This was the most satisfying video.. we were all along for the ride on those filter papers over all this time .. just waiting. Surprised you're as efficient as you are, but still a free button!
The fact that most ppl probably just toss those out but my boy was able to pull $400 out of what looked to be trash! It looked like trash but he saw gold !! Awesome video man
I liked how you shown how to get the borax off which I always wondered. I always wondered if it was worth recovering from those filters but looks like it is :)
I need to ask - You didn't remove all the gemstones. While amethysts, spindels, sapphires and rubies usually are resistant to acids and heat, what about diamonds? There were a lot of small stones, maybe a fraction of a karat, but still, they aren't worthless. You're not afraid incinerating diamonds could destroy them? Or are the conditions too low for that to happen (i.e. not enough oxigen, not enough heat)?
The melting point of diamonds is at around 4500 degrees Celsius. You'll never be able to reach a temperature that high with just burning some wood in a fire pit, so the diamonds will not be harmed during this process.
Amazing video as always, Sreetips! I was wondering, once you're finished with the aqua regia stage, and you have the yellow filtered solution with dissolved gold, what would happen if you were to boil it down until all the liquid evaporated? I wonder if you can condense the aqua regia down to yield a darker or "thicker" gold precipitate, making it easier to filter if you are expecting a low yield
He did that a while back - maybe 6 months back, perhaps less than that? - Boiled the AR dry, leaving just a "crust" of chloroauric acid crystals in the beaker. As I recall, "fixing" it meant basiially just "re-dissolve it with AR", then finish the refining as normal. As for making filtering easier, I'd have to say "nope" - a "thicker" solution would almost certainly take more time/effort to get it thorugh the filter.
It's great seeing you again, I haven't watched you for awhile. I did see pt.1 yesterday though. You will always have a supply of dirty filters to pan. Lol 😅 Have you noticed how distilled water 💦 is getting really expensive?
I was wondering if you'd be interested in doing a safety video about the acids you use, wherein you show what kinds of materials the different acids will disolve and highlight the dangers and need for safety. I'm thinking along the lines of the various "piranha solution" videos where they disolve chicken legs and such, only with HCL, and Nitric, etc. That's supposed to be the most potent acid, so I'm curious about these other types that you use.
Hey sreetips You should screen all the gems out of that filter with the solids in it and just throw all that stuff in a melt dish and see what comes out of it 😄 who knows what all that carbon and ash was hiding
For most of both videos I kept saying what about the sulphuric acid for the lead and then on the last purification you’re like and while we are at it … 🤣🤣🙄
Another awesome 2 part series on extracting gold from paper storage. Sreetips, they make a mesh strainer that fits the faucet drain. You might want to invest in one to pervent accidents.
@14:05 Do you keep the filter papers, that have a clear indication for platinum group metals, in a separate stack, so that it won´t go back into an eternal cycle of gold waste refining with other used filters?
