That's a very complicated process. I was quite amazed to see the result appear as a pile of sludge in a dish, which was then melted to form a beautiful .999 shiny gold bar. Very interesting, and quite captivating.
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Great video. I recently found a perfect way to achieve a smooth finish on my bars when I pour in my metal. You need first to make metal shots and after place those shots inside the mold and melt them again. This way, you end up with smooth surfaces.
I'm pausing the video at not-quite two-minutes in, and wow am I intrigued!! I once saw a step-by-step article breaking down this process that I since haven't been able to find again. You are doing a much larger scale version of what I learned about but didn't internalize as personal knowledge of my own. Maybe now, after studying this, I can get this stuff down and scrap a large broken flat-screen tv I have in my shed.
@@chrissinger101 He does get his silver back. Sreetips adding silver to his gold is a method called inquartation. Sreetips adds enough silver to his gold to get around 6-7 karat gold pieces. Then he puts nitric acid on to it until all silver and base metals are taken out of the gold thanks to the nitric acid. All the silver, copper, and the other base metals are in liquid form in the blue/green liquid you see in his videos. There's other videos he's posted showing him taking the silver out of the liquid form and refining it as well. Sreetips explains the whole refining process much better than I did, just watch the videos and you learn over time how it works, as I did.
To that comment (B B ) Touche....LOL .don't come looking for me I have no gold although I spent quite a bit of money to REEfine the 10 14 18 24 karat gold for them lol, with a splash of ACID....
Sir, You've done this once or twice before, I don't think I could do this myself, I mean all the acids, distilled water, etc. You got a lot of Super-cells in your brain to do this kind of stuff, really enjoy watching you do this stuff. Thank You Sir.
Well he said at the end he borrowed the money to get the materials and stuff to do this, so selling the bar at the end was necessary to pay back those debts. So you just need a large fortune, OR a large pile of debt. It's nice to have options.
WOW!.. that was some meal of a video, I can hardly digest everything,, "however" the way you explained it left me intrigued. I have the highest respect in great interest and what you do. I never thought that you can change solid gold into liquid Gold, dried it out into a sandy gold dirt color, and then burn it back to solid Gold.. absolutely amazing!
Hey Sree, long time viewer here. Really glad to see how much more efficient you've become with some excellent lab additions for your refining process. I've never refined any metal and really don't have any intention to, but watching your videos has always been a blast.
I don't read all the comments, but I'll add that your videos are quite captivating and educational. I have thoroughly enjoyed spending my time watching them and learning. Thanks! Oh and thank you for your service to this great country! PS, I subscribed today.
39:19 If you go frame by frame ( keys) you can see a tiny bit on the spoon coming back from the crucible and then he knocks it on the pyrex dish. D'oh!
Loved the video. Would be nice if you gave a diagram of the chemical reactions in the process but, well, I could do that by watching the video again and taking note. Definitely a fun watch!
This is a really challenging and perilous work. It's clear for me now why gold is one of the most appreciated materials in the world and how it has a high cost even in natural resources like water and energy to be refined.
Thought you might be interested watching this video on 5/11/20 that the bar of gold you had is now worth 32,927.62 I thought you might find that interesting :)))
@@ojotabe3 currency is a product, that's precisely how it works, it has supply and demand like everything else, now go see what's happening, they are increasing the supply of dollar like crazy. I don't think the supply of gold changed that much, the demand is going even higher, but not higher than the supply of dollar, there's an excess of dollar, and a lack of gold, yes, the gold is valued more, but the dollar is value way, way less now, I just converted 30% of liquidity to gold to survive the oncoming crash. And if I'm wrong so what, gold will always be gold.
For anyone curious, although inquarting is usually done with silver to lower the gold percentage to 25% or lower, you can actually go the other direction and raise the gold percentage to 75% or higher. Inquarting will work for both scenarios as long as the concentration of gold is between 0-25% or 75-100%. The only difference is with the 75%or higher method, you use aqua Regia directly. It will still form silver chloride, but the silver is so dilute in the 75%+ alloy that it does not passivate or block gold atoms from being dissolved. You end up with silver chloride in chloroauric acid solution rather than gold metal in silver nitrate that you get in the more classic 25% or less method.
Just a question, I understand using the process for the lower purity gold pieces. But why do it for the puck of gold that was already 24 karat? Any reason for this?
This. About the first things you learn in school chemistry class is to always wear protective gear (the labcoat is not just for show), always keep your workstation clean and *never* pour towards yourself. Sketchy af.
I'm 30 minutes in and was skimming the comments because I thought I heard heavy breathing from Cody's lab. I didn't check how long the video was and was surprised you saying it was a 48 minute video. :D
What a nice chunky bar. It's very interesting to compare this older video to your newer refinements and see how your process (and workspace) has improved over the years; though I suspect that is the same scale.
I'm not feeling so bad now having to pay for the final finish in a gold bar or a coin either. So much work, I almost fell asleep watching... thanks foe the demo
Gold is so beautiful when it's refined and pure like that...especially at the end after he sweated the bits off into water to melt into a bar...but all that small chunky pieces of it he had, just wow!
This guy has NEVER sold gold to a refinery. An honest post would the results of the refinery's melt assay. Or at least mention the $200-$300 cost od said assay
My favorite part of this whole amazing process: the lawnmower sitting on the floor nearby. Is it not advisable to use a teflon coated tray for warm-drying the gold dust? I mean, for easier removal from there and into the melt dish ...
My wife has literally text me 3 times while im smoking in the garage, which im supposed to be quitting because shes pregnant again, and im watching this. Thats not all, i watched a 20 minute video of how to hunt half dollar coins at your bank before this. Idk why i do this shit lol. Oh well
As far as the acids go, granted they are at room temp, any splashing can be rinsed off and little to no damage will happen. Possibly some yellowing from nitric, and some blackinging with silver nitrate. Hot acid is different and I've never seen him pouring hot acid in his direction.
For the molten metal, he absolutely never pours it in his direction. And it's not like it would pour in any crazy direction, he's got gravity on his side
I'm a retired aircraft electrician. Over the years I have accumulated about 3 pounds of aircraft grade gold contacts. Ran across your video and wondered if you would be interested in buying them. If not I'll go ahead and put them on E-Bay.
Thank you. They will fetch a good price on eBay. Especially if you can get then analyzed to estimate their cold content. And what the substrate is composed of. Steel is difficult. Brass or copper is best. For the substrate.
Quite literally, liquid gold. Interesting. Never figured that precious metals would be taken to this level of processing. But there you go, learned something new today.
I always thought gold was the most valuable metal. I was way off on that one. I looked it up. Rhodium (which I never heard of) is worth even more. Amazing video dude.
Iridium is even more rare than rhodium. But it, or any other of the platinum group metals, will supersede gold as a monetary metal. Because they are hard to work with and melt temps are too high.
I just found this channel. I love learning about this stuff! I've learned so much watching this process. I've always wondered if you're able to get all of the gold out of the containers when you're pouring it. I'd think that some would stay. Great channel!! Subscribed!
I love watching you refine Gold i always love the reaction of SMB with the Gold solution and the sheer beauty of when the Gold powder slowly melts into Gold metal keep doing these vids they are works of art and i hope you are able to make that chess set you were hoping to make and might i suggest having the chess board made from a light white colour wood and a rich dark wood to add that extra touch of beauty to the set
Pretty damn cool seeing the pure gold drop into the water.. I wonder if you stirred the pit of water fast before pouring the gold into it so that maybe the pieces are smaller. Wouldnt it allow you to use less acid and what not to dissolve?
That was totally amazing I won't be rushing out to procure the equipment to try this at home but it was sure worth the view to say the least this video is Platinum no pun intended because we know it's gold dyammmm well done !
@@sreetips it's an investment & spendable with legislation in different States & having a K-exchange. I sent you my link about some from my Federal international gold bullion bar Bank
Maybe this is a dumb question, since i know zero about refining, but why not leave that pure piece out until the end, just mix those scrap pieces with silver, refine it, then melt the new refined piece together with the previous piece? Wouldnt that use a whole lot less silver?
You can tell this guy has alot of persistence and patience just by how he likes alot of his comments and takes the time to look over them and also you know these procedures take lots of time. Patience is a virtue haha.
Amazing Job!! My heart stopped when you were spooning the gold cake into the dish, I thought for sure the spoon was going catch a soft spot and flick gold cake everywhere.... Excellent video, thanks for posting. Liked and subbed. Look forward to your future posts.
Probably not , as gold and silver is only profitable as an investment and if the price of gold increases it's hard to sell it at the exact value if that makes sense ?
@@keiran5170 I got ya, it would need to be a short for him to even cover let alone gain money. Most jewelry is over priced at the very minimum it needs to be product cost, then labor shipping marketing etc.
Great video. I loved your voice-over for "those not familiar with the refining process" at 8:20. From the moment you said that word "encourting" (probably spelled wrong), I was so confused what that meant and why you were mixing silver with the gold. I was confused as to why you weren't just melting and mixing all the gold together in one bar and all thr silver in one bar. But I'm not familiar with the process. Your video is great.
The problem is this: No one acid will attack gold. You must mix hydrochloric & nitric acid to get gold in solution. Nitric acid alone will attack silver. But there is a problem: silver chloride is EXTREMELY insoluble. If you try to dissolve gold (with a SOME silver in it), the hydrochloric acid will react with silver nitrate to coat the metal with (insoluble) silver chloride, "clogging up" the dissolving process. If you mix in A LOT of silver with the gold (as in 3 parts silver to 1 part gold), then nitric acid ALONE will dissolve out the silver (just as it would for pure silver) because there is not enough gold present to "protect" the silver. The nitric acid "eats" thorugh the silver-gold matrix, dissolving the silver & leaving gold sponge behind. The term "inquart" literally means "one fourth" (the recipe proportions). This is the minimum amount of silver required for the nitric acid to be able to "eat" through the matrix.
You have done a great job. I love your video. @sreetips why didn't you use electrolyze to refined it even more or the gold is so pure that there is no point in dong it ?
I like the way this guy does largely the same things each video, but switches it up a bit because he knows what he’s doing and sort of wings it a bit. It reminds me of TV shows like The Woodright Shop.
Dear Sreetips, I was able to boil 43g in Aqua Regia but I poured off the golden yellow too soon. I did not wait until the red fuming was completely gone, so I have too much Nitric in 1 cup of beautiful yellow gold filled solution. How can I neutralize the Nitric? In a small 20ml test adding the MSB did not drop the gold out of solution. I love your videos and have spent 100s of hours watching them to learn. Thank you.
If you have excess nitric then you can get rid of it by evaporating the solution down to a syrup. Then rehydrate with hydrochloric acid. I’ve done it many times. Or, put the solution in a very large beaker (to avoid a boil over) and add ice (tap water ice ok). The just keep adding small amounts of SMB until all the nitric gets consumed. Add more ice as needed. Use a BIG beaker. If you have 43g in 500ml if solution then use at least a 2 liter beaker. Four liter would be better. Keep adding SMB until no more fines evolve and the gold stays precipitated. I’ve used both methods to completely eliminate excess nitric.
Why are you inquarting the 990 gold? Why not just dissolve it with aqua regia and then use a filter to remove the leftover base metals? My understanding of inquartation was that it was only needed with gold alloys between 25-75% purity.
@@jtothep1416 : all the raw Gold here in Maximov Ro Siberia is between .990 & .750 , and 100% nitric acid is Expensive to buy & make. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c2y5yi2a5nw.html
I needs the silver(copper works as well) for the aqua regia to penetrate deep in to the gold. As the silver dissolves, cavity's form in the gold creating a sponge. Without this the process would take too long as the aqua regia would only remove surface layers at a time and no be able to penetrate inside the gold.
love the fact that at about 36:00 if anyone broke in to the workshop looking for something valuable.. they'd see brown sludge in a jar and go... nah...... nothin' here.... 🤣
Absolutely awesome video. I’m new to the gold refining aspects, I recently acquired some scrap gold and was curious on how you do the math on gold to silver ratio of how much to mix. Can you do a separate video on how to figure everything out with different karat golds?
its so fun to watch you do this chemical prossess. Its a trip how different the gold looked in the white dish before it is melted. that dish was really heavy it bet. right on man great video
I can melt my gold bars far easier, just leave em in the sun! They're chocolate! Never knew it was such a long process to refine gold! Thank you for the video!
Hello. My name is Shane Roberts. I don't know if you remember me. I ask you questions all the time lol. I talked to you a couple of years ago about some high grade gold plated fiberoptic components I bought on Craigslist for $150. Around 20lbs. I got around 70 grams reverse plating and refining. Will always be my biggest score. Anyway, I want to tell you how grateful I am for all the knowledge you have shared with us. I watch your videos daily. I wanted to ask if you have seen the old gold filled walking canes and umbrella handles? I recently found one. I'm going to keep looking for them. Just wanted to let you know to keep an eye out when you guys are fleamarketing if you didnt know about them. I don't know what they would produce but would love to know, if you find any I would love to see a video on it. Bunch on ebay. Pretty high but could get lucky. Sorry for the esay lol. Thank you for your time sir. Love the videos.
And later on the pure gold looked like a giant pile of diarrhea, then cocoa powder. Finally it started to actually look like gold when he melted the powder.
AWESOME... I USE TO DISSOLVE MY SMALL PIESES OF GOLD IN AQUA REGIA TO MAKE MY GOLD PLATING SOLUTION A FEW YEARS BACK, REALLY ENJOYED YOUR FULL VIDEO" YOUR CERTAINLY A GREAT REFINER... AWESOME WORK..
Wow ... Industrial sized sreetips , at the time I'm watching 👀 this , ( 11/26/22 ) gold spot is $1,765.00 , which would make that worth about $34,241 today , awesome video 👍👍
37:57 "now were gonna move over here to the melt table." As the camera pans over two gasoline cans, a propane tank, and a slew of chemicals and aerosols in the near background.
