Pure Gold From Gold Plated Silver Jewelry

[@dreadedroast6369]

“And now what we’ll do, is we’re gonna buuurn all the people off of here” 😂 😂 😂

[@Svenix041]

Sreetips, love your work. Thank you for being a teacher. I was wondering if you would consider making a new/updated Flowchart video? You've updated and altered some of your processes since your last one. Thank you.

[@JoSeeFuss]

I 2nd this. I've almost have all the equipment organized, some back ordered. Material seems to be the biggest issue, everyone thinks even the plated stuff is highly valuable. I know you have the Mrs that does a great job of shopping, do you find online auctions to be good places for material as well?

[@Ravenloft-lg5bw]

Love watching these videos! They NEVER get old or boring. Love seeing the end result ingots you make!

[@kriskemp4952]

Great video as always. I like seeing all the variations of refining you do

[@johnjacob7997]

Nice, probably most effective way I have seen to recover plated gold. Ultimate recycling.

[@mr.madlock9687]

This was a neat video. Seeing the silver nitrate crystals was fascinating. Thanks for doing a gold plated refine. I know there’s plenty of ppl out there with a lot of gold plated silver wondering what’s the most affective Refining method

[@robertallison9653]

I love Sreetips' videos! It reminds me of watching Bob Ross' painting episodes. This is how I relax after a stressful night delivering food.

[@bormisha]

The silver nitrate crystals are purer than the remaining silver nitrate solution, there is even a purification method by recrystallization. I wonder if it were possible to somehow not dissolve these crystals or at least not mix them after dissolving with the rest of the solution to benefit from this side purification.

[@djcbanks]

I had bought a batch of silver online and it had a bunch of necklaces that were stamp 925 but were obviously gold plated. I was pleasantly surprised as to how much gold each of those necklaces had and surprised that the seller hadn’t pulled those out of the batch but instead included them for the same price as all the other silver. If I remember correctly it was necklaces from Italy, I think it had Milan stamped on it as well. I wouldn’t mind getting my hands on more of that “silver” anytime.

[@Antonowskyfly]

The visual display of reactions underway and certain steps of the process (ie. the rendition of Sreetipsmans Fortress of Solitude [Mrs Sreetips being the one and only green crystal responsible for the construction] in this episode) are simply stunning. They are, surely, one of the most interesting displays of chemistry occurring in this galaxy by a sentient being, second only to, for instance, what is being done with the Large Hadron Collider. Disclaimer (and possibly opening the biggest cans of worms ever): it would be nice to know what the UAP are, so my remarks refer to non-inter dimensional traveling sentient beings. A montage of highlights from your past videos, I believe, may be in order. I do have a reasonably intelligent question about testing whether or not gold is in solution and how the stannous test determines the fact but I will search for the answer before blurting it out. Thank you Sir! for another ausome production.

[@j_freeman3230]

Great video. That second SMB drop was very dynamic and photogenic

[@Knee-ko]

Love when the Gold in solution finally gets to that bright orange / yellow stage. You just know there's some really good stuff just around the corner. 👍👍

[@johnfreddbailey3701]

have you ever thought about getting a handheld XRF gun? I know they are expensive but to be able to see the purity after these refinfings would be very interesting.

[@sreetips]

I checked into it. They are about as much as a car. But you can rent them: $1500 per week, $4500 per month - includes a visit from local authorities to ensure you are going to use it properly.

[@johnfreddbailey3701]

@@sreetips oh definitely sounds like more of a hassle than worth.

[@1911darkstar]

Looks like a lot of work cleaning, sorting, etc. Through the years though I have found that thorough prep usually ends up with a better finished product. Appreciate the time and effort you put in with these fascinating vids.

[@exaltedsawgunner]

Awesome new video Sreetips! I really appreciate your content- this chemical refining of precious metal stuff is fascinating.

[@stevewoods8116]

Watch a lot, comment rarely. You are with out a doubt the BEST!!! 👍👍👍👍🎉❤️

[@sreetips]

Thank you!

[@buggsy5]

It would be nice to have a NO2 capturing setup to use for regenerating Nitric acid. It would reduce your nitric acid consumption significantly. I visualize some sort of wash tower - where the NO2 is exposed to distilled water and oxygen (atmospheric air should work) and then fed into a condensation column to make sure all the acid condenses.

[@philipscarisbrick1585]

Fantastic work. I loved Science at School and This Man Wuld have brought Science To Life at School. Keep up the great work Sir. Your Vidios make me smile inside and out .All Thery Best wishes Phil 🇬🇧

[@FunctionalFractioncoinsa-bz2so]

You can moisten the paper filter with spritzer and it expands a tiny bit. Then do your fold and sequre with a rubber band to let dry and it will be solid like a drum head. .. but thats probably excessive

[@rickycollard9715]

I really enjoy watching your videos you take all the risk out of it I don't have to go blind or blow myself up your expertise is very much appreciated

[@ZoonCrypticon]

@28:20 What are those gemstones, that survived the furnace? Corundum and other aluminium derivatives ?

[@sreetips]

Possibly

[@jbcom2416]

Im hooked on your very informative videos. Cant wait to start refining myself. Beautiful work

[@mikeagne5933]

Great videos, very informative. Makes a guy wonder how this process could be done in any kind of lucrative way. The amount of time/energy/chemicals spent for 2g was pretty eye opening

[@historyhunter5215]

I love this guy!! Wish I had a teacher like him back in school... I'd have probably kept going...

[@familyengineering5591]

Love seeing the gold buttons and slabs you get. Cant wait for a huge brick melt hahaha

[@craterglass]

18:40. Awestruck. This is the kind of thing you blow up real big for your desktop wallpaper.

[@robertbrawley5048]

I think I'm at the nine 23 minutes point where you talk about dissolving the Silver leaving behind the Gold foil as you call it ,and I agree that the gold plating stays in the same form that it was on the jewelry but flatten out. Kind of fasinating I had success wiping or really dissolving gold off of white ceramic electronic boards and the back of a large cathode ray l tube . I wonder if the gold could be dissolved off of the silver. To minimize the amount of solution laden with precious metal nitrates. . Five gallon buckets of solution and large glass beakers are less desirable inconvientt than a small beaker/ Pyrex jar Aqua Rega dissolves gold plating immediately so I think it could be done on silver base metal quickly then rinsed off. I will watch the rest of the video to see how you handle the dissolved silver Wow @ The 30:19 he shows us perceptating the good out with a powdered chemical I'm not familiar with. Snd guess what ,? He was completely successful using his testing solution to verify that completeness I can't wait to see your yield of gold once this advertisement ends

[@burriedhistory]

Always a pleasure to watch your new videos. 👍

[@daviddavis703]

Gooood morning from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great day!

[@sreetips]

Goooood morning!

[@Vo0d0o2009]

15:25 WOW you are a magician man its amazing what you are doing!! hi from qc Canada!

[@sreetips]

Hello!

[@scotthultin7769]

First 👍's up thanks for sharing your great experience with us all

[@davidtwining4059]

You stayed up late making this video with all that hard work over a couple days I stayed up late watching it, great job. Can't wait for the next one.

[@sreetips]

Thank you!

[@VondaInWonderland]

I was looking for a video that showed me how to get the vermeil off of a silver chain so that it will look nice again. I wound up watching the whole thing. This process seems like it would cost a lot of money to start up and a lot of time to do. I would like to watch the video where you get the silver back ❤🕊️

[@jeepin4on4]

Always great work, small yield but it's gold! Your narration is great, thanks again.

[@doitforthamaytus]

Does the weight of the refined solution that contains the dissolved metal, give you an accurate indication of the final yield?

[@sreetips]

I know that a volume of solution with gold dissolved in it weighs more than the same volume of plain water. Does it equal the exact amount of gold that it contains? I don’t know, but it probably does.

[@iolithblue]

@@sreetips it does, conservation of mass is one of the fundamental concepts of chemistry

[@jamesway5036]

Really is interesting to see how much gold you get out of a pile of jewelry. Great video.

[@davidhope5875]

How does the nitric get to the silver if it's covered in gold that doesn't dissolve?

[@sreetips]

Like life, nitric always finds a way

[@Alex-kp3hr]

Wouldn't bleach also be a test for silver? Looks like your silver test solution is already a reddish color to start with and on the towel its still a reddish color. How do you tell the difference?

[@sreetips]

Experience

[@Khodazmoon]

Dear Sreetips Just as a suggestion You could melt down the part in first place and afterwards continue with the nitric boils. This way nitric should have a better chance to attack impurities in gold. Just something that I learned from you

[@buggsy5]

Yes, there are at least two alternative attacks. The melting down and digesting in nitric acid is one. Another would be to cast the material up as an anode bar and refine the silver in a silver cell. The remaining slimes containing the gold would then need separate treatment to separate the gold.

[@allrightenergy]

Dear Sreetips, What brand of ceramic bowls do you use? I used a glass pyrex dish and it exploded into a 100 pieces of glass. Then I used a ceramic dish and it popped and cracked into 10 pieces. Also what temperature do you use?

[@sreetips]

Corning ware, check the label. You can actually get them to blow red in the dark.

[@JacobCanote]

Did you say a ton of silver in that solush? Wow. You are a magician, too. A joy to see. Best of luck!

[@sreetips]

That was an expression, there’s not really a ton (2000 pounds) of silver in there. But there is probably about 600 grams of pure silver in that solution.

[@cognitivedissident9825]

Hello! What's the chemical consistncy of orange/brown fumes produced when adding acids?

[@sreetips]

Silver dissolving in nitric = nitrogen dioxide. Gold dissolving in AR, not sure, but just as harmful.

[@jwdickinson643]

Sr. Chief, can this process be used for ANY gold plated material? obviously the nitric bath will dissolve out all of the base metals but if one were not planning to harvest the silver, would this process be applicable?

[@sreetips]

Gold plated is best processed in a sulfuric acid stripping cell.

[@azlee101]

Hello... i have a bunch of gold plated pins, moatly from pc parts. is it possible to skip d nitric or hcl boils and put them all in aqua regia? Thank you for your time and videos

[@sreetips]

I would not recommend that.

[@azlee101]

@@sreetips I managed to gather up some pins... from what I can see... those are stainless steel pins... which acid should I use... hcl, nitric or something else... Thank You

[@sreetips]

No experience dissolving stainless. I’d put a few grams of pins in a beaker and experiment.

[@azlee101]

@@sreetips Thank you so much

[@tonywharton5220]

Excuse my ignorance Mr Sreetips. Why do you torch the metal before you begin extraction please? My honest guess would be to clean any contamination?

[@sreetips]

To burn off any grease, oil, or other junk that could cause ring-around-the-beaker.

[@tonywharton5220]

@@sreetips Thank you 👍

[@Sage0ne87]

Can you capture somehow the red fumes and pass then through water to recreate some of the acid and cut down costs?

[@sreetips]

Possibly

[@adamtheninjasmith2985]

Thinking on it processing gold plated material would probably be as much for the silver as the gold right? I often pull out my silver crystal and I'm still amazed at how awesome it is! 👍

[@timsmith9645]

Awesome gold button love watching your videos thanks for sharing seertips

[@JoSeeFuss]

Where do you clean you equipment? There must be residues in the beakers and such, do you have to do something extra to do this? How much silver er did you recover from this? Do you bother the recover the copper now?

[@sreetips]

Waste treatment. I recover all the silver. I recently purchased $500 worth of copper that should last me several years. Copper is very useful. But once it’s used in the recovery of precious metals, it then becomes waste and not worth trying to recover.

[@JoSeeFuss]

@@sreetips I didn't know that. I saw how copper nitrate was recovered along with dilute nitric acid. Then copper was recover, I just thought if there was a way to remediate a waste stream, it would be worth doing.

[@sreetips]

That makes good video content, but for me it’s just not worth the time and effort. The last little 2.9g bead of gold that I recovered will probably go for $300 - that’s about 70 pounds of copper. When working with metals that go for tens of thousands per pound, one can’t justify wasting time on 4 dollar a pound metal. Sounds harsh, but I’m so backed up with my precious metals refining that taking time to recover copper (that’s plentiful and cheap) just don’t make no sense.

[@bitnertinkers]

How does the acid get to the silver if it can't dissolve the gold plating?

[@sreetips]

Hot dilute nitric, it always finds a way.

[@ericbeeman8717]

Thats really fascinating seen it do that with coppernitrate and the crystals were really big and deep blue very cool

[@bikinglikebecker]

Have you tried stamping the bottom or sides of ingot, to prevent altering the nice finish on top?

[@sreetips]

Yes

[@edisonhargrove]

Thank you sree tips for makeing your videos they help me relax after a long day at work your so talented. I hope you have a great day

[@thejll]

Nice example of the nitrous oxide fumes oxidising further when air gets in the big jar.

[@sreetips]

I noticed that - very neat looking.

[@ChrisCVW]

I’m curious what you do with all the stone you remove. Do you have a big chest like a pirate?

[@sreetips]

Yes

[@Heymrk]

@@sreetips Arrr me mateys!

[@SHADOW1982]

Thanks for the reply, i got the answer on one of your earliest videos, trying to get into trying to do this im addicted .lol

[@andrewmcallister4151]

Sreetips. Could this be safely done outside without a fume hood. Using a gas mask?

[@sreetips]

No

[@SomeGuyInSandy]

How much do you figure that you spent on chemicals for that yield of gold? (Genuinely curious)

[@DrCarlBooze]

I was wondering the same thing.

[@TheRealMentat001]

I think he did it for the KZbin content. He said he would usually use that stuff for inquarting karat gold. Nitric is expensive to buy and I'm not sure that small yield would normally justify the cost in chemicals. Be grateful, he did it for us!

[@sreetips]

A 2.5 liter bottle of nitric was $50 - so I used 0.8 liters so about 0.32 of a bottle times $50 equals $16 worth of nitric. All other inputs, less than fifty bucks. So $60 to $70 all in. But I’ve already built economies of scale with my setup, so that don’t include that. But I’m really just doing it to create content for my channel.

[@DrCarlBooze]

@@sreetips Cool thanks for the response.

[@71723]

The orange fumes remind me of Spice dust/gas from Dune.

[@rewalston]

Hey Sreetips, I'm curious. You add H2SO4 to your solution before dissolving you the metals with Aqua Regia. Wouldn't it be better to add it once you've dissolved all of the metals, so that everything is in solution (including any lead), then add the H2SO4 which will drop the lead. I think that adding it before complete digestion could leave some lead in the undissolved material.

[@sreetips]

I’ve always added it up front, never had any lead report in an assay.

[@evileyemcgaming]

ruber ban wold help keep the paper filters up on the side

[@sreetips]

I thought about trying multiple coffee filters to see how they work.

[@DrWhosmate]

Can't beat a good flask of Sreetips freshly filtered orange juice to kick off the morning!

[@xephael3485]

That's a lot of plating!

[@karl3261]

Would like for you to get a precious metal tester for testing purity to show what you are achieving with your processes.

[@JustJeff62]

Awesome job brother! I've been looking forward to a new Sreetips video. Always a good time!!!

[@actionman862]

Instead of using the MAP torch to 'burn off the people' have you considered boiling in sodium hydroxide solution to remove fats, oils etc.

[@sreetips]

That’s a possibility. But the torch is quick and easy.

[@adamtheninjasmith2985]

You know it's funny as many times as you've explained the filter technique, I just now realized that I've been trying to explain it to people for years in another scenario and for another reason. In this scenario it's actually to make it easier to remove said filtered material and make cleaning a filter/pump apparatus of said filtered material much easier. That's a fancy way of saying a fryer filter machine that gets abused by fryers that do a ton of hand breaded/battered frying 😂.

[@iddybox]

Loved this. Silver nitrate crystals were beautiful. By the way it will always be BUCK-NER funnel for me since that’s how I’ve always heard you say It 🤣

[@sailorbychoice1]

close to $175 for that little button. I'd guess the gold value probably covered the cost of the costume jewelry, if it was bought right. That means any silver recovered later is near pure profit.

[@terminator6596]

Do you use a filter in your exhaust hood?? What type??

[@sreetips]

No filter

[@joshuahopper3036]

Sreetips have you ever mentioned where you KZbin handle came from? I’ve been curious.

[@sreetips]

It’s a meaningless word, like Kodak.

[@adrianr4971]

hi sreetips , hopeful you are well buddy.... I just had a fleeting thought and wondered about your opinion on the subject. Since watching you building your fume hood and following you for sometime now , the walls inside the fume hood have began to amass purple stains , obviously from stains and over spill run away reactions you have had..... i remember the video on the material collecting in your fan and replacing etc etc, would the stains i have mentioned be worth cleaning up and put into paper storage , i mean surely it couldn't hurt and i guess i'm just a bit of a stickler for a clean workspace in any respect. It just seems maybe if this was the case it would be worth doing ??????? Also I have been searching high and low for a copy of the book you reference ( Hoke's ) which seems impossible to buy anywhere , can you help at all >? All the best , Adrian

[@sreetips]

You can download the PDF of Hoke all over the internet. There’s not enough gold on the walls of the fume hood to attempt a recovery.

[@eternalnature1413]

Hi Sreetips, I was wondering how much silver was recovered from the jewelry? Cheers ftom NZ ❤

[@sreetips]

I don’t keep track, I just move it along through the process and try to hang on to it.

[@eternalnature1413]

Am I right in guessing that trying to recover gold plating from stainless steel is a waste of time? Probably too much work for a tiny yield. Whats your thoughts Sreetips?

[@sreetips]

Same as yours

[@arnedalbakk6315]

Hello Mr sreetips. Is it better to melt my silver, then keep is as it is? I have never melt before, but i have deside to try and melt some silverbar😊. I need a melht dish, and borax. First glace the dish with borax... And start melth, and put some borax when i melt.. Right? Have a nice day both of you😊 Arne

[@sreetips]

Arne, it’s best to keep your silver as-is. Once you melt it then it’s value becomes harder to determine.

[@arnedalbakk6315]

@@sreetips ok. I understand 😊. Thank you Sir.

[@jetcitysinatra7300]

Hi, just curious if white gold is worth as much as the yellow gold.

[@sreetips]

They both contain the same amount of pure gold. White gold alloys use less copper and more white metals such as palladium, silver and zinc, to achieve a white color

[@jetcitysinatra7300]

@@sreetips Thank you. Are they worth the same per ounce?

[@sreetips]

Yes

[@alexnikoo244]

How did you learn those process ?

[@sreetips]

The goldrefiningforum.com

[@patrickaussieMilartry]

G'day just curious obviously I'd still double check like you have to confirm silver behind the gold plate. Is there a standard jewellery mark for silver plated with gold. As always best of luck to you and your family.

[@sreetips]

Gold plated silver is usually marked: 925

[@patrickaussieMilartry]

@@sreetips ok cheers yeah of silver is 925 and so on. Just curious if they do that to silver that is plated with gold. Cheers again.

[@Nerdrem1]

Hey sreetips what brand are your beakers? And are those casserole dishes underneath necessary or just in case of a break/spill?

[@sreetips]

I use borosilicate (Pyrex) glass only. Brand doesn’t matter so long as the glass is boro. The casserole dishes bought from yard sales. Provide a catch basin for spills and a sturdy surface for glassware.

[@karl3261]

Great video. Thank you

[@jayhope615]

what elements can be combined to make gold?id rather make it than have to sneak into and have to mine it in from someones gold mining operation

[@sreetips]

Not possible, only inside a super nova are the pressures and temperatures high enough to fuse protons into new, heavier elements.

[@jayhope615]

@@sreetips i just looked into it on google and they created some in a lab but it was a small amount

[@alan11121959]

...ya know, even with the current price of gold these days, does that even cover the cost of materials you used to refine it?

[@sreetips]

I don’t know because it’s my hobby and I don’t track expenses for each batch. Plus, I’ve converted from dollars to my own personal GOLD STANDARD.

[@sabo6729]

Financially was that amount of gold worth the time and other chemicals

[@sreetips]

Any amount of gold is worth more than the paper that was used to buy it

[@muhammadsyaifulbachri3734]

Its faster for purification gold. I like it😀

[@КириллБатурин-у1ш]

Здравствуйте я ваш поклонник можно вопрос где вы находите материалы для работы?

[@dustinfritzfarr9529]

You should flip the bead over and stamp the other side with the other half of your branding.

[@raytruesdell7873]

Beautiful gold bead 👍🇺🇸

[@nono-jj9rr]

How many hours of work did it take to do this? That's about 150 bucks in gold of course not counting materials, labor and silver that might also be recovered

[@nono-jj9rr]

Good work btw.

[@sreetips]

I took two days

[@jonathannorthup5705]

Crazy how the filter paper is more resistant to the AR acid! The gold just disappears like it was sugar😂

[@fivestartka1]

wish I could do this .

[@chrisp7641]

I'm not sure if you have ever done it, but could you do as comprehensive a showing of all the equipment you use? I was thinking about starting a side hustle of refining once I get the ability to do so, and was curious about what you use.

[@sreetips]

Chris, I’ve included everything in my videos, leaving nothing out. But the first on my your list must be a fume hood. No way to do reactions safely without one.

[@dinkpitshouseomunch2627]

Looks like your Omega needs a new crystal... good stuff.

[@disgruntledtoons]

It occurs to me that some of the gold is going to eventually come out when your refine the filter slimes after you have passed the silver here through your silver cell.

[@sreetips]

Correct

[@chucknorri5]

Is there enough gold on your test strips to keep and recover the gold later?

[@sreetips]

Maybe

[@chucknorri5]

@@sreetips future video??

[@JacobE-23]

Great video Sreetips! Can't wait till the next

[@pinpoint_uk]

I’ve been watching for a few months now could someone like me a rage joe do this by just watching ur videos. I’m getting the process and the reciprocating 😂 have u ever dropped a beaker of solution. Sometimes I think for god sake don’t drop that and I can’t believe that little pearl of gold covered all that jewellery

[@jayesh787800]

Always enjoy these videos, keep them coming

[@SHADOW1982]

Why is the color sometimes is green and sometimes it's orange

[@sreetips]

Copper will turn it green.

[@hectororellana3397]

I wonder if you can refine copper pennies into pure copper bars.

[@petrpalecka5932]

I think the US law forbids destroying local legal tender. One can make it with foreign coins in the US and with US coins abroad.

[@sreetips]

Pennies are not made of copper. They are zinc with a coating of copper. Pennys minted 1982 and earlier are copper. But they contain about three cents worth of copper - fiat money is fake. It’s all messed up.

[@mariannabravo74]

Where do you sell these at?

[@sreetips]

I try not to unless I need some paper to buy food or pay rent.