Precious Metal Refining & Recovery, Episode 14:Gold From Dishes

I recover the gold from some gold rimmed plates and cups.
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[@Thomas-jc3bv]

"Hey I just wanted to bring these dishes back" "Weren't these gold-trimmed before?" "Yeah I just washed them in cyanide" "Sir, please leave"

[@zindi1138]

the gold fell off ! what? get out !!!!

[@samuelgeorge8524]

Rewatching all your refining videos and 7 years later still in awe of your scientific ventures. Thank you Cody for all of this.

[@Daniel-vu4wh]

I laughed so hard when he said "I can just take them back to the thrift HAHA" with the most smug ass laugh

[@TheAnnoyingAsian]

I love how Cody gives these simple solutions complex names. "Reaction vessel" aka plastic bucket.

[@MadScientist267]

Dorks do that

[@jacksonhawkins9176]

3:24 "Oh shit I drank some cyanide water!" "drink some bleach and it will go right away!" "Ok, thanks! Wow, I feel better already!"

[@romainetomatoes2416]

do you mean "bletch"?

[@emom46]

You sicko

[@speteydog2260]

Jackson Hawkins Lol 😂

[@lukmly013]

Trump agreed

[@macca462]

So glad I wasn't the only one with that thought!!

[@jamesroseii]

looks like you also found an effective method for removing label adhesive.

[@FirstDagger]

I personally use Oil and Steel Wool, have not had a label that survived this.

[@oopoopop1]

Acetone or nail polish remover with acetone works about 100% of the time for me.

[@lucaspeltie]

Do you not care about what is under the label because that will probably scratch it.

[@lucaspeltie]

Doesn't that dissolve some types of plastic?

[@FirstDagger]

lucaspeltie Use only Oil if you don't want to scratch it, Oil binds the glue.

[@theCodyReeder]

Sorry about the re-upload; this video was way too much work to have misplaced audio.

[@KiwiWithAHatF8F]

You make chemistry fun. If only we did cool experiments like this at my university's chem lab.

[@TheonlyFletch]

Hi Cody

[@inanee_]

no problem!

[@dstnlockwood77]

You should make some nitrocellulose and use it in your mine

[@moshill1374]

and the number was wrong :P

[@ThePaintballgun]

Cody you literally break every laboratory safety rule there is!

[@theCodyReeder]

You know I try! :)

[@sjsjsjjssjsjssjj]

you must be real fun at parties

[@diesanta68425]

Hey. He wore gloves. What more do you want from the man.

[@ThePaintballgun]

Jack Black The thing is, gloves in chemistry can buy you some time, but it's still not recommended to shove your whole hand in a toxic solution!

[@ThePaintballgun]

simran jabbal And, if people at the parties you go to play with cyanide, I have to ask who you're partying with.

[@memelab5183]

You actually did make that money back... In KZbin revenue baby

[@Nick-cr9de]

He probably already made a few grand

[@theCodyReeder]

More like 40 bucks

[@relientker]

no no no cody, you're supposed to continue making people believe that you can make a few thousand bucks of 20,000 views!

[@memelab5183]

If I converted all my KZbin revenue to pennies I'd be rolling around in a very small pile of sweet sweet KZbin revenue

[@patrickderp1044]

Im counting your patreon because you plug it in the description

[@Rouverius]

Reminder to self: make sure to have a Cyanokit on hand when eating in Cody's zipcode.

[@Maiu13]

Ohh so that's why Amanda Todd did it

[@ensenadorjones4224]

I saw the receipt. He was in Logan Utah. Or at least the Deseret Industries (DI) thrift store is in Logan. I live near Cody. Utah State University Student?

[@TheRoaringBearGames]

I genuinely get excited when I get a notification that you posted a video! Doesn't happen for any other KZbinr!

[@BodilyFunction]

Same accept generikb

[@bernardo00124719]

a boner?

[@theoroosevelt4849]

go watch primitive technology and i bet you get hooked!

[@fishecod2552]

be carful, primitive technology is extremely addicting, and he only uploads once a month.

[@celuler22]

primitive technology is a hard thing to do and very time consuming

[@sam08g16]

I enjoy many KZbin channels but Cody's metal refining and mining videos (and to be fair also any from Primitive Technology) are the ones that get me exceptionally delighted. Great job and keep them coming... FOREVAH!

[@pkneeyahx]

You know how the Terminator destroyed the T-1000 by dropping him into the vat of molten steel? Would it be possible for you to isolate the polyalloy that T-1000 is made out of and ressurect him? Now that would be an intense episode.

[@ethanjacobs3591]

You should sent the plates and stuff on down to Demolition Ranch

[@mf_01]

lol yes

[@ledraps22]

"now let's see how this mine faces up against... a 50 bmg"

[@Jason-io2vy]

Yes! Someone else showing some love for Matt and his channels Demolition ranch/Vet ranch/Off the ranch.

[@marshallboice6871]

Yup

[@bdog111]

But then there would be razor sharp glass shards all over the ranch. That's why he always shoots plastic milk jugs and water melons. :)

[@TAGfrost]

Now to observe the gold dissolving... enter cody's hand mixing up the pile. Original cup buried. "Hey, I was watching that!"

[@BodilyFunction]

Same here

[@arcooke]

Pretty amazing that they are able to stretch out that tiny ball enough to cover every cup/dish you purchased.

[@wallywutsizface6346]

You should melt all of the gold you've gotten so far into one bead.

[@atooch213]

That would be cool. Maybe he could do the same with other precious metals he has gotten

[@Remus1033]

Whaaat, no. He should get a display case with each of the beads separated and a little note about how he got them. Build his own little Cody-museum :D

[@MGSLurmey]

+Remus1033 That would be cool, but it would also be cool if he eventually got enough gold to cast his own ingot!

[@jft4820]

I thought he was planning to make a gold ring or coin out of it all

[@cannagorillacannagorilla6038]

not on your life

[@buster_brownie3921]

great in depth video about the refining process using thrift store items but I cant resist BUNNY@ 8:14 !!!

[@buster_brownie3921]

***** hes my buddy buster brown the clown =D

[@andrewgoss1682]

was that household jean destroyer or household gene destroyer?

[@sovietbot6708]

Andrew Goss I'm sure either or works.

[@Marcoplo]

😂

[@BeastM140i]

Yes

[@alui92]

Cody - The first man since Klondike that can make his fiancee a gold ring with different precious metals by himself from his own mine....... That's just mindblowing. Those skills though! I really admire your work Cody! Keep it up and stay safe!! Greetings from Germany.

[@CanadianGoldProspector]

Gold..... Who loves gold more then Cody...me Great video as always Cody!! Thanks for sharing.

[@ronnetteharvey2002]

Not only the cost of the dishes but what about all those chemicals? Sounds like the cost is ghastly to me.

[@WayneEarls]

Aww man, I wanted to see it flash.

[@Blewlongmun]

IKR

[@fourtwozero]

Yeah me too.

[@bennybeetle572]

ikr

[@101pyromaniac]

me too!

[@redlinezo613]

The best part of the gold videos. So satisfying.

[@theirishaxe9405]

that little bit of gold covered all those dishes? amazing

[@atooch213]

I thought the same thing. I was expecting a lot more with how many dishes he had

[@DamianReloaded]

The paint had probably more than gold in it. And he probably didn't recover 100% of it.

[@XZenon]

Gold is the most malliable element known to man. One gram can cover roughly one square meter.

[@Luckeux]

+FieryWingedAngel Seriously?

[@XZenon]

Luckeux Seriously. At this thickness, even solid gold becomes very transparent to visible light while still being able to block out a large amount of harmful radiation, which is why gold foil is used on the helmets of space suits.

[@Billy-I-Am-Not]

The store clerk was probably thinking "what the hell is this guy doing

[@productivememberofsociety7363]

Cody, next to your mining series and your random videos, like the dyer's woad, your extraction/refining series is my favorite work of yours. Thank you for wasting your money on our edutainment. You are indeed a true productive member of society.

[@pirobot668beta]

Antique military medals and such were sometimes gold-filled, rather than simply plated. Gold filling is applying thin sheets of gold onto the base metal. I recall my grand-dad once saying that his medals from WWI were worth more than than their weight in $100 bills. He said there was gold in them.

[@petertaylor4980]

British medals were made of solid sterling silver, and have a bullion value of around 200 GBP/USD/EUR.

[@canadiangemstones7636]

I threw Granpa Chip’s war medals into the river.

[@sullyboy12177]

3:15 you mean "bletch"?

[@matthewp3859]

He's referring to the odd way Cody pronounces "Bleach". He pronounces it like "Bletch"

[@lightdark00]

Damn "jean destroyer" is the oddest way ever to say "bleach".

[@ronathanjohnson8457]

He means it as in DNA destroyer

[@Kire1120]

+Jace Verdon It will destroy jeans also if you soak them in a concentrated solution of it. The fibers just pull apart.

[@datalorian]

yeah I got excited to hear him say it the way he does, but he avoided it lol!

[@amritpalsingh517]

It's interesting that so little amount of gold could cover so much area (on the dishes I mean) !! Nice video!

[@user-xh9mw9xp3b]

I'm 16 and I love watching your videos keep up the good work! I have to say though I absolutely love codys mine

[@mothman.industries]

"Cody shows you how to lose a bunch of money doing cool Chemistry: Episode 14"

[@swiftpath121]

I've been watching you for about 5 or 6 months now I believe. I started with your beekeeping videos, transitioned to the mine, now I'm on the metal refining. Thanks to you I've found a few things Iay wanna try as a fallback career later in life

[@BodilyFunction]

I was in that exact same order

[@xavierh.5102]

you said that you would let it get red hot for several hours... how much does that add to the electricity bill? i would imagine keeping stuff red hot for hours at a time isn't cheap?

[@theCodyReeder]

Its not bad if its insulated well.

[@fotoschopro1230]

Cody, you are the best. Your channel is one of the few classic youtube channels that are left. Keep up the good work :)

[@yourlocalscribe948]

5:09 I love how no-one even is talking about how he is handling the cyanide charcoal with his bare hands but ok

[@vascurten]

cody, just wanted to say thank you for your videos, dedication and the knowledge you spread, there should be more channels like yours

[@JustinAlexanderBell]

Big tub full of cyanide left outside, what could go wrong?

[@mf_01]

Living out in the country on private property 2 miles from the public road, at worst an animal.

[@JustinAlexanderBell]

mpeterfin Because pets don't matter?

[@gregmasterson-verified-8959]

#petslivesmatter

[@theCodyReeder]

Turns out animals wont drink it, I've seen a thirsty cow take a sniff of a cyanide solution and then go on to walking half a mile to get clean water, I guess they are actually pretty smart.

[@theCodyReeder]

Anyway I tipped in a pint of bleach as soon as I was done filming.

[@masacatior]

Cody > Pewdiepie

[@Phoenixx-vy7ln]

anyone > pewdiepie

[@Blewlongmun]

Yah but Pewdiepie > anyone when it comes to subscribers 0-0 you literally can't change the fact that hes the most subbed

[@inquaanate2393]

If anyone>pewdiepie then pewdiepie>pewdiepie...

[@ReheatonRs]

You literally can, but it probably won't happen for a while.

[@Blewlongmun]

erefes awedfe Then no you can't I can't say earth doesn't exist it just won't happen for a while, earth exists and pewdiepie has the most

[@DJCyanide]

cody you inspire me so much i couldn't put in words how much i want to be like you i am 14 and i plan on working for a job in radiation sciences i really hope you see this comment and good luck on all your future projects

[@willtowers1532]

how's it going

[@L337f33t]

Can't wait to see that mine produce something! You've worked so hard, thanks for taking along for the ride!

[@Rodrigo-ye3jo]

How about refining copper or nickel from coins? I heard that the copper In penny is worth more than a penny itself

[@atooch213]

I believe that is illegal, defacing currency or something. Would be cool though

[@NectarinoMo]

Hey everyone Cody here. You may remember my bag of coins from the last episode, I couldn't use those being illegal and all so I used them to pay for som-*JUMPCUT* I'm back and I've got this money bag full of copper chunks, I found them at the thrift store, I'm gonna see if I can turn them into a copper ingot.

[@Cannibeasty]

You can do whatever you want to US currency, as long as you don't alter it to pass it off as a higher denomination of money. I.e., can't make a penny look like a dime and try to buy something with said counterfeit. Melt them down to your hearts content :)

[@trumpeteer4792]

@@Cannibeasty Cody quoting William Ulibaari as he is led off in cuffs but.... but.... William said I could do it 😭

[@jupitercyclops6521]

@@trumpeteer4792 will lib would have been right for the most part, but I'm pretty sure they changed the laws. They made it illegal to melt pennies & nickels. When copper was high, pre 83 pennies had 3cents Worth of copper. Woulda been a sweet gig- go buy $10,000 worth of pennies, scrap them and gross $30,000! Only "they" can make money that easy.

[@jamesgray4037]

dude my fave vid in this series so far,, can't wait to see you mine your first ounce of gold,, good luck man,im rooting for you,,⛏⚒🔧🔦

[@vondarkmoor1]

It always amazes me how little gold it takes to make the plated stuff.

[@charlottejohnson5045]

Ty Cody for getting my family priceless items back from them Thebes 🧿🔓🧻😀🧻🧻🧻🧻

[@MuzikBike]

What about extracting gold from one of those alcohols that has gold leaf dispersed in it?

[@BasswobbleFattronix]

Brilliant video as always, well done on the result. I cannot wait for the video of you extracting the gold from your mine. Exciting times =D

[@jimster1111]

you should do more electroplating experiments please. like gold or silver plate your house key, or the frame of some glasses.

[@marcom5575]

I honestly love this series so much, it's relaxing and scienc-y and I get to stare at shiny stuff

[@DanIsthebestatmc]

And u are literally the smartest person i know "cody einstien"

[@hadeelshawol9306]

Great job Cody ,love watching your videos , please keep up your amazing work :)

[@AdamCanFly]

That’s what a $1 gold coin would look like.

[@dungshute1836]

I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos

[@jameslamb4573]

If you smell almonds ...... run!!!

[@theCodyReeder]

Smells pretty good actually.

[@thenewguysubscribeplease235]

***** plz reply Cody I've been watching for 2 years

[@Hossak]

Not everyone can smell cyanide. It is dangerous however not hard to handle. Consider that in the gold industry we use literally tens of thousands of tonnes and worker fatalities from cyanide poisoning are almost non-existant or due to suicides :(

[@well_as_an_expert_id_say]

@@Hossak why is there a high suicide rate, if you don't mind my prying

[@Hossak]

@@well_as_an_expert_id_say Suicide rate is about normal based on sex and age group. The mining industry is dominated by men (getting not as bad now) and as a result, some few guys going through some bad times see cyanide as a quick/painless solution to their issues. I personally don't know of anyone who has taken this route though and I have been in mining for about 25 years. However it does happen.

[@austinhyde9408]

The gold yielded in this video, is moreso in the production of the video itself, giving you an overall yield greater than the cost, giving you overall profit... Well done!

[@samc5898]

Did you know that you're a genius

[@Xenrel]

Man I could watch your videos all day instead of the countless pointless subjects in school that I don't even need to know..

[@Pillowtap]

Why does the gold always form a little ball? Shouldn't it just become a flat puddle?

[@googleeatsdicks]

It's because of the surface tension. It pulls the molten gold into a sphere.

[@ClayTheLoquitor]

surface tension I guess

[@mitchellisnotallowed1731]

Interesting question for those "flat earth" nuts. lol Water does the same thing. When it splashes, the little drops that fly up are spherical.

[@Yunghorsecock]

My guess is probably gravity pushing on it from all sides, same with the water drops.

[@SoundsLikeJazz]

It's because of the surface tension. It pulls the molten gold into a sphere. Credits : Anticonny lol

[@Desklamp1234]

I love how your main purpose is not to try and profit from this refining series, but simply to educate about the subject.

[@erics8757]

$1.00 worth of gold isn't worth bringing cyanide into the house. 😒

[@meganegbert8570]

Eric Sherman ok Eric

[@HoboJIm117]

please keep making this series I don't know why but it's so fascinating

[@kkonstantinosss2]

What precautions do you take when handling sodium cyanide?

[@theCodyReeder]

resist urge to lick

[@Andrew-hq8gg]

LOL

[@CrimFerret]

Don't ingest it, wear gloves and preferably safety goggles, and know the chemistry of what you're doing. As Cody mentioned, bleach makes it more or less harmless. Industrial gold processing uses cyanide solution extraction, but they recover the cyanide at the end and reuse it and it's done in a continuous process. It's cheap and as he demonstrated here, effective even with very low percentages of gold. It's not the fastest, but it is effective.

[@carbite81]

I Love these videos! Cody is just so down to earth, My favorite KZbinr.

[@otyy_0078]

7:30 ... its not stanes chloride. its stannis baratheon King of the Andals and the First Men Lord of the Seven Kingdoms Protector of the Realm Lord of Dragonstone Lord of Storm's End Lord Paramount of the Stormlands

[@opxlapua6126]

hehe

[@jrsbruce]

great video Cody, always love seeing what you're up to

[@PurpoleToast]

Hey Cody, in general do you think there was only around $1 of gold on all those plates beforehand? Or was there much more lost to refining the gold?

[@theCodyReeder]

Obviously I lost some, If I where to guess I would say my recovery was between 50 and 70%

[@gordonlawrence3537]

I was just wondering if there was a way to increase yield? Or is it not worth the effort for small quantities?

[@superdau]

Even at 100% yield and free dishes the chemicals, carbon and electricity for the oven would still cost more than the gold is worth. But making money is not the point of the videos.

[@robertbucsh8840]

Cody, there is a much simpler method to extract the gold from the gilded dishes. Use dilute HCl and hydrogen peroxide to strip the gold then dilute the the gold solution and raise the pH with baking soda. The acid does not have to be completely neutralized for the gold to precipitate. You know you are getting close when the baking soda produces a purple color where it hits the solution.

[@srgjohnsonson]

that scale would be a drug dealers dream

[@xjack9955x]

You must not know much about drug dealing

[@ThomasBlithe]

Dream? Man, you cant operate WITHOUT one of those

[@SilverBull30]

Lmao

[@jamesbizs]

Yes. Because we all know the buyer will go home and use the same scale, to make sure to account for every mg

[@rubysmine592]

Always love watching you do science! Keep up the amazing work!

[@OcelotPwns]

on the bright side, if the economy collapses and you still have this gold, you will have made a profit.

[@rafikimusic]

it's not a if but a when at this point

[@smellycharly8956]

Most likely afew hundred years away.

[@im_da_blessed_og1664]

+Smellycharly ROBLOX more like when the president is chosen

[@smellycharly8956]

xD

[@geminirox8635]

if the economy collapses gold will no longer have a value. It has no practical uses.

[@MichelKiflen]

Amazing video Cody! Loved the time-lapse at the end :)

[@Carpfoon]

8:15 BUNNNYYYYYY 🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰

[@notreallysure4575]

It should be 8:14 theres like a few frames of bunny on 8:15

[@grayem76]

i enjoy your vids cody would love to see your channel grow to 10 mil subs you are growing slowly and you're never super hard to understand and your range of activities is great looking forward to next vid keep it up

[@Gradians]

What would happen if you tried to return them?

[@noanoxan]

You can't return them, but you can re-donate them.

[@bendover9862]

Everyone needs a coffee cup that was steeped in various chemicals ;)

[@1019wc1019]

bleach makes it harmless, I'm sure they have a sanitizing solution in places like a good will or salvation army type place.

[@aMondia]

Puts into perspective how little gold there actually is on gold rimmed plates and stuff. Really sweet video.

[@SlimJimActual]

Another great video, Cody! I was also wondering if you and Kenyan (sorry if misspelled) have gotten married yet. If not, congratulations anyway!

[@theCodyReeder]

She wants to finish school first

[@SlimJimActual]

Sounds like a good plan. Congrats

[@tdoge]

"Kenya"

[@bernardo00124719]

getting merried its so 90's. just get together.

[@thepariah3516]

You got something against Marriage?

[@ron-t8327]

Hey Cody. I'm sure this would be kinda cool but maybe something you wouldn't want to do because of privacy, but could you maybe make a custom map of your/your dad's property. It wouldn't have to be anything special but I'm sure it would be interesting.

[@memelab5183]

That would be a cool project

[@exiarules6712]

watch the water spread out and then evaporate at 8:13

[@colinpenrod9423]

Thing that Cody's working with: *exists* Cody: This will make a great intro

[@strider04]

this new chat for tablet is terrible

[@sarasotaslim4090]

Ikr

[@Blewlongmun]

get a pc then scrub

[@jamespham1906]

Does everyone need to be so mean for no reason?

[@vladankler1038]

yes fck u

[@Cerevisi]

Tate is a PC mustard race, or whatever... no hate just misplaced priorities

[@donok2222]

I really do LOVE these videos. Thanks so much Cody

[@AlexandrKovalenko]

What is the total amount of gold you've "mined" from not-so-traditional sources so far? :)

[@theCodyReeder]

I might be approaching an ounce.

[@gateke1]

nice videos, its a whole lot of work to get some little bead of gold, your patience has no limits ;) now i know its not worth my time and money to buy some 'gold 'dishes

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Loved this Cody, thanks for showing us

[@bestinthelobby2022]

Aren't the crickets just beutyfull in utah.

[@theCodyReeder]

If by "beutyfull" you mean annoying as Fu*k then yes. ;)

[@hellogoodbye4039]

fucking savage damn

[@tomcummings3471]

lol xD

[@KadeCobian]

chill cody omg

[@tomcummings3471]

what?! xD lol, they're irritating when you hear them all the time

[@pnda13]

Without breaking anything, that is awesome man.

[@gavigu4360]

Put a rail road in the mine

[@denisbaranov1367]

I absolutely love these crickets in the background on your night footage

[@TheAwkwardBanana]

Hey Cody, as a chemistry student I felt boggled when you said "burn all the carbon into ash." I was under the impression that carbon *is* ash, and that you couldn't reduce it much further. What would the ash be composed of if you "burned all the carbon out?"

[@scoopscience]

To keep it simple, the carbon is basically wood, (like a campfire) burning it to ash is just adding oxygen to it.

[@Hulkeq2]

non oxidizable residue. Heated carbon likes O a lot.

[@ZivTheWyrd]

come on man :/ wood ashes are mostly calcium carbonates with other noncombustable oxides/carbonates (potassium/magnesium/manganese etc) , there's very little to no carbon left in wood ashes. In fact, ashes in general are noncombustibles left over once the carbon has been completely burnt off, in this case, sodium carbonate/gold and other traces from the water supply. There's a difference between keeping it simple and misinforming :I

[@gordonlawrence3537]

#it depends on the ash. Fully burned ash has little carbon left but most preppers/woodsmen deliberately make fires that leave a fair amount of carbon behind. The reason being it is rich with free radicals which make it easier to start a fire from.

[@scoopscience]

Zivilyn The Wyrd That's why I said it is "like"

[@shangrel110]

I've always wanted to try this but never had access to cyanide. Thanks for posting I watch your videos like a kid with his eyes glued to the Saturday morning cartoons. Keep up the awesome videos, Cody!

[@ZASurvivalist]

Sodium Hydroxide must be in Pumpkin Spice Lattes. 😏

[@JustinDrentlaw]

Cause these bitches is basic.

[@kentsmalley7792]

Cody what is that furnace called, I'm looking to get one for melting aluminium faster than Grant Tompson mini metal foundry. (I did build the mini foundry and it is awesome but your way seems faster.) keep up the good work!

[@0meat]

Wait, so did you just say that you were getting a bunch of dishes, covering them in cyanide, then returning them to the DI?

[@jacksainthill8974]

Not sure what a DI is, but what he _showed_ at one point was processing to break down the cyanide (he added NaOH solution or bleach, I think).

[@jockejonasson6646]

Jack, dont you mean Bletch?

[@jacksainthill8974]

jocke jonasson I think something like that has already been posted elsewhere in this video's comments section. No kudos earned here for originality, I'm afraid. Oh, and no - I meant bleach. Thanks anyway

[@jockejonasson6646]

Jack Sainthill Well no shit its been posted before

[@jacksainthill8974]

jocke jonasson Obviously, I know it isn't.

[@WoodenCreationz]

Excellent video man!! Always wondered how much gold was on all the plates and cups... I have found by watching this not enough to waste time trying to get it off.. Ty

[@marco.ruggiero.]

interesting as usual! :D but i was wandering, how can you make this method be worth for your mine's gold ore? process that amount of ore whit this chemicals shouldn't cost you more than the gold value itself?

[@theCodyReeder]

I always wondered why my grandpa abandoned the mine...

[@brandonwilliams2768]

@Cody'sLab you might be able to take it and dissolve the gold off the ore in a slightly larger batch then take the ore out and repeat it using the same chemicals for the next batch and save yourself on the cost of them or would the chemicals be used up by then (i would suggest mining a bunch first)

[@marco.ruggiero.]

you need to regenerate that chemicals first, example you dissolve tin in acid clorhidric, after you have to precipitate the metal and usually the rest it's waste

[@jasonclements1978]

you need a TV show Cody. keep them coming!

[@ravenoustraal]

I didn't realize that gold leaf decorations was real gold on dishes. impressive.

[@atooch213]

Me neither. Thought is was just paint or something

[@fostersstubbyasmr9557]

Cody is possibly the nerdiest guy I have ever seen, this sis amazing

[@hannahmorris1835]

Two chemists walked into a bar. The 1st chemist asked for H2O. The second chemist asked for H2O too. The second chemist died.

[@tjrsasea]

niceeeee

[@morganmitchell4017]

I'll bet the average person watching this video has seen that joke at least ten times.

[@hannahmorris1835]

I've personally heard this joke 480 times, but I still think it is as funny as when I first heard it every time. But then again, I am easily amused.

[@vjm3]

Hey! Have you heard the joke about Sodium!? ...Na.....

[@Davidautofull]

just heard it again last night in the movie "Goodbye World".

[@MakeItWithCalvin]

i think its a good example of just how crazy good activated charcoal is at soaking up stuff! like you said its not a cost effective method OBVIOUSLY its a good science demo none the less.

[@artsymamanana]

So you trash dishes that are worth more than the gold that you got off them...uh, not so brilliant! I bought dishes in thrift stores, with gold leaf that were worth 70 bucks a piece!

[@lovelybaby517]

artsymamanana umm...it was an experiment for something else? Uh, not so brilliant over here.

[@artsymamanana]

If it were experimentation, I can see doing it if it were a dish, maybe two, but geesh. Now the chems have to go somewhere.

[@TheAveragePcGuy]

Love your videos! Always interesting and fun to watch