How to get Gold from Quartz Hack!

This is an interesting trick on how to get gold and other metals out of quartz rock here in Minnesota. Its free as long as you provide the quartz. It requires fire and panning!

[@mattclark6482]

Soooo, just a warning, if your samples have arsenopyrite in them this is a really bad idea. Arsenopyrite is arsenic iron sulfide and when you get it hot the arsenic can release in the air in deadly amounts. The amounts in this video are probably not an issue, but a larger scale could make for a very bad day.

[@donniemorrow6672]

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[@bbbruh8809]

Thx

[@cnone3785]

Good call so don't take a smoke bath while heating rocks

[@frankhammer6795]

WARNING! If you're goung to crush rocks, WEAR BREATHING PROTECTION! Silicosis is NOT a fun thing to get! Crushing or cutting rock is how you get it! And the main ingredient in quartz is - you guessed it - Silica! You really need to crush that stuff down to a super-fine powder, like talcum powder Cook the rocks first, like they used to do in Broadford, Victoria, Australia Where they had rock kilns actually built into the side of the roads for easier transport & loading As for the crishing, If you need to go super-cheap, an inverted star picket rammer and a star picket works reasonably well, it just takes a while and a lot of effort (look up fencing tools, you'll get what I'm talking about if they're called something different in your neck of the woods) A reasonably efficient 'el-cheapo' rock crusher, is a dolly pot and a battery operated hammer drill with a 'facing bit', is the easiest way to crush the rocks without losing any of the crush I've tried both - trust me, go with the hammer drill I'm making my own wheel-barrow mounted jaw crusher for this very reason, and planning on making a portable flail mill to get the stuff crushed finer But now you've got me thinking about a portable 'bush quartz kiln' Hmmm, I need another project to add to my list of crazy ideas 🤪🤔

[@Goldhunter7769]

Wow! Great information I’m in Oregon and also a Goldtuber. I’m going to try this out and give you full credit for the idea along with a big shout out. Subscribed!

[@rawkinj6609]

Saw someone doing the same thing in a Paint Can ( with the handle) it worked just like that! Thanks so much this is awesome ! I'm from New Brunswick Canada but live in Montreal and cannot go back because of Covid!!! But when I do go back i'm going back right on the coast, giant basalt cliffs with quartz veins galore. I have great quartz geodes, 1 to 12 inch fossils, amethyst, arrow heads, agates..... Gonna go collect some quartz and I may not post again because i've become rich too and have gone off to some island looking for lost treasures bare chested in my jean shorts! Cheers and Rawk on!

[@johncrane6528]

i live in colorado and i can use this information for panning quartz in my area. thank you for this video and i did subscribe. thank you again.

[@prospectorpete]

Youre right about the people in the Victorian Goldfields roasting quarts. And what they then did was pour water over the hot rocks to make them fracture. Roasting them served two purposes, not only did it make the rocks easier to crush but it also oxidised the sulfides and released the gold

[@breckfreeride]

It would also bake the sulfides and unlock any gold in the pyrite

[@gunslinger9560]

I almost saw a chupacabra in Minnesota once

[@davidlaurins7468]

When panning you should be trying to wash the material off the top, you have a little bit to much of a pouring out action. Thanks for the good video !

[@enderkittygaming2348]

Meanwhile, I boil the quartz and the dump them into cold water...thermal shock blows them apart pretty effectively. It can be repeated a few time for really small pieces.

[@fredrossman1189]

I like your idea of heating the rocks so they break up easy. I am out here in washington st. and have some pure white rocks that have a speck of gold here and there. I have a cast iron mortar and pestle that's good for small amounts. turn your pan around so the stuff hangs in the steps the next time.

[@jennodine]

I’m sorry your pan was empty at the end, but congrats for a successful hack. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@emandejnozka1369]

I use a6 inch piece of 2” schedule 40 pipe welded to a 1/2 inch steel plate with an 8” piece of axil shaft piston to slam with a 10 pound hammer as a sample crusher. Very portable and easy to use for field samples.

[@notyouraveragegoldenpotato]

I just use my homemade propane Foundry. I can get the quartz glowing red in a few minutes, then toss em in a metal bucket of water, then grind them in a handheld grinder flail mill that virtually powders them in just a few seconds. Its the way to go if you can wing it. Proccessing ore so quickly and easily that i had to build a large permanent sluice at home. My hobby quickly went from a hand pick and a few plastic pans- to multiple sluices, cleaning sluices, permanent construction in my back yard, and A LOT of 5 gallon buckets and large heavy totes all filled constantly😂

[@elicalles5909]

Interesting !good luck on your next venture!

[@davidstone7404]

That looked fun and interesting for sure...I learned something new and that’s definitely the BEST part. Can’t wait to see your expression when the corner of your pan glitters like gold!

[@ingest111]

I found gold in a pan in our batch after this video. Word to the wise. Watch for quartz when you hike. Collect it and pan it. It’s fun if nothing else. Just another layer!

[@davidstone7404]

FlatlandersGo...I’m definitely going to start filling up my pockets as I hike...lol

[@ingest111]

David Stone the deal is in MN gold is a glacial deposit. If you find gold, it will be in a very small area but could be very heavy. So, only tell me :)

[@davidstone7404]

FlatlandersGo...I promise!!

[@mattc6226]

interesting, I'll bet you find more if you classify and season your pan too.

[@bigggdoggg2147]

If you didn't find a speck of gold then just sell the quartz online because they are crystals and people will buy them. 🤠💯

[@shineyrocks390]

Gold rides an Iron horse through a Quartz crystal valley 👍

[@williamjeffries3679]

The only critique I have is you need to season your pan. That is to say you need to rough up the plastic of your pan, it will preform better. I use a magic eraser in my pans to remove the sheen, other than that using it a bunch will do it as well.

[@coreymacgregor176]

Cool video. Like others said, gotta season your pan, plus you need to classify or crush more. But having fun is the ides. Thanks so much

[@arronthomas68]

I made a gran sample crusher for 60$. Home depot. 2 inch by 12 inch pipe with a cap on one side. Then a 1 inch by 18 inch pipe with a cap on it as well. The smaller pipe fits into the larger pipe. Smash them together with a sample inside and you get pretty good results.

[@LixaFuturelic]

Thanks!!! appreciate a lot, and so nice seeing the fire and activities :)

[@nachthawknighthhawk6588]

Use an air pipe to introduce more air and up the temperature of the fire once you get a thicker steel pipe.

[@woodsie5474]

You need a brush to brush up the light stuff on the rock after smashing. Instead of panning, you could dissolve with hydrochloric acid and peroxide.

[@DoublebarrelDrew]

Supposed to be not good for your health. Very bad stuff

[@TheFredfredd]

This is exactly what I needed to see. I'm from southern Ontario and I expect to have the same results as you, but hey, why not... Thanks for posting 👍

[@user-nu6dy8tu5q]

أتعلم لماذا لايوجد شي في عينتك؟ لأنك وقعت في خطاء فادح جدا الذهب الموجود كله دهسته على الصخره اللتي كنت تطحن عليها ملتصق على سطحها لايخرج بسهوله من الافضل أن تطحن على صفيح فولاذي قابل للحمل والقلب لكي عندما تنتهي تقلب الصفيح وتدقه من الخلف لكي تتساقط ذرات الذهب الملتصقه تقبل تحياتي من السعوديه 🇸🇦

[@russellovemuscle]

well that was anticlimactic

[@Metalingots]

Try using a fence post driverand a sledgehammer top. Attach a coated wire cableto the opening in the sledgehammer long enough that you can drop the sledgehammer down to crush the quartz it will save time and you won't lose any of the material. Just dump into a bucket, and repeat. You may already know this but it could help someone else. You can take the rock crusher to the field with you. Good video anyways.

[@michiganprospector8209]

A small vacuum might have sucked up the dust left behind

[@stanfordpittman1654]

Great video, didn't know about heating them up. Hey, you want something way more valuable than any amount of gold? OK, here it is. "Always cut the limbs that are over you first on a fallen tree before you cut any part of the lower limbs. Reason is because even if there are more limbs on bottom that look like they are holding the tree up, it only takes removing one limb to alter the stability of the mass of the tree and make it roll over and if there are limbs above you they can hit with tremendous a force or even worse you think you are getting away fast enough from it rolling over you, but the limbs still on bottom counter lever the tree and act like a spring and make the tree jump real fast and land on you and now a limb stabs through you with the force of the whole weight of the tree. What are the chances? Well you hear about people getting hit and killed by trees all the time. Most people think you are walking down the street and out of the blue a tree falls on you when they hear about being killed by a tree. No, if that was so than no worries because that is incredibly rare to almost nonexistent...how many times have you seen a tree just fall down on its own in your lifetime? They get killed by a unexpected reaction to a action they introduced to a action at rest....yea or something like that, anyways remember that the safest tree to cut is a tree still standing because it only has one force effecting it...gravity. People don't realize that 90% of people killed by trees are trained professional tree cutters that make a small mistake or underestimate the situation by letting self reasoning overshadow logic of motion. I'm not trying to tell you what to do or anything like that, if I was I would not of put in this much effort into typing all this. I say this because you look like a cool dude and make great videos and want to keep you around to make more.... Peace and love, later man.

[@isabeedemski3635]

Man I crushed quartz in a lab with out heating and it was hard

[@ingest111]

No kidding. It’s a night and day difference. I was just crushing some more today and didn’t heat it. It was to windy out. I gave up. I’ll wait to heat another batch.

[@tobyrowe4431]

Watch mount Baker mining videos Jason is the best at explaining what to look for and how to pan like a pro

[@wageslaveuranus9596]

Betcha all the pm's are microscopic.Try floatation ! Cold water,holds more dissolved O2 which will attach to the hydroscopic metals and float ! Keep on trucking.🇨🇦

[@FusionFlicksYt]

Bro, I want to send a picture of my quartz and crystal.

[@AndrewGilpatric662]

Got courts on my property it's trying to think of an easy cheap way to work it thank you very much your video is excellent

[@nathantschetter1264]

Im not sure if quartz works that way , one way to break rock easier is dumping cold water on it when it's hot

[@brendasawatsky2798]

Love your video your enthusiasm made my day thanks for the great video!

[@totaflorian5866]

JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO. ALL THE GOLD FINDERS START THE SAME WAY. NOTHING TO BE SURPRISED ABOUT. WE ALL KEEP LEARNING ALWAYS.🙂🙂👍💖

[@zulkarnainhafizad4896]

Tak mengapa bro. Ilmu yang kamu ajar lagi mahal dari emas. Saya menyokong kamu👍

[@colinbreguet1359]

Good way of making your quartz easier to crush. Just a suggestion for you as a cheap way of crushing small amounts of rock, is to use a dolly pot if you haven't seen one just do a youtube search to see what I'm talking about. They sell them at gold supply shops but it's usually cheaper to get one made at your local engineering shop out of scraps. Good luck with it all.

[@marcbarnard7268]

Any gold that was in those rocks probably melted out and is in the bottom of the fire pit

[@JosephBoxmeyer]

No. His fire probably did not get above 1000°f, but gold melts at 1945°f.

[@marcbarnard7268]

@@JosephBoxmeyer so the exercise was pointless?

[@JosephBoxmeyer]

​@@marcbarnard7268no. The fire idea is not pointless. I like the idea. The fire saved a LOT of work crushing the quartz. It's just that the wood fire does not get hot enough to melt the gold. But that's alright. The fire was cheaper than the labor of hammering quartz. I suggest heating the stone in a heavier pan, sliding it out of the fire, putting a hemispherical metal screen over it, and quickly throwing a large bucket 🪣 of cold water on it to fracture the quartz. The screen is for safety and also to assure that nothing flies away. I enjoy watching these videos. I live in central Pennsylvania where it is the least likely place that there is much gold.

GREAT VIDEO BRO. IT DEFINITELY HELPS THANK YOU

[@timbartley5678]

Cheapest way for you to crush rock is steel tube with a 1/2 inch steel plate then hit a heavy steel shaft and drop it inside the tube

[@bbbruh8809]

Good luck crushing to fine particles without roasting first 😅

[@adamweed4312]

Use a section of a post jack, an old window weight, and an iron bar to crush by hand.

[@MrHooves89]

Great video. You are a kind soul. Please keep up the good work. 🙂

[@enriquerodriguez290]

So have you gotten rich . I'm sure you already know that you have to sift it then pan . Using the magic eraser is never a bad idea since you are working with the flour gold. Have fun.good luck

[@samwest2675]

That was so cool thank you for taking the time to show us.🇬🇧

[@TheMeazy1]

Shovel would have worked well, big square one for getting those pans out.

[@notseemike7137]

Is it true it's possible for rocks to 💣 this way ?

[@fredrossman1189]

oh and don't use an aluminium pan to heat them in.

[@jessepage8268]

The gold is probably stuck in the concrete path you broth them on 😅

[@CARLOSCESPEDESbiocihealth]

Good Job !!

[@wanhargoldprospecting2036]

Nice efforts man i hop it will be interesting good luck.thanks for sharing.

[@cnone3785]

Least ya showed the prosses & if ya had found anything that easy gold would prob be worthless or worth less than it is + panning u said if it sloshed out the pan its lost nope dont hesitate to pan your dump site from time to time .. like when ya stuck at home & bored or when ever

[@countrymcdonald3021]

Cast iron skillets might do the trick

[@shilohbell1573]

Super cool! Thank you!

[@elizabethk8066]

It’s called the fire fire technique natives still use it for mining today especially for mineral mines even though it’s damaging to the end product it’s all they got

[@keithRR2023]

what about using cast iron?

[@TrevsOutbackandGoldAdventures]

A great effort and a great method.

[@alvincook8888]

Maybe use Cast Iron pans?

[@ANCIENTASTRONAUT411]

Your dumping your gold out too

[@stanleykongmanmathis1065]

Good job and good luck next time..keep on digging and stay safe.

[@Bartollo24]

The dude must have gotten rich! He hasn't made a video for three years.

[@ANCIENTASTRONAUT411]

Its the pyrite roasting i bet those lil pans hold gold that pops out of the prite

[@vernhartjr]

Ambers are hot. Angel is hot too

[@ANCIENTASTRONAUT411]

Pyrite explodes when heated like pop corn

[@foxmulder7616]

AWESOME hack!!!!!!

[@sixevensage7004]

Hope you find some Gold ✊

[@user-oo3vz2gt6v]

Do you know hot the rock will get? Will the microfine gold evaporate?

[@jonc2276]

Try using a sledgehammer head and a hammer it’s fairly easy and it doesn’t take much to do it I might try crushing a piece of quartz I think has gold in it

[@DryLakeMiningCo49]

Earths crust is 59 percent silica.

[@davekimbler2308]

I’m in Minnesota also and I like picking rocks on the north shore where I found quartz with silver veins in it ! Will this work on that stuff ?

[@warngee2409]

Smashing in the bucket would’ve been nice never know if you lost any in rock

[@jimmymcgill2557]

i don't know the melting point so i could be wrong but putting the quartz in the fire would that risk the gold melting whilst in there??

[@JosephBoxmeyer]

Gold melts at 1945°f probably twice the temp of his little fire, but your concern is good.

[@jameshendrickson8151]

Use a t post driver turned upside down an a spud bar to crush ore. It's fast guys an I'll ship ya Colorado ore all-day.

[@johnstrand2247]

You always find quartz around rivers and lakes along with a lot of other rock. There are many who think these rocks are old decomposed bodies. To survive, the bulk of civilizations would have had to live close to water where we find these rocks. We do not find bones but we find rock everywhere, many even blood colored and veined.

[@Jeannad38]

Merci, pour votre vidéo

[@2partys1tyranny]

You got to love the iron range and if you live in the iron range you know you don't go by the name the amount of copper silver and gold here is amazing not to mention the endless amounts of geodes and other semi-precious goodies but this is an interesting method on which to extract low-grade silver and gold from quartz it will damage the metal slightly but it's already at a low grade what would it matter anyways time versus energy versus results justify this method on low grade extractions good job on the video good job on the research and of course excellent filming of the most valuable asset of all our untouched and well managed forests and wilderness areas in the iron range

[@onlyme5999]

Your panning it wrong bro. Go against the where your thumb was at. 👍 You'll get it

[@ANCIENTASTRONAUT411]

Your losing your gold in the pan bro when the pyrite pops itsdrops down the gold out the pyrite

[@foxmulder7616]

I wonder why nobody knows about this! Lol I watch all these videos of guys struggling to crush a few rocks with hammers, and mortar/pestles. 😂

[@keithanthony9903]

Blend tek blender would grind it to powder

[@shebrewsherri1008]

Find some cast iron pans

[@eLiV8t]

I can see your aura.

[@staceycarreras8864]

Don't breeze the dust Will scar your lungs.

[@joshualanderss4201]

Next video say tapioca

[@Gonzb023]

Dude im no expert in the slightest but I dont think you were panning correctly. I think you should go back and check your black tub again for some gold you may have washed out of your pan

[@Gonzb023]

I can send you some quarts from here in california if you want to try your luck with that? I go to east fork azusa canyon all of the time to pan for gold. I can go into one of the mines out here and break off a few big chunks of quartz to send you. Peace ✌

[@matthewbusby1172]

What state are you in?

[@chrisschram4320]

Wherdya guys go? Ive been waiting a long time..... Hahaha

[@maxatrone5417]

That's my uncle hi flatlanders go it's maxx

[@ingest111]

Hey Maxine!

[@ingest111]

You’ll have to come visit us!

[@maxatrone5417]

Yes of course

[@PRAISEYESHUA1111]

Seriously tho Why even bother posting this video after you didn't get a single spec of gold dust from all of that hard work you put into it How do you get gold from quartz hack ? More like How you can crush quarts into dust hack No point on putting gold in the title on this one

[@dogagezginitv]

Amazing Gold kuarz taşlar da 💪

[@superpowerplaythroughs]

Make more vidz bro!

[@kurtremislettmyr7108]

how about next time you put "failure" and "first try" in with your click bait

[@waynewhite2314]

Wow nice vid but u sure dont know ur basic metalurgy etc...stainless steel or even mild steel pans , not aluminum bro!

[@sanduafaceri2792]

🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@Metaphysticles]

NOT a hack. Clickbate

[@michaelpepper885]

Yeah , your gold, it's back in the fire pit , lol. But you're not gonna find it , because you just evaporated your three flakes and everything else is the pond with your melted Teflon , dollar store , smelting stones 😂😂😂. You just caused a micro ecological disaster in someone's well water. Some kid is gonna be blind tomorrow after taking a bath.

[@alexnutu1125]

buy your self a little crusher I have one I attach to a Ryobi angle grinder its much more efficient than this but is still on for sampling not actual extraction for that you need something than can process AT LEAST a couple hundred pounds an hour or day even, and even then the ore better be damn rich, most corporate mines process 30 tons and hour or so