thank you for choosing Metal

[@cn5821]

8:42 pre heat your molds...

[@Chaphillionaire]

Hotter molds right at the time of pouring will help your bars look less wonderbread-ish 😉 I keep my graphite mold by the opening of the furnace for the last few minutes of the melt and use a rosebud to keep heating as you pour. Can be done alone but is much easier with a friend. Why the rosebud, you may ask. Well, the graphite mold will cool off much faster than whatever you are pouring. I use this technique for virtually everything I pour be it copper, silver or gold. Hope it helps your bar shape 🤞

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks

[@OGRocker1]

Good morning Brutha.... Nice chem lesson... Take care!!! Howdy Lila and fam..

[@Askjeffwilliams]

good morning my brother ...thanks...will do

[@johnfaber2736]

When I have melted copper I preheat metal moulds very hot, pour and let cool slowly. Mine are triangle ingots at 75lbs each. Still using one of the old firecone 500 machines from the 70"s. works great for aluminum and copper. Good luck and hope you found a hoistway winch you were looking for. Starting to look for one myself. Cheers from Canada

[@John-gd7vf]

Morning guys

[@Askjeffwilliams]

good morning John

[@denisstump5874]

I think the fastest way would be to mix.The chunky rocks with the powder form and do it all together

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota

[@Askjeffwilliams]

good afternoon SWM

[@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88]

I've always envisioned some of our ancestors using these strange green rocks in spiritual ceremonies and tossing them in a raging bonfire. And after all night sitting in the fire someone noticed that the rocks have changed the following day. Then after generations of doing this, and using the "gift from the gods" as decorations or adornments, someone figured out you can make a sharp edged tool. And eventually weapons. It was either that or they used the rocks around the edges of a firepit to create a place to cook. Some types of firepits can be made in such a way that it creates serious airflow, akin to those camping "rocket stoves." And when they threw water on the fire, or spilled it out of a pot used for cooking, they noticed that the rocks now had the characteristic copper color we are used to. And the rest as they say, is history!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

exactly

[@GF_Burke]

For CU bars, I'll use borax while melted, stir, scrape off slag. Couple times. Hot graphite mold. They come out ok.

[@xthe_moonx]

if i had to guess, it seems like the buttons are better looking cause it all sinks to the bottom and its tapered. so the material on top that u break off, pushes the metal down cause of its weight and the taper helps. maybe try tapering the sides of the bar molds? thats what those huge gold bars look like, tapered sides.

[@sonorangreenman4472]

That was great! thanks Jeff!

[@stephensmith3708]

Still looks descent and pure, what else do you want?! Great video, Jeff!!!

[@kensmith8832]

Annealing copper requires heat to red hot then quench in water to make it soft. Once annealed you can press it into a bar form to make it pretty.

[@richardholmberg8572]

I have seen people use sut from a cutting torch so it don't stick. it might help with the metal flow in the bottom of the mold

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks

[@caseyl3631]

Great cooper bars! I was making chocolate bars while I watched 😂

[@Askjeffwilliams]

mmmmmmmm Chocolate

[@GF_Burke]

Niice man! Love building my own foundries. For the crucible stand, I just use a piece of cardboard, just makes a carbon layer for no stick. Also, I've never used a lid on my crucible, i guess because i like to skim off slag and stir, etc.

[@hoborobprospecting]

Good Mornin Jeff

[@Askjeffwilliams]

good morning

[@shaunmace9641]

Jeff Williams I did this years ago I took it in and had a xrf gun scan the copper. It had gold silver lead and couple more base metals in it.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thats pretty cool

[@WHAMaTRON]

Heat the mould with a blow torch before the tipping it out. Then keep the heat on it after it’s been tipped out for a bit.

[@Hairytoe1]

I was stoked to see the Baked Beans but disappointed you didn't eat them on camera.

[@muleskinnermining8661]

We may not have seen him eat the beans, but I’m certain we would hear him’ 😊

[@Cat-Branchman]

I think we can now close the book on whether hair dryers pre-date the Bronze Age. Thanks Jeff, your how-to's are awesome!

[@RectalRooter]

hahaha I made the same kind of comment before I saw yours

[@thehorseman8271]

Hey Jeff thanks for not getting me wet again today. FYI pre heat the mold near the vent hold at the top of your furnace or place several on an additional heat source of some type. Pour lower for safety Stable platform Allow the molten pour time to set and gloss over prior to water shock. Water shock seems to add hardness as opposed to a more maluable slow cool, as in preparation for a rolling mill or wire pull. If you have a very small iron mold with little density or weight consider placing in a larger cast iron pan in iime powder pre heated . Geology question how do you make cement ha ha

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks ..... thats easy ....go to Home Depot hahhahahaha

[@nwoboecane]

What do you use as the fireproof tabletop to keep those sawhorses from having their first cigarette, I mean from starting smoking?

[@RectalRooter]

I wonder how the ancients smelted the copper before they had the copper to make the windings for electric hair dryer motor ? 1 of those Chicken or the Egg paradoxes.. 😁

[@darcam]

Got to keep a torch on the mould and the face of the bar and then gradually remove it so it reduces shock from air cooling on the exterior

[@stanh3448]

Everyone has probably already said it but preheat the mold.... coming from someone that has never done this before, I think it helps evenly cool the metal instead of shocking it with a room temperature mold.

[@JamesD1776-uc]

Man great to see you!!! Some time's heating the molds up before the pouring helps out a bit. 🤠 much love brother 🤠

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks James

[@kathikyckelhahn7519]

😊Thx so much. Do copper mines take copper or from private individuals?

[@Askjeffwilliams]

no , you can sell it to a recycler

[@Famo59]

That’s a SMART FELLA…LOL You are giving away all your secrets mate..!! So I smashed that like 👍 button HARD 💪👊 So that KZbin algorithm knows we appreciate all that hard work you put in on making this video is APPRECIATED.. Say hi to Lila and the crew Brother.. Cheers Tony.🍻👍⛏️

[@Askjeffwilliams]

TONY !!!!!! we got plenty more to tell my brother ...... thanks ....and say hi to all them mates out there Coucho and Wendy an d hope to see you soon to get them 5 ounce sun bakers and Lasseter's reef ...Cheers my brother

[@mirkopg69]

Another lesson to follow 😊

[@BradleyBellwether-oy2qi]

I've never smelted before, but it know most people get the molds really hot too. So it doesn't cool too fast, and get lumpy. Some spray WD-40 in the mold too.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

Yeah that is a good trick.

[@heathh5657]

I like this one because i was raised in copper country…southwest NM/Southeast AZ

[@idostuffsumtimes]

Would a steadier pour make the bars better?

[@Askjeffwilliams]

no ...more heat in the mold with a touch of borax as it is cooling

[@4x4lowgear]

I'm no expert, but a couple guesses for how to get a good bar... Keep it molten longer, and kind of heat treat it so all the gases have a chance to escape from the molten metal as it cools. Maybe even preheat your molds. I'm just thinking of it from a welding perspective.

[@JamesCrisp-iq4cs]

Always like watching your videos for a Saturday morning wake up 🙂✌️👍 see you tomorrow

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks James

[@ElementofKindness]

I'm only guessing here, but as far as getting a better bar, perhaps pour off the flux next to the mold beforehand? And preheat the mold?

[@robertmurphy3915]

With a brass pour, we always scooped the flux out before pouring - right after getting the crucible in the shank - i wonder if this might help mitigate a little loss due to splash?

[@SCW1060]

Jeff, my brother the Alchemist. Now if you could only be able to throw in secret mixtures and smelt out pure gold lol

[@Askjeffwilliams]

we have done that .... The Philosopher's stone from the Emerald Tablet

[@michaelgillespie1206]

Get your mold hot with a torch before you pour, it will help the appearance of your bars.

[@oldmountainmarineandmetals9736]

My new guess is Box #2 1268.7 Thanks bro!

[@tinadelwiche416]

Interesting knowledge as always. Could acid or chloride work

[@Askjeffwilliams]

Hi Tina , thanks and yes

[@PBRJOHN684]

I find that once you are done with the flux's you can re melt the copper and use a fresh Ingot mould (well I don't need to tell you this) and just pour at a steady rate from a clay graphite crucible.

[@OUSurf2]

Uh oh Jeff's back off the bean wagon😂❤

[@Askjeffwilliams]

Bush baked beans to the rescue

[@John-gd7vf]

Very cool,thanks

[@oldmountainmarineandmetals9736]

Are you preheating your oil tank bro?

[@GamingKeenBeaner]

You need to warm up the molds and then insulate them as they cool. You'll get much better bars

[@jimmime]

Yeah, I smashed the like button, Jeff! How to make copper bars, OK.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks Jimmie jam

[@wickedwidget3812]

Powder form would be ideal for doing what you are doing

[@carlschmitt9562]

Copper is a cool mineral.

[@ScramblingandRambling]

I just want to grow up to be like Jeff Williams :)

[@billdgen116]

Very interesting my friend thank u for sharing be safe brother 🙏

[@jameshalloran9840]

The pulverized Copper ore has more surface area...for reaction. The powder will react better!

[@michaelpack7591]

4.3oz

[@motokenzo763]

In the 80's I sold pollution monitoring equipment to the copper smelters around Tucson. Including going up those crazy tall smoke stacks in Hayden (+700ft). 😬🚫👖🤠

[@Askjeffwilliams]

wow ...now thats crazy ..... bet you got good stories to tell

[@Andy-4342]

Fine grind equals greater surface area for the chemical reaction to occur and results in more copper, but it makes recovery more difficult than the chunkies. Viva la beans! 😎

[@RectalRooter]

I agree that is the way to extract anything from something.

[@derekseiders3597]

Great video as always Everyone seems to think copper is going to have a big boom in the next few years can’t see why not What is the name of the song on the end of the video You have great taste in music 👍👍👍

[@RYNSULLY]

how do extract the gold from copper?

[@RectalRooter]

I 2nd that motion

[@DavidSellars-b8l]

......or just go to upper Michigan where copper is found in almost pure state. The only contaminate is silver that makes it more ductile. If your mold is made out of copper, you may get a better finish. The molds in a smelter I visited were copper. Remember how conductive copper is of heat.

[@benniehazelwood9276]

Need a rosebud torch or a cutting touch low flame

[@shanefrericks5929]

Good afternoon from Northeast South Dakota. Try heating up your molds a little Jeff. Nice copper bars. I like doing that the copper wire. The local junkyard sure likes the bars lol they pay top dollar

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks

[@the_last_real_engineer]

quench that copper while its red hot, it makes it soft, mold it, the immediately after it freezes, toss in cold water....it'll also be bright!

[@the_last_real_engineer]

I'd made a video of me smelting and pouring my 30kg setup, but I think I'd get blackhawks on my lawn in dismay! hahahaha! I gotta electrowinn my CU out of my buttons, as cupeling is super inefficient way of seperating it all, aside I only need vinegar and citric acid to do that....worse irritant is the smell of vinegar. Smelt the slimes....winn CU on sheets.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

sounds like a good way to do it

[@kevinackley7064]

With the bars of copper you need only a pinch of flux on top of the molten copper before you pour just to get rid of any impurities and make them float to the top also preheat your mould

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks

[@realgizmos9776]

pre heat your molds at high temperature

[@waynehostetler6953]

Great video...

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks... much appreciated

[@mevl-x7v]

tebrikler....harikasınız...👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@SOMETHING8U]

Hey Jeff who is playing at the end of this video they are phenomenal? Please and thank you

[@Askjeffwilliams]

that is Slim and the Boneheads ....Lol

[@michaelpass2176]

Dan Hurd prospecting needs to watch along with Jason mbmmc😊

[@HMccafferty-tg7es]

good horror sounds when put in water

[@KnightlyTruth]

I have a giant natural copper specimen it’s epic

[@SpartanONegative]

A little nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid and put it in the soup 🍲 ⛏️🤠 Great Video Jeff. Nice Work 👍 Thank you for sharing with us 🙏 God Bless

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks and you betcha

[@aeh8446]

Jeff...Great video, thank you!!! But I have a bone to pick with ya... I have always, generally, subscribed to the notion "get a bigger hammer" ... I followed your instructions to "Smash it hard"...now, you owe me a new phone monitor!!! 😉😉🤣

[@scottdilley356]

Good morning America lol hi jeff

[@Askjeffwilliams]

Good morning Scottie

[@markstopkey4085]

Smashed like button so hard I broke my phone! 😂

[@donaldfitzgerald8950]

Another great Saturday educational video with Jeff... Copper Kisses work better than Hershey's! Lol! Can the same be done with Azurite? ⛏️⚒️⚖️💪🤠

[@Askjeffwilliams]

yes

[@donaldfitzgerald8950]

@Askjeffwilliams thanks Jeff...🪱

[@TrueBlueServant]

powdered, more surface area quicker oxidisation :D

[@mrutherford8590]

Preheat the mold

[@oldmountainmarineandmetals9736]

The rocks should melt quicker than the powder

[@cohensgoldntreasures]

Country Style is the best flavor!! How’s about a fart-smelter Jeff?! lol

[@jasongannon7676]

Meby preheating the carbon mold before you pour the bar

[@Paulftate]

Copper baby copper .... we looking for green rocks and turn them into green dollars👍

[@Trucker-Belly]

Cupric oxide is my favorite thing to inhale😂

[@Tony-hg9kc]

I want to know where you got them fancy paper plates. 😂

[@Askjeffwilliams]

hahahahahhaha

[@jim22387]

The powder

[@BaconGrz88]

My names Jeff!

[@JosephGriffin-mt2er]

Thanks Jeff, I'm one fart smeller! Smashing that "like" button hard!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

hahhahhahahha Thanks