Sreetips Refines $11,000 Gold Bar

[@lemd7904]

Its crazy how many steps you had to go through to do this. I have respect for you to learn such a skill. Great video thanks for sharing

[@networkcrasher]

That funnel wouldn't have cracked if you just had wrote sreetips on it

[@getprobed838]

might be hard to replace that funnel...

[@OdinsWolves_Video]

Omg I'm sorry but that's actually good 🤣 that's absolutely what happend

[@steveskouson9620]

Why would he write "sTreetips" on it? steve

[@kenanderson2002]

Haha I definitely was going to say the same thing before I saw your post

[@SICresinwrks]

🤣

[@Diego-es2pd]

I don't know how i ended here, but im glad it happened. That gold bar is absolutely beautiful. Subscribed.

[@stevethea5250]

Yes quite ridiculous! Though I prefer current styling. Also has their pricing gone up in past year? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH-tc3WGgqxshZom50s (pause) Seeing that plus 2-4 grand more on website now? www.toyota.com.au/main/rav4/prices

[@Skydude69]

Dunno how I got here, but drunk me enjoyed it.

[@WowplayerMe]

Drunk or sober...who doesn't like an $11,000.00 bar of gold?

[@uspockdad6429]

WowplayerMe and now that bar would be worth closer to $18k!

[@Jademyheart]

😂😂 Brilliant mate 👍

[@SICresinwrks]

@@WowplayerMe right, that 11k bar would cheer my day up 🤣

[@richardk6695]

Same broski

[@_ODJ]

i cant believe i watch these all the way through. but i am really into it. good job man!

[@TheDutchSoupPissingCompany]

I had the same....it was just fascinating.

[@dumdumdumbest834]

Whoopwhoop mcl

[@YouOnlyIiveTwice]

I don't think your name was written on enough items.

[@whatever7338]

Anti-theft measures man

[@bmb49]

And good for the insurance claims ;) lol

[@matthewf1979]

YouOnlyLiveTwice you’re right, he should write it on his gloves and glass wear too.

[@jasondutchman6736]

It's most likely to foil the video bandits. If the footage has Sreetips everywhere, they can't edit out anything, overdub it and claim it as theirs.

[@ajvandelay8318]

Nobody wants to steal his precious gold he's worked so arduously over. Thus, he has to write his name over all of his non-essential items that can be purchased at Walmart dirt cheap. HIncluding his wife's pussy.

[@misterguts]

Thanks for this, Sreetips, fascinating video! Best process video I've seen since one for butane extraction of hash oil.

[@markvalente480]

link please

[@krionic]

Bubble hash is better

[@chiseler151]

only use distilled water and ice off the inside of the freezer

[@bigfootlive89]

I'm pretty sure the distilled water is only needed when silver is present, since even tiny amount of chlorine will make the silver precipitate.

[@SilverTreasures]

The way your brain is able to multitask so efficiently is fascinating. It reminds me of someone on a unicycle, juggling random objects being thrown at him, while maintaining a responsive conversation with someone, and explaining everything going on around him at once… and not messing up.

[@sreetips]

I learned that back when I used to fly. During instrument approaches I had to fly the airplane, constantly scan the instruments, read charts, and talk to the approach controller - all at the same time.

[@cmukama]

Sreetips: Say my name Me: Heisenberg Sreetips: You're goddamn right

[@dafickler]

*golddamn

[@chemistryscuriosities]

(Sreetips): You and your videos have aided me in becoming a better refiner. Thank you.

[@SabiSaltwater]

and now im addin' some *DISTILLED WATER*

[@Oomuu]

glad i wasnt the only one

[@Fixter]

Haha i was thinking the same thing before i scolled down to find a comment about it!

[@luke5957]

PRECIPITATED

[@PlateletRichGel]

@@Oomuu can you explain, I still don't understand. I have some chemistry knowledge.

[@Oomuu]

@@PlateletRichGel what? They are just joking around because he said Distilled Water like a million times.

[@divergence_tiffanyramos4337]

Such a long process, but so cool to watch!

[@halneufmille]

And worth it, literally.

[@Onix.556]

Depends on how you look at it. Is $189.66hr worth it?

[@Proteusbound]

Gold is complicated.. They should charge a lot for it. Btw.. Did anyone else wet themselves looking at that bar?

[@Craftlol]

Great job, was very interesting to watch, as I never knew how hard it was to refine pure gold. Keep up the great work!

[@timbaltutan]

when you dropped the bar into the water, it sounded like a laser gun! so cool!

[@BDtetra]

pretty nice video, I didn't catch your name though

[@DMalek]

Im sure hes related to SOM DESTILLED WATER :O

[@ajvandelay8318]

Guaranteed his cat is labeled Sreetips in black Sharpie.

[@oldstockwhitecanadian2492]

I do not know why I ended up on your channel, @Sreetips but I love these videos. Totally fascinated. ❤

[@sreetips]

Welcome! And thank you.

[@mehere6865]

i would love to see a video of you conducting a masterclass with a group of amateur refiners and seeing how well they did , i'm also interested in a vid of you reclaiming the silver and palladium. the chemistry fascinates me.

[@Shad0wBoxxer]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/joW5e5aFitFrmKc he did it about a year ago, along with platinum, he said he wouldn't do it again cause its far too dangerous.

[@Shad0wBoxxer]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKWmXp1orMeoq9U he did it two weeks ago as well

[@PlateletRichGel]

@@Shad0wBoxxer thanks, more dangeroius than pouring muriatic acid? wow. explosive dangerous? As I watched, I though about how he could make that hood safer, with a blast shield and pouring channels.

[@Shad0wBoxxer]

Scott Johnson muriatic acid isnt as bad as you think, but at the same time platinosis is the dangerous thing, look it up

[@mehere6865]

many thanks for all the replies, i was a brand new subscriber when i wrote this and now ive binge watched loads of his videos, I love them.

[@shaneyork300]

I had to watch this one again too!!! This was an intriguing video to watch and study!! Since it was the 2nd time watching, without missing a second! I was able to study it more than the 1st time!!! I was in trance the 1st time I watched ;) !!! Have a GREAT Day, Sreetips!!!

[@carlosalmeida4415]

I love watching you. Please show us more different ways to process precious metals. I find it very interesting.

[@threovibfovuiab]

good video, but I think you should put your name on more objects in the video :'D

[@michaelvegas107]

😹😹😹

[@threovibfovuiab]

@Firebuster Massively appreciate that, but surely one (or maybe even two) named object(s) per shot is enough? sometimes you've got like 5 tags visible and it just looks a little silly >.< please keep up the good informative content though! :)

[@Alrik.]

You always make great videos, thanks! Will you include a total yield in your final stock pot refining video? I'd love to see that since the series has been going for so long :)

[@scott27288]

I never tire of seeing the SMB reaction with liquid gold and the precipitation of the metal coming out! See ya in the next one.

[@happycakes1946]

That gold on ice is beautiful, I wanna take a sip.

[@christiansitzman5601]

You really don't though.

[@samhoughton5636]

came here looking for this comment! Gold Apple juice MMHH

[@thearchive792]

@@christiansitzman5601 nah man it's probably really tasty.

[@christiansitzman5601]

@@thearchive792 The delectable sour taste is somewhat offset by the tongue rapidly boiling and melting away along with any other tissue that comes in contact with the solution.

[@mariobastidas3102]

@@christiansitzman5601 Well worth it!

[@Impatient_Ape]

Since nitric acid isn't cheap, that brown nitrogen dioxide gas we see is money going right out the fume hood exhaust. I'm not sure if it's cost effective or not, but you can bubble the nitrogen dioxide gas through concentrated hydrogen peroxide to reform nitric acid. The acid will be relatively pure, but you will likely have to distill the acid to bring it back up to azeotropic strength. Concentrated peroxide isn't cheap, but it may be worth a cost analysis. As you probably know, that exhaust NO2 just ends up acidifying outdoor precipitation.

[@bmb49]

That was a long processes and a long video haha but a good one and watched it all. Thanks, well done and very interesting. Beautiful result!

[@IAmNoggin]

I never get tired of seeing your big projects, nice job Sreetips!

[@baj_ki_mun1570]

$11,000 Gold Bar in DISTILLED WATER

[@hamzaa.8082]

great video. No annoying music, step by step procedure, simple! keep it up!

[@thunderwolf1068]

Beautiful pour lines, I love the 2 different pooling locations

[@joewebster903]

Make sure you use 30 percent peroxide. The reaction will give you water vapor and no brown nitrous fumes because you have solubilized the nitrous oxides as prompt oxides of nitrogen with the peroxide now you have close to 98 percent efficiency. Less corrosion of your hood and better reaction kinetics

[@sreetips]

I'm going to try peroxide to dissolve the gold next time

[@joewebster903]

Peroxide will not dissolve gold it is used with nitric acid to decrease nitrous oxides and solubilize the oxides to increase efficiency

[@shimizu67]

He probably said "distilled water" and "nitric acid" about 1000 times in this video.

[@chrisbarlow6335]

Cheers - I knew nothing about this and found your video fascinating. Great narration.

[@hiteshkumarsoni1471]

Here You should get 279 grams pure gold Where is remaining 5 gram gold

[@josecqneto]

Dude, that was dope. I did some math here. Today (April 24th 2019), you had a total of U$ 5960 in 10K and 14K gold. After the refining, you got a amount of gold worth U$ 11185. That is a U$ 5225 gain just by purifying the gold, if what you say about the final bar being a 24K gold. If you recover all the acid that you used, this is a monster gain. Also, you should account the energy you spent and those powder reactants. Plus, you can take into account that you have a lot of silver in solution that could be purified also, and the palladium. Great video!

[@sreetips]

Jose, the amount of pure gold in both 10k and 14k scrap was 279 grams. The amount of pure gold after refining was 274 grams. There was actually 5 grams less after refining. This is normal because the amount in of gold in karat scrap is never plumb. The amount that you calculated, $5960, is not correct.

[@84homey]

@@sreetips Hi Sreetips and thanks for an excellent video. If $5,960 is not correct, what would be the correct amount?

[@sreetips]

Should be very close to the value of the refined bar.

[@84homey]

@@sreetips Thank you for taking the time to reply. Thanks also for the very interesting video - your gold bar was a beautiful end product.

[@mrmysterycake]

I can't believe I watched this entire thing from beginning to end. What's wrong w/ me?

[@sreetips]

I've done the same thing, several times. It goes by quick!

[@ephraimt1]

Me too I watched it at work lol!

[@Squareplanets]

Nothing lmao. You are just watching a man who loves his work. Ain't nothing wrong with that.

[@schylerlewis8467]

THANK YOU!!! Seriously! No one details out their process in such depth. Very informative.

[@PP-ky2ji]

Codys Lab?

[@schylerlewis8467]

@@PP-ky2ji He is hit or miss. His chemistry is solid. But there isn't always a lot on any one subject in detail. And by detail I mean an end to end process with notable results. I've enjoyed his channel for a number of years now. His mining ones were very much my favorite.

[@IndianaDundee]

Smart, keeping a gun close.

[@drunkenmasterii3250]

to shoot the gold?

[@noahlail4018]

@@drunkenmasterii3250 exactly. Make bullets and shoot it

[@jeffreyjustis5338]

reminds me of this for some reason www.comedycentral.co.uk/south-park/videos/suicide-takes-forever

[@npg68]

@spinning nonsense HAHAHAHAHA :-)

[@MaryJane-lp7di]

he's afraid of someone stealing his shit quality gold, lmaoo 11 grand? more like 11 cents this shit is 9 carat at best, probably mixed with cheap alloy too

[@ugsisr]

I have a good friend who recovers pure precious metals from what others would call "Junk" and he does well. Its amazing where,what and how he gets the "Junk" that he uses to recover them from. Nice video....Thank You

[@AbuOmar1974]

1 gm of pure gold = 40.94 USD then 274*40.94=11234$ Good luck

[@LocoMe4u]

1 Gram = 1g ( not gm that's a automobile company)

[@AbuOmar1974]

@@LocoMe4u I must say : Thanks.

[@LocoMe4u]

@@AbuOmar1974 Nom problem

[@Mp57navy]

@@LocoMe4u "gr" is acceptable as well.

[@ratedrawr1411]

- Man so kool... Some real scientific shit... I want to learn this, but feel this is outta my league... Brillant Beautiful Bar = Trip B's - Amazing stuff, glad I came across this vid!!! Cheerz!!!

[@ParrotParrot]

97.98% yield, sounds like an outstanding result

[@bormisha]

Not for gold processing. But the remaining 5g of gold must have landed in filters, silver solutions and the like, so he will extract it later.

[@-meganeura]

Awesome work, and gold bar! Just one tip, after done pouring you should lightly tap the mould to consolidate the bar into the mold.

[@phyenthesky430]

No wonder it costs so much for certain types of luxury metals

[@bormisha]

The cost comes from scarcity. Refining is generally difficult, no matter what substances. Yet, they have managed to optimize and automate the processes so that the refined substances cost nearly nothing. Not so with gold. It's just a scarce element.

[@ambread1]

Very Labour and time intensive not forgetting the materials you have to acquire to do this process 👏 bravo mate!

[@thereasoner9454]

Please do yourself a favor and watch this at 2x speed. You can still understand everything, but you don't feel like you need to take an intermission break.

[@woonsockettruthseeker9009]

I watch EVERYTHING at 2× speed. People speak SO slow. A 5 minute video doubles in length from speaking so slowly

[@sreetips]

Especially when your wanting some quick information but the narrator drags on and on about stuff that’s totally irrelevant to the info I seek.

[@kennygottlieb3628]

@@sreetips i Watch you normal, Think its a good video, just my tempo. Thank you for your work and for enlightened me.. Respect.

[@gumm1wurm]

Watching in 1.5x is funny because it seems he rushes everything. The mistakes are highlighted like when a ring drops out of the melt dish in the beginning. Also it makes it seem like he's extra excited about the math. Lol

[@silver_salvage_savage]

I started stocking up on some karat scrap to do a refining and add to the yield on the gold filled scrap im planning to recover gold from. Among the karat scrap are some enameled pieces like lapel pins. Will the enamel just burn off in the inquartation or does it need special treatment? Thx, as always......great video.

[@sreetips]

I try to remove most of that by using two pairs of wire cutters. Hold the enameled piece with the cutters and bending back and forth until most of the enamel chips and breaks away. I don’t think it hurts the batch, but I remove all that I can.

[@silver_salvage_savage]

@@sreetips thats a great idea. Thx again

[@Saurabh070494]

PURE GOOOOLD!!!!! Is it just me or can you hear him saying gold with extra "O's" too!

[@LocoMe4u]

GUUULD

[@TheThundercool]

He sounds just like Yosemite Sam when he says that

[@ba8ygir1]

As usual you rocked it , cheers good man. A friend of mind just said it would make for an interesting video, if you were to record a video chat of you walking a beginner though the steps of refining gold. I know I would watch, I don’t believe anyone has recorded something like that yet.

[@1hardman161]

He has. Thats how I am getting my precious metals from my ore[rock], because of him. He has been very helpful, a great guy and very knowledgeable.

[@Liedragon]

I was thinking this whilst I watched it.

[@ba8ygir1]

migel reyas you’re absolutely right, he’s amazing. And as we all know with, fame comes responsibility 😎. His method helps people to become better at refiners, not to mention that he gives different ways to get the same result... phenomenal 👍🏽

[@1hardman161]

@@ba8ygir1 I am not really a refiner. I was willed 5,000 acres with 3 very old mines. I am trying to process my stuff. I got gold drops today thanks to him for putting up with me. HaHa He is smart. I listened to other people for over a year and got a few grams a month, I listen to Sreetips I get more then that in a few days. If someone watches his videos and does each step ass him, they will get gold.

[@sanho1988]

Imagine leaving your 10+k$ worth of gold in that acid, and find out that it dissolved everything and chemistry is a lie

[@sonnymery4193]

lmao

[@noname-xo5mp]

If we had a monetary system where gold & silver are embroiled into the paper of dollar$, you could then use this process to reclaim the gold back out of the money.

[@Kakiro_Miro]

Lovely video, next I have to see if you have a video of working the silver.

[@OldFancee]

I've always been into chem and science im glad I found your channel, Very fun to watch thank you :)

[@Oomuu]

bet this dude has a whole room dedicated to distilled water.

[@professortrog7742]

The nitric acid will more easily dissolve the non-gold if you inquart it a bit stronger, not to 27% gold but as low as 20%. It also helps if you make sure it is well mixed and dispersed into the smallest pieces possible.

[@999DusanGoldrecovery]

This is a perfect video nice job Sreetips ;)

[@americanrebel413]

Hey bro good to see you here!

[@Ryan-qt9jm]

The ice could be contaminating your mix with chlorine, lead, and other metals and soils from the tap. Not sure but that's one major variable I think you could eliminate. Thanks for a great video!

[@drunkenmasterii3250]

did he say it was ice from tap water? I would presume he'd make ice from distilled water.

[@godlycookie901]

@@drunkenmasterii3250 He never said what the ice was made out of.

[@drunkenmasterii3250]

@@godlycookie901 Yeah I know, that's why this was a question and a presumption.

[@godlycookie901]

@@drunkenmasterii3250 I asked and he replied. He said it was tap water.

[@drunkenmasterii3250]

@@godlycookie901 that's an answer! thanks.

[@wayoflifewayoflife2111]

I would like to see you refine the silver out to

[@mercsan117]

I don't think you understand how metals work...

[@sonnymery4193]

@@mercsan117 plz explain

[@Sheriff6170]

@@sonnymery4193 It was an alloy of gold and silver, by refining the gold the silver is left over, so it's kinda refined as well. However, I haven't seen the entire video yet, so I don't know what he does with the solution that has the silver dissolved in it, but if he does nothing, just know that getting the silver out is simple enough, electrolysis should work just fine, might be some other chemical that would make the silver precipitate out of the solution, but I'm not good enough at chemistry to know for sure

[@wayoflifewayoflife2111]

@@Sheriff6170 I was thinking electrolysis as well but I wasn't sure if that's how we did it. Not sure if she would use silver for the anode or copper was just curious cuz I know even though silver isn't worth a lot I know that you wouldn't want to throw it down the drain either. Thanks

[@Mezuzah87]

@@wayoflifewayoflife2111 you cant throw it down the drain. It's toxic.

[@charlesrobbins2208]

The 156.1 silver was the number you came up with when you did the original calculation. Synchronicity? I think so. The universe in action. Was that silver sterling? You answered the question within 10 seconds of my typing the question. Again, synchronicity. Love it. Great videos.

[@markmcc78]

beautiful end result. Willy Wonka golden bar!

[@sjfuller1963]

That was quite the process! I don’t know how or where you learned it from, but must have some serious education and patience. Congrats, I enjoy learning new ways. Steve Fuller Dig Dug Gold

[@sreetips]

Mostly on the goldrefiningforum.com

[@ButImThebee]

I feel like you need to LOGO way more you don't have enough already

[@lefroy1]

STREETIPS

[@arnedalbakk6315]

Hello Mrs and Mr sreetips. This bar is simply exelent.. Stunning great. Hove did you do sir? Sooooo nice🌹 Arne

[@sreetips]

Thanks Arne

[@alexpopa4064]

i always though it was "streetips" .. wow, 1h of bamboozled

[@shaneyork300]

Question! You cracked a glass funnel in this vid and said you were going to put it in a bag and bust it up for boiling granules!!! What are boiling granules?? And what do you use them for??

[@sreetips]

Shane. When boiling a solution, heat will build and cause little steam explosions inside the vessel. Sometimes they can actually be forceful enough to break the beaker. Adding an inert piece of glass (or stone) to the solution will eliminate these steam explosions.

[@wenbodong5717]

that 279.63 also contains the 2 steel pieces

[@bn4813]

ive wanted to get into buying scrap gold for a while now.. I never knew there were so many steps and different chemicals needed. cool video

[@MrENT18]

I don't understand. If you are dissolving the silver out in the end then why add it in the first place? Can someone explain?

[@Biomorphs]

Inquarting - if you search it on you tube - Cody'sLab has a great video to explain it all

[@SV_Try_Magic]

when you primary smelt gold from ore it comes out as electrum which is the base of white gold. Lots of that unrefined white gold was used to make jewelry over a hundred years ago. They just didnt go any further because it wasnt worth it. And they were right its not worth it because he probably spent several thousand dollars in acid, sodium Meta Bi sulfate and other chemicals and glassware to come out with the bar of gold.

[@sreetips]

Adding the silver, then removing it with nitric acid, does an amazing job of cleaning the gold in preparation for refining the gold with aqua regia. Trying to dissolve the gold "as is" has two major flaws: first, karat gold contains silver. The hydrochloric acid in the aqua regia will react with the silver in the karat gold forming silver chloride and make filtering a nightmare. Second, if the silver content in the karat gold is high then the HCl in the aqua regia would cause passivation. Passivation is a thick crust of silver chloride that forms on the karat gold and shields the gold from the acids. Once this layer forms it must be removed before the gold will dissolve. Adding silver and parting with nitric acid, if done correctly, completely eliminates both of these problems. If I tried to dissolve the gold without inquarting with silver then I'd still be out there trying to get the gold cleaned up, right now!

[@sharudd]

Ok I get the nitric acid to dissolve the unwanted metals. I get that the karat gold has silver in it. But why add the extra silver. That's where i'm confused. Why not just add nitric to the karat gold in order to dissolve the unwanted metals before the aqua?

[@MrENT18]

@@sharudd So I've done some research on this since asking this question yesterday. It seems that if you want to remove 100% of the gold from the karat gold (or as close as possible), you have to add silver so the gold atoms are further displaced by the excess mixed in silver. This makes it that the silver has less of a chance to inhibit the dissolving of the gold atoms by means of creating a protective layer/capsule around the gold atoms, thus ensuring the maximum amount of gold gets dissolved by the acids. As recommended by @Biomorphs in the comments, Cody'sLab has a great video on this (just look up "Cody'sLab Inquarting"). Hope this helps.

[@jamesreed60]

Sreetips stays strapped with the gold nearby. Love it

[@Freakybananayo]

1:06:12 swear that sound is out of dragon ball or something lol

[@davidschofield8797]

Stormtrooper blaster

[@metalbender22]

Great video. I found mixing the SMB powder to water then adding to gold in solution lessens the foaming (lost SO2 gas) and improves efficiency.

[@sreetips]

I used to do that. But the amount of waste that must be treated is increased.

[@literate-aside]

When you can’t spell ‘experiment’ you know it’s going to be good.

[@tim7325]

Or round his decimals

[@jimmyboy131]

Let's see how much gold and silver you've refined out of various objects.

[@literate-aside]

@@jimmyboy131 because that's a qualifying factor for the validity of my life statement?

[@jimmyboy131]

@@literate-aside if you're going to be negative on someone for something irrelevant to what they're doing then yeah, that opens you up for unnecessary criticism as well. "Do unto others..."

[@literate-aside]

@@jimmyboy131 So what did I say that was derogatory?

[@lorenrobertson8039]

Very fascinating watching you work. This is the 2nd video I've watched. Decided I enjoy your channel so much I need to subscribe in order to be able to find you again. I loved my chemistry courses at university. I was the only student for my teacher to ever score 100% on a test! I was studying to for my BSN degree, but really loved all my classes that involved lab work. Esp. biology. If not for pressure from my family I would have changed my major and had a much different life experience. I don't regret it, even though I'm now disabled d/t the hard physical labor my small frame went through. Thank you for all the fun!

[@sreetips]

That’s very nice of you. I scored 100% on a Trig midterm and the instructor “optioned” me out. He said if I can ace the midterm then I get an “A” for the whole course! I loved math. But I never took chemistry in college. I took one chemistry class in high school and got a “D”. Thanks for the uplifting comment.

[@무는개구리-u5x]

voice and face do not match. the voice is looks gangster and the face is a highbrow doctor.

[@bormisha]

How about a mad scientiest or an evil professor?

[@danielconverse8189]

Not to mention of course how much the total cost of equipment is that would allow you to complete the entire process from start to finish. Count the entire cost to a person to set up an operation that would allow a person to make from, start to finish, the pure gold bars.

[@J.funderberker]

You seems a little confused by the math so hope this helps Multiplying by 1.265 is just increasing your starting weight by 26.5% Multiplying by 0.635 finds 63.5% of your starting weight

[@lilBabyBornInCalifornia]

the only one confused here is you... like what "starting weight" are you even talking about? i dont think you understood his calculations at all

[@antigen4]

he's right- the multiiplier makes ZERO sense - it assumes that 14karat gold is more 'pure' than 24k gold

[@lilBabyBornInCalifornia]

@@antigen4 well, what he was trying to do was make both types of gold into the same karat.... its implies the 14k needs more silver to bring it down to the same level as the 10k

[@azmika85]

The way I'm understanding is that he need's a quantity of silver to gold. 10k has less gold therefore needs less silver, 14k has more gold and needs more silver.

[@capoman1]

I noticed on these older videos you worked a little differently, you'd suction out excess solution/water, and and filter your gold dust at the end rather than dump off liquid, and now you'll muriatic boil your gold dust a couple times at the end.

[@sreetips]

I’m constantly refining my refining processes. I change things up to see what works or improves the refining process.

[@riaandw3155]

Wow..you should write bed time stories 😴

[@pressmaster1255]

That’s the most beautiful bar of gold I’ve seen yet!! So shiny!

[@CrimFerret]

It's probably not worth doing on a regular basis, but I understand that one can use a cell similar to the silver cell you showed in an earlier video to get four or even five 9 purity. I believe that's how the Canadian Mint does it to refine gold for their .99999 pure maple leaf coins. Just thinking that would make an interesting video.

[@PlateletRichGel]

link to that video?

[@bradt5427]

Great video and explanation as to why you add the silver initially. Have you refined gold nuggets which include quartz and other crystallised minerals? My grandad used to amalgamate with copper and mercury then heat it off in retort. Is there a better / safer lab method? Tia

[@sreetips]

I don't have any experience with minerals mixed with gold. All the gold I deal with come from scrap jewelry. I've never used mercury in any of my processes. But the karat gold can be inquarted with just clean copper or brass. No need to use silver. I use silver because I refine silver also.

[@lajyo]

I've watched you do this like six times and for real I never get tired of seeing the end product, gold is so beautiful and alluring

[@sreetips]

There is nothing like holding pure gold - nothing

[@pandemicgrower4212]

My precious 🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️

[@tonynorthwest9696]

Beautiful bar Sreetips!! Superb job as always. Keep up the good work man.

[@DMalek]

Take a shot every time he says SOMM DESTILLED WATER! You're gonna be SO wasted :P

[@danielconverse8189]

A book detailing the operation from start to finish would be great.

[@meteoman7958]

That was a real pleasure to watch. Thanks for bringing us along. Like #1.5K+.

[@gordendavis3585]

Hello Sir i really appreciate your videos very helpful and informative.. My question is: what is the optimal temperature for Nitric Acid to quickly dissolve all base metals in a timely manner ?

[@sreetips]

In my experience, the more heat the faster it reacts

[@gordendavis3585]

@@sreetips Thank you very much sir.. i am planning on doing my own refining, im retired military and looking for a new career now.. your videos are completely comprehensive..

[@rbk3463]

Weird, I don't care anything about jewelry or anything like that but I was hypnotically drawn to the beauty of that gold bar. Yeah, gold is scarce/expensive, but there's more to it than that. It's BEAUTIFUL.

[@sreetips]

Well said!

[@kvjqxzz5905]

what a great vid, beautiful bar - gold will go up a lot in the foreseeable future, good idea to hold and appreaciate...

[@tipxking9944]

Why did you use silver when initially melting your gold pieces? Was it to make the process of heating the reaction quicker? Is silver a necessity towards the valuable gain?

[@sreetips]

Yes! Adding silver reduces gold concentration so that the nitric can penetrate. No silver, no reaction.

[@tipxking9944]

Thank you for your quick response. Do the silver have to be pure silver?

[@speedfingers1234]

53:22 Hilarious! I love how you say "this is all I have left" when you were talking about the ice cubes.

[@sreetips]

I've got a very small freezer. I had to scrape the frost off the walls of it to scavenge more ice.

[@paolaromero9848]

Hi do I have to add silver mandatory ?or it can be done with copper thanks great video

[@sreetips]

Copper works even better, less silver chloride to deal with. But copper takes about 1/3 more nitric to dissolve completely.

[@JulianBullion]

Gorgeous bar Sreetips, the only thing missing is your stamp! :)

[@sreetips]

That one went into the refiner. We wanted to keep it but I had to pay bills.

[@jimmyboy131]

I can't help but imagine that Sreetips is an eccentric individual who has been shunned by society because of his mad alchemist ways. You should do a video where you label things as "Merlin" instead of Sreetips, "Lead" (instead of Silver), "Bronze", and "Baked Earth", etc, and the various acids are "Dragon's urine", "Liquid Eye of Newt", etc. Then the end result is you end up with Gold. Ta-daa!!

[@rattar681]

That was amazing. A magic show with an educational twist. I had no idea that metals dissolved like that. You are a great teacher. Thank you.

[@sreetips]

Gold will dissolve in acid just like sugar dissolves in water. It got me hooked on refining.

[@brandonb9452]

Came here after watching Cody’s labs series. Very informative and enjoyable content here

[@sreetips]

Thank you! He has an awesome channel too.

[@Dealazer]

45:10 You got more Platina in the solution I believe? That means that nitric acid and muriatic acid is dissolving the available browned gold, but the mixture of browned cakes just opened itself that leads to more amount of different metal? Since it would be better to ground the brown cakes first with a machine grinder? Or is the process of the brown cakes already dissolved? But perhaps the grey colour in the beaker is probably something that weighs more than Gold? Its molecular weight describes either concentration of gold or perhaps other metals all ranging from palladium to silver, but silver should have been dissolved with both acids. But then again are we looking at perhaps Platina as its weight is so heavy that it doubles its presence to lay at the bottom? As Platina is 195 weighable as molecule AU?

[@sreetips]

You sound very knowledgeable. Can you post a video and show us how it’s done please?

[@Dealazer]

​@@sreetips Sorry, I wish I've had all the laboratory like you so I could at least show this, wait 2 more years and I'll show you the things that I go around and think. In my belief, there is this that molecular weight often makes Platina residue as blackish coloured substances that sometimes end up in your filters and are the last residue in the solution. Because of the high molecular weight of 195 Platina is as well hard to split up from the particles it is mixed together with. But it also would be behind in the beaker. Some would think that the steel would be residue, but on the other hand, steel is an alloy by reducing the carbon like in Iron. Correct me if I'm wrong. If acid does not bite steel then it's different measure about that. So we are most likely are talking about steel and Platina together being residue in the beaker. Splitting steel from Platina I believe you will need to use the lead method like perhaps cleaning gold bars. By molecular weight, you might end up having Acid on the bottom of the solution that is mixed with water over a long period of wait. By this, you don't see it but you can know what you see that the acid is on the bottom of the beaker after some time. Here we do not speak about Acid that has been used or is with a different solution than just water. Since water has low molecular weight than Acid. And what is with most molecular weight does end up on the bottom of the water solution. Water perhaps has weight 18, 2 of Hydrogen and 16 of Oxygen. And the molecular weight of Acid is also important to know. I believe that measuring the molecule weight has a big issue in your chemical procedures, as it states what often is on the bottom of a beaker after processing. I've been super studying all your videos over time and liked all of them, so I've also been studying these things I wrote about. It is just that I know the logic of this, not fully being educated at a school. This chemical processing gave me my life back to reality means that my life has some sort of meaning. It was hard for so long not having a purpose to live. Thanks for all your videos! They are a great motivation for a better day. Soon I will be ahead and having similar laboratory. Not amateur laboratory-like out in the woods cooking with acid and dying younger by the fumes that come out. People seldom do see your face making the videos, and seeing you using a professional mask and eyeglasses.

[@johnhunt3759]

Will the nitric acid dissolve brass? Awesome thank you for the info and quick reply.

[@sreetips]

Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, both soluble in nitric acid. The answer is yes.

[@msgeen]

That little bar can buy you a good car or even a decent house in some countries. The value of gold is truly amazing.