Refining Sterling Silver into Pure Silver Shot

[@ThoricAuthority]

I want more!!! I want to see you refining gold and silver and pouring bars and rounds! Your organization and production is fantastic! Can't wait to see future videos!

[@anthonythomasfmg]

Thank you Taylor! That means a lot to me. We are working on new content every day. I have a short video coming out this evening. Stay tuned for more...

[@T_B]

I gave a thumbs up because of your name. LOL! Even though it doesn't say it in my username, it's Taylor.

[@HomeGrownMetals]

That lava slide is genius!!! Nice work man

[@anthonythomasfmg]

Thanks for the kind! I apprecieate it.

[@frantiseklaluch6605]

Hello Thomas, I am getting to do the same with some old european silver (500, 700, 800, 812, 833, 875, 900, 925, 950 - many historical standards) and get some pure silver for other projects... What nice place and equipment you have... Greetings from the Heart of Europe...

[@anthonythomasfmg]

Hello from the US. Your kind words are much appreciated. I have a video coming up using my electrolytic silver cell for purification. Do you currently use electrolysis to purify your silver? May all your days be blessed!

[@frantiseklaluch6605]

@@anthonythomasfmg I have everything needed for electrolysis (DC, AgNO3...), but the material to be electrolysed... 😀 I did not built the cell yet. I watch Sreetips and Jeff form Lithic Metals, but I will need something smaller, as I do not plan to clean kilos and kilos... Looking forward for your silver cell video...

[@weekendstuff]

That funnel is a cool setup. Eager to see it in more detail. Might be useful for my castings also. Thanks for sharing. Weekend Stuff

[@anthonythomasfmg]

Thanks! I'm working on a video to show the lava funnel in more detail including a table top version.

[@Tank86guy]

Awesome video! and great work, i wish i was able to do this but my apartments do not lets us keep our own chemicals in the house/garage.

[@anthonythomasfmg]

Thank you! Before I started refining I spent over a year just collecting and buying metals to refine, reading and learning. If your internal voice is telling you to try this, listen to it and pray. God will show you the way.

[@PureHatred75RR]

Love your videos man! Will you please make a video about your silver lava tube? I really want to build something similar for my small operation. I’m excited to see your silver cell setup, I have my own working as we speak but I would love to learn some new ways to improve it! Thanks for making these and I look forward to seeing more.

[@anthonythomasfmg]

Thanks so much, really glad you like it! I'm finishing Lava Slide video next week. Hopefully Friday! ~ "Experimental" Silver Cell coming up tonight or tomorrow at the latest...

[@jdeluisa]

Nice video - good explanations

[@anthonythomasfmg]

Thank you!

[@thomaslewandowski2504]

Could you use Urea Nitrogen to neutralize any remaining HNO3? I use this method when I have dissolved Gold in Aqua Regia, from scrap electronics. Tom Buffalo, NY

[@anthonythomasfmg]

I haven't tried this method but I believe it would work, although the addition of urea to free nitric acid would form urea nitrate and in certain conditions can be highly explosive and I tend to stay away from those types of reactions. Good question! Thanks for watching!

[@thomaslewandowski2504]

Damn good point regarding the explosive nature of Nitrated Urea!!! Stay safe!!

[@CuttinEJ]

I’d be interested to see how you made your funnel.

[@anthonythomasfmg]

Thanks for watching! I should have the lava slide/funnel video done in about one week.

[@CuttinEJ]

@@anthonythomasfmg looks like it made some really nice shot.

[@oyekunlesalami7482]

Hi, Nice video, just wondering how you are dealing with those toxic fumes since you are not doing it in a fumehood!

[@anthonythomasfmg]

Hi there, thanks for watching. I am using a fume hood in this video although you're right, I didn't show it very well, "maybe a little on purpose!" It's a custom design of mine and I will be making a video showing how it works.

[@thomaswolf6507]

More information on the dangers involved in each step would be appreciated, otherwise, great work. I'm a top honors STEM student and DIY whizz in many areas, but never made it passed mycology for lab work, mostly. Learning how to start on a very small scale would be great.

[@daengibee1900]

Nice..👍👍 Indonesia ☝️☝️

[@RoyalPain83]

Inspired by Sreetips perhaps?

[@anthonythomasfmg]

Sreetips is great and has been a great resource for me, although my inspiration comes from a higher power! I hope you continue watching as my ultimate goal for this channel is to move beyond silver and gold refining and into refining more complex metals such as zirconium and titanium using the kroll process, as these are the abundant metals that we have at our mining location in Wisconsin. I felt the need to start my videos in the area of silver and gold as it is more familiar to me at this point. Thanks for the reply!

[@petezahman3914]

Lol yep! Even down to the Corelle dish pattern! 😂

[@4nbop80user]

This is gold ! Now, I don’t have a hood, however, I can leave the solution outside in the scorching sun. Could that work? Any idea how long to leave it there ?

[@drakesavory2019]

Can you now use aluminum to cement out the copper in the blue juice?

[@OfficiallyRetired]

What happen if I use a copper bar made with copper penny which is not pure copper? Will it still work and leave me pure silver?

[@MrAlessiobat]

What cawpper?

[@alisoliman8993]

They are sterling silver plated is that correct. Nice tutorial. Thanks 🙏

[@anthonythomasfmg]

I used sterling silver which is 92.5% silver. Silver plated is roughly 5% silver over other metals. There are a few different techniques to remove silver from plated pieces. I would not use this technique for silver plated items. I will probably make a video on refining silver plated items.

[@TheInsigniaMusic]

I’m confused on this as well. What is the remnants of the original silver piece around the 6min mark? What is that made of?

[@inerlogic]

So about 17.6g lost in the melting.... up the chimney? Water still in the cement silver? Thirsty crucible?

[@anthonythomasfmg]

Most of it ended up in the rinse water when I decanted solution. Possibly the cement was a hair wet as well. Thanks for watching!

[@chriscallaghan8080]

If its sterling silver, what was the huge chunk of fork that was left over?

[@palamambron]

But how do you load it into the shotgun shells?

[@sirridok]

What did you use for the copper ingot? Could one assume romex electrical wire is "pure" or pure enough for the process? Great video thanks!

[@anthonythomasfmg]

Romex is 99% + or - pure if its clean. I used copper tubing which is also 99%. That makes me think that would be a good video... Thanks sirridok!

[@aprilcossairt1221]

How do i learn to do all this stuff, to get all the equipment and chemicals needed to do this because i am very interested in learning and doing and being able to turn sterling silver to pure, its extremely interesting.

[@anthonythomasfmg]

I suggest watching Sreetips on KZbin as a good start. Then be sure to buy a copy of the Refining precious metal waste by C.M Hoke. It is an old school lesson on refining and is very useful. Most important, start gathering supplies. It takes time and money so just get started!

[@Padres-sv1lr]

If it was sterling silver then what was the metal that was the huge chunk of the fork that was left? You’d think it wouldn’t be that big if 92.5% of the object would dissolve into the blue juice

[@Vinchezno]

The handle is made of sterling silver but the top part is usually finely buffed nickel silver or brass, plated with a thin layer of silver

[@jlemieu1]

Green flame is interesting because you are burning copper

[@admhall]

What happens with dirty or heavily tarnished sterling

[@anthonythomasfmg]

I usually clean off silverplate in dishwasher first and most residue is seperated out in the melt with borax. Any remaining dirt will get filtered out later during refining.

[@jimcatanzaro7808]

You lost about 30 grams more then you should’ve I believe does the silver cell get better results?

[@anthonythomasfmg]

I didn't lose as much as what was shown in the video. All of the silver showed up in the rinse water. If I would have filtered instead of decanted I would have gotten a better yield.

[@chippy33able]

Thsnks eh

[@jekidodiya5792]

Weight of your sterling silver is 368gm. Purity is 92.5%, according to this 340gm pure silver present in 368gm 92.5% sample. But at the end you got 307gm pure silver, so you loss 33gm silver!!! Am I right?

[@frantiseklaluch6605]

BTW: SUB # 12...

[@gutengutenwastaken]

Jesee

[@jimcatanzaro7808]

Test the ph of the solution u can skip that step