From ROCK to NUGGET using Vinegar

[@emdee7744]

Oh wow. I cringed when you mentioned tumbling it, thinking it would crumble to oblivion, but what a GREAT result. Very impressed with how majestic and raw that looks. Wow!

[@meMiner]

I did lose all of the fragile pieces that were sticking up. On the other hand, they well go into a melt soon and I probably would have lost them over time by handling the nugget.

[@ClaytonCountyHistoryHound]

Absolutely incredible. I like the tumbler look. Its amazing that most that was achieved using only vinegar. That's got to be a centerpiece for your mantle. Thanks for sharing another great episode and take care.

[@meMiner]

Right now, it is on a shelf in the kitchen. I am not sure how long it will stay there. My wife's only comment was "too bad it isn't gold". LOL

[@ClaytonCountyHistoryHound]

@@meMiner, sounds like permission to go on a gold adventure lol. Take care.

[@meMiner]

I keep staring at my dog and my truck, thinking if we leave now, we can be there after 58 hours on the road.

[@dianajusselin3298]

A great result. I have never seen the silver and calcite dissolve to the finished silver. Good video and extremely helpful. God Bless.

[@moudelzomor1598]

Your way of calm talking and a great show is another precious silver.. Keep it up👌 cheers from Egypt

[@meMiner]

So nice of you

[@B.Cote39]

So good to see another man as passionate as I about rocks and geology, the ol' acid trick can reveal what would otherwise be just an ordinary rock. Thanks for the great videos MeMiner!!

[@stormygcannon1229]

Love how you retrieved the silver with the food grade vinegar. Thank you That is a nice piece for a collection :)

[@meMiner]

It is sitting now on a shelf in the kitchen. My wife hasn't relegated it to the downstairs yet. ;-)

[@stormygcannon1229]

@@meMiner Your should be happy only used reg. Vinegar not the toxic with added chemicals. :)

[@BigDoggCaseAdventures]

I'm glad you got the calcite off. I too would want to see a great big silver nugget. Thanks for this video.

[@alphasails2]

I like the finished nugget. You can always find more to try something else to. Thanks for sharing. Keep having fun. 🙏👍❤️🐕

[@angelamolnarpemberton5145]

Wowee the end result was beautiful. I wished that I could tell the difference in different rocks. You definitely have great eyes for this. ❤️

[@meMiner]

The metal detector certainly helps. Eyeballing for silver can be done, but you would miss quite a bit.

[@vyranlaise8356]

Great nugget wow. If you don't look you'll never will find it. I grew up in a city and never got a chance to look for anything like that. I do find things from time to time like today. I found a silver dime 1962. Your doing the real deal. Plus you get to spend time with your children and teach them too. To me thats the most important part. Passing off your knowledge to your kids. I had a dead beet father. I don't think/ I know he never gave or bought me anything. I did spend a little time with him before he died.I don't think he wanted to die alone. It's very important to spend as much time as you can with your children. You'll never regret any of it. And when you children get older they'll have wonderful story's to tell and teach there children. Thanks for sharing.

[@meMiner]

Great advice. You only have one life, so make the most of it.

[@marlinwillis4517]

Silver isn't real cheap these days,so not a bad idea you have going there,just a few hours of your time for these kind of results is well worth it .

Nice piece! Thanks meMiner! Been watching for a year now. Your videos with the vinegar were quite helpful then and just as Amazing now. I was tired of hcl dulling my material so... Appreciated. Till the next one, Be Well

[@meMiner]

I like how fast HCL works, but it does harm some minerals.

[@northchannel]

looks better as a nugget to display it polishing it in tumbler made it better in my view

[@meMiner]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@mattsergel5704]

What a beautiful specimen and being 12 ounces, wow that is a wopper. It really pays off to go the tailing piles and search for the stuff that they left behind.

[@emdee7744]

I seriously could watch your videos all day long. I've pulled up this one 4 times so far.

[@meMiner]

Wow. Thanks for that. ;-)

[@ThinkTexas]

It looks great as always. Keep the great project coming. I am looking forward to your adventures on your gold claim.

[@meMiner]

Booking flights tonight for BC

[@MichiganRocks]

How malleable is raw silver? What would happen if you hit that with a hammer? My nephew lives in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan. He finds copper in matrix. He just hits it with a hammer to remove the other rock and the copper just bends. Probably not the best way to do it, but it works for him.

[@AnnahSoul]

Tell your Cousin to be careful.. some of the copper in calcite matrix is worth thousands from the Michigan area.

[@MichiganRocks]

@@AnnahSoul Ok, I'll let him know!

[@meMiner]

Funny you should ask. I bumped into a fellow who was catching minnows to go walleye fishing. When he was a kid, he would ride his bike to one of the mines and bust rock with a hammer to extract the silver. He was telling me this because he tossed anything he didn't keep into the lake. He sold the silver plate to a refinery, making more money per hour (cash) than his Dad. I was going to try this process on another rock that I collected but it breaks my heart to whack it in case there is silver all through it. I should probably give it a slice down one side before deciding to break it.

[@MichiganRocks]

meMiner if you break one, please turn on your camera first!

[@meMiner]

@@MichiganRocks For sure. Win or fail, it would be posted.

[@TreasureFiend]

I like it all cleaned up, congrats on a sweet find!!!

[@meMiner]

Thanks

[@richardstonechild3269]

Hi meminer big fan of your stuff here! Really enjoy the fact you just appreciate, as I do, the beauty in the natural aesthetic of the pieces . Don’t always need to know value, weight etc to find gratification. The hunt and the end results speak for themselves in satisfying our innate need to search out the shiny !

[@meMiner]

I really enjoy exploring and the hunt. I have no idea about value. Years ago I was collecting with an expert and well known seller. I showed him a rock and asked if it was a good one. His answer always stuck with me "if you like it, it is a good one"

[@charliebennett6335]

The black Rock may be some gold compounds. Try heating the black rocks with a torch. The piece has more value as an ore nugget for sure.

[@ArchvicGames]

Wonderful find and job on spiffing it up! You're making me excited to see my childhood rock collection after years of not seeing it! I know I remember quite a few metaly North Idahoan rocks in there! Love your vids man. :D

[@meMiner]

I found my childhood rocks the other day. There were a few good ones in there, including copper. It was fun to revisit an old friend.

[@jpnoyola]

Awesome result. Congrats!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Man that’s so cool mM, I bet you’re glad you dropped it 😉 It looks so beautiful with the shine from being in the tumbler. Just beautiful! 👌

[@meMiner]

It opened my eyes to what might be done with other rocks that are stacked up in my backyard.

[@Legna1826]

Just couldn’t leave it alone. Glad you didn’t. Great result!

[@thinkcivil1627]

Looks nice. Bottom line is that it's your rock, and after the soak you exposed a beautiful piece of silver. To tumble it a little bit worked well in this instance. Nice find!

[@deirdrepasko9056]

I'm just learning all these things.Thanks so much for sharing!

[@meMiner]

I am still learning too. It is fun to share the experiments and projects, win or fail. I also enjoy the comments. Thanks

[@dicksmashmcironcock7362]

I had the amazing opportunity of rockhounding with MeMiner at Shadow Lake yesterday. This guy is a CLASS ACT. Not only is he a literal well of knowledge, he is honestly the most friendly dude you could ever hope to talk to. I learned SO much! We are all super lucky to have the chance to be subscribed to such an amazing channel. This guy is a great teacher.

[@meMiner]

You have to tell me how the silver looks when you have a chance to slice it. Hoping it is lightning.

[@crushingasmr3790]

Cool

[@saltynugmonster2235]

Wish you would of shown weights and values.

[@meMiner]

Next time

[@pertinentparadigm1337]

Can't wait to try this out where I live, great video as always meMiner!

[@GrenvilleExcavator]

I think tumbling made it a nice specimen for sure. Great work!

[@meMiner]

thanks much!

[@mybrotherkeeper1484]

It finally looked like silver was in it, then

[@ryanglidden2051]

A good result. A rocks inner beauty now truely able to be displayed. Good job 👍

[@SamanU.S]

Because you threw that stone in the hole, the goblins replaced your stone with an ordinary stone😂😂😂

[@meMiner]

I guess I will throw it away then? Good one!

[@RonJustDiggingLife]

Back in Bowl baby, back in bowl. I Love it. Awesome results! Thx for sharing.

[@puduhari1]

I recently got into admiring river rocks and some hard rocks that are around my neighborhood...Its addictive.

[@meMiner]

welcome to the club. ;-)

[@californiadan1618]

Tumbler was a Great idea! That turned out very cool! Nice find.

[@jefftaylor9590]

Good job you made the right call

[@doreenhubble1082]

That is amazing I’m glad you put it through the rock Tumblr.

[@rolandas77]

it is like miracle, where you find such rich in silver rocks...

[@dougalexander7204]

A good result. And Mr. Me-Miner thanks for sharing your silver nugget with us. Stay awesome.

[@mainesjeannelstevens1487]

Yo meMiner i lor your videos.. Great stuff thanks for sharing your experience

[@meMiner]

It was a fun video to make. Thanks for your nice comment

[@theseedistheword3603]

That was so awesome to see the process, and what a fine specimen. I'm new at this and it was very interesting to watch, thanks for sharing, cheers....

[@MrSwosh89]

😍 Simply gorgeous! I am a damn obsessive madman I would have put the darn thing in vinegar until the last micron of calcite was gone 😁 Does heating up the vinegar improve the reaction effectiveness like HCL?

[@meMiner]

Heating vinegar does speed up the process.

[@chadjohnson7118]

Awesome results!!! I'm glad you ran it through the tumbler!!! Congrats on the find!!!

[@meMiner]

Thanks Chad

[@ujudereyoracion5615]

Wow !!! That's was good ,, I think digging is a good job !! Share us more!!! And thank you!!

[@jaypearce6743]

I like the result. Looks purer than I expected.

[@CoinandRelicOntario]

I would have definitely drilled a hole through it and hung that thing around my neck! 😂🤣 Sick piece Greig👍👍

[@jasong8377]

You did the right thing big improvement shows of the beauty of the silver

[@sadisticserpent5635]

Nice piece Thank you for the video.

[@Algernon7]

interesting! I recently watched an exploration video about the Cerra Gordo silver mine and they found a label for vinegar bottle in one of the shafts . I was wondering why they would have vinegar deep in a mine and it seems like this might be the answer!

[@BrLa247]

Only thing about that is it can be used to clean, but to actually dissolve an amount like he had, it’d take a substantial amount of time

[@bigbaytreasure]

How much does it weigh! Awesome video!!!

[@Christophersanchez1326]

My thoughts exactly.

[@meMiner]

3/4 lb

[@masterchu8044]

@@meMiner wow amazing find

[@adventurer6425]

Great piece of art you made MeMiner! That's a beautiful chunk of silver, can't ask for anything nicer except chunk of gold.👍👍👍👍

[@meMiner]

Ah yes. My first love is gold too.

[@adventurer6425]

Time to go to your claim in B.C. and load up!?

[@gregmorse8326]

Well done, great find

[@SeeUsFly]

That is one heckuva nugget! Looks like a meteorite once tumbled. Very cool.

[@meMiner]

I like the way you think.

[@rockhunter6260]

I like the end result👍🏻

[@YvonneSebastian1980]

Me loves the meminer experiment...it is such a sweet specimen!...thanks for sharing!

[@rodwhite9737]

How much is something like that worth? That's amazing! How long did it take altogether to get all the calcite off that silver?

[@meMiner]

I am not sure what it is worth. Melt value, maybe $200. It is now sitting on a display shelf. As for time, if you are impatient, then use diluted muriatic. I actually prefer to use weaker acid to slow the process down in case I want to stop it without removing all of the calcite.

[@died4us590]

Hi, I just subbed to your channel, found you through watching the Chigg. I will be interested in watching your other videos, because so far I like the content. Shalom, and have a blessed day.

[@meMiner]

Welcome and thanks for dropping by. I had a blast with the Chigg and hope to have another adventure with him soon.

[@tmccor3]

Great result!

[@OliverTwistedx]

looks beautiful after it tumbled looked nice before but i like the smooth almost gold nugget kinda look

[@tinkmarshino]

Nice.. I never thought of doing that.. I know where there are a few old silver mines that no one even remembers they are thee.. I am going to have to take up my metal detector and look around a bit one is by an old creek I have fished a few times..

[@meMiner]

Good luck with your adventure.

[@necroeasy593]

Watching Me.Miners videos is an adventure in its self even if he doesn't find anything. But now that i think of it he always find something. Great video's thumbs up every time.

[@meMiner]

I don't like posting video when there is nothing found. Trust me, that happens a lot. ;-)

[@IDGARA]

I would say that is an excellent result

[@augielimon7029]

I am so mega pleased. Wish I could be with you on your adventures. I live totally off the grid in Phelan Ca. I go out every day and find a lot of cool rocks and minerals but absolutely nothing like you do. I do some metal foundry ,rock hounding... etc. My Tahoe 4×4 is broken and lately it has been difficult to do what I love. I'm not jealous but I need help and encouragement.

[@augielimon7029]

Oh by the way my thing about the Beanie Babies has been cured. I found at our 98 Cent Store the BBS for pellet guns made out of the same plastic melt or whatever and there's a it works perfect. So I have a easy ready supply for my tumbling project. Thanks for responding to my comment about bye-bye Beanie Babies.

[@MrGordonjames]

Great result! .....Cheers & Beers & Good Ideas!

[@alistairnandreadownie2238]

Nice one, and thank you for your upload~♥~

[@MrGordonjames]

@@alistairnandreadownie2238 Your most welcome,i am retired and your video has given me ideas..:)) and i saw how happy you were with your rocks,some looked quite valuable!...really good..!!

[@mountainmover777]

It sure looks prettier in the end. If that was your goal then I would say you have a great conversation piece now! I probably would have melted it down after the soak instead of putting it into a tumbler. Thanks for the video!

[@grogerwilliams6459]

Melt it down man! I want some silver bars!

[@anndavis6839]

Omg 😍 just a fragment of silver there lol. Great find! :) it looks great polished off :)

[@juliuscabreros8131]

Whats the weight of that nugget?

[@meMiner]

3/4 lb

[@giffjim55]

Great result! Good video, as always.

[@mariawyatt628]

Nice find

[@joebonomono]

I caught your "All of Me" reference, subtle, fantastic.

[@66hobgoblin81]

So vinegar is not just for fish&chips. Heaps better in, my opinion, after the vinegar.

[@meMiner]

Makes you wonder what vinegar does to your teeth over time?

[@welshgoldferret5107]

You turned a dull looking rock into a beautiful silver nugget! I think you did right! 😉👍

[@dajana991]

That's what I'm talking about . I'm all about SILVER Nice find. was that in cali?

[@meMiner]

Cali as in California? No, Ontario Canada

[@dajana991]

@@meMiner Wow I was raised just out side of Buffalo and I never new that there was silver back up that way.

[@GottliebGoltz]

@@dajana991 As they say, gold is where you find it.

[@dajana991]

@@GottliebGoltz true that.

[@JasonBelgarde]

Excellent work,perfect timing with the rock tumbler...Thank you for sharing ...

[@habeuscorpus1672]

Wow! Awesome!!!!

[@woodspirittennessee3193]

I "Like It" Great videos and thanks for sharing. Looking forward to your next adventure.

[@meMiner]

Thanks. Next up will probably be rockhounding at a new spot for me.

[@jefflinehan7304]

Melt it down and see how much you have in pure silver

[@meMiner]

Not this one. I intend to do that with some other rocks.

[@designworksdw1949]

Are those red crystals like at 5:09 on the right side garnets?

[@meMiner]

Good spotting.

[@designworksdw1949]

@@meMiner Thx, Im guessing it must have wound up with your plastic beads after the tumble

[@richardwarnock2789]

SILVER NUGGET YEAH!!!; )

[@sirfishslayer5100]

Good call in the rock tumbler. Now, did you pan the material from the rock tumbler and the calcite devolves?

[@meMiner]

Yes. I sent it to a buddy with some other scraps and got back 2x1lb dore bars from a melt he did for me.

[@carlgruver695]

Now just smelt down to a bar

[@edwardmcbain5730]

Great find Grieg.Wow has Amey Grown up.She is a beautiful girl.Glad to see she still travels with you.Luck Mcbain.

[@meMiner]

We have a good time together. Sometimes, she would rather fish than prospect, but we figure that out together.

[@Arbor_Solutions]

@meminor You might have a better yield if you grind the rock into powder?. Were is that vein by chance? Great video, would love to get into mining some silver.

[@meMiner]

I was just playing around here to see what would happen. I have had some dore bars made from other samples.

[@paulcoover9197]

Nice work! Super job. A defininate atta boy to you sir. You have it coming.. Keep taking names and kicking butt.

[@loompy1440]

I’ve been binge watching your channel lately. Thanks for sharing all of this neat stuff with the world. I really like how that turned out with the little natural metallic dips and such. Is silver usually surrounded by calcite 🤔I have a phosphorus piece of coral I wanna try (vinegaring the calcite off) on, but everything is such a trial and error ordeal and I’ve ruined so much cool material at this point that I often think.. maybe rough is prettier 😅

[@meMiner]

I hear you. It is so easy to ruin a nice specimen. One cannot take back a hammer strike, a saw cut or an acid bath. Learning can be costly. ;-)

[@dddDori]

How about the silver find from the aggregate "run off"? Tell us about the results from that please?

[@meMiner]

I am not sure what you are asking. You want me to pan for silver? I have done that.

[@mollysingleton7001]

Unless it had some awesome crystal growing out of the matrix I would definitely dissolved it to the nugget

[@rickichristian5603]

Ripper mate!! From an Aussie who lives in the city and has never seen anything like that before, at least not with silver. I'll have to watch a few more of your videos!!

[@meMiner]

Great comment. Thanks for dropping by.

[@rickichristian5603]

@@meMiner No worries. I'll watch some of your others too. Thanks mate.

[@vintageryder53]

I like the tumbled look. Good job!

[@oldandtired1434]

Love how it came out of the tumbler :) Love that vinegar!

[@chrisbrooks2062]

WOW! That's a great result! A solid vein piece, would make a great addition go my collection lol keep saving those little pieces they add up!

[@weasel6three597]

That is freaking awesome!!! Now when are we going to see something from the river claim?

[@meMiner]

Organizing the trip now.

[@weasel6three597]

@@meMiner nice! Hopefully you have enough help.

[@danielleizzarelli7016]

Amazing choice to alter it and get the good part out. I bet AquaChigger will be jealous of that specimen!!!

[@meMiner]

He got some pretty good rocks himself on the last trip.

[@tdmvortex]

That's a phenomenal result!! Nice find!

[@Wvnursey]

I got here from Chigg! New subscriber here. I love listening to your voice! This makes me want to try the vinegar!!! Cheers!

[@meMiner]

Glad to have you aboard. I have a blast with Beau and hope to do it again soon.

[@pattimessenger6214]

That is amazing! What a beautiful hunk of silver!

[@meMiner]

thanks Patti

[@ThePinkBinks]

Wow I love that kind of serendipity. You think you’ve made a mistake by dropping something and its just made the job easier. Wonderful! 😂 ♥️

[@meMiner]

Yes! Thank you!

[@ashleyfletcher2543]

Damn. That’s a nice chunk of silver. It makes me think that I have some laying around with my Indian stone tools. I use vinegar sometimes and I had some metallic pieces left over. I assumed it was silver, lead or something similar. What’s the quickest and easiest way to test these metallic pieces? Thanks in advance for any help.

[@meMiner]

Lead will melt at low temperature, whereas silver is just below 1,800 F

[@davidraines2544]

I like what you did. That’s a nice nugget it would make lots of jewelry or maybe a whole bar of silver. I would like to try finding some silver one day. Great video really enjoyed it

[@meMiner]

I'd hate to melt down a nugget. I will save the scraps for a melt.

[@OREGONFINISH]

We demand more of your videos, more oar hunting adventures, chop chop.!! You will soon be most well off and much subscribed to simply for being you and sharing your wisdom.with us..

[@meMiner]

I do this for fun. Glad to have you along on my little adventures.