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sreetips

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@seanhewitt603
@seanhewitt603 9 ай бұрын
That ,right there, is top of the line grade A Merlin style alchemy. I am fascinated by the process you are gracious enough to share with us. Thank you Sir.
@originalatogscoins
@originalatogscoins 2 жыл бұрын
Sreetips: "I'm going to put my wedding ring in acid" Mrs. Sreetips runs in: "What do you think you are doing?? I can't leave you alone for 5 minutes!!" 🤣🤣🤣
@Chromevulcan
@Chromevulcan 2 жыл бұрын
That was my first reaction, too. He's been doing this long enough, though, that I'm sure she's learned to trust him. BTW, am I the only one that's seen her and thought he's batting out of his league? Lol!
@Xfinitygrows
@Xfinitygrows 2 жыл бұрын
Now that’s hilarious however, if price persist vs pay of ring then …why not. 😂
@pazsion
@pazsion 2 жыл бұрын
Lol each time adds a layer of gold 😅
@christopherdecorte1599
@christopherdecorte1599 2 жыл бұрын
I can see him extracting and refining his jewelry polishing pads.
@brad9529
@brad9529 2 жыл бұрын
I think the same thing, what must she think when he does that 🤣
@BboyEklypse
@BboyEklypse 3 ай бұрын
OMG!!!!! this is absolutely amazing man.... The amount of science and chemistry is mind blowing. I don't just watch your vids, I literally study them and wrote down your steps .. I'm so happy for this channel, metal recovery is something I love. Thanks for teaching what you like to do and know. Seriously changing lives man really appreciate you
@sreetips
@sreetips 3 ай бұрын
Excellent, thank you
@RyanTaylor228
@RyanTaylor228 2 жыл бұрын
That is the best looking gold bar I have ever seen you pour!!! The ripples are beautiful, it's really good work! Thanks for the entertaining and informative videos!
@niagarajoe4402
@niagarajoe4402 2 жыл бұрын
You haven’t gone back far enough! Holy some of those multiple multiple multiple Troy oz bars from back in the day were insanely beautiful!
@PlayoutONE
@PlayoutONE 2 жыл бұрын
Never realised how much I liked gold until I saw you pour and get that beautiful result. The whole process was mesmerising.
@ericwilliams2546
@ericwilliams2546 2 жыл бұрын
I remember I asked about the silver alloying process a long time ago and sree actually took time out and typed a response to me about it, I was pretty happy about that, I like how he takes time to really show and explain what he is doing and why. I wish we had more science classes like this in either k-12 or even college classes. On a side note, he is one brave man... Imagine if he got the reaction wrong while experimenting with his wedding ring. "I swear honey it got A LOT of views on youtube! Look I made you a pretty pink gold/silver lump..."
@sotiredoflies
@sotiredoflies 2 жыл бұрын
Check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4mXeqRnZs9lmqs
@MoDeegroes
@MoDeegroes Жыл бұрын
He's literally the best channel operator on yt. Can tell he has a real passion for educating others and this hobby. Appreciates his viewers.
@Edgarsantosofficial1
@Edgarsantosofficial1 Жыл бұрын
He is very good with that , l personally love the way he explain step by step 👍🙏🏻🇧🇷🇺🇸
@xxb11pilotxx_51
@xxb11pilotxx_51 Жыл бұрын
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@lukasethan6429
@lukasethan6429 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for showing your craft. I’ve been collecting urban gold for 11 years, but haven’t got around to smelting it. Really like your S O2 gas refinement. Thank you so much for doing this.
@peetiegonzalez1845
@peetiegonzalez1845 Жыл бұрын
This was one of your best videos and one of the best practical Chemistry lessons I have had the pleasure to sit through.
@funkeyfastdrawmonkey1483
@funkeyfastdrawmonkey1483 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love seeing the real time colour changes with the SO2 precipitation. Can watch it a thousand times over and it never gets old. Cheers from down under 🍻
@kyleosbun
@kyleosbun 5 ай бұрын
I think watching the forks and spoons melt in is my favorite part of the videos lol. Besides the forbidden blue and orange coolaids
@jonballard4453
@jonballard4453 2 жыл бұрын
Sreetips. this happens to be , in my opinion your best video thus far. it was so good on so many levels from the educational content and value to the management of time and the quality of videography the way you demonstrated the importance of inquartation , the precipitation of the gold using first the SMB and then showing a stunning SO2 precipitation and taking a Dustin from the comments on removing the gas tube when it went clear..just everything all around was spot on and you should definitely be proud that your videos continue to progress and get better just like everyone should strive to achieve.. Personal progression. really ,really good video! keep up the great work and thank you very much for the class on precious metal refining. You really hit this one right out of the park! 10 out of 10
@jonballard4453
@jonballard4453 2 жыл бұрын
And as Ryan Taylor said that was also your best gold bar pour. Killed it!
@brandipeltier2105
@brandipeltier2105 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed!!! 👏👏👏
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@sreetips
@sreetips Жыл бұрын
I changed name to sreetips
@susango123
@susango123 Жыл бұрын
As a teacher, I can easily see a first year university chemistry student doing this experiment. I wouldn't do this with high school kids though. It's too much of a liability, because too many uneducated Christian parents would complain that's it's voodoo/woke learning.
@pottersmiles7238
@pottersmiles7238 2 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite channels. Shout out to you sir from myself over in Wales UK and may God bless you and your family for providing us with a decent KZbin channel.
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent, thank you!
@dracrichards5785
@dracrichards5785 2 жыл бұрын
Watching the show precipitation is like watching pure unadulterated natural magic. Amazing. Simply amazing.
@kyzercube
@kyzercube 2 жыл бұрын
Sreetips, I remember the first time you used your wedding band as a demonstration for inquartation processes. Your wife is truly an angel and one of great faith. God bless you both. Your videos are such an educational and life lesson experience!
@georgemclean825
@georgemclean825 2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Just wow! Just when I thought you couldn't amaze me any more. You have got the whole process down to a tee and it is hypnotic how the gold ends up so pure and beautiful, well done again sir!
@jam2190
@jam2190 2 жыл бұрын
You see a difference in the wedding band, and the 6K gold, the low Karat gold turned brown almost as soon as the nitric acid touched it, the band stayed golden yellow. Seen you do this a time or 2 before this. It is still amazing
@xKateshi
@xKateshi 2 жыл бұрын
Not only the patterns on the bar were awesome, but also the weight was exactly 50,0g. Perfect.
@bobfugazy4916
@bobfugazy4916 2 жыл бұрын
I think the inquartation has finally sunk in as long as you remember to melt the two metals together first. You said copper can be used as well, I'm going to assume the same 75% as you did with the sterling. Very informative and thank you Sreetips.
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
Same weight whether sterling or copper. But copper takes more acid.
@anthonyrstrawbridge
@anthonyrstrawbridge 2 жыл бұрын
My take is that quartering au with ag is ideal. The demonstration between carat au Vs cu in the hno3 solution was amazing. Note: The carat au was unaffected but the cu finely separated into solution. The inquartation of 25% au with 75% ag cast as shot then boiled in the hno3 H20 solution several times resulted in three 9's au. Quite frankly it becomes obvious that low carat au is cast fairly often so it must do well. That said, I'm left wondering if graphite pour cubes shaped like 14 mm chess pieces are available or if you would need to cast using other methods. Probably 24 k kings, 18 k queen's, 14 k knights and bishops, and 10 k rooks would be interesting. Adding gems would be really fun. Cheers,✌️♥️👍 Kudos to the Mrs.'s
@anthonyrstrawbridge
@anthonyrstrawbridge Жыл бұрын
I have since learned the proper use of Carat as opposed to Karat.✌️♥️
@allentruitt8632
@allentruitt8632 4 ай бұрын
So much fun going thru that stuff and testing. I used to buy bags of jewelry from goodwill, but they've gotten better at figuring it out.
@sreetips
@sreetips 4 ай бұрын
We used to find gold in Goodwill jewelry jars all the time. But now we don’t even bother looking because, like you said, they’ve figured out how valuable GOLD really is. This trend will continue as people slowly turn away from printed paper notes, that have no value, and turn to the only true money: GOLD and silver. Then, we won’t be able to find it anymore.
@thegoodlookinorange1986
@thegoodlookinorange1986 2 жыл бұрын
Best bar to date. Only one I still like more is the bar that had the crystalline structure showing on the surface. Top notch 😃.
@bernie4366
@bernie4366 2 жыл бұрын
This channel has got to be one of the greatest sources of ASMR of all time.
@angelinifamilyarchives2850
@angelinifamilyarchives2850 2 жыл бұрын
"Darling, my love for you is like a 14k gold ring in a sea of nitric acid... everlasting, uncompromising, and a little bit impure."
@johnofnz
@johnofnz 2 жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic mixture of art and science, awesome!
@mortanicus5871
@mortanicus5871 2 жыл бұрын
I've been watching your videos for a couple of months now, and I've gotten to where I usually know what you're going to do before you do it. I know they didn't have these videos when you started, so many thanks for sharing your hard-won knowledge. That was the shiniest most beautiful bar I've seen you make so far. I feel like I might be able to do it now, if I wanted to invest in the vent hood, all the beakers, the acids, the melting equipment, etc. I'm afraid of the upfront costs to getting started, that's for sure.
@etiennedoucet8762
@etiennedoucet8762 2 жыл бұрын
Same here, but my biggest concern is getting the jewelry. Where do you find jewelry that let you turn a profit?
@TomokosEnterprize
@TomokosEnterprize Жыл бұрын
Start with a silver cell and go from there.
@stevebuczek
@stevebuczek 2 жыл бұрын
Flawless pour Chief .. as always a pleasure to watch you work!
@DaftFader
@DaftFader 2 жыл бұрын
That buddist necklace might be worth more on it's own. If it's a legitimate old hand-me-down necklace from an oriental origin, the piece might be an antique! My friend had a very similar thing with a 3D Vishnu on it made of 24k gold that was hundreds of years old, and it was worth like £5-6k, way more than it's weight in gold (about £3k of gold iirc).
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
That’s why I saved it.
@JamesAnderson-nz1ro
@JamesAnderson-nz1ro 6 ай бұрын
I've always thought that this procedure was so cool , especially the way the liquid color shifts the way it does .👍👍
@mikolajone
@mikolajone 2 жыл бұрын
as if the gold left us when it turned clear and then returned, simply amazing
@bigjim8872
@bigjim8872 2 жыл бұрын
Went very fast on ebay! Congratulations on another great video, and thank you sir for showing us how it's done!
@Bluebark64FIS
@Bluebark64FIS 2 жыл бұрын
Seeing that pile of mud in the crucible gave me the idea on how to safely store large amounts of gold. No thief in hell is going to give two craps about a few "mud" filled jars strew across your garage.
@jerrysanchez5453
@jerrysanchez5453 2 жыл бұрын
I love learning the different ways to precipitate gold put of solution when I watch these videos
@ScottishGoldHunter
@ScottishGoldHunter 2 жыл бұрын
I’m going to melt some of my fine gold and make a wee bar soon! Learnt a lot from you channel⛏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@JoSeeFuss
@JoSeeFuss 2 жыл бұрын
Are you in Scotland?
@johnheckles8239
@johnheckles8239 2 жыл бұрын
@@JoSeeFuss from his name I’m guessing Paraguay 🇵🇾 🤷🏻‍♂️😂 lol
@niagarajoe4402
@niagarajoe4402 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnheckles8239 😂 😛
@ScottishGoldHunter
@ScottishGoldHunter 2 жыл бұрын
@@JoSeeFuss Yeah I am from Scotland lol👍🏻
@ScottishGoldHunter
@ScottishGoldHunter 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnheckles8239 😂
@gunnystew7404
@gunnystew7404 2 жыл бұрын
Senior chief, you never cease to amaze!!! Keep the videos coming.
@SilverStackinSam
@SilverStackinSam 2 жыл бұрын
Checked the listing 3 hours after it went live and that beauty sold quickly! Congrats on the refine, pour and sale!
@matthewf1979
@matthewf1979 2 жыл бұрын
46:06 OMG! Absolutely gorgeous!! That may be the cleanest precipitation yet on your channel, Sreetips!
@Joe.Rogan.
@Joe.Rogan. 2 жыл бұрын
Don't feel obligated to answer, I know it's taboo to ask.. but as someone who loves a good bargain I'm dying to know how much Mrs. Sreetips was able to get all this great material for.
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
$340 for everything
@Joe.Rogan.
@Joe.Rogan. 2 жыл бұрын
@@sreetips No freaking way... what a great Lady you got there Sreetips.
@MerchantMarineGuy
@MerchantMarineGuy 2 жыл бұрын
@@sreetips you’ve got to be kidding. Wow!
@user-lb8do4ew6k
@user-lb8do4ew6k 2 жыл бұрын
@@sreetips Wow! Way to go
@Shad0wBoxxer
@Shad0wBoxxer 2 жыл бұрын
@@sreetips ❤❤❤ no wonder you married her!
@hippyhebrewhomestead8593
@hippyhebrewhomestead8593 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been watching this channel for years now, thank you so much for your attention to detail! I might have to start refining our stock here soon.
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
Make sure you have a fume hood
@hippyhebrewhomestead8593
@hippyhebrewhomestead8593 2 жыл бұрын
@@sreetips definitely!
@disgruntledtoons
@disgruntledtoons 2 жыл бұрын
To those who ask why the senior chief doesn't start off by dissolving the 14K and 10K gold in aqua regia: Doing so would result in all of the silver turning into silver chloride, which requires a couple of messy reactions to refine back into silver, and the solution will contain base metals in addition to the precious metals. Inquartation, followed by a nitric acid boil, extracts the silver as silver nitrate, the base metals also go into solution, and only the precious metals remain as solids. Recovering the silver metal from the solution is a much less messy procedure.
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
Well said
@corbinschad1
@corbinschad1 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I was wondering that.
@mattsfirewoodvideos738
@mattsfirewoodvideos738 Жыл бұрын
Your just showing off your glassware lol awesome job man great video
@ArielleViking
@ArielleViking 2 жыл бұрын
The experiment with your wedding ring was so kool. I love seeing the inquartations, precipitations and melts. SO2 gas precipitation is really stunning to see. Nice. 👍
@nicholasb8799
@nicholasb8799 2 жыл бұрын
12:41 Sreetips praying his ring is chilling out unaffected as his wife stands by.
@PatrickDKing
@PatrickDKing Жыл бұрын
That's really neat! Imagine the very first person on earth to have figured out how to do that whole process from start to finish...mind blown. Before the torch when it still looked like sludge I'd never have known there was gold in it. But after that torch hit it, it got really pretty. I have to wonder if that necklace would be worth more in tact. If they bothered putting high quality gold in it maybe it was a designer piece.
@hannahvernon
@hannahvernon 10 ай бұрын
you're just amazing, sreetips. I cannot believe how gutsy you are for putting your wedding ring in the nitric lol.
@bigfreddie4854
@bigfreddie4854 2 жыл бұрын
I'v said it once , I'll say it again ....Best refining videos on KZbin. Thanks for sharing Sreetips.
@graffix3001
@graffix3001 2 жыл бұрын
That whole process is so facinating.
@TomokosEnterprize
@TomokosEnterprize Жыл бұрын
One stunning piece my friend. It is truly beautiful !
@TheGekko64
@TheGekko64 Жыл бұрын
Love your content! You're the Walter White of precious metals refining! Great use for pyrex too!
@firehorsewoman414
@firehorsewoman414 Жыл бұрын
Add a dash of chili powder
@Fortuna_716
@Fortuna_716 11 ай бұрын
He really has the best channel on this process
@woonsockettruthseeker9009
@woonsockettruthseeker9009 Жыл бұрын
These are addicting videos. Thanks for your time making them
@woonsockettruthseeker9009
@woonsockettruthseeker9009 Жыл бұрын
Explaining the reason you add silver for the nitric acid boils was really helpful
@sreetips
@sreetips Жыл бұрын
I put my ring in this one.
@ECsponger2
@ECsponger2 2 жыл бұрын
Dude borderline sacrificed his own wedding ring for the sake of demonstration and for the video. TWICE. Legit.
@glOckcOma
@glOckcOma 2 жыл бұрын
Wow that bar went fast on ebay!!! Such a nice looking bar too.
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
Had it priced too low.
@ICU2B4UDO
@ICU2B4UDO 2 жыл бұрын
That was .9999 Pure Gold! Beautiful bar!...Where's mine! Lol 😂...And thanks for the Sulphuric purification after using the SMB twice...That's why that Ingot looked so bloody good...Well done...
@JSMCPN
@JSMCPN Жыл бұрын
Like the powerful bond of gold atoms, the fact that Mrs. Sreetips allows you to put your WEDDING band in ANY kind of ACID speaks volumes to the strength of your bond.
@richardbreisch8049
@richardbreisch8049 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing how watching you work the magic is so satisfying!
@StuartHollingsead
@StuartHollingsead Жыл бұрын
Your passion is infectious, in the best way.
@wadebert4458
@wadebert4458 7 ай бұрын
I love this! I shared this video with my wife, to reignite her desire to go, "Urban Mining", at Estate Sales! Please don't boil your wedding ring....... again! I cringe every time you do that! 👍 Great and FANTASTIC CONTENT! NEVER GET TIRED OF WATCHING YOUR KZbin VIDEOS! Wade
@sreetips
@sreetips 7 ай бұрын
Most people don’t understand gold and silver. They believe, incorrectly, that paper dollars are more valuable than the metals. For those that do understand, a world of prosperity awaits.
@wadebert4458
@wadebert4458 7 ай бұрын
@@sreetips TESTIFY MY BROTHER! COULDN'T AGREE MORE! ALL THANKS TO YOUR TUTORIALS ON KZbin!
@theaccountant465
@theaccountant465 2 жыл бұрын
I’m happy to see your channel growing man. I’ve been following you since the beginning. Back when you had a few hundred views and almost no comments other than a few questions. Plus you took care of the headset issue I noticed. Keep up the great work and I’ll always check out what you’re doin mister.
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for hanging in
@MedievalFolkDance
@MedievalFolkDance 5 ай бұрын
Those gems must be worth a fair bit on their own. I saw some pristene black pearls & saphires in that haul. Dayum!
@showmethegold2104
@showmethegold2104 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video K. I’ve watched you for awhile now and that bar is the best yet. So nice.
@emy1111
@emy1111 2 жыл бұрын
that's got to be one of Streetip's best poors ever! intact you have 3 lovely poors in a row now from what I cans see.
@xXExpressYourselfXx
@xXExpressYourselfXx 2 жыл бұрын
Those ripples are the best I can remember from any of your goldbars poured.
@kimberlynolz5725
@kimberlynolz5725 2 жыл бұрын
And that pour was spot on! Beautiful bar!
@michealklonowski5267
@michealklonowski5267 2 жыл бұрын
nice purification process it was nice to see how you did that.thank you for sharing the information .
@boarbot7829
@boarbot7829 2 жыл бұрын
Seeing as it was a perfect 50g, I would’ve stamped it as such. 50g gold bars are fairly common in Europe, but I don’t know about the USA.
@Allenar4
@Allenar4 2 жыл бұрын
If you do the gas bubbling process again, can you explain what is happening exactly? Besides that last bubbling process, I was super happy with this video with you explaining every step, thank you for a very great video. And I hope one day you can pour a full bar in that last size.
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
I must admit, I’m not exactly sure how the reaction happens. That’s why I didn’t explain it. But it sure looks like magic.
@PoppinPortraits
@PoppinPortraits Жыл бұрын
Cheers Sree great detailed explaining of everything and proper reminders of what not to do!! 🤜❤️🤛
@fancydeer
@fancydeer 2 жыл бұрын
I love watching the silver melt under the open flame it's my favorite part.
@vinayakonimani7628
@vinayakonimani7628 Жыл бұрын
3:14 what you found here isn't just a piece of any costume. Its a "mangalsutra", worn by married hindu women in india. Mangalsutras are symbolic of a woman being married. Almost always these will have gold in them, along with different stones. Because the culture promotes using real gold for auspiciousness. So the next time you get hold of one of these, you are lucky!! Sometimes they may even have a few more precious gemsand other metals in them!! You dont even have to check the purity. I can say that almost every one of those mangalsutras will have a lot of high quality gold in them.
@sreetips
@sreetips Жыл бұрын
Mrs sreetips confiscated it.
@Greg1096
@Greg1096 Жыл бұрын
Looks like the nitric did a nice job of cleaning your ring though lol
@143timbo
@143timbo Жыл бұрын
Hands down best content on yt my add/adhd is totally invested lol currently collecting scrap and karat gold also step dad was a jewler i have sweeps platninum gold many scrap pieces ect cant wait to execute this method of refinement
@MoDeegroes
@MoDeegroes Жыл бұрын
"Honey, what did you do with your wedding band?" "I just had it in boiling nitric acid, dear. I'm making a point." 🤣🤣🤣
@SuperLaplander
@SuperLaplander 2 жыл бұрын
Very nice video. The bar came out so good! Thank you dear sir!
@chrismueller8861
@chrismueller8861 Жыл бұрын
Since the wedding band came out discolored - a slightly darker shade - it shows that a little part (silver and copper) of the alloy was dissolved. Weighing the band prior and after the demonstration would show that a tiny amount of the wedding band went in solution. I think that inquarting modifies the structure (more silver interspersed between the pure gold) of an alloy so that the acid has easier/faster access to the soluble metals. Please correct me if I am wrong.
@sreetips
@sreetips Жыл бұрын
You are correct
@greendruid33
@greendruid33 2 жыл бұрын
Another great refining sreetips! The aqua regia must feel weirdly heavy for that small amount of liquid. I imagine that the dissolved gold would just add such an unexpected amount of weight that it would be odd to handle. As usual, all the valuable information and steps were great to watch and hear you iterate. I learn so much every time I watch you do this, even when things go a little wrong.
@theginganinjaofficial
@theginganinjaofficial 2 жыл бұрын
Always wondered about the viscosity of it as well
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
I have a video where I evaporated the liquid down to around 500ml and it had about 15 Troy ounces of pure gold dissolved in it.
@therealhellkitty5388
@therealhellkitty5388 2 жыл бұрын
@@sreetips I’d love to see that video, will you link to it please?
@kimberlynolz5725
@kimberlynolz5725 2 жыл бұрын
Im so glad I pulled the tube out I was wondering if it would continue just like that! Very good vidio!
@andrewrossi7164
@andrewrossi7164 2 жыл бұрын
That's by far the best looking gold bar you've done yet sreetips 👍
@alllove1754
@alllove1754 Жыл бұрын
Grateful you did that with the ring. I hadn't understood until I watched this video what inquarting was for.
@silvaorgold
@silvaorgold 2 жыл бұрын
What a very pretty loaf I love watching it do that and that SO2 guess again I think is the cat's meow
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
The bee’s knees
@LotsofStuffYT
@LotsofStuffYT 2 жыл бұрын
I thought Urban Mining was sweeping the dirt from the road and side walks downtown and getting gold out of that.
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
We do it a little differently and get a much greater yield
@RPGBnB
@RPGBnB 2 жыл бұрын
I would bet a secondary reason he does the demonstration with the high karat gold in nitric is to clean his wedding band.
@josephcormier5974
@josephcormier5974 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video every time I see you use your wedding band for example it's always interesting to think people still don't understand why you use silver outstanding video awesome content thank you for sharing six Stars brother
@miniatureshipyard
@miniatureshipyard Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this as I've collected over 20 oz of electronic parts that nitric does not affect and will do an experiment in inquarting on them. Hoping that adding more silver than necessary will not affect the quality as I have no way of guessing the K content
@steve66oh
@steve66oh Жыл бұрын
You demonstrated THAT inquarting works.. but not so much WHY it works. For those still puzzled about why, basically, the silver or copper can only be digested by the nitric acid if the nitric can reach it. At the atomic level, in 14k gold, there are about 11 gold atoms for every 10 silver atoms, so it is possible for silver atoms to be encapsulated by gold atoms, and even those silver atoms on the surface, when digested, make a very small cavity with few adjacent silvers, the nitric can't penetrate effectively. When you inquart to 6k, you're providing 5.5 silver atoms for every gold atom, which eliminates encapsulation of the silver, ensures that each silver atom has many adjacent silver atoms, and their removal creates large fluid channels which enables the nitric to reach and remove all of the silver atoms into solution, so they can be poured/rinsed/filtered off the pure gold. Sreetips.. do you agree? (Your channel, I'll defer if you have a correction..). What I'm curious about.. something I'd consider.. is using SMB for one precip, dropping the gold and (am I right?..) any PMG metals present, and then doing the second precip with oxalic acid which (again, am I right?..) won't drop the PMG, and can't drop anything removed by nitric or left in solution in the SMB precip. Seems to me that alternating between SMB and OA would give even better purity. Finally.. placer mined gold, such as the 88% AU typically found off Nome, AK.. could that be the impure feedstock for a gold electrolysis cell built like your silver cells, or would the placer gold need to be purified with aqua regia first?
@bfd1565
@bfd1565 2 жыл бұрын
I believe that is one of your best looking pours to date Sreetips. Cool stuff bro.
@apveening
@apveening 2 жыл бұрын
I thought you had overdone it with that 30 ml nitric for the second AR boil, but it looks like you got it exactly right.
@cindymerritt7884
@cindymerritt7884 2 жыл бұрын
My hubby watches this, suggests the next time you re-build your hood to install a clock in the back wall that can show the amount of time it takes to do these refining video's.
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve done that in the past. Good idea
@OnsloVest
@OnsloVest 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, I appreciate it would come at a cost of both time and chemicals, but as a one off it would be interesting to see a melt of just the recovered gold after inquartation, and then commence the refining process to show the value in 1st/2nd refinings
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
Good idea
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
If you look at the filter from first dissolve, that’s all the junk that’s still in the gold after the nitric boils are complete.
@arnedalbakk6315
@arnedalbakk6315 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Mr sreetips. Seems to me that Mrs sreetips has work hard to get gold to your hobby. God truly blessing both of you. It is so nice to see. Hard woork and gods blessing realy pays out🌹🌹. Have a Nice day, and thank you for a nice clip. Arne 🇳🇴
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
We both embrace and say a prayer of thankfulness to Him for the good fortune He has granted us.
@arnedalbakk6315
@arnedalbakk6315 2 жыл бұрын
@@sreetips amen sir🙏🌹
@KIDPRODIGY69
@KIDPRODIGY69 2 жыл бұрын
that was cool to see and helpful. I wouldnt of risked my ring tho lol. Just goes to show you really know what youre doing and trust yourself and skills. I like it other then a little cleaning the ring was fine, did not expect that.
@IanTheWoodchuck
@IanTheWoodchuck 2 жыл бұрын
I've always loved the ring demo. At least it comes out nice and clean from dirt and gunk after the acid bath. I still think my favorite part has to be seeing the silver get melted down, whole utensils at a time like a reverse T-1000. Practical chemistry has always been one of my favorite forms of science. I did always wonder, though... You say the post-nitric boil is close to .999, so could you actually get it closer if you were to dilute the gold alloy further during inquartation below 25% to make the silver/base-metal extraction easier and not need to go through the Aqua Regia phase of refinement? Or is it a material/time efficiency issue?
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
Too much silver and the gold crumbles, falls to pieces and forms powder. Then it’s difficult to separate the liquid
@Pwnasaur
@Pwnasaur 2 жыл бұрын
I would really love to buy a gram bar or something from you made by you sir. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with us all.
@Pwnasaur
@Pwnasaur 2 жыл бұрын
Sreetips I'm curious if your ever nervous to make some sort of disasterous mistake and not be able to get the recovery? I'd be so so nervous!!
@cole7750
@cole7750 10 ай бұрын
Very beautiful bar! I really liked your video.
@grezza112
@grezza112 2 жыл бұрын
I’m really intrigued to know what the rough total cost of all of this was! That’s one hell of a lot of gold and silver picked up over the course of a day. I’m lucky to find a single piece that isn’t a stupid price but I guess that’s the UK for you.
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
We go to sales early to be first in line, otherwise we get nothing. We’ve spent time looking at so much jewelry over the years that we can both distinguish karat gold from plated just by looking. The jewelry we bought that day was all stuff the sellers had overlooked. They removed all the large pieces and left us the crumbs. We got it for less than a tenth of what it’s worth. But it didn’t fall in our laps. We earned it.
@TomokosEnterprize
@TomokosEnterprize Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips It really pay's to shop around. I have been grabbing as much plated silver I am just about ready to set up a cell. Following your design of course. That bar really is a thing of beauty old friend !
@antonart2.0
@antonart2.0 2 жыл бұрын
New fume hood is just great. Sound and light next level
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
I’m very pleased with it
@glOckcOma
@glOckcOma 2 жыл бұрын
I heard and watched a few videos about urban mining but their definition was to go to high pedestrian traffic areas like Rockefeller Center or Hollywood Blvd and sweep up all the dirt between concrete slabs and crevices then sift and refine it for precious metals.
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
That sounds rough
@ObiWanCannabi
@ObiWanCannabi 2 жыл бұрын
Jaguar lost a massive diamond off the front of an F1 car in Madrid, id start there lol
@nikolajwinther5955
@nikolajwinther5955 2 жыл бұрын
Cody did that a few years ago. To find palladium and platinum. He did find some.
@njanderson4342
@njanderson4342 2 жыл бұрын
When you added the silver spoons to the melt dish it looked like a magic trick.
@thomasoliverpryce4914
@thomasoliverpryce4914 2 жыл бұрын
Super informative and didactic, thank you. Becoming very tempted to have a go myself...
@Crypto907
@Crypto907 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve learned so much from your videos, i hope to one day refine gold scrap i have been collecting
@simdal3088
@simdal3088 2 жыл бұрын
Very confident, if this goes wrong you would be sleeping on the couch 😂. Informative video, had no clue about this. Thank you.
@jaynbob42
@jaynbob42 2 жыл бұрын
Cody over at Codyslab also does a great video on why you add the silver for the boil. He uses minecraft to show what happens and why it works.
@sreetips
@sreetips 2 жыл бұрын
Cody is awesome.
@jaynbob42
@jaynbob42 2 жыл бұрын
@@sreetips lol he is, if a little crazy sometimes 😁 Thanks for the reply and thank you for your videos. Love your work and spend hours watching and rewatching them 👍
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