SMELTING GOLD AT HOME! Simple Gold Recovery for the Gold Prospector

[@deedemilons7188]

I believe this provides a much better gold yield than simply crushing the rocks then panning the powder. Quality video 👌

[@stevezozuk9622]

Man those convection cell get me every time. As well as watching the impurities shed off in to the cupell . That was awesome thanks for sharing and I'll see you on the next one

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Oooh, they could make a really cool screen saver! You're giving me some great ideas Steve!

[@diggin3097]

@@ColoradoGoldCamp I would watch that

[@nhragold1922]

Melting rocks is better than smoking rock lololol

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

This is true

[@pauljohnson9698]

IRELAND ☘️ wishing you and yer beautiful wife and family a happy and prosperous new year thx for all the videos

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Thank you Paul! Happiest and most Plentiful New Year to you n yours!

[@sicilianauntie]

Nice video. Interesting! This is the first You-Tube video I have seen with closed captions that were accurate!

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Hehe, thanks Auntie! I spent some time getting them edited, I'm happy you noticed :)

[@adventuresofaliftime4989]

Love the smelting process some day I will be doing it myself.

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

It's definitely quite hot and fascinating!!

[@SoFreshSoClean2024]

Timestamp 4:36 Sir congratulations 🎉 you created what we here at the Volcano 🌋 call Gipsum Glass 😅

[@captnron59]

I could use some of that heat today. Brrr! Nice start to the new year!!

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Right! We're sitting at 5 degrees right now in Leadville. Happy New Year Ron!

[@jeremycanterohioprospecting]

Pretty awesome dude I find these smelting videos are relaxing thanks for sharing ✌️

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

I'm glad to hear it Jeremy! Am pondering a pure relaxation molten rock/smelt video in the future.

[@cylentsmoker]

Ty for this video. You're quite the gentleman. Informative video. It's apparent you know your stuff. Good luck out there, From A dude in Colorado springs

[@SoFreshSoClean2024]

Timestamp 4:36 Sir congratulations 🎉 you created a warhead 😅

[@pauly51]

Fun video. Great job

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Thanks Paul!

[@DryLakeMiningCo49]

Good job but what about crushing ore finer and roasting cons? If you roast you might not need iron rod at all more gold too what do you think? I know all ores are different.

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Absolutely! I'm still experimenting with my processes for each ore type. On the dredge cons, I'm no seeing much difference between roasted or not.

[@HoodBillyLife]

Awesome video as always

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Thanks Guys!!

[@SCSColoradoable]

How many buckets of material would you say you collect per season?

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Straigt b.s. cons: 15 buckets. Rocks= truckloads!

[@diggin3097]

Keep at it brother

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

🙌

[@jeffinphx517]

Dude can you give us a "Zoinks Scoob!" on your next video? Thanks.

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Down in the next scary mine, ooooo

[@SoFreshSoClean2024]

Timestamp 4:30 Aluminum Cans meet your maker 😅🎉

[@brianthayer9784]

Hope you come out with new video's enjoy them

[@eddiezubrzycki9111]

Okay that was great really cool... Question would you recover more gold crushing the ore and doing a really good soak in a vat leach set up with cyanide ?

[@Gods_chosen_son]

Great videos! I am wondering how you come up with a flux recipe? I've been trying to smell I've failed a lot but I'm close. I got my first speck in the cupel. At first I didn't think it I had anything. But a little tiny I know I missed a bunch in the slag. It never seems to pour as liquid as yours. I figured its my recipe. Any tip would be great. Thanks for the time you put in to your channel!!!

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Hello Andy. Congrats on your first bead! Smelting can be difficult and confusing. My best suggestion is to make sure that the furnace gets hot enough and for long enough. You want to "cook" the smelt until all bubbling stops then continue for 5-10 min longer. In my non blower furnace this takes 45min to over an Hour for me. Also, flux thinner does work.

[@robertluckadoo5940]

Great Video! Is that a 10kg crucible?

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

This one is a #10 Salamander graphite crucible. It is way better than the budget #10. Says it is rated for 18kg copper.

[@johnnychimpo2636]

Just write the GPS coordinate on the bags you will never question again where you got them from

[@MiningMagnets]

Awsome!+

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Gettin there!

[@calm_4k]

Peace be upon you. Is it possible to dispense with the process of fumigating lead in the final stage and replace it with nitric acid to remove lead?

[@BullProspecting]

Im opening a mine here in New England! Im breaking ground in 2 weeks. The load gold on the east kinda sux.

[@jeffersonstategold8349]

Happy New Year!

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Thanks JSG, Happy New Year to you!

[@cuyahoga6597]

The video gets choppy atfter 8:00. What are you doing after this and with the same sample? Was it a lead button? How did you get the gold bead? Was that a cupell? I have a lot of questions.

[@RockAndOre]

Fantastic video mate😀

[@mercygfran8792]

Wow nice super bro

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Thanks Mercy🙌

[@chrissaucier9386]

Submerge your tank in water. Works great

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Now that is a great idea Chris! I will have to try that!

[@chrissaucier9386]

@@ColoradoGoldCamp it's the best trick I ever came across to prevent bottle freeze and pressure loss. Keep almost the whole bottle in water. Works fantastic

[@ehsanfarahmand4638]

Perfect

[@eugenebouwer7832]

Nice videos Bud ..have you ever done smelting using welding rods ..would it work??

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Who knows. I would think you could melt bullion with welding rods.

[@JoseTorres-io4eh]

What did you use as the flux

[@williamatkinson4324]

what is the purpose of putting a bolt in the smelt?

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

The added iron helps to reduce the sulphides to iron sulfide so that they can get absorbed into the slag.

[@cuzbizkets3631]

ur funny bro and smart more hard rock smeltying vids pklsz

[@donizetecorreiadepaiva5616]

Bom dia no caso se eu usar aí 100 g de minério 100 g de bórax e 100 g de bicarbonato eu uso aí eu não consigo aqui no Meu País Aqui o tal do pbo eu acho que eu tenho um bom resultado ou não

[@donizetecorreiadepaiva5616]

É 100 g de minério é 100 g de de borax 100 g de carbonato e o pbo eu não consigo mas será que eu vou ter um excelente resultado assim que você puder me responder eu agradeço irmão

[@zve482]

Got a question. Where can I find one of those upside down steel pyramid pour molds?

[@northpointaxe6167]

$12 worth of propane, 6 hours of your time, and $700 worth of equipment (if purchased second hand) and you get... $5 worth of gold. Wow

[@alaskawilliam1]

You look successful and happy Congratulations! I would suggest that you up the level of PPE. You are fooling around with lead toxicity

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Heavy metals are no joke!

[@colinpelton-nb1bh]

Easy to do at home? Who's! I have almost pure nuggets and flakes and need something simple.

[@anthonydooley3616]

That's a lot of work and time for a tiny bb of gold.

[@karimrazak3798]

Is there gold in chalcopyrite rocks

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Chalcopyrite is typically associated with copper ores but can also contain gold, silver, pgm's

[@karimrazak3798]

@@ColoradoGoldCamp Was gold or silver extracted by smelting crushed chalcopyrite rocks?

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

@@karimrazak3798 It can be. Since it is a sulphide will require roasting or leaching to free up the gold values.

[@karimrazak3798]

@@ColoradoGoldCamp roasting before melting

[@SandhillCrane42]

$5!!!! That's very informative. Get yourself something nice, but don't spend it all in one place.

[@ahmidahmid3799]

❤❤

[@manjunathap.m3828]

Melting stones is better

[@BobSmith-tz3ob]

5 dollers vs 100 american DOLLERS of propane

[@bryanhill3041]

Spent too much money to end up with less than a BB

[@seafenix]

$200 of propane for a $20 ball of gold

[@SoozSooz-e3x]

😅

[@drkcortex]

very low...

[@morrispicturestudios4458]

I disliked because you didn't mention what kind of flucks you used.

[@SoFreshSoClean2024]

If I like your dislike does that make me a hypocrite?😅

[@SoFreshSoClean2024]

Timestamp 4:36 Sir congratulations 🎉 you created what we here at the Volcano 🌋 call Gipsum Glass 😅