GOLD FROZE at 1760°F Simple Gold Recovery and Smelting Tips!

Gold laden rocks melted down and assayed for their precious metal content. This is a whirlwind of rock crushing, smelting gold and cupelling to finish out the gold prospecting season. On the final smelt of the year, the gold bead froze midway through the cupellation process, and we had to quickly figure out a way to "un-freeze" it. This simple gold recovery method can be used by anyone to recover free milling gold from rock.
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[@GSProspecting]

Looking good fam. Keep on having fun. Gold squad out!!!

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

This is what we live for🙌

[@billiehydrick6417]

Luv your videos, educational on things I need to critique, I find lots of mercury with silver&gold

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Thanks Billie! Quicksilver finds its way down into our placer areas from natural and man introduced sources. Stay safe while handling that stuff!

[@twodudesonedredge]

We just smelted our first going token. Took a video of it if you want to check out some real amateurs. Nothing like the pro level you are showing. Great video. Thanks !

[@SCSColoradoable]

Great video! I especially liked the end when you set random things on fire. What does frozen bead mean?

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Hehe, I have to keep myself entertained! It was still that hot about 5 minutes after it was taken out of the furnace👀 Frozen bead: During the cupellation process, the blob of precious metals + lead did not purify correctly causing it to "freeze/lock" up. When this happens, the base metals contained will no longer be absorbed into the cupel.

[@rockymountainlifeprospecti4423]

As always great information and great tips/video!! Looking forward to getting into melting and poring in the future!

[@jeffersonstategold8349]

Sweet vid!

[@shainowen2520]

Looking forward to coming out there. Get a gold prospecting education. I'm in the Phillipines right now. There's lots of gold here. B back in the USSA in September. 😜

[@billiehydrick6417]

I use soot from a oxygen/ acetylene in my molds it's non stick hot mold

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Nice, that should work great. WD40 and other oils can do the trick also.

[@GramCanyonSam]

So much action in this video! Really makes me want to start running that old mine pile I was working years before I started this channel ! I really got re inspired watching this bud thank you I mite get reset

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

It was a pretty intense non stop 2 days of smelting! Awesome man, you could always go hit the pile and highgrade out 20 buckets of the best looking ore! I might have to pick your brain one of these days about MotherLodeCountry.

[@tonybrabender5907]

Great video thank you 😎

[@Matt_the_Miner]

Great video man! Looks like fun

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Trying to put a dent in my test sample pile! I've seen a few of your vids, what state are you in?

[@Matt_the_Miner]

@@ColoradoGoldCamp I live in Utah but usually go to Nevada to look for gold.

[@zve482]

Nice video, thank you. 👍🏻👍🏻Cheers!

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Cheers Steven!

[@kerrypurcell6022]

this was a very helpful video,,,,,,,thanks,,,

[@captnron59]

Lot of work for so little. Better luck next time!

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

It took around 10hrs of actual work time to process these 4 samples. 2 of them are promising. I've been forcing myself to go through my stockpiled samples before I forget where they came from. The Bonanza will come!

[@MiningMagnets]

Trial by Fire🔥🔥 You had quite a bit going on in this video. Action packed nice work! How do you measure the temperature in your furniture?

[@richardbeee]

I still can't see how you achieve full collection of your precious metals with just bits and pieces of lead added to the bottom of the crucible. Some of the gold i assayed would never migrate to the bottom of the molten flux. That's why we use litharge, as the lead oxide converts to lead, the tiny droplets "rain down" through the flux and grab the p/m's on its way thru.

[@samuelgarcia1677]

Awesome video When's the next one.

[@diggin3097]

Cool stuff man. What respirator filters do you use?

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

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[@diggin3097]

@@ColoradoGoldCamp Thanks man

[@ezlaulen]

After smelting my consintrate...my test sample metal buttons keep turning into black dust???? Please advise. Your videos are the best out there!!!

[@timhautala9058]

Have you ever used mercury and a retort? I've only seen the process once.Seemed to work well with a ball mill.

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Yes I have and do use one on occasion. Just to treat amalgam not for recovery of fines.

[@claudiamekins2525]

What does it mean when gold freezes? What is the melting point of gold?

[@johnlighton7025]

That crushing machine in the beginning reminds me of my ex wife somehow?

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

It's pretty lean, mean n ready to crush. Also, quite loud!

[@diggin3097]

🤣

[@lambchoptheplant]

Hey. I'd like to get in touch about possibly filming with you guys for a documentary series. What's the best way to connect?

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Hello Brett, I sent you my contact details through FB

[@sxyangeleyez]

489th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Boom!