I Made A 24K Gold Ring From The Earth!

[@Gridlessness]

Amazing! Thanks again Jordan, it was pure genius.

[@moderngoldsmith]

Your family is amazing! Thanks for stopping by and letting me play with your gold.

[@allencharlei8351]

Thank you all for providing great content I subscribe to his channel

[@annwithaplan9766]

Beautiful! They all are. I subbed, too.

[@jasonsummit1885]

Looked like the Fraiser river in B.C. Don't know, am I close?

[@deano.7533]

Gridlessness is hands down my favorite KZbin channel. I love the Saturday mornings when I fire up my computer and see that a new Gridlessness video is in my KZbin feed. You're right. They are very talented people. Without a doubt each member of that family is a quick study natural. Jeff and Rose have spent so much quality time with their children and it shows. All five of those girls are very special. The entire family is very special. They hunt, fish, work on cars, they off-road mud-bog in their 4x4's, they woodwork, metalwork, leatherwork, prospect for gold, build buildings, raise horses, goats, chickens, pigs, dogs, grow their own food, they not only play Ice hockey, but they built their own ice hockey rink on the property. Sarah and Abagail built their own tiny house. I know I'm leaving stuff out. They have all developed so many skills it can be hard to remember all the different things that they know how to do well. Jeff seems to be relentlessly thinking of new and more challenging projects for the family to work on or work towards. Jeff is an electrical engineer so naturally he's passing those skills along to his daughters. These girls have math skills that are (to say the least) very impressive. Jeff and Rose have said that this life they chose to live is not just about raising their children... but Jeff and Rose endeavor to raise five very special, unique, and exceptional human beings. I have been watching Jeff and Rose do this for quite some time now. From the outside looking in I can tell you that Jeff and Rose have definitely attained their loftiest goal already. Now if I were 18 again I would definitely be trying to figure out a way to meet my favorite Birkenshaw sister in hopes of possibly marrying her. But alas in this world that goal is truly unattainable. Besides... My favorite Birkenshaw sister changes all the time. So it's definitely for the best that I'm far too old for them. Anyway... All impossible dreams aside. If you haven't figure it out already... I really do L0VE the Birkenshaw family quite a lot. I suggest that everybody watch their channel and in turn do the best that they can do to emulate these good people. The more good people that can figure out a way to live their lives like The Birkenshaw family lives their lives... the faster the world will naturally become a much better place for all of us to live. Thanks to the Birkenshaw family... you have my subscription friend. Take care. sincerely, Dean O. :-I P.S. I'm sure that after awhile one or more of the Birkenshaw sisters will decide to get serious about goldsmithing. It will be one more gift added to a seemingly endless and impressive repertoire of Birkenshaw skills, aptitude's, and special accomplishments. Have a Happy New Year!

[@lilitharam44]

Beautiful! It really looks like the One Ring to rule them all. Love your work and your channel, Happy New Year!

[@moderngoldsmith]

This by far is the closest I've come to replicating that ring, mostly just due to how much gold was used!

[@buddhinieperera1314]

@@moderngoldsmith keep going and soon the ring will have powers

[@subhajit201]

Literally man that ring almost didn’t leave your finger.

[@JamesBricks06]

​@@moderngoldsmithone ring to rule them all One ring to find them One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

[@FFKpar]

It must be cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came.

[@w15h0na5tar]

I totally thought it was a LOTR ring from the thumbnail! What a cool opportunity to use gold that a family sourced themselves!!! It was also super awesome that the end weight was so insanely close to the start weight!

[@soupeternal3784]

lord of the ring or loss of the ring or lack of the ring or love of the ring

[@KingGeorgeV1914]

I thought the title said ‘From Middle Earth’ and I got excited 😅

[@leonannink2872]

I thouth it was from lotr too!

[@kiraa_]

that lord of the ring spiel at the end cracked me up 😂😂😂 was thinking about LODR myself with that ring

[@alisa.maks26]

No other jewelry making channel has as much heart and soul in it as yours does ❤️ this is so beautiful on wo many levels!

[@mihaisomtaaw5283]

I just discovered it. The One Ring spoke to me.

[@Wishbone1977]

Loved the Gollum moment at the end. I was already thinking "that ring looks an awful lot like..." and then you came in with that little flourish. Awesome 🙂

[@missblee1]

The end was my favorite.

[@davidtrammell4453]

Watched the Grislessness premiere , enjoyed your personality and decided to subscribe

[@luciasoutolatapie3016]

Sauron's last project of the year! Loved it! Happy new year!!!

[@arianduran1725]

Refined gold is 24k , natura gold has copper silver led n other metals . prospect gold is 21k to 23k . Arizona is 21kto22k Alaska is 22k to 23k. Unless a little help refine at home. Nice video.

[@Paul-vf2wl]

It brings into question his solder theory if he used actual 22k to solder the ring

[@KChandler9362]

Gridlessness, an amazing family. Very smart and entertaining. I recommend folks watching their videos. Jeff’s ring you made in this video looks great. You do awesome work. Thanks for sharing this.

[@PooMonkeyMan]

I’m so glad 24K jewellery is finally gaining some attention. ❤ Though I’m not a jeweller, I have found out through trial and error that burnishing pure gold gets a better mirror finish than polishing it. How that helps!

[@klazyy641]

Great sequel to Gridlessness'' onw with you. I knew there was a lot of finesse in making jewelry, but your care and restraint (in not keeping it for yourself, lol) in losing any of the 24 K was inspiring. I will be looking forward to seeing more of your artristy in future episodes.

[@tinafortin8958]

Hello from 🇨🇦 near Sudbury Ontario ☺️ Gridlessness sent me over 👍🏻I've been watching them for awhile, saw the vids of most of their gold hunts, exciting to see their efforts on their beautiful fingers, Thanks for making it happen for them 👍🏻 Look forward to see how Dad's ring turns out ☺️

[@Makermook]

Another option is fusing the ring closed. It's a finicky process, but the gold remains unadulterated. And to make 24k shiny, burnishing is a great option.

[@TODZLLA]

Fascinating, not my normal viewing but I love the craftsmanship and hands on so I subscribed! Came from the gridlessness video.

[@AceBullion]

what a fantastic video and beautiful ring you made. I am trying to finish off a 999 solid silver ( to be hallmarked ) ring for my wife for our 25th anniversary. Only weeks away!! Yikes. And did I mention it is my FIRST ring I have ever made! But I do a lot of silverwork. I hope to move into gold soon. Thank you again and Happy New Year

[@moderngoldsmith]

Let’s go!! Silver is the perfect starter metal. Less expensive and you can hone your skills. Then when you move to gold you’ll realize it’s even easier to work with, and that will make you really happy. Happy new year! Great job!

[@AceBullion]

@Modern Goldsmith thank you and Happy New Year to you as well.

[@Multipaperpaper]

Loved the LOTR bit 🙌🏻

[@slaengi]

Sauron out here disguising his evil work as a "nice gift for a friend"

[@Hannahcode1]

New subscriber. Hear from the wonderful family gridlessness channel. You do beautiful work and it was pretty cool you let them all have a part in creating their own "precious" rings!

[@oxoniumgirl]

Beautiful work! This year, as part of my entrance into silversmithing as a new career, I decided to refine my own gold from scratch and make my own 24k gold ring. It is so validating and refreshing to see the same challenges and solutions I had with mine come up for you, and also to see you cherish every single milligram of gold by trying to retain as much weight as possible, just as I did. Cheers!

[@GOLD_FEVER]

How did you do it? I have about two ounces and i would like to purify it to 22 k or so and make a ring so i can put it on my chain... But really difficult to do so without alot of expensive tools!

[@oxoniumgirl]

@@GOLD_FEVER I worked as a lab technician in an inorganic chemistry lab years ago so the chemistry is second nature to me. I inquarted the crude gold with fine silver until purity was less than 6k then dissolved all but the mostly pure gold in hot nitric acid, then dissolved the gold in aqua regia and precipitated it with sodium dithionite, and melted it into a bar in a crucible with a HHO torch. It does take proper lab equipment to refine gold safely - a reflux setup and fume hood are mandatory.

[@catgynt9148]

Thanks for sharing this insightful video sir. You are an amazing craftsman and the rings you produced for Jeff and his ladies are beautiful. Wishing you and your family a blessed weekend and a terrific new year. Peace brother

[@danaharsh7592]

Great job. I'm sure Jeff and the gang will appreciate your craftsmanship.

[@elwoodtaylor1092]

wow beautiful ring well done Jordan and happy new year to you

[@GeorgeDiamond]

12:54 I was wondering through the whole video, will there be no reference? I was not disappointed 😂

[@diggingupnorth3453]

Im a fan of gridlessness so I wanted to watch the vid to support you as well. Seems you did a fine job and are very good at what you do. Cheers from Maine

[@mylesvarriano2406]

Beautifuly done, the ending bit killed me as I am a huge LOTR fan 😂 🍻

[@shaneprothero3315]

I've followed Gridlessness for a couple years now and thanks to them I've found your channel now I'm subbed to you as well you do amazing work and can't wait to see what's to come

[@SS-wt9jt]

I was waiting for a LOTR reference from the moment i started the video. Loved it

[@annimartikainen]

Aaah I reaaaally enjoyed how you explained while doing. I am a jeweler student and hearing how you do/think things the same or different was so fun 😄

[@moderngoldsmith]

I’m so happy to hear that! Thanks for watching :)

[@trush4930]

@@moderngoldsmith hi

[@paultin3302]

I was always told by my jeweller that you don’t work 24k pure gold, it need the strength of another metal, otherwise it’s too soft to work with. Still like your work.

[@janzojanzo9059]

13:02 I thought Smeegol passed by

[@chapter4travels]

As of today, a $2100 ring from dirt.

[@calvinistforlyfe5097]

That Lord of the ring reference was well timed!

[@sheilam4964]

👍👍👍👍👍 I really like the heft and simplicity of the ring. NICE. You letting them have a part in creating their own rings in your shop really made their video special because you made their rings more special by giving them that opportunity.

[@sasquatchcreativityinthefo8573]

I am a gridlessness follower and had seen the video they made of the rings for the girls -- WOW -- it's amazing the amount of time, concentration and effort that goes into making metal rings. I make rings out of colorful acrylic, and did have a large ring made out of white gold 40 years ago with a Peruvian Turquoise and it weighs 30 grams. It's very comfortable to wear. The one you made in this video was beautiful as well as creative to make -- thanks from NH -- Happy New Year.

[@loucinci3922]

Stunning ring. Super nice craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing

[@Jimmyfisher121]

Another new subscriber from the Gridlessness family you do spectacular work and looking forward to watching your channel, from Scotland.

[@margaretmacinnes1519]

Congratulations!! Happy New Year to you and your family and friends ♥️

[@jaybarrows2526]

I thought you did an epic job on this ring and the walk thru was detailed and thorough. Great ‼️

[@svartholstjornuson6215]

The part with Gridlessness was entirely too wholesome. That must have been an awesome experience for them to smith their own keepsakes from scratch.

[@moderngoldsmith]

It really was a fun experience!

[@TeddyBear-os7is]

Great video. I enjoy watching Gridlessness. I subscribed to your channel too now!

[@AlanaShuster]

I came to see from Gridlessness. Great work, and so interesting

[@Dippedinsilver1974]

Wow! That is a lot of gold. You did a wonderful job.

[@Mama_Yae]

The forging of the precious.

[@niklar55]

A Little True Story. A few decades ago, there was an old tumbledown building in the Eastend of London, which the agent was having difficulty selling. Nobody could get a mortgage on it because it was so decrepit. A man eventually did buy it, for cash. Then he took up all the timber floors, and vacuumed up all the dust under them. Next he cut all the floor timbers into small pieces and together with the dust put them into a container, and burned them. The building had been a goldsmiths for over a hundred and fifty years, so he recovered enough gold to cover the cost of the building several times over. He then demolished the building, and sold the bricks which were valuable ''London Stocks.'' Second-hand London Stocks sell for 2-3 times new bricks, because they are in demand for building renovation or extensions to match older buildings. Then he sold the land for a new building, and walked away a lot richer. ''Cash talks!'' .

[@lindajanke6194]

You did great! It is a phenomenal piece.

[@4evermetalhead79]

I came from Gridlessness, to see the result. That ring is so beautiful. Truly amazing. 🤘🏼

[@Upgrade]

Excellent video! You do great work. I would like to design a ring like that with some of my scrap gold (and small diamonds).

[@rag_doll77]

HAPPY NEW YEAR JORDAN !!! I hope this 2023 we can enjoy more and more of your projects because are totally amazing. However, this year I was lucky enough to have one of your rings (an engagement ring you did for me), and I can't say anything other than it's absolutely perfect, thank you so much for doing this project for me.

[@moderngoldsmith]

Wow thank you so much!! I’m not sure which ring was yours but I’m so happy that you love it! Happy new year!

[@rickholloway5218]

I follow the Gridlessness family and just watched the video of you helping them make all the rings. ( Those girls catch on quick to anything they are learning!) So of course, I had to come watch what you did with Jeff's ring! That is a BIG ring, and you did a wonderful job in keeping any loss of gold to a minimum. Great video, and I enjoyed the quick look into how the rings are made. Happy New Year!

[@frozenpann]

Wow! Nice work.

[@christineford6763]

I am from northern BC … been watching Gridless fora while now . What a great project … such a success

[@marian1576]

Oh, that was so wonderful to watch.

[@glennjohnston1878]

Fantastic tutorial... And a Beautiful Ring!!!!

[@homesteadaquarius]

This was fun to watch! Beautiful ring and story for the family!

[@duelenigma7732]

The ring bending pliers are actually called Bow bending pliers according to my experience . Fine gold is hard to polish , so is platinum . The way is to use emery sticks or sheets 400 finer until about 1200 . Then polish or satin finish has good merit as well . Retied jeweler .

[@bc30cal99]

Greetings from the mountains of southern BC about 12 hours south of the Gridlessness folks. Thanks for the educational video and for taking the time to help the family as well as craft that wonderful heirloom. Best to you in 2023.

[@alex_fictus]

That ring compressor is so cool! Are there any internal stresses or weaknesses caused by the ring compressor? Or is the metal ductile enough that it's able to take the compression without too much harm?

[@LucidlyLiving]

Incredible!! Why don’t you cast 24k? Is there a technical reason?

[@awkwardsilence3951]

my man really made the one ring to rule them all

[@nicholasfortunato7035]

I cant believe pure gold is THAT soft!!! Absolutely beautiful!!!

[@AlTheEngineer]

This was really fun to watch, love the ring, love the narration, thank you!

[@gisella1350]

So enjoyed. thank you. What a family.

[@toan2a]

could you give the measurements of this ring? What size is it? Width and thickness?

[@devondaviau]

Well done and very witty. Thanks!

[@pumptruckjim]

Super interesting to learn what goes into making a ring.

[@856Dropout]

So glad you made the One ring reference.

[@porcupinepete8110]

Placer gold from the rivers in B.C ranges from 18 to 20K so how did you get it to 24K ?

[@rutwijvaidya]

Lovely video.. BTW how do u get back the gold dust spread around in the process.

[@arelgr9407]

correctly referred towards scattering of borax by slowly heating the melting dish for glazing at 03:00" min - 03:20" min before applying a flame to the metal.

[@simonneilzreid]

i don't really still know how you do this but its so beautiful

[@jasonsummit1885]

I have a combination roller from Pepetools and I love it. Use it more often than I use my Durston ring stretcher/sizer.👍

[@glentimmins7560]

Very sweet! I have paned 15grams from that same river in BC and am looking to get a family ring made for my wife and daughter. Excellent job! ⛏️

[@PilgrimStanding]

Here from Gridlessness. Awesome stuff!

[@akgoldbear7669]

Wow! Huge ring! Huge, heavy, shiny ring! 👌😍

[@Tru3luck]

if you want a mirror finish you need to go higher in grit. Same way polishing plat is easier with higher grit finishes.

[@kvtar]

Burnishing is the ONLY way to go with something as soft as 24k. But I warn you, keep a pair of shades handy, especially in the sun. It's WAY more shiny than alloyed gold.

[@Scott___T]

Pretty cool channel! Came over from Gridlessness.

[@dungdoan9830]

That’s lord of the ring right there!!!

[@TarotLadyLissa]

Your wife/girlfriend/partner is so lucky! You're talented, friendly, funny, thoughtful, kind, and cute to boot!

[@DadbrosGarage]

"My Precious" had me rolling

[@theis131]

Wonderful video as always! I do have lil tip about working in 24k. As far as soldering, you could have used the little pieces you cut off, as fusing material, rather than solder, basically cutting small pieces of it and adding it to your seam as you would with solder, keeping it just around melting temp, you will see the surface glisten and melt ever so slightly, running into your seam. That way you could have used all the original gold instead of 22k solder. Keeping making cool videos and cool jewellery! - Theis

[@DeadDoggyAuggy]

Is using the lower karat solder a problem if, for some reason, you wanted to reclaim and reuse the gold from the ring? If smelted together, wouldn't it technically lower the purity of the gold as a whole?

[@mitchellgearheart14]

So glad you did the "My Precious" bit.

[@nividshah]

Beautiful ring! Excellent work!

[@CodeLeeCarter]

I knew you'd not able to resist the Dark Powers of the Ring and was waiting for My Precious lol

[@isb5772]

you literally got me with "my precious " lol

[@moderngoldsmith]

If you know you know

[@colin._..]

One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, One ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them; In the Land of Mordor where the shadows lie.

[@bubbakemp5817]

Very nice! Wow! Now that's a ring!

[@JayTee2985]

He went Lord of the Rings at the end 😂😂😂. My precious

[@humanosENbogota]

This ring is crafted from 24-karat gold. Notably, its value remains secure regardless of market demand, as it can be melted down and reworked into a new piece, with only the labor costs being non-recoverable

[@justuswalden6739]

Something about simple gold rings that is actually so calling and so much making me feel like i want my own pure gold ring

[@frozenpann]

FYI... Jeff and his family are the reason I subscribed to your channel. Thanks for your content.

[@jacobbecicka2291]

I can’t believe I missed you video by a week, can’t wait to watch it.

[@nitkeosamai558]

hello, my friend i know gold in my home town but i don't know how i take it by tool or equipment please let me know thanks

[@jimmytheexpat5719]

may i ask how much a gram cost? i bought a ring like the one you made it weighs 23.873grams and i paid $1711 is that a good price? thanks

[@DadsPreciousMetals]

You should've used that very small piece of 24k gold that was left on the ingot mold to fuse the ring instead of solder. Amazing work and nice video!

[@cwiii3378]

I watched them pan that gold and you making the rings for the girls. Jeff will be thrilled with his, great work.

[@frantiseklaluch6605]

WOW... if that was natural Canadian gold, it was may be closer to 22-23 K... I digged some 2g+ of our Czech gold, known for its purity 23+K. Rings are too chalennging for me... Pendant?

[@Makete100]

Happy New Year from a Gridlessness subscriber. Now I am a Modern Goldsmith subscriber. Thank you and be safe.