I got no real interest n doing this but watching the process over these set of videos was just great. So well made. All of the processes explained and a good sense of timeframes. Better than TV!
Ive been sitting here for the last 4+ hours watching the 3 videos. Absolutely fascinating. Silver recovery is more about chemistry than about fire. I used to collect silver from large film negatives when silver was used and the fixer was put through a recovery unit. I wondered what happened to it afterwards. Thanks very much.
agreed, I have never had the slightest interest in precious metal refining, but his videos are awesome...Informative...keeps me watching. Great job Sreetips!
I have been watching this series just for entertainment. I find the chemistry amazing. Thanks for producing high quality content, and I look forward to what's next!
That is truly amaysing to now you start refining 11 years ago... I have learn in this 3 episode, that refining of Silver is hard, messy... and very dangeres. But so lovley to see the silver finish 😊. Thank you Sir, and take Care. God bless you. Thank you Mr sreetips to produces and spread your refining secret to us Who follow you. 😊
I set here and watched all three of these videos back to back to back. 🤣😂😂😂 Really appreciate your time and effort making them brother. Can’t wait to start my journey refining silver. Those crystals are super dope. Lol
Thank you for teaching. I may never do any of this in my lifetime, but I sure enjoy what you do. It is true art. I also like how you refine your techniques as you go.
Well I have bin watching vides on this for about a good year or so and I have to say yours was by far the better thank so much I watch all all three of the silver ,and look forward to seeing the gold recovery soon when the time comes ,need to start up a patreon..thanks again
Awesome cell buddy! Works so fast! I love it! Seems more effiecient, way faster, and less wasteful. But, it also seems like ya gotta babysit it. LOL Thanx for a great video!
I have followed your instructions successfully. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge with us. By the way, in order to make granules I have put a very round bottomed cooking vessel upside down in the water tank and the molten metal hitting it smashed into little beads and they did not stick to each other.
I use electrolysis for rust removal in car restoration. I'm even learning new idea's for this process from you. You are such an interesting intelligent intuitive guy, I'm hooked. thanks Streetips.
Seeing those flasks with the blue and green fluids reminds me of what chemists used to have in shop windows back in the day, now i know it originates from these processes! Ye olde alchemy! I wish you were my science teacher back in highschool, I would have learned so much more! Thank you for your most excellent content!
Thank you! This was the perfect series for me! The reason I was having trouble finding this video series was because I had previously watched it some time ago and didn't put together that this one was the one that you were using the beaker instead of the bowl. Getting old I guess!🤣I'm going to do everything the same as your method here just downsized, I'll be using a stainless bowl, and I purchased a power supply like the one you use now. Thanks again!
By the way wonderful videos as always. I think I've seen many of them multiple times. There's something about this that is addictive and I wish I had the time and means to do it myself.
How cool is that to see how the silver is refined and then you see how it becomes a silver bar. On top of that you can buy it!!! Never saw this before. Wish I was the one buying the silver bar. Wonder how much you got for it. Thank you so so much for showing the process to me. It was super interesting. Love your content! Keep up the good work! Greetings from South Africa...
Great work, please explain sometime in the future about refining and purifying of metals, and about your self how you came to be working in this field. I watch your videos for increasing my knowledge. Thanks
WOW,~~~Who would ever know just what all is involved in this process!!! It's no wonder that the coin/metal shops offer so much less than spot/ask when dealing!! AND~~~~practicing this sort of endeavor requires (as most science projects do) a certain level of OCD involvement to be successful ~~~not to mention the cost/product ratio, eh!! Me thinks I'll just turn in my coin, walk with a small gain, and keep on a'goin~~~I honor Your Journey through metals and such~~~~Blessings abound, ehyaHO
Jeff, silver is a pain to refine. It's not difficult, like platinum, it's just messy and there are a ton of steps. But the silver crystal is so beautiful at the end.
I got a few tips for your idea to create (precius) metal prills better: 1. As you realized as well the amount of water was not enough. You should use a much higher vessel so the balls have more time to cool down on their way to the bottom and thus do not melt together again on the ground. 2. Keep that cooling water moving! Your pump was a good idea! 3. Your melting vessel should be placed closer to the water surface so the droplets do not splash in with such a high velocity. This has caused that pop-corn flake like shape. Forget about the ice... just more water is sufficient! 4. For further improvement you could add quite a bit of detergent to the cooling water to reduce the surface tension.This will help the drops of metal to keep their shape when hitting the water surface. This will suppress splashing even further! As a result you should get nice shiny balls of silver or any (precius) metal.... just like mercury! And not like that pop-corn flake shape... ;-) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granalien#/media/Datei:Granulated_fine_silver.JPG
This is the easiest way that I've found so far, copied it from a TV commercial about precious metals: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F_Md0Lc6F94.html
870.6g of silver, maybe 2 grams of silver lost in spatter (bouncing off ice), but still good result! i like your cell construction :D im looking at 3 power supply on my back shelf lol
Been watching you videos for a while now, love them, I am so interested in recovering and refining precious metals. I live in California and possibly will be able to pan some cold from local sand to refine and possibly do a little prospecting.
I've done several videos refining placer gold. The type you mentioned would be a good one also. I need to do one more using inquart and aqua regia. It's the preferred way in my book. Gets 100% of the gold from your fines.
yeah I guess the ice helps a great deal. my shots always stick together unless poured in a very tall container filled with water. I'll use your setup next time if you don''t mind :)
I saved your vids. Remembering the calculations to recovery and refining. Will learn a lot from them. See ya?' Again soon. Just purely awesome. !!!!@, thanks a bunch
Bruh, I love your content. But I honestly can't get Sean Austin's Dad from Stranger Things character out of my mind when it's just you narrating the video. 😂 Love it! Cheers!
i wish you the best and enjoyed your clips, this is amazing and i think i'll do it as a hobby one day. i have no deep knowledge about what you had done, but in one part you cut other unnecessary PC power wires and left those without any cover, it frankly should be better and safer with protection.
Neat video. The silver crystals look like metal snowflakes. A container of those in a jar of water would be pretty neat looking. I imagine they lose their shine pretty fast in the air as they oxidize. You might get better with a taller column of water for a shot tower. The shot has to fall far enough to be solid before hitting the bottom or they'll weld together as happened with your first try. Alternatively, put the water container on a turntable. and drop the stream of molten metal in near the edge.
Using the date as a serial number is brilliant. If casting multiple bars/day, then just add an additional digit or digits onto the end of the numerical date.
I'd like to suggest making a waterside for the molten silver. Stainless steel would be a good candidate metal to use. It wouldn't contaminate the silver. Just have a high water flow. I've seen a Canadian RU-vid use iron waterslide for copper shot. It would be easiest to curve the stainless into a u shape rather than cut a pipe in half. PLUS it's really fun to watch in the dark! ((hint hint if you give it a try) 😊 Love the videos! 💖💖💖💖
In my larger stainless steel silver cell the voltage stays constant but the amps slowly drop off as the silver crystal forms. I think the drop in amps is due to depletion of the silver from the electrolyte and the slimes that accumulate in the anode bag tend to load the filter bag and reduce current flow.
You amaze me with every video. The step by step and even safety warnings. You almost make me want to do this. But NO. Did you go to college for this and where.
