Lets Melt Some Silver Bars

Eight Day Time Lapse Pure Silver Crystal Growth
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[@valethewolf49]

The Silver crystals by themselves before the melt are so beautiful. The silver pools in molten form are so pretty too.

[@MonasteryofLaRabida]

Very useful info, I’m watching it ten times already, I can’t wait to see next notification .. thank you

[@JacobCanote]

A new melt dish-what a treat. A joy to see! Thanks for your satisfying and zen silver melt.

[@M.OD.21]

That silver cell process is truly fascinating

[@ArielleViking]

Such beautiful silver bars. They're really lovely and the melt was fascinating. 👍

[@Userhfdryjjgddf]

I love when someone narrates. I learn far more than just silence.

[@Metal-Detecting-NC]

Very good tip on pre-treating a brand new melt dish. Well done, sir.

[@exaltedsawgunner]

Man, what a cool melt video! It's always amazing watching those silver crystals instantly start turning into liquid.

[@Knee-ko]

Great video Kev. Gold coming out of solution is amazing - but nothing beats the beauty of those pure Silver crystals. If we don't hear from you beforehand - appreciate all of your great content from 2022 and wish you and Mrs sreetips an enjoyable festive season and a wonderful (and productive) 2023. 👍👍

[@sreetips]

Same to you, thank you

[@micahrudd5363]

@@sreetips do you refine silver and gold off of computer boards ?

[@ProductsCamera]

This is the very best silver video I’ve seen so far. Thank you for the great work. Cheers, CJ

[@Smokie1523]

As many times as ive seen your videos, you'd think id know what youre doing by now.. but as far as i can tell, its magic!

[@mowery66gaming]

Thanks for another great video! I know this is an older video, but you might consider a rosebud torch head for your melting. That is what we used in class. I have a bachelors degree in advanced metalsmithing from SIU.

[@garbo8962]

This guy had the best eye & hand control to stamp it perfectly. Extremely hard to do this. Often wondered if you loose at least 1 or 2% of silver or gold when melted then poured. Great vidio.

[@JustJeff62]

Awesome pours there Sir Sreetips! I love pouring bars! So glad to see you using the brazing tip. As a welder of many many years, I like seeing the right equipment being used the way it is intended. Cutting torch is used for cutting. In which case it uses more gas and oxygen. The brazing tip is used to melt material, using less gas and oxygen. Hence, more cost effective. Did you like the performance of the brazing tip as opposed to the cutting tip? Also, I have found that instead of having the mapp heating directly above the cavity and the pour, I adjust the tip to where it is heating just the graphite mold. I don't get the hazing on the bar from the mapp hitting it directly. Bars turned out beautiful. Your stamping is impeccable! Thank you for all you do!

[@sreetips]

I’ll never use a cutting head to melt the pure metal again. I’ll use the cutting head to do inquartation because it dirties the tip real bad.

[@JustJeff62]

@@sreetips Awesome! Good to hear my friend. I thought a long time ago, you would prefer the brazing tip.

[@azwelke2638]

I can see all of the work that you put into pouring these bars, it makes sense about the price. It's nice to see someone that has the smarts to tell the reality about silver. It's obvious that you have put in a lot of work, which shows the under value of silver right now, like you said. Beautiful silver bars👍

[@nitr0junki3]

It will never make 4x spot worth of sense

[@azwelke2638]

Time is your most valuable asset. Take $25 down to tombstone Arizona and see how much silver you find. You will find your tombstone first.

[@painmt651]

I have been in love with silver since childhood. It is very beautiful and affordable. I only have one gold piece. Wish I could afford to stack the yellow stuff!!!

[@toomuchdebt5669]

Its makes no sense that silver is so dirt cheap i.e mining and production cost is barely less than the spot price.. They are using energy to subsidies the price suppression of silver. On the COMEX and LBMA.

[@paulknight1879]

I love watching u work on gold and silver stuff fantastic job

[@datbeast767]

Wasn't expecting to see you until after the holidays. Thanks for the video. I jones for your videos, Senior Chief!!!

[@nthemguts8446]

Thank you for these videos i made my first silver crucible ball today and your video coached me all the way through it keep bringing these jewels

[@robertallison9653]

@5:05 I love how you teach people how to season the melt dish with Borax, easy does it, keep the temp high, love the new torch tip!

[@kylecissell958]

Always fun to watch silver being poured. Good rule of thumb since gold is around twice the atomic weight of silver you can typically make twice as heavy of a bar with the same size mold. Inversely if you have a mold that you know you can make a 10oz gold bar in, then you should probably be able to make a 5oz silver bar in the same mold.

[@jimwednt1229]

It sure is a joy to watch and learn. Thank you for the wonderful video.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Awesome to see you again Sreetips. It has been far too long since I last paid you a visit. I sincerely have missed you old friend. I really enjoyed working with your 9999 crystals. I see we use the same borax and it is great to see someone other than me pouring bars old school. Torch and cup is sooooo much more enjoyable than plugging in an electric furnace eh. And a whole lot cheaper as well. I am still pouring and using a Mapp alternative called GCX. It is no longer available so once I get the last of this 100 lb bottle emptied I am going to introduce oxy/propane to my pouring bench. It is much hotter than the Mapp. I sure have enjoyed this visit with you old friend. I will try and make it far less time before finding you again my old friend.

[@sreetips]

Excellent, thanks Dean. I’d like to try oxy/propane myself

[@TomokosEnterprize]

@@sreetips Most comercial tracers etc for steel use P/OX for plate steel (the good stuff) up to and including 6 inch thick T1 plate. It is marginally colder than Acc. And a tenth of the cost and no demerge monthly bottle rental charges and O2 is cheap enough on its own. Have a great last of 22 and ONWARD into 23 my FRIEND. Take care eh. We must do a silver trade one day as I have nothing from you and the other way around.

[@ThorTubeview]

Hi Mister Sreetips, All what you perform was, long time ago, called Alchemy. Thanks a lot for your precious and clear explanations. Best Regards, Sylvain

[@dawnjennings4864]

Glad to see you are still around! Happy Holidays!

[@sreetips]

Same to you Dawn, thank you.

[@thevalleyofdisappointment]

I always allow a 1% "loss" from crystal going to a bar. I think this could be the sulphide boiling off or perhaps there is moisture trapped within the crystal structure... Also small bars is the way as you only ever get a percentage of the perfect with no outgassing.

[@arnedalbakk6315]

Hello Mr sreetips. Thank you for showing have to prepare, and the melting process. Man... Hove exelent your silver bars are sir. Thank you, and god bless you. Arne

[@rayh.williamsiii]

You're the man that is .9999 fine so modest it would be a hoot to see one of your shows from when they first invented the internet.

[@thepvporg]

You could do with a die like you have for sreettips thats a die set holder that you make up the biggest portion of the info like you stamp that would speed up the part for the stamping of the bulk and you then add in the weight 999 Fine troy oz. so all you need to add a stamp for Gold and Silver.

[@apveening]

I was about to post the same thing. "999 Fine" could be one die, just like the metal type. Date will be tricky as they have a tendency to change every day.

[@FLmetalhead]

So bad ass you can grow silver in a silver cell. Love your channel Sreetips. I can watch you refine and pour gold and silver all day. Well I kinda do already.

[@TheSponge33]

I was so fascinated just watching the whole process, thank you.

[@itsGuy]

Silver isn't really undervalued, you just showed we can just make more of it. Not an easy process, but its doable and profitable. Unlike with other precious metals. Still amazing to see the entire process of it all, you did an amazing job. They turned out great.

[@sreetips]

I disagree. Silver is grossly undervalued.

[@johncusack2384]

This is a little old but he's not making more he refining silver that is already there.....u still have to pull it from the ground u can't just make more

[@itsGuy]

@@johncusack2384 ohhhh

[@sreetips]

We buy sterling silver at local sales. My wife gets it for cents.

[@ScottMorganINFJ]

Sreetips for the win.

[@stosh2112]

Thank you for explaining the reducing flame. I scratched my head many times about that

[@robertallison9653]

@2:40 those are the most beautifully poured and stamped bars of silver ever. I want to buy them all! How much will it cost me and do you take credit cards, seriously . Ill buy every single one of them at cost if available for sale!

[@sreetips]

Unfortunately I’m not selling any silver right now. I only sell some if I need paper to pay my bills or pay my taxes. I had a ton of debt but now that’s gone - paid it down to zero - with GOLD

[@robertallison9653]

Awesome! Let me know when I can get a stamped Silver bar please Sir. I paid my cards off too, bye bye debt!

[@robertallison9653]

@@sreetips Congrats! That is very impressive!

[@CliftonDavidson-v5n]

That ebay link is not working. I'm about to probably be up till the sun comes up now watching videos on silver crystals. That's amazing.

[@sreetips]

@CliftonDavidson-v5n sorry about that. I’m trying to get things dialed in. I need a link to my eBay site in general instead of a link to specific items. I’m working on it.

[@JsStack]

Beautiful silver bars. Awesome job and awesome video.

[@WildWoodlandsSW]

Really interesting,definently get that mad scientist buzz going on. Great work 🙂👍🙏💥

[@ep7672]

Best educational videos. Best ASMR for when I get drowsy. Thank you, Sreetips.

[@dr.a006]

You have a very organized system. Silver is awesome! Thanks!

[@jasonwilliam2125]

Of course it is yet another vid show casing awesome skills. I'v always had a soft spot for poured bars and 5oz especially has a great feel in the hand.

[@OFFICIALBENNIEZ]

Fantastic Video! Sir. Thank you for showing us. The only thing else I would've wanted to see is, well you know that piece of equipment that you put to the bar and it tells you what kinds & how much of every metals found in the bar. 😁.......GOD BLESS

[@sreetips]

XRF, cost as much as a car. Too rich for me. I’ve sent samples off to have them analyzed - cones three nines every time.

[@Amac-uz9hm]

Beautiful, I would love one or two in my collection, but USA/Uk so I will just admire them from across the water, great work as usual Sreetips 👌

[@davidrobertson5700]

You have the most relaxing videos on you tube.

[@xBigman1984x]

Amazing vid... I wish you lived next door to me so I could work with you and learn. It's hard to find videos like this that show the process.

[@geraldducharme2430]

That was Bergj awesome to watch the first stamping part was a bit painful to watch but then I realised its all a part of the process and I remember in metalwork how unforgiving this'd sstampscan be if you want a straight love be you need to take the time very nice work .

[@rayBARInvest]

wow this is neat! Great document of the end to end process!

[@CandSMINING]

Great video brother. Nice to watch someone that has done this more than once. Thanks for sharing with us, fun to watch. Good info on your silver cell. 😎😎⛏⛏🔥🔥

[@sreetips]

Thank you

[@aldontheelf4267]

Your bars look perfect! 🤌

[@sreetips]

Thank you.

[@jasonhastings5538]

Always a pleasure watching you work sir!!!👍👍👍

[@borisperez3129]

Extremely good advice, diamond hands for gold and silver now. Unfortunately there are circumstances and ppl still need the fiat, for now. Love your vids, good eye for watches

[@sreetips]

Here’s what I do: store my wealth in precious metals that are increasing in value. I don’t store wealth in paper, that can be printed into existence out of thin air, in dollars that are declining in value faster than a snowball melting in July. If I need some fiat paper to buy food or pay rent, then I sell a little of my metal. This is a strategy used over thousands of years and it always works. Fiat has a 100% failure rate over that same time period. Gold and silver are real money. Why? Because they can’t be printed into existence out of thin air. Stay safe my friend.

[@sreetips]

Digital fiat is even worse than paper fiat. At least with paper fiat you can use it to start a fire to keep warm.

[@spamaccount6460]

I just love the look of silver. I like it even more than gold!

[@shaun4443]

So fascinating! i can watch these all day thanks.

[@BanditHat]

Great job on that melt and the stamping spot on

[@timsmith9645]

Awesome silver 5 Troy Oz of bar and awesome 10 Oz bar's thanks for sharing sreetips

[@POKEBATTIS]

They look good. Nice work

[@Fambamm-ib6pw]

Thank for sharing, I just got myself one of those bars I was hoping for 2 but missed out unfortunately

[@Fambamm-ib6pw]

Awesome I was able to get the 2.7 also, much appreciated! Happy holidays to you and your family.

[@niagarajoe4402]

Hoof….very cool, but not a good investment…..he’s selling at a little less than double what most 5 oz bars go for…..(and what he said about it being “grossly underpriced” isn’t true. I love sreetips but he has a very romanticized view on precious metal prices.)

[@sreetips]

Silver is not an investment. It’s insurance. If you understand this then you know the value of silver. Everybody knows the price, but only a few know the value. One day, $400 plus will look cheap for a 5 ounce silver bar.

[@Fambamm-ib6pw]

Me and my wife will be happy with them ,thank you very much.

[@Gobi2K17]

Amazing so cool I have done home plating with Nickle and Zink but this is way beyond that.

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

You must have done a lot of Gold ore to get that much silver, or Galena ore. Fantastic. Nice process. Liquid silver, looks like mercury. Silver is not poisonous as mercury is. You are sure a patient man to be doing this as a side job.

[@raytruesdell7873]

Very nice looking bars be safe everyone 🇺🇸👍

[@daviddavis9137]

Gooood evening from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great night!

[@sreetips]

Goooood evening!

[@johnwald1714]

Lol @ the 5 gal bucket of silver cement. Sreetips your the man!

[@samsonian]

@7:10 Man, seeing those impure shot kernels reminds me of kettle corn! You’re making me hungry, sreetips!! 😅😅 Cheers and happy holidays! 🖖😎👍

[@rickydona919]

there's not enough silver and copper melts in my subscriber feed, thank you so much Sreetips :)

[@remzo500]

thanks for sharing and Happy Holidays to you and your family : )

[@ExtractingMetals]

I’m always amazed at seeing molten precious metals!

[@dr.a006]

It is mesmerizing!

[@JustAnOldMan]

Yes, sweet indeed. I saw oz on the scale, not troy oz. Diff. part of the display?

[@sreetips]

OZT is Troy ounces.

[@ZoonCrypticon]

Great, a silver melting video! Thank you!

[@Self.reliant]

I have to say the brasing tip makes it easier to see the molten silver I like it

[@sreetips]

I like it too

[@buggsy5]

@@sreetips Did you just put a brazing tip on your cutting torch handle or did you also use a brazing handle? A brazing/welding tip and handle are much lighter and easier to manipulate than a cutting setup.

[@MichaelPhillipsatGreyOwlStudio]

Hadn't really thought about it before, but I guess that's true. The silver bars in the biggest mold will be half the weight of the gold. I suppose you could get bigger molds.

[@mikeconnery4652]

Excellent video, also I was wondering if you ever thought of induction heating for your melt and mold heating.

[@sreetips]

I havent

[@shaneyearby4438]

Great video, they turned nice after a bath.

[@mikehalvorsen4788]

I'm new to this. Could you use a belt sander with a tray underneath to smooth them out and catch the fillings,then polish? Then use a metal brush to take the rest of the belt itself? That's if you wanted to go the extra mile. Just wondering. Love your videos and have learned alot. Thank you and I hope you put out more. 🇨🇦😎👍

[@sreetips]

The bars should not need any form of grinding or polishing. Silver is naturally shiny, reflective, and corrosion resistant.

[@mikehalvorsen4788]

@@sreetips thanks 👍

[@arletta100ify]

been watching few videos here and there. Finally subscribed this morning. Very interesting content. I would love to start up my own lab eventually. you do a very good job of showing step by step, the process of categorizing and refining fill and plated products, to make pure gold and silver ingots. Any recommendations on books or other material for beginners to help them get started? Thanks

[@sreetips]

Welcome! I learned on the goldrefiningforum.com my user name there is “kadriver”. The book you seek is titled “Refining Precious Metal Wastes” by C.M. Hoke. Available all over the internet as a free PDF download.

[@arletta100ify]

@@sreetips Thank you

[@arletta100ify]

checked out the forum and tried to register, and set up an account. there are so many ads that I am not able to check the box to agree to terms and conditions. the ads are blocking the lower 10% of the screen, and I am not able to block them. Good grief. lol

[@apveening]

@@arletta100ify Just use a Pi-Hole to block those ads.

[@JSmith-in8om]

I enjoy watching your channel, you always have great videos.

[@sreetips]

Thank you!

[@Antonowskyfly]

Perfect timing for me! It’s time for chow with a side of awesome entertainment…or should I say vice versa (bachelor chow is on the menu tonight, not the pulpo). Thank you Sir!!!👍👍🤟

[@christophermack8099]

How's it going today Mr. hope all is well can't wait to check out the video.

[@nitr0junki3]

I’ll hand it to ya buddy. You got ppl willing to pay 4 times spot on precious metals. Whatever you’re doing, keep doing it. I won’t be one of them, as much as I’d like to own one of your bars.

[@nitr0junki3]

@@maddoxinc1642 crazy thing is mfers buying them for that price

[@zackzimmer7167]

@@nitr0junki3 Inexperienced buyers, they’ll learn. After people take advantage a few times.

[@beardedxj]

@zackzimmer7167 it's not always about the investment in the metals. People are investing in sreetips. These purchases help produce his videos. I completely agree, for an investment this is an absolute no. However, some people have been watching Sreetips for years and see it the same was as a souvenir or donation to the page. I personally bought 1oz of the crystal just to add to my collection and say I have something from a Sreetips video just because I've been a fan for years.

[@sreetips]

Well said, thank you.

[@sreetips]

It will look cheap one day.

[@bjornbarth8265]

This was the Science teacher I needed back in school.

[@maytagmark2171]

I think that if you turned the warming torch off at the mold the second you finish the pour and then heat the surface with the braze torch the and haze will disapear.

[@sreetips]

It’s borax glass that comes over with the pour. It dissolves quickly and easily with hot 5% sulfuric acid solution.

[@buggsy5]

@@sreetips Wouldn't the borax glass be soluble in hot water - although slowly?

[@JohnnySwedishScrapper]

nice melting ;) good looking bars ;)

[@mvcybron]

Here in india we buy silver or gold during one of our festivals every year. Over many years we end up collecting a lot of precious metals. Wish I could buy your silver out here. Last year I bought two Ganesh idols weighing in at 500 grams each. The festival of Dhanteras is around the corner. 😊 Fun fact: 11% of worlds gold is held by Indian women.

[@sreetips]

Indian women are smart to hold their wealth in gold. Americans are clueless about gold and silver. They believe, incorrectly, that paper dollars are more valuable than gold. This misconception affords a wonderful opportunity to accumulate gold and silver, at grossly undervalued prices. It’s a gold buyers paradise here!

[@mvcybron]

@@sreetips wish I knew about this cheap gold when I was living in Atlanta in 2006/2007. Had just got married and we moved on H1B. Could have in fact migrated permanently but we decided to raise family back home.

[@jayson8372]

Thank you for this very detailed look into converting old silver to new! 👍🏼

[@beardedxj]

Is there any attrition or loss in the melt process? Any weight loss or reduction in purity due to outside factors like the melt dish, borax, or even oxidation?

[@sreetips]

All can and do happen. The degree will depend on the technique and skill used by the refiner.

[@MrBill2U]

Very Satisfying, I would love to smelt and stamp my own bar.

[@sreetips]

You mean melt, not smelt. Smelt is a term used to describe rendering metals from ore.

[@richardwarnock2789]

Just wondering 🤔 every metal has resistance scale in Ohms did you check ✅️ just Curious!?

[@sreetips]

No I haven’t

[@christofour217]

Mrs. Sreetips is a shrewd businesswoman!

[@sreetips]

I’m terrible at business. I tend to pay too much, and charge too little. She saves me.

[@craigwillis9491]

Did you add a pinch of borax to each pour or did the bars get the residual flux on top from the crucible ?

[@sreetips]

From the crucible

[@NurdzhanShaban]

Hi, I did try to engrave on silver but did not work clearly and properly. Is there any tips or suggestion. Truly, I got a good result on stainless steel,however it was not work same on silver thought. Would you mind sharing any videos on or suggestions¿ Thanks in advance.

[@sreetips]

I prefer metal stamps.

[@kmikl]

Hi again Sreetips. For the anode bar in the silver cell: Could you use a copper bar rather than silver? Would that cause catalytic rusting?

[@sreetips]

I suppose copper is ok. But I use silver because it gets partially dissolved as the cell operates.

[@joegoedhart1259]

Could you set a electric furnace to temperature of silver melting poin then pour it off, leaving the solid copper behind, or does it not work like this. Just curious.

[@sreetips]

No, the metals won’t separate like that.

[@AppliedCryogenics]

I read that borax is soluble in ethylene glycol or glycerin. I wonder if you could save some time by mixing up a solution, filling the dish, pouring it out, then baking out the solvent. Dipping the whole dish would be faster, but then the bottom might be too sticky.

[@andrewadams9686]

I love seeing the silver getting processed in mass, thank you!

[@nitr0junki3]

En massé, bro

[@justabouthadit5872]

Maybe he's catholic?

[@budnug3333]

I can't stop watching, keep up the good work kind sir.

[@D_A86]

Most people store their silver in bars, coins, and some cutlery. Sreetips has bars, crystals, cutlery, silver powder, silver compound, silver cells, silver shot, and probably more 😅

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

Store all your precious metals as salts and compounds, if anyone ever breaks into your home they likely won't recognize what they are and will leave them.

[@christophermack8099]

Also I definitely remember you making the 10 troy oz bars didn't realize you made so many of them though.

[@sreetips]

I custom made those for this person because he requested them.

[@1sttothebonus890]

Love your channel I don't miss an episode how about doing a 1 kg silver bar for a Christmas special 😀

[@23Keith23]

Looks like you've done this a time or two,i would love to melt some metals as a hobby

[@Jroctpl]

Another good video sir, happy yuletide to you and your misses.

[@eliesaikaly1911]

Nice work sree, I wonder if you would sell some, nice and clean pieces.

[@TheFutureisTheFuture]

I assume you use the torches instead of a furnace because it is less time consuming and more efficient for repeated pours? It looks like most of the real KZbinrs that do a lot of pours use this method over furnace melting. More efficient cost and less time consuming? Great stuff... makes me want to give it a go but I know it takes a lot of practice. Maybe copper first although higher temps, less costly mistakes can be made. 🙂

[@mitragynaspeciosa2390]

Could you use your cutting torch to reheat the silver while still in the mold to remove any blistering or uneven areas by just melting the top layer? Also, great videos!

[@sreetips]

Getting the silver molten while in the graphite mold would ruin the mold quickly.

[@mitragynaspeciosa2390]

@@sreetips Thanks for the reply! You seem to know what you're doing so I believe 100% what you're saying. I don't see how melting just the top of the pour to level it out or remove any bubbles would harm the graphite mold? Unless the gas from the torch itself has an effect on it? Either way, like I previously said, great video(s)! I've been enjoying all of them! Keep up the great work!