40Lbs of DIY Silver Coins! Purity and Price Tested!

[@RollingRoadEFI]

15:30 This is what every silver refiner wants to see. Those beautiful blue crystals are indicative of very high purity. Nice stuff....

[@NanaTrece9444]

I help homeschool my grandchildren. I will be using your video to not only show them how coins are made but also how silver is smelted. Thanks for taking the time to show this.

[@larrycutting4514]

Smelting is totally different than melting silver scrapes. Smelting it the process of separating from other impurities "metals"

[@sixfigureskibum]

Saw zall is not how coins are made 😂😂😂😂😂 this is why our nation is about to colapse into fasciest hellscape

[@obsessive8332]

@@sixfigureskibum kid behavior maybe a community will help them perfect the art

[@larrycutting4514]

I worked at a silver mine in the 70s. the last few years, we poured 40 lb bars of bullion. It was very pretty to watch the silver glow as it was poured. I got to visit our gold mine and watched them pour gold bullion. It was so beautiful to watch that bright yellow glow!

[@donniev8181]

How much did a 40lb bar cost back then?

[@dirkfrazier9779]

@@donniev8181 Varied between $2 & $3 per ounce!

[@geraderblaubar2464]

@@donniev8181 Der kann Gold nicht von Silber unterscheiden

[@NarnianRailway]

Never got to learn such skills majoring in mining engineering yet these young ladies learned metallurgy skills in homeschooling! Excellent job Jeff & Rose and amazing coins by the girls.

[@sixfigureskibum]

This is jewlery makeing not even metal smithing. Absolutly not metalurgy. They not even using borax

[@OutdoorswithFloridaSmokin]

Here's a tip. Cut using a Jewelers saw because right now you've got so much waste using a blade that thick. Hope this helps

[@RobActiveShooterEngh]

And recover the shavings I hope too. See a lot jumping all over the place

[@user-McGiver]

press cut would be better... no scraps or shavings...

[@sixfigureskibum]

​@@user-McGivershear is kinda expensive when a hack saw / jewlers saw / jig saw does the job for negligble cost and effort at scale

[@DualHelix]

I was about to post the same thing. Just as an example (using rough measurements) if you are using a standard 1/4 inch blade, and the bar length is 10 inches, every 40 cuts you are losing an entire bar of silver. Edit: I also see a lot of possible process optimizations that would save a lot of time. For example, when thinning them out @4:20 - build a small slide to let the bars slide down into a soft collection bin, then run all of the bars through back-to-back This way, you are only touching the height adjuster on your machine 1 time on each level for the entire batch, instead of 1 time for each level of each bar.

[@Horus2Osiris]

Shear it instead of sawing it

[@ARK842001]

Spot minus 25% is crazy. I've never gotten less than spot minus 10%.

[@BB-gb2eq]

@ARK842001 I thought the same too. I was wondering if the store owner wore a ski mask to rob his customers or to conceal his identity for when he goes out in public. 25% under spot, wooowww.

[@donniev8181]

It's probably the only business in town that'll buy silver and kinda like a pawn shop

[@planto80]

In shangai precious metal exchange market silver right now is payed at 38$ per Troy ounce

[@Two-brothers-stacking]

Ten is bad as well.

[@dmounts9999]

Today Texas Precious Metals is selling a 1 oz Scottsdale Reserve Silver Round (.9999 pure) for $40.45 (cc, 3.85 % less for ck or wire); and they advertise they will buy it back at spot + $0.10., close to 21%..

[@dmg4415]

On the girls CV. Ammo maker, leather worker, coinmaker, hammer swinger, a f ING wholesome girl off grid raised, nofear, awesome. Probably in high demand on the Marriage Market in the off grid community. Cute are they too, but that's just a bonus.

[@Chrisrrable]

Add a number of years of successful hunting to their resume! Jeff and Rose must be very proud parents!!!!

[@dmg4415]

@Chrisrrable No doubt! As always when the children flies, they will be missed and remembered for life.

[@dirkfrazier9779]

Quit drooling!

[@dmg4415]

@dirkfrazier9779 about the silver? Maybe! About the girls? No! Much too young could be my granddaughters, but they are around the same age as my daughter (late starter). I am just appreciate this family and their endeavors.

[@briansimkins9488]

Get a sheer cutter for cutting your bars , no crumbs to retrieve. The width of the saws all cut adds up to a lot of silver.

[@CKAnumber2]

You can pay less premium if you were to buy "silver casting grain" instead of the big bars. Maybe pass some savings onto your customers. It can still be 99.99 pure. I Love Gridlessness! Gridlessnes

[@shawnoster3317]

Love you guys so much! Talk about labor of love! We need more Gridlessness in our lives.

[@josephtousignant7318]

The pricing at the end of various silver weights in various denominations is interesting, but when the SHTF and we might need to trade silver on the street to buy daily necessities,... in my view this is why buying good old 90% US silver coins is the way to get the most silver per dollars spent. And another factor is these are easily recognized and trusted as to content, so there is never a need to have the coins tested between daily trades. After all, THIS is how it was when they were minted! There have even been times where the premiums were so low you could buy 90% US silver coin (AKA "Junk" silver) at actual spot pricing. Sometimes with uncirculated coins in a batch you can even get a bit more silver than bargained for, as the accepted average silver content reflects a little moderate wear facter down to 0.715 troy ounces per $1.00 face value. (either $1 silver dollar, two half dollars, four quarters, or ten dimes) Those uncirculated coins in a bag of 90% US coin were minted containing 0.723 troy ounce of actual silver per dollar in face value! Interesting to note when I used to go to a refiner 20+ years ago in New Jersey (Heraeus) they bought 90% US coin by WEIGHT, and not face count. But they we usually had 10 to 20 $1,000 face bags each of 90% silver to add to the stores trading account. So in fairness to everyone you got paid for wehat you "HAD", not what was in the Average Count. YMMV 🙂

[@vvnutzvv]

Hello from Texas! Fence guru here! Love to see your young uns working it instead of tik tokn it! So if u said u done made a couple grand then that kid of urs done swung that 12 pounder 4gs plus! Be proud sir!

[@areksoboniak2774]

Beautiful family you have, kudos to you. I love to see you guys working as one! Thank you for this post.

[@trailguy]

Never sell your silver for 25% under spot. 1-2 dollars tops.

[@leodaso2]

Soon as he said that, I was out. Yuck. I understand he needs to make money to keep the doors open, but that is insane.

[@cancelbubble6535]

1/4 oz rounds are tough for details when you're taking a photo and turning it into a die. Have you thought about buying blank 1 oz rounds and stamping those? It takes a bit of the DIY out of your rounds, but would give you more surface area for photos-to-dies, so you'd get more detail.

[@Southern-Stacker]

I think it’s fantastic what you’re doing! The youth today could use more knowledge on the importance of tangible assets! Each of the young ladies involved in the production of the coins seem into their work! Thank you for sharing your process!

[@johnburkitt9428]

Brother.... try out the Sharpie trick for annealing the silver. Put a few Sharpie lines on the silver, heat it up and when the Sharpie line disappears you should be close to the right temp. Hope this works for you. If your family is doing another weekend camp out this coming summer, I will be there!

[@briantoye]

Do you collect your silver shavings from the initial cuts? Put a bucket under or a sheet..it will add up!

[@Gridlessness]

We sure do!

[@jean-robertlombard1416]

Bonjour de France. Ce que vous faites avec votre famille est formidable. Bravo. En vous souhaitant le meilleur pour l'avenir. Courage et volonté.

[@belieftransformation]

Interesting & amazing family! That is a pile of work to make those beautiful coins! Thanks for sharing 🤗🇨🇦🌻

[@WatermelonPeople-t8c]

you all have the spirit of a true American in Canada....you are blessed.

[@88349]

From my understanding in forging steal blades . When anealing u heat said material to keep it in its sofend state u must let it air cool slowly if u cool it suddenly with water it hardens .. id look into this ,to further soften ur silver .. great stuff though i love what u and the family do keep it up cheers an safe travels✨️👍

[@livfreelee]

I was thinking the same thing though not familiar with the difference in annealing silver. I think they are rehardening it?

[@heribertorodriguez3968]

Me gusto mucho el a ver traducido el lenguaje en es pañol gracias y me gustaron mucho las monedas y todo el equipo que compraron para Aser las monedas y a ustedes por todo el esfuerzo que asen para Aser cosas diferentes saludos para todos y sigan asiendo cosas fantásticas

[@jasonsummit1885]

I would suggest getting a rebar cutter for cutting bars into smaller chunks.

[@Sandramce60]

Hope you're paying your daughter pretty well for all her hard work ❤

[@JJ.LovesAnimals]

Gonna have to invest in Gridlessness silver.. Love it! Absolutely amazing family...Doing things the old way. ❤🙋🏼‍♀️🐈🦮

[@onewhitestone]

US silver bars, 1 ounce, $37 USD. Buy all you want, no tax, free shipping,. So that is $52.36 Canadian.

[@catharinalausen6263]

This is classic Gridlessness project by your girls! Like why get a hydraulic press when you have a 10lb sledge available! Your girls are amazing! Merry Christmas to you all.

[@greenman4508]

I’m sooo happy for your blessings returning back to yourselves!

[@onecraftydude]

Annealing should be done without quenching. Quenching hardens. Air cool next time and see if it is softer for working. Harden the coins after working the metal and before tumbling and polishing. Hope this helps.

[@BB-gb2eq]

That is a great idea to make it easier to work, but wouldn't that also be prone to warping the metal instead of keeping it flat for a better stamping surface on the metal. I do like to see suggestions on making it easier and more efficient, but also like to see the superb finished product they have created. ✌️

[@johnrhodes3350]

I disagree, it's iron carbon compounds in Steel that hardens on quenching. I don't think gold silver and copper quenching hardens in the same way.

[@lewerim]

Ferrous metals harden when quenched. Non-ferrous metals anneal when quenched.

[@Chris-yo4ks]

some love gold......to me, there is nothing better looking than silver......

[@rccollins8160]

Jeff & Rose your daughters are amazing..

[@SanchoPanza-wg5xf]

I wouldn't mind collecting some of your floor sweepings.

[@paulsawyer4541]

Nice video as always but at 9:50. I smiled , always nice when Sarah does a cameo😊

[@malchamberlain3798]

Julia!... "Hey look everybody!" 🤣

[@richardleblanc5803]

I love your channel! This video peaks my interest mostly from the way you are co converting the silver, also I really like your shop the way all your tools are stored great job!! And mostly because you are teaching us everything you are learning and the way you get to teach your children very nice! Great job mom and dad!! 👍🏻😁

[@Darlingandgrithomestead]

You guys are so talented! I would love to learn how to make coins! I bet you could make some coin pendants and add some of the presious stones you guys found gold panning!

[@Vulcrypt]

yay I love it when yall post, awesome stuff

[@russellwatters5891]

Awesome! Ya'll have it going on for sure..😂 What a great setup. Yes, manual labor involved, but your new press is fantastic! Love ya'll ❤️

[@michaelmount76]

Thanks for another great video guys

[@Two-brothers-stacking]

Ten oz silver bars are only 320 not the crazy price you think. And silver is 32 per oz not 44 per oz if you need cheap silver just let me know I will set you up with my wholesaler. We buy hundreds of oz from them. Love your channel.

[@Goostradamus81]

If you knew/know how muck energy is required to produce the detail you prefer on the coin, you could get a hydraulic press ( air over hydraulic) and know how much force is required to press the coins, making less muscle, but creating more (girl power) energy to produce more coins. Great video, amazing production facility!!

[@RockyMountainBear]

That's really cool that you get to do that with your family. Why not just melt those really thick bars & pour them into a mold, so you start the rolling process a bit closer to your target thickness? Cutting them like that results in a lot of waste, no matter how well you collect the dust. That little bit of waste adds up really quickly. It would probably save your mill a ton of wear & tear. It would also save you a bunch of time & money spent on gas used to anneal the bars so many times. That much rolling also puts a lot of stress on the silver, which can weaken with crystalline structure of the metal.

[@thickwristmcfist3399]

That's the best damn infomercial i've ever seen!! Great job, ladies!! Bravo!!

[@tedjensen2884]

I'm very happy to see you doing silver again ...what a beautiful set up you have ayyy..thank you for the great reason to zone out and watch your videos..like whatever...

[@zukessurvival4785]

Been watching for a bit. Would love to see you guys scrap a crap ton of cheap sterling candlesticks and silverware (purchased from thrift below spot), and make a Gridlessness Sterling series. The blanks will probably need to be hot stamped.

[@JimTexas806]

Fascinating content, thanks!

[@ernestoperez6785]

I bought silver with the custom coin leather purse / bag from you guy. I'm from Humble, Texas. I love it it was cool and fan to see.

[@rockyrikoko]

First to comment! Love your vibe and the videos you guys put out

[@yankey4]

Brother. I clean my brass for reloading the same. Don't know if it will help or not. However I use a bit of lemon shine. Its for automatic dishwashers. Just add a bit if that with the dish soap. May it will help. Love you guys. Thanks for sharing. God Bless

[@Mynameis7nad]

You should try cutting it with the cutting torch and dropping it into water. It will soft on during the cut and you won't lose any cutting. It should just blow it apart and what drips will be in bigger chunks than sawdust.

[@willamettehops]

Looks good guys! Perfecting the world's first off grid sweat shop Lol.

[@ShakeyJake117]

Nice video. I was not expecting that sledge hammer lol

[@AU-Hunt]

Oh snap 😳Wow ..that was impressive 😮 that bar though...beauty!!

[@Thomas_Co_jewelry]

Hey guys! I absolutely love the content. I dig that the whole family is in on this endeavor here. Im really interested in talking to you about that hand crank mill that needs rebuilding. Im a jeweler and I actually just bought a new 1 and it came today but if you're not gonna use it I would Lotta chance to own it. That's a fine roller, I know you guys are extremely well acquainted with! Lol it's a piece of must have equipment that you learn to hate as much as you love it. Anyway take care guys, cheers!

[@HILLBILLYSFIREWOOD]

Your printing money. The price for one coin on website. Haha👍👍

[@ragnarmjolnir9654]

Always fun and entertaining. 😂

[@s9josh778]

You should probably get that 100oz bar tested for purity. It looks like an ebay DIY special.

[@scottyea]

That was awesome, I never knew that a coin could be minted that way.

[@vinceburris2538]

Love it. Thanks for sharing.

[@John-qc8yy]

Wouldn't it make more sense to melt the big bars into strips closer to what you need rather than rolling them 100 passes?

[@Hiker541]

Like it’s done when making Cuban link chains. Start with bars like 3 feet long.

[@mrblue1933]

Wow. Amazing video. Kudos.

[@seanronayne3654]

Im in ontario. I love your set up. God bless your family!

[@Resist.Tyranny]

Interesting choices for coin processing. $40 at walmart gets you a 20 ton bottle jack. Cut and press all at once. Or small forge you can easily melt and mold.

[@ChannelOli-uh8lr]

I used to make reproduction od medieval coins in tin pure from 'flan' of 1,2mm thick - the 'matrice' has to be worked properly in order not to get the final engraving to show from your last try on the video - The model of working the 'matrice' is to engrave like the ancient greek coins with 3D engravig instead of 2D as it seems on the video 😇

[@JetTeany]

Its a cool way to support a creator, but know that you're WAY overpaying. I priced this out at $156 USD after shipping cost (To Northern USA). Reputable online dealers are around $100USD with free shipping for well known 1/4 oz rounds. Save even more if you can buy whole ounces, fractional always comes with a higher mark up.

[@CJWarlock]

Supercool idea, perfect make. :) Congratulations! Cheers. :)

[@nathanhill6042]

Have you guys ever considered 999 silver shot in place of your bars would cut out the cutting process and save the tiny bit lost in the cut aswell I’m not sure if it can be found cheaper then bars but worth considering thanks for the video it was a great one

[@GrandmaBeth2dogs]

Love your silver coins, don't burn anything.

[@THEDRAGONBOOSTER8]

Great video . All the best from Tassie Australia..

[@shanelewis617]

If you turn the air and gas on at the same time, you can make it POP!😎 Also, try heating up the blanks and (hammer die) the bur into it! Instead of removing [LOSING] METAL!

[@larryparish5984]

Hope you're catching all your silver sawdust as it will add up in the end.

[@cheef1765]

That 40 oz in silver bars is about $1300 worth of silver.

[@cheef1765]

@ probably accurate definitely insane

[@Ducatislave]

Certified welder, metallurgist, machinist, heavy equipment mechanic (I fix BIG shit) and father of 3 here. I love that you're teaching your kids practical skills, good on ya'! Some free advice to do with as you will. Your kiddos should be wearing respirators anytime someone is sanding or grinding in that shop. or invest in a central filtration system that can clean all the air (Cubic Feet) of that building every 30 seconds, so the units CFM rating should be double the cubic feet of the structure as calculated from the exterior footprint. It's not lead but it's still a heavy metal and silver oxide is not good for the lungs. A $20-30 3M respirator could save them from incurring big medical bills later.

[@robertpeters41]

Instead of a cutting torch, try using a heating torch, it'll work better with less gas.

[@shadlundquist2329]

My son dropped by awhile back with a pouch and coins. They look good.

[@chanceisom]

You earned my sub,! Lots of work

[@budgetcoinhunter]

You should get an upsetting mill for your blanks to turn them into proper planchets for striking. You'll save having to polish the burrs out of the cut blanks.

[@craigsudman4556]

Cool! Great video thumbs up.

[@H2Dwoat]

Hi, I’m curious how much wastage you are experiencing? Cutting the bars with a reciprocating saw, sanding, polishing etc. Starting with 100oz of silver bar what weight of coins do you produce?

[@matteogottie6772]

This dude living my dream

[@alholme3398]

Your silver is a great learning hobby for the girls but at $175 for 2.5 oz it's just a novelty as no real stackers will purchase these in quantity

[@edmartin875]

Maybe not, but I think they sold out in 2024. When I buy gold or silver, it gets locked away for as many decades as I can keep it there. I am now 76 years old, been buying since my 20s and have yet to sell any. Research the average price for the last 5 decades and drool.

[@alholme3398]

No need to drule since I've been stacking for 30 years

[@SkywalkerPMs]

True. Crazy price.

[@L.Comstock-838]

Pretty impressive, takes a lot of work to make coins from scratch

[@stevieg2755]

Those are fine industrious well balanced ladies,the world would be a better place with such children

[@leftsidestory5803]

Ya guys ever try buying silver shot? I believe it's the cheapest pure silver on the market. Either way, awesome stuff. Keep it up!

[@tienkhonle1506]

Cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẻ....

[@ЮрийТерминатор-щ7х]

Какие вы всё таки молодцы!!! Крепкого вам здоровья мои друзья!!! Жду снова встречи на вашем канале ютуб. )))

[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

Why don't you cast your ingots thinner and longer . . . like 5mm thicker than final thickness and a meter long?

[@mathassu4701]

twelve meters per second... LOOOOOL Jeff is hilarious!

[@Castrucksandtractors]

Hello from Arkansas been watching from almost the first video and I'm also an off grider ya'll seem to be a very happy fun loving family. Jeff you are a lucky man to have a house full of beautiful women but I noticed you are slowly losing your girls one by one it is obviously the unfortunate result of your amazing daughter's finding boys lol . Any man that is lucky enough to win your daughters hearts is getting an amazing beautiful hardworking and talented young woman. It's too bad we never see Sara anymore and recently we seemed to have lost Abby. Hopefully we will see them again some day. Keep up the great videos. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

[@MarkSears-tq4mm]

I remember seeing a refiner learning to pour bars under a flame and it was better than in open air.

[@glasslinger]

Have you tried running pre-1964 quarters through the die stamp? A hand made coin is not confiscatible while the quarters are. This could remove most of the work involved to get spending silver in a more usable denomination.

[@nickmorgan3232]

Love the videos!

[@DRay-or4tc]

Fun vid. Enjoyed seeing the Families involvement.

[@Zaycream21]

So dope and inspirational also guys. 👍🏽

[@lawrencecole6527]

At the shop, we tumble off the burrs. Media matters. Get a tumbler you can recycle the swarth from.

[@JuarezDerrick]

1:00 That is not four thousand dollars worth of silver, not even close

[@frosty8244]

Yea I caught that too, he got ripped off if he paid that much.

[@SkywalkerPMs]

$1200 worth

[@jodymac76]

Precious metals are in TROY ounces and TROY pounds. 1 ozt is approximately 31.1 grams. 1 pdt is 12 ozt. Therefore that 100 ozt bar is 100/12 or about 8.33 troy pounds.

[@dgr8t1]

Pop your primers and put your brass in the stainless tumbler to get “good as new” for reloading!

[@jacksprat7087]

When you pour silver of 99.95 purity, or better, it will crystallize. I discovered this when I started refining.