Gold From Black Sand Using Mercury And Nitric Acid

[@xenaguy01]

Imma try this at home! And while waiting for the mercury to amalgamate with the gold, Imma run around the yard with scissors!

[@Klesh]

Please don’t 😂

[@CryoGenUK]

Klesh's Labratory... Klabratory. Nice video Klesh, good fun. :D

[@Klesh]

LOL Thanks for watching!

[@Iseekoutthetruth]

where do you get your black sand? I live in Arizona and have so much black sand in the river bed behind my house.

[@thesecret2]

there is another way to get gold without mercury by heating up black sand to a very high temperature then dropping it into very cold water

[@Klesh]

Oh yeah? I might have to try this (outdoors of course) thanks!

[@johnallen4929]

Wow this video beats all other videos that I have seen by 2 country miles. Thanks for sharing this video & all of your time

[@Klesh]

Thanks for the compliment, I enjoy making these.

[@markfryer9880]

Thanks for making this video Klesh! I Definitely Won’t be trying this at home! To dangerous and to much hassle with dangerous chemicals. Mark from Melbourne Australia

[@timdunning7724]

Thanks for the video, I thought I wanted to do this until I watched the video, but not really into playing with mercury. However, I wondered if just washing black sand with Hydrochloric Acid may release some bonds to gold as well. Has anyone tried the acid wash only, and if so, were you able to recover any gold from your black sand? Just curious, and thanks!

[@PeterHollingshead]

Do as you oughta, add acid to watah!

[@jasontheflyingfarrierhays]

My son and I love your channel! We live in Castle Rock so he recognizes some of the places you go and thinks that’s so cool. Keep up the great work! Pro tip for everyone. Firehouse Subs sells their pickle bucked (5gallon) for 2 bucks! That also includes a water tight lid!!

[@Boomer8824]

4:48 forbidden chocolate milk

[@chansey1337]

Anermaly

[@mikewolff645]

Awesome video as always. I learn so much from u Klesh.

[@Klesh]

Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@iralawrence9311]

I'm glad you showed how to do it but I will stick with a magnet, followed by a blue bowl over a nugget bucket much easier. Great video and glad you were safe.

[@Klesh]

Thank you for watching

[@willknight1005]

I love this vid klesh 👍 well done mate 👍

[@Klesh]

Thanks man

[@Je3perscre3pers]

im in Pueblo and excavated rocks under my 100 year old house. aparently i have a couple bits of granite with gold or copper in them. would this he a good method? i have my explosive/ ammo manufacturing license so i can get nitric acid with no questionable reason

[@cobravids]

Great video as always. But I have a question. With the health risk and all the chemicals why would you process the black sand?. Doesn't seem worth the risk and expense.

[@Klesh]

Just for a video experiment. Don't try this at home.

[@cobravids]

@@KleshBut why would all the black sand be held on to if it's not worth it? I wouldn't try this, I do enough dangerous stuff. Like drive through Pheonix traffic.

[@cobravids]

@@Klesh my son and I are wanting to do a paydirt bag. What company would you suggest?

[@ednorm6241]

hey there is a guy on youtube he goes by the name Golden Beard Media. and there is a video he has titled''' Huge 571-Gram Gold Nugget Unearthed Under a boulder! This dude is on an island finding the hugest gold I have ever wittnessed. please just give it a look u want believe what your eyes see. To be honest with you all of his videos are HUGE NUGGETS some even bigger then the 571 gram one. i seen one where he found a 2500 gram boulder chunk of GOLD

[@Klesh]

You should really watch my video I made about Golden Beard Media: kzbin.info/www/bejne/moW0hpyneLGlgc0

[@ednorm6241]

@@Klesh watching now!! i just discovered these people today. I have no idea who they are

[@ednorm6241]

@@Klesh I just watched your video about golden beard media. thank you for clarifying that Golden beard media are practical jokers!! the lengths people will go to and deceive . they are pretty ridiculous painting rocks!

[@alanrobertson2510]

Great video I have been wanting to try this after watching you do it I can see it's not worth the trouble. Thanks for sharing.

[@tedcharp]

Interesting video Shane. Thanks for sharing

[@richavic4520]

HNO3 is not to be casual around. Use baking soda to neutralize the HCl, best to do it under an exhaust hood. Hang plastic on your kitchen hood to help draw it, even if it dumps out the top in the kitchen it is being both diluted and reacted while its moving and not going into you directly.

[@prospectorpete]

u dont need to strain it through pper towel , just usig nitric acid does the trick , the mercury disolves and leaves the gold behind

[@Klesh]

That's true but I like to conserve as much as possible. Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching!

[@prospectorpete]

youre welcome. i like your videos, i just thought thats an unrassary step that might confuse your viewers

[@Klesh]

Thanks prospector_pete glad you enjoyed it!

[@prospectorpete]

i like all yr videos

[@shanewilliams6077]

thanks for doing this...do you know if you can run the mercury in a metal cement mixer? like if the mercury sticks to the metal of the mixer??? THANKS!!!

[@Klesh]

The mercury will stick to copper and possibly other metals, so personally I wouldn't do it unless it was totally contained and specific for mercury use. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!

[@devinmcaluliff7001]

yes you can use a cement mixer but you won't be able to safely run anything else in the mixer...the mercury will be in the walls and its wicked to clean...vapors, gas, absorption...you

[@claytonbeauchemin8679]

I have put a 5 gal bucket with a cap on it ,and put it in a mixer and let it turn for a hr Then took it out and pand it, but I found out it's work better in hot water

[@tplyons5459]

Back in the 60s we grabbed the gold in mercury until it was in a ball just smaller than a golf ball (7-8 days worth). We cut a potato in half, hollowed out enough for the ball then put it in a pan on a camp fire until all the mercury was gone and you got this weird looking round thing. We did not go near the file! This is obsolete now. Don't try it.

[@rego3167]

You can crush and pan the baked potato after and recover your mercury also

does the copper rod take all the mercury? Is it necessary to distill the remaining liquid? Does the mercury disappear completely with baking soda? do you answer

[@Klesh]

Yes I answer. I don't know since I stopped doing this process years ago, sorry

[@jncook54]

I hope your neighbors don't watch KZbin.

[@onebigkahuna69]

I'm surprised the neighbors didn't call the Police and report him for making Meth.lol

[@ITechcompulock]

onebigkahuna69 Really, the cleaning process looked like a shake and bake to me. 8D

[@DameStories]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 our ozone def fucked up now

[@Sunone13]

Why nothing illegal done here. Just can’t be foolish in process.

[@Sunone13]

Nice clean job. No mercury hazard I could see.

[@user-fc3hx3hp8y]

شكرا جزيلا لك ان صادق بالعلم الذي تعلمه هل يمكن استخدام حمض الكبريت مع الرمال السوداء وشكرا

[@The177Hunter]

15:41 was thinking that car honk was outside my house.

[@basavarajchabbi8609]

Amazing Video Brother Thank You So Much

[@maranti34b]

You don't need to use straight strength nitric acid. Use 2 parts water, 1 part nitric. Heat to about 150 F until fumes stop. Puts merc in solution, then use strips of ordinary al foil. Will drop HG out of solution. This method is the traditional placer miner's method. Works fine. Save on your nitric acid cost. AL is cheaper than CU.

[@Klesh]

Good Idea David Howard! Thanks for watching!

[@Knight451]

Very interesting information. Really like the channel.

[@BenzoGold79]

Nice, best video lately. Think I will build a retort.

[@dogodogo5891]

is smaller mesh of black sand increase chance of gold finding say u mill it till talc powder consistency?

[@Klesh]

Probably but I’d guess not enough worth the effort.

[@Sternolog]

Very nice video!! What strength nitric acid do you prefer?

[@Klesh]

70%

[@markcloudchaser874]

Yeah love ur videos, I pray 1 day you hit the jackpot, as you seem like a very Genuine Man, love the way that you always mention SAFETY, This is spot on. Good Job, hope you find some nice pickers or nuggets, Mark.C.

[@Klesh]

Thanks Mark Cloud chaser glad you enjoyed it!

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Love the insight & info. Awesome video

[@Klesh]

Thanks for watching!

[@burnroe6611]

Awesome. Video you are right about the nitric fumes a little bit won't kill you but a decent lung full amount will . question does the recycling center charge for taking the waste I know here in pa its 20$ for 5 gallons

[@Klesh]

Yeah it's about the same here in Colorado

[@ModernProspector]

Great video and great explanation! I definitely enjoyed watching this. On your way to becoming Klesh'sLab haha. Take it easy my friend.

[@robertclark2959]

The nitric potentially dissolved some gold into the liquid you poured off. After you separate the mercury from it you should test it by adding stump out to it to see if gold forms

[@Sunone13]

Don’t forget to denox nitric before precipitation.

[@ponkiebonk]

soiummetabisulphate also or urea, reverses much like bicarbonate soda as you used, seemed golden was that copper?

[@Klesh]

Thank you Leslie Jones!

[@explorerSG1]

If I had read things correctly from some books, I think you saved enough black sand with gold that you should be to re-pan a large amount of it in a pan which you should be able to pan out more black sand and concentrate the gold further. Then you should be able to put some mercury into the concentrated gold and absorb all of the fine gold making a gold/mercury button. Then do the acid process with the button to devolve the mercury leaving behind the gold.

[@Klesh]

Correct! Thanks for watching

[@richavic4520]

That brown smoke will travel downwind and create acid rain. But not much. What is the molarity of your acids?

[@mikewalter8547]

great video shane. way to much work for me. I put the black sand in the tomato plants they love it

[@bm_viktor875]

Culd u use a magnetic seperator to seperate the mercury and the black sand

[@digging6068]

You have invested so much in materials , you should start refining.999 gold! I enjoyed watching this, great job and : DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!!!!

[@donmoor4e974]

I always wondered if you could find more gold underneath where a culvert begins? I watched some of your older culvert videos. Maybe the heavies drop down before the culvert. Sorry off subject.

[@devinmcaluliff7001]

culverts are great places to find gold; sort of like using an abandoned sluice box

[@robertcrawford4318]

I'm like 99% sure that I used to live in the same apartments that u live in I honestly think that used to be my appartment that your in now so crazy I love your videos and thank you for all the knowledge brother keep doing what u do I would love to be able to prospect with u one day. Bobby from az

[@Klesh]

These videos were from when I lived at the Highland Point Apartments, i was in apartment #207. I had that info public and would get people sending pizzas and stuff, which was nice, but also freaked me out so now my actual residence address is private and instead I use a PO box for fan mail etc.

[@robertcrawford4318]

@@Klesh I could see why that would be kinda scary to have someone that's famous like you to have your address public and I did live in that exact same appartment about 9 years ago it's like on about Alameda and chambers right around there correct? Anyways thank you for actually responding to me I never have gotten such a quick and actual like real message from anyone on KZbin so that was awesome shows that you really do value your fans and your not fake.

[@peterscheffer3578]

Pretty cool, informative video. Good stuff!

[@Klesh]

Thank you

[@dwingsworld2581]

Great bideo and experiment!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@selkirk4life]

Interesting.. though the way I saw shown was to use a copper pan and spread a thin layer of mercury on the pan with water then add the cleaned back sand, I have never seen the mercury separated in a paper towel it all goes into the nitric acid then using aluminum foil to get the nitric acid to release the mercury after the reaction is done with the foil your pour off the acid and you have liquid mercury sitting in the bottom of the beaker instead of scraping it off of a copper rod

[@Klesh]

Yeah it can be done many ways. This is my way, uses the least amount of chemicals

[@selkirk4life]

Ahhh I get it.. thanks for the feedback

[@carlbikesetc]

This one was a very interesting and informative!

[@Klesh]

Thanks glad ya liked it

[@agprice6607]

When you showed the cost of materials needed to perform this process....that was pre-use costs? So , how many pounds of black sand can you process with the materials purchased?? is it really cost effective to do so.?

[@Klesh]

The mercury can be re-used many times, and you don't need a lot. The nitric acid will also last a long time, I used a very small amount as well. If you're running a lot of black sands and plan on repeating the process yeah it will be cost effective for sure. If it's only a small amount of black sands a few times, I'd just throw the black sands away and save the money.

[@OldiesGoodies]

Love the Video Shane. Yeah and if you had all the cell phones in the world you would more gold than the US. Extracting it is the hard part and time consuming. Cant wait to see that Video..Thanks AL

[@Klesh]

Wow yeah i bet all the cell phones in the world have more gold than the US. WIll be working on that project soon, thanks for watching!

[@Rustyk274]

Thanks Mr Wizard 🧙‍♂️ i have heard of this process now i know how its done Awesome Video Mr Klesh thanks for sharing an NO I'm not gonna try this at home lol Keep pickin & grin en 🎸 Rusty & Luke 🐶 👍 #94 ✌ till your next video.

[@Klesh]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Famo59]

Hi Shane Thanks for sharing your gold recovery process. Cheers Tony.👍🍺⛏🇦🇺

[@Klesh]

THanks for watching!

[@ITechcompulock]

Reading about the lode mining operations in Alabama where they would run the material over copper sheets covered in mercury that they were notoriously inefficient and would lose as much as fifty percent of their gold in the process.

[@Klesh]

I agree Douglas Ives, and thanks for watching!

[@jk-76]

I just found a shelf of black sand in a wash created by new construction. I need to figure out safe ways to separate the gold.

[@bradbrad4377]

If I add to the soil with gold, does gold appear alone after a while

[@rickseifert1677]

You are quite the chemist, i would never go that far even if I could!

[@Klesh]

I don't use chemicals any more but this was a video that needed to be done.

[@gonebarefoot69]

Interesting process. Cool video. Cheers

[@guillermodelnoche]

Too much toxic work for the R.O.I.. Thanks for taking one for the team.

[@bruticuse]

That looked like a lot of work with nasty chemicals , but still looked kind of fun

[@anthonybrau439]

great video...very informative. Thanks!

[@Klesh]

Thank you

[@TheSchmed]

Shreetips does a lot of this with much more gold, i’m talking 2-3 oz, from electronic waste.

[@adysmith3138]

Great video as always.

[@robcountryboy4851]

So basically you need to have a dump truck load of black sand in order to get any cold that is worth anything the reason I ask is I have all of my Blacksands over the last few years but this seems like a dangerous and a bit stressful process to do just to get nothing back if that makes sense

[@Klesh]

Yeah the more black sand the better.

[@ITechcompulock]

Take a piece of 12ga. copper wire and hammer it out flat into a strip then brush it smooth for your copper strip. BTW most of your gold is in solution in the hydrocloric acid.

[@Klesh]

Thanks Douglas Ives for watching!

[@crazinessoverloaded5282]

Hi . M akash I have some amount of gold with sand but it's weight is less than black sand .It moves with water . How can I separate it ? Kindly inform me .

[@Klesh]

I have a video showing this process kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoaZmISJfLiqlaM

[@donmoor4e974]

I wonder if you can get the Mercury out with a magnet? My old boss used to save all the Mercury bulb thermostats, break the bulbs and keep it in a jar and sell it to some business. He accidentally broke one and it spread all out like little BB's all over. He took a magnet and it picked every bit up and he put it back in his jar. My Science teacher got silver out of Silver nitrate using a copper plate. He said he used to get it from X rays and film developers back when they still developed film. It was pretty cool it attracted to the copper and looked like little Icicles Of Silver.

[@devinmcaluliff7001]

mercury is not magnetic...want to pick up mercury...use activated charcoal; and use the gloves strictly made for handling mercury...will set you back about $20.00...

[@Klesh]

Someone broke a thermometer at my high school and they closed the school down for a week to clean it up

[@reedkidd655]

Thanks for the informative video. I was wondering what was involved. I think I'll be selling my black sand though. :o) Safe to say that this process would work for gold ore that was crushed but with micro-gold that is too fine to pan or recover in more traditional ways? tnx

[@Klesh]

Mercury will make any amount of gold into an amalgam over time, but would be safer for you and the environment to do it traditionally.

[@shounakchatterjee1823]

@@Klesh How the Mercury or Nitric acid uses in hard rock gold mining?

[@ShirlBussman]

Not to worry, I wouldn't try any of this at home. I'll leave it to the master Shane Klesh who knows what he is doing. Thanks for sharing this interesting video.

[@Klesh]

Good and thanks for watching!

[@devinmcaluliff7001]

no he does not

[@chrissafford9875]

Bro, not to be that guy but the 1/4 inch copper you bought, is actually called #4 bare. Its used as a supply/ earth ground for up a 200 amp service on house panels and detached sub bulidings. Im an electrician and i like to teach people as well about proper terminology aand aspects of my trade. Again, not to be an ass, just trying to inform you as you inform us on these killer vids man. Thanks bro

[@Klesh]

I'd rather use easy to remember terms such as "piece of copper" in my videos, since not everyone has access to a home depot or electrician supplies around the world. THanks though

[@tonybarrett1152]

Complicated, would it be worth it economically consider time chemicals & waste disposal?

[@Klesh]

Maybe, depends on how good you are at separating your gold from black sand. If you're good at it, might not be much gold to process.

[@tonybarrett1152]

Makes sense. You seem to do a good job separating

[@metalfreak6969691]

Love your Shirt, great band

[@matthewbishop6385]

Good info. Thanks

[@JilanKroa]

Can I raise the density of mercury?

[@debiesubaugher]

I always wondered how well that would work. Looks good but I think I'll stick to my borax method.

[@Klesh]

Yep, not too difficult but kind of expensive. Thanks for watching!

[@DARisse-ji1yw]

Cost of mercury & chemicals used higher than value of gold recovered ?

[@Klesh]

Yes

[@calebbennington7322]

Great Video man

[@tinovanderzwanphonocave544]

as long as it isn't organic mercury you will be fine elemental mercury is pretty stable even indoors especially with these small amounts as long as there's air movement you are fine go to codys lab to see more about the properties of elemental mercury.

[@Klesh]

That's true!

[@blunderbunkurbanprospector5802]

Hi there, awesome videos, I've got a few requests... People think I'm crazy, but there's different types of black sand depending on where you are located. I get pickers out of my black sand(I get what you got, out of 1 tablespoon(not a pound) of black sand from northern Georgia) I also use a tumbler and reduce to -200 mesh and it's really hard to rinse, but its necessary to do so or the mud will harden into a rock again. - can you PLEASE make a video on charging mercury using as many methods as possible; metallic sodium? 12 volt car battery? 9 volt(fire alarm)? I saw a video on charging mercury using as device which reversed the polarity + 18 volt car battery... My chemist person said you can dissolve the gold out of the black sand by chemically liquidizing it, is that cyanide? There's supposed to be a chemical in production in south America which works like cyanide but is environmentally friendly.....?? Our clubs placer property is where I get it there's plenty of mercury there too. Theres a few weird spots where the tailings have degraded & the black sand crumbles in your hand into a rusty mess...??? HOW? Some sort of extreme oxidizer? WHAT? I have collected more black sand than I can process within my lifetime at my current rate of speed. - CAN YOU PLEASE go to my channel: BLUNDERBUNK urban prospector, and check out my QUICK video to verify that THERE ARE PICKERS IN GEORGIA BLACK SAND? & I'd like to send you some or meet up with you this may when I come out for 14er season & drop some off to you. You got a po box address?

[@Klesh]

Hi I looked at your video and see you found some gold in your black sand, nice job! Must be lots of magnetite and hematite there in N. GA. I don't know any other ways to chemically extract gold, just my way. I know there's other ways I just don't know them so can't make a video on those other processes. I do have a PO box address listed in the description of every video. Thanks again for watching -Shane @ KleshGuitars

[@D130401]

So you spent about $100.00 in chemicals and a lot of time and put yourself in danger handling those chemicals and you got about a tenth of a gram of gold? So I do agree with you, Don't try this at home.

[@samGold27]

Its not about money 😂 , he just love to do that .

[@kenny2644]

Do a huge amount of black sand this way! It would be a awesome video when you got a lot more gold

[@Klesh]

I'd like to but really got away from using chemicals in processing material anymore.

[@kenny2644]

@@Klesh I hear ya there! Sketchy stuff

[@thomasackerman3995]

glad you said not to do this. pouring water into acid is allways a bad idea. the heat generated can cause it to erupt...explode. acid into water is ok b the because the water can dissipate the heat. maybe a magnetic stirring mechanism is best .. vented. mercury ...

[@Klesh]

Correct

[@Dirt30withGeorge]

Love the backyard mad scientist show. Great video.

[@Klesh]

+4+ Thank you

[@rustynail8484]

Great video! I will not try that at home! 😊

[@TheFoxygrandpa69]

Always wondered how to do the mercury shtuff. I'm to clumsy. I gotta stick with the ol elbow grease extraction

[@Klesh]

Good choice, I never use mercury or those harsh chemicals any more

[@roddupre8314]

Crazy dangerous! But cool to watch.

[@Klesh]

Definitely fun too, glad you liked it

[@eliset6879]

Thank you i totally enjoyed the video

[@Klesh]

Thanks Elise T glad you enjoyed it!

[@kevinmichaelbergman8276]

Visited I am a Gold Clean up Service I get up to 50 ounces in a Quart Jar also using Mercury and Nitric but using Nitric causes massive Smelt Losses.

[@Klesh]

I only did this and a few other videos to demonstrate this process, I don't actually use the chemicals much anymore whenever possible.

[@Heeba_Sheikhi]

Yeah bruh you need industrial stainless and chemical vapor specific extractor and nutralizer

[@strife3084]

bro, the mercury Salts though. Mercury Nitrate is NO JOKE! AND can be absorbed very easily

[@rickRN77]

Neighbors porch just below Lol

[@Klesh]

Wait'll you see tomorrow's video. LOL

[@ashwynn4177]

I always thought you should never add water to acid as this will cause a violent reaction but rather add acid to water ?

[@Klesh]

That's correct!

[@farhang-gz6hp]

Where do we can found black sand?

[@Klesh]

In the river I find it usually behind boulders, and on the inside bend of rivers, the same place gold is usually found. Black sand is a great indicator in a river of where the gold is hiding! Thanks for watching!

[@spaceballcity2090]

Not to be off topic, but ever catch anything good on the security cam? @ 18:01

[@Klesh]

Nah, just neighbors fighting and dogs pooping in the common area, and the owners not cleaning it up. Thanks for watching LOL

[@ARCSTREAMS]

cody says you need lots of Hg to dissolve gold ,,so what then the nitric acid dissolved the Hg? why not use aqua regia instead to dissolve it out of the black sand? i would think you would get much better results then going through all this fuss and puss,,you can then evaporate it or use another base compound to crush the gold back down to solid ,,anyways how much of the chems are you using to extract this amount,do the math and if it costs more than the gold then you wasting your time

[@Klesh]

Not a lot of Hg is required to amalgamate the gold, only a few drops is plenty, however It's smart to put everything in a rock tumbler for a few hours to absorb as much Au as possible. I'm not sure what would happen if you just tried adding aqua regia to the black sand, I would imagine it might dissolve other elements as well as the gold? Cool idea though, wonder what would happen. Thanks for the insight

[@ARCSTREAMS]

well if you ever watched the video codylab made about it he shows through a few exp that it took quite a bit of Hg to dissolve Au but about using aqua regia perhaps you could give it a try and even if other elements dissolve you can always recover the gold alone using ,,well i forgot what he used but it might have been a base ,it crushed the dissolved gold back into solid

[@Klesh]

He probably used sodium metabisulfate to drop the gold from solution, which is what I use in my video here. I only do it once a year so although I'm not very experienced with it, it's pretty simple chemistry and with the right safety precautions it's pretty easy.

[@ARCSTREAMS]

yup sodium metabo thats it but id rather not work with Hg and squeezing it through a filter like that,id avoid Hg completely if possible and try the aqua regia,id rather work with acids than that crap,,reminds me i have a spill of it in the corner of my room i need to eventually clean up,,been there a long time and im worried about breathing this crap,,btw do you know how to clean Hg that has gotten old black n dusty? id like to make it silvery and slippery again if possible before storing it away

[@donmoor4e974]

I think I saw an old video on how you can recover extra mercury ,that was not used and reuse After I watched your video I watched a video of a British or English person and they let it go over there catch pan into the sink and down the drain.Then they tried to suck up with a an old needle. I still think you can recover extra with a magnet and reuse your Mercury. That guy is poising everyone around him.

[@rastamanralph6670]

Very interesting!

[@Klesh]

Thanks buddy

[@susanpayne6107]

I did learn something! I will never do that. Best left up to the experts for sure! Lots of hazardous work and cost. I will have to find my own gold nuggets! Lol

[@Klesh]

Cool thanks for watching!

[@BackyardProspector]

neat process, not for me lol