Pure Gold From Gold Filled Scrap Pt1

Link to silver chloride conversion at 32 minute time stamp: High Purity Silver With Drain Cleaner pt1 • High Purity Silver Wit...

[@glOckcOma]

Hey Sreetips, dont ever worry about time on your videos. I could sit here for two hours if need be, and still enjoy every minute from beginning to end.

[@graymouser1]

KZbinrs like shorter videos because they get more views per minute of footage that way.

[@oneoflokis]

Yes. These videos are filled with good sense, unlike some of the other stuff on KZbin... 😏

[@megansmith1382]

👍 agreed

[@ericshuping3651]

I agree with you. This is just about the most interesting stuff on KZbin.

[@rawdawgpendants5490]

I could watch hour long videos of this. Its an a.s.m.r. Metal to liquid to powder to metal. I will never get tired of seeing these reactions.

[@edparker9837]

Don't worry about the length of the videos. I'm learning and taking notes :) Keep up the great work. I am ready to try my luck with gold and silver recovery.

[@buckwildebeest398]

This man knows how to disolve your body in a very fun way, and safely use up the remaining acids. Thanks, Sreetips! We obviously love your work, or we wouldn't watch!

[@dougboyatt2927]

See, you fuckin up & know it but now hoping some jokes will save you. You're lucky a certain 3 letter agency keeps him on a short leash in exchange to use his Michael Myers/Walter White psychotic super traumatic background in teaching asshole teens otherwise he'd be extracting your semen through your nose using a chemical reaction involving your own fart.

[@buckwildebeest398]

@@dougboyatt2927 you don't think a joke can save a life? Can I spank you with some news?

[@tsmall07]

I love that you write your channel name all over everything. Screw free booters

[@adamhutchison19]

The jimmy diresta method.

[@true_neutral_bg2]

Have been watching different methods and recovery videos for about a year now in addition to reading, learning more and more. Definitely my favorite channel! The long-form videos and explanations of processes are an amazing wealth of knowledge. Hoping to be ready to start refining soon and feel pretty confident that I can maximize my yields using the vital tips added into these. Thanks Sreetips!

[@riverfrance5676]

Pretty cool 😎 shop estate sales and thrifts for fun and get up a batch - turn it into gold powder til you want to melt it

[@danielmiller6983]

I know this video is a year old. But I found your channel about two weeks ago, and I’ve been hooked since. I never knew how much work goes into breaking down and purifying gold.. love the content.. keep up the great video’s

[@sreetips]

Welcome! And thank you

[@mkivy]

What a wonderful recap of chemistry and metal alchemy!

[@WestHaddnin]

Phew. Glad you put that warning in the beginning. I almost forgot to put on my mask before watching the video.

[@gaz84whoopsy48]

😂

[@thomaskiely6287]

Stupid comemt

[@GeneralSulla]

Mmphupherr mhkrible phoodemwaq! 😂

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

Okay Chief let's go . Don't worry about the length, we are loving it.

[@simonstergaard]

yes. more data is better.

[@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615]

That’s what she said

[@abnnuzzinicholasclay686]

Ill just wait till episode 1136 when he pours the bar

[@YHirschmeier]

I always skip to the end because my millennial brain is already dissolved in the nitric acid that is online streaming. But it's nice to see the result

[@thingshappenyt2455]

As long as you have the data, make the video as long as you can! I love listening to all the science, its strongly calming and im unsure why.

[@sreetips]

I’ve been tempted to skip footage and shorten it up. But I always reason; you shot it so just go ahead and include it

[@TheRisskee]

@@sreetips smart move. Some might find it dull or annoying but most find it important. I never mind a longer video if it is actually teaching me something.

[@RyanBredemeyer]

Absolutely. Include the footage. We have a button to skip forward if we don’t find a segment needful. But there is no button to add segments that aren’t included! Never know what little bit may be meaningful to someone. Thanks for what you do Sreetips!

[@blackouting]

I can only imagine what happened that left all these colourful splashes on the walls of the boiling room. 🤔😂😂😂 Fantastic video, very professional. Thank you

[@lordchagrin1378]

I find your videos fascinating! Don't fret about the length of them, I could watch for hours.

[@BentSpoon1959]

Great video! You're a real pro and a pleasure to watch. Note to self: do NOT ever attempt this at home.

[@TheRealGrinch313]

Age 3-6ish I use to go hang out with my neighbor who was my oldest sisters age. He was a high school drop out, but had a physics degree at 17. We use to listen to classical music and he would discuss chemistry and stuff. My grandfather was in the Navy during world war II. Then worked at Pratt & Whitney in east Hartford CT for 30 years building commercial and military jet engines. He was a supervisor. My father was in the Navy for 12 years and worked for United Technologies for 30 years as well. He did sheet metal work, then worked at "Power Systems", then "International Fuel Cells" where he worked on fuel cells for rockets. They use to use a fuel that would ignite at 72*f. Navy men are sharp guys typically. And I have learned a lot from @Sreetips. And it is appreciated. Thanks, man!

[@TheRealGrinch313]

...don't get me wrong. I still have a lot to learn. But, have learned a lot.

[@josephpecoul6532]

Very happy to have a new video from Sreetips thanks man.

[@1988Mauritz]

He`s back boys! put the coffee on and time to relax again :D

[@ADRAGONSLIFE]

Just wanted to let you know that I love your long videos .

[@burnroe6611]

Thank you for your advice about hitting items with the torch it saved me from a mess. I found what i thought to be a set of 2. 14kt g.f . channel 5 pens but turned out to be plastic over aluminum. If i threw that in my aqua regia the aluminum would probably have dropped out my gold. Torching will be a new mandatory step for me( every time) thank you sir.

[@sreetips]

Harold_V (one of my mentors) used to say, “the three most important things about refining are, incineration, incineration, and incineration”

[@burnroe6611]

Yes sir. Wish i could use incineration to recover silver from my 77lbs of used x-ray films. But my neighbors and wife would have a fit ...lol

[@Ekstrem28]

It's Friday AND a new series from sreetips! Today is a good day

[@cristianrfs]

Hi Sreetips. For your next batch please consider to try the eco goldex surface gold stripping and recovery system. It seems so much easy to recover the gold that way for gold filled scrap. No acids, no need to burning anything, It doesn't matter what base metal you have. I'd like to hear your comments on that option and better yet to watch you demonstrate that option.

[@sreetips]

Getting pure gold, from any source, is never quick and easy.

[@ericshuping3651]

Hey Sreetips. I LOVE your channel. For those of us who want to get into what you're doing, could you break down all the equipment you use, how much you go through, approximate cost and where to get it? Thanks

[@drcurioustube]

"Warranted 14K" usually means solid gold on an old pocket watch case, unless accompanied with a year guarantee designation (e.g.,10,20,25 years). Always good to acid test those. Of course, since you are scrapping the metal, it makes little difference, although it will give a misleading higher percentage result when you do the math, because you have the solid gold in there.

[@dennismast3591]

Better higher than lower, lol.

[@mikescott2615]

Don't worry about the length of your videos i was spell bound from start to finish, and subbed. cheers mike

[@atomicinvader6182]

I actually enjoy the longer 30-45mins videos.

[@sreetips]

Some folks like the longer videos. Others just want to see the metal.

[@MoDeegroes]

This guys voice and accent is the best. He could be an ASMR Kingpin

[@onetoeinthegrave6506]

ok I've got my safety mask on now ready to go when you are boss

[@socialexperimentgaming4808]

My collection of GF and GR is growing to the point I am getting worried about the refinement! Thanks for the update on the acid boil to remove the lead. I cut my bracelets, but not full on destroyed them to check for that....back to the cleaning table!!!

[@ryanpowell4662]

Such amazing information. Never been so fascinated in my life, I'm hooked.

[@sreetips]

Excellent - welcome aboard!

[@HDDynalowrider]

If high school science class did this I would of paid attention

[@TimeFadesMemoryLasts]

Knowing how pupils are and how some dumdums are handling chemicals, there would probably have been serious/deadly accidents by now, so it makes sense they don't show it in schools :D

[@RecommendedRewindz]

Me too.....

[@kayelynnrockwell4911]

This is an amazing process fascinating to watch!

[@asmallbitchybanana]

Another brilliant video. I enjoy all your videos.

[@TroubledOnePaydirt]

The way that nitric acid just eats the metal away from the inside of the gold is fascinating. Crazy how well that works.

[@ankitbhola6427]

Amazing I'll be waiting for the second parts

[@sreetips]

Getting started on part 2

[@RoeMantic]

Sweet here we go!!!

[@jowens1126]

you can also use Sodium Hydroxide and Hydrogen Peroxide to dissolve the lead on the gold filled parts. That will also remove the Tin as well.

[@light_yajami_6832]

You back 🙂Nice to see u again

[@scrappydoo7887]

Showing that gold powder reaction definitely deserves a like 👍 very cool to see

[@dmimz8593]

Having all the correct tools makes the job easier, and a heck of a lot safer..

[@jackmclane1826]

I enjoy the length and details! ;) Would it be reasonable to melt down all this stuff into shot? Just like inquarted gold? And dissolve that? It seems like it would save significant time and effort cleaning.

[@cuttboyog681]

Man I absolutely love these videos. Thank you brother.

[@ProfaneGod]

You could have just heated the solder lead solder has a melting point of 700-800F where as gold melts at 1943F

[@graymouser1]

That would remove the bulk of it, but he'd still have to wash it they way he did.

[@ProfaneGod]

@@graymouser1 When you have worked with solder you find there are many different ways of removing it cleanly from alot of surfaces he merely chose what another chemist had done from the book he is using but heating it for 20 mins would get most of it then it would take less acid to deal with the rest or if your thorough enough the amount can be dealt with later in the process.

[@jamesquintana3807]

No worries about time on your videos enjoying every minute of it and ready for part 2

[@sreetips]

Coming tomorrow

[@jamesquintana3807]

You're 5 liter beakers which company can I get them from the one that you're using

[@Saytu]

My all the teachers were just like you.... Finally i became tailor now and stitching dress 😅

[@sams5803]

It has been a bit chief! Love it

[@getprobed838]

so its safe to assume this scrap gf is roughly 2.5% gold by weight? so if i buy a batch form ebay I can roughly calculate what yield to expect to determine how much i should spend on the batch?

[@jetman1963]

nice apparatus for adding nitric slowly. You are getting better over time!

[@cheesynuts4291]

Love the videos! I’ve leaned a great deal. Thank you. I wander why no one uses a screen material under the filter. Keeping the filter off those holes would make your surface area exponentially larger.

[@sreetips]

Those filters become very weak after they get wet. A screen under the filter would probably cause the filter to fail.

[@cheesynuts4291]

@@sreetips well now that makes good sense. Thanks for the reply.

[@bigwu100]

No wonder I can't find any gold filled pocket watch cases anymore. Someone is extracting the gold.

[@ethynhilliard8551]

Thank you for your service. God Bless You

[@josephschnabel1andonly]

Awesome video. Thanks again !

[@mohsenaghdam3136]

Everything is under control and professional 👍🏽

[@corybuckles8492]

With that amount of base metal, especially with all that lead and tin to deal with, this may have been a good opportunity to try your hand at cupellation.

[@sreetips]

I don’t know anything about cupellation. None of the professional refiners that I learned from use it.

[@corybuckles8492]

@@sreetips Ancient technique, but still used today, especially for fire assays. Dan Hurd and MBMMLLC both have good videos showing the process if you just want to see what's involved. Basically, it uses lead and a selectively-absorbent melting dish to part out the base metals, leaving gold, silver, and PGMs consolidated in a bead. All of the waste produced is in the form of a dry solid "litharge cake", and it eliminates the need for such a massive amount of nitric acid for dealing with the base metals. Certainly can't fault anyone for just sticking to what they know works, though, and you are (at least from what I can tell) the most experienced and knowledgeable refiner on KZbin. Just throwing it out there for consideration in case you were feeling adventurous. :)

[@ernestobenchocron5796]

Those videos getting better to great is so much I learn from you I can said are better than go to eny school to learn this quimetry art thank you so much

[@whatcouldgowrong8323]

With the lead content, could you have heated up the material enough just to melt any lead or glues instead of heating in acid? Steven.

[@runthomas]

this guy is amazing...i want him to know he has a big black following... we like his style , like his game, and learn from him..and appreciate him.... and respect him...i like to point it out ...as it helps build bridges.

[@sreetips]

Thank you!

[@AdamsWorlds]

Really liking these videos. Thanks for making them they are very informative and interesting.

[@lion9419]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge we love Ur videos thanks a lot again

[@leighatkins22]

Hey Sreetips, if I had a large amount of absolute junk with gold in amongst it, could i place them 1st in a hot HCl bath, rinse with clean water, then a hot nitric acid bath, then rinse, then lift it with an aqua regis bath, filter, then drop and melt? Would that be a moderately efficient way of obtaining gold from say, various electronic junk?

[@phishinca]

This is a really bad idea. It will create a large amount of hazardous waste starting at the first step. I would recommend you do a little research at the gold refining forum. There are plenty of posts on how to properly process this type of material.

[@shaneyork300]

Gold filled scrap makes for a great video!! Have a Great Day My Friend!!!

[@sreetips]

Happy new year Shane

[@shaneyork300]

@@sreetips Happy New Year to you too!! I hope it's a great one!!!

[@yankeedoodle5691]

Didn't realise I would need a chemistry degree to do this!

[@sreetips]

You don’t. I took one chemistry class back in high school. Got a “D”

[@Boatswain1985]

and a lot of special equipment,,

[@TheA2P]

@@sreetips and yet you're the Heisenberg of metal refining

[@adzz8012]

@@TheA2P 'YOU'RE god damned right..'

[@stevewoods8116]

Love all your videos

[@thedingothatateyourbaby9811]

Happy New Year @Sreetips, I hope 2021 treats you well

[@MeiaLuaDeCompasso]

The precipitate after the HCl reaction is lead (II) chloride

[@OnsloVest]

Brilliant. Thanks for the effort

[@rogerfleury3591]

546th! I can’t stop watching your videos! So many steps to refine precious metals. BUT WELL WORTH IT IN THE END! Roger in Pierre South Dakota

[@michschep7601]

If i remember right, citric or hydrofluoric acid can be used to remove lead, makes a water soluble compound that disolves and washes away, leaving gold behind.....

[@cditzler6313]

I dont even do it anymore but that was very refreshing

[@thienlam5679]

Hello mr.sreetips , I enjoy your video very much. You are a very good teacher. Just wondering if can do a video for refining ruthenium. Thanks Thien

[@sreetips]

I can get platinum and palladium. The other four in the platinum group are a complete enigma to me: Rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, osmium.

[@dennyfuller437]

Big fan! How can I buy a bag of plated gold from you?! Very interested in giving this a shot! Thanks buddy

[@sreetips]

This process won’t work on “plated” gold. This is for gold filled material only. Gold plated material must be run through a sulfuric acid stripping cell. Please see my video on how to build and operate one.

[@robjackofalltradesely4844]

@steetips absolutely love this video, length irrelevant, over the past few years studied this process in depth, sourced information and safety precautions, however I seem to find I have a block on identifying all equipment to build a safe environment to conduct this, I've sourced some of the beakers but without knowing the correct name for the different apparatuses and tools I can't find them, would you be so kind to elaborate on your inventory of tools and apparatus, I would greatly appreciate it.

[@sreetips]

You can’t do this safely without a fume hood

[@robjackofalltradesely4844]

@@sreetips I totally agree, I did a small version of this few years back and immediately killed the reaction when I noticed the fumes, ive built a fume hood since with a ventilation chimney just over 3m high getting those fumes up and away when I do it again, I was referring to different types of flasks and drip feeders you were using, what are their technical names please

[@sreetips]

Got it. The funnel is a separatory funnel that I am using for the nitric delivery.

[@Bigboibeven]

8:20 Im assuming this material is primarily PbCl2, which is very insoluble in solution and would form if the solder was indeed lead based as stated earlier

[@besanit]

That nitric acid delivery apparatus seems like a nitric acid shower waiting to happen, maybe you can fit it inside your hood?

[@PartridgeFamilyProspecting]

Man this is amazing!!!! Ill be paying closer attention!! Thank you!!

[@husky500cr]

Yes, another video.

[@saltymemesmith]

Hi, What does it mean when you melt gold jewellery down and it all turns black rather than molds together?

[@sreetips]

Not enough heat. Or, it’s not gold.

[@daveware4117]

Seems to me that refineing the gold is the easy part. Hard part is buying the scrap at the right price

[@Daniel-iu7ob]

Go with silver :)

[@icon-mq3ly]

@@Daniel-iu7ob How dare you lol GOLD

[@Daniel-iu7ob]

@@icon-mq3ly indeed :))

[@susanholiday7347]

Did you serve on an Adam's Class Destroyer during Operation Desert Shield? Thank you for your Service. I was working with the USS Henry B Wilson, DDG-7.

[@sreetips]

I was on Semmes DDG18 (Adams Class). But during Desert Storm I was on the Commodores Staff at DESRON Four.

[@susanholiday7347]

@@sreetips I was in the USAF for Desert Storm. It was lots of hard work. I'm glad that it's over.

[@sreetips]

Me too.

[@ccumma1149]

It is an interesting video. The idea of ​​recovering precious metals is important and can be profitable. It must be said, however, that it is difficult to find so many electronic scraps to be able to extract all this wealth. In many countries it is even illegal. In others, it can be done but you have to buy them and to buy them, the seller calculates how much to ask you based on the average value of extractable precious metals. So, (almost certainly) not convenient. In all cases it is a useful and serious video because it clearly explains the danger of the necessary procedures. Interesting

[@wayneneher6362]

I have an idea, Sir. How about a video(s) of what happens when lead/chlorine and other contaminates does get in the mix.

[@fuckyoutube5584]

Mustard gas/chlorine gas can happen being deadly

[@carlosalmeida4415]

Did you replace your home made incinerator?

[@sreetips]

I still have the frankenoven but I used the Neycraft muffle furnace because it’s much faster and gets hotter.

[@carlosalmeida4415]

@@sreetips Right on. Can't wait for part 2. Have a good one.

[@bigspock]

Didn't know you were a skimmer chief! Greetings from this former nuke bubblehead!

[@sreetips]

Go Navy!

[@jasonjack5915]

Nice ashing furnace. I had been looking into them

[@sreetips]

That things get hot fast

[@davidranew9776]

Great Video sreetips Keep Bringing The Video's Dude, Hey when We Going To See Platinum Refining Video Pt3? Just Asking 😁

[@sreetips]

I’ve still got it, it will be coming soon

[@davidranew9776]

@@sreetips yay

[@salehomer189]

@sreetips You have a lot of followers from Dubai, why not add Arabic translation to your videos? Thank you

[@lisajudy9936]

New viewer here and I love watching. I never took chemistry in school (took anatomy instead). But now I want to. Lol

[@sreetips]

I had a chemistry set as a kid and a small lab in my basement. This is an extension of that

[@pekkarousu3616]

Why not crush the material into powder? It should be easier/faster to dissolve other metals than gold and using less acid?

[@Armyman365]

If the nitric doesn’t dissolve the gold but does the base metals. How does the acid access the base metals?

[@sreetips]

With the gold contend reduced by inquartation, the nitric can then penetrate to the core of each piece, forming a honeycomb structure as is goes, to successfully remove all the silver and base metals. The process is so effective that the gold is very near three nines after the nitric boils. But the only way to be sure is to refine it with aqua regia.

[@chrislangowski4438]

I don't get boiling the lead off the bracelet with the acid and scraping it off. Lead has a melting point of 622 degrees F. Couldn't you just melt it off?

[@robwinter4173]

I'm ok with long video's,cheers,Rob.

[@wormopolis9802]

in other videos you use sulfuric acid to precipitate lead out of the aqua regia. could you not do the same for that first demonstration?

[@TommiLipponen]

I was thinking the same.

[@Boatswain1985]

Hey brother,, Happy New Year,, great video.. that is going to make a nice pure bar..! All the best to you guys

[@sreetips]

Happy new year Boats!

[@racecar2933]

I was skeptical about how much dirt you got out of the first filtration. I was baffled when you did the 2nd filtration until you lifted the beaker to show the gold foils. I noticed a bit of purplish colored mud at the bottom of the beaker. I bet you have more gold than you think in that filtration paper.

[@sreetips]

We will see, I’m almost done with part 2. Should post Saturday

[@jameskoch7190]

In India and Pakistan this is a normal routine workday for 8 year old children recovering gold, platinum and silver from electronic equipment. Except there isn’t any fume hoods, gloves, aprons,safety glasses or eye wash basins.

[@sreetips]

The yields are too low for me

[@bigfish8280]

Do you actually turn a profit with this process or hobby of yours? Using your valuable time, wear and tear, gas on your vehicle to go around and collect all this stuff. All the equipment and materials required for refining the gold etc... etc... I can go on and on. Seems like a whole lot of hard work and effort put in for a minimal results considering the amount of time it has taken to accumulate the materials, the man hours, equipment and chemicals

[@sreetips]

If it’s profit that your after then here’s your answer; you make your profit when you buy. The rest is just plain fun for me.

[@bigrich6750]

This is like watching an episode of Breaking Bad

[@CatMan_7]

Looked like silver solder? real similar to your silver projects.

[@SilverScorpion]

Great video

[@blakeforrest1571]

This is oddly cathartic for me. Seems like a hobby I'd love to get into (that could be combined with another hobby like making metal objects). @Sreetips, what would you say the investment, or even just a list of items, would be to have a legit setup for smelting/refining/smithing?

[@sreetips]

I don’t really know. I bought items as I needed them. But I tend to over-do things.

[@2thomask]

Whats the cost efectiveness of doing this i feel like with the amount of chemicals used you would only be making money on this by doing very large batches of gold recovery

[@sreetips]

It’s my hobby

[@2thomask]

@@sreetips its a pretty badass hobby i just found your channel so i wasnt sure if it was a hobby or a job

[@jasonjack5915]

I forgot to add into my previous comment, I only save converting to silver chloride in "emergency" situations. Like a couple days ago I tried putting diesel exaust fluid in silver nitrate to denox, which is something I never do(I never really have excess nitric in my solutions) but I'm working in a massive batch of tungsten/silver scrap. When I added 50-100 ml it created a precipitate that looked like frost, so I filtered put it in 5 gallon bucket and and stuck copper in but it kept forming a hard crusty layer of silver on all pieces of copper! So I had to convert to silver chloride which I hate doing but is a necessary evil! So I'm not sure why but diesel exaust fluid will form a passive layer on copper. My solution was not to concentrated as I had been precipitating double the amount of silver out of the same volume if solution for the past month!

[@sreetips]

Interesting. Isn’t diesel exhaust fluid urea? I used to put urea in my silver solutions to rid excess nitric until Butcher on GRF pointed out that it doesn’t work.

[@jasonjack5915]

@@sreetips yes it is urea, I'm not sure why but it happened, I had tried it in a gold solution and it created a reaction red fumes but it didnt have any negative effect. I wanted to try it as I have it on hand because I drive a diesel truck. It didnt rid excess nitric and my experience created a mess.