Absolutely beautiful.....still gets me each time!(been a subscriber for 7 years)I appreciate your time, effort, and dialog for each VIDEO. Keep them coming and your amazing work. 👏
I'm really glad you are here sharing your knowledge with the world. I really wish there were more content creators like you out there. Please keep the videos coming!
I’m going out on a limb here; but I’d have to say that my videos of precious metals refining are the best, most comprehensive, and easiest to understand, on the entire internet.
how did i just watch 30 mins of silver electrolysis. i was actually super fascinated by the creation of the the silver electrolyte, its really smart using the pure silver you already collected to make it, sense you get about a 2:1 return ratio, not to mention you can use it for 2 sessions, meaning its closer to a 4:1 return. there's no waisted material and its a self contained system, i love how simple it all is in practice, even if the science can look daunting at first glance.
@AC haha no dude I'm a real guy, I just get excited by weird stuff is all, looking at the comment though it really does kind of like a bot, thanks for the laugh man
In his other rooms he has gold, platinum and 4 Frankensteins growing 😂😂😂 great video, great transfer of usable information. Thank you for sharing and educating people. The world needs more of you in it.
Wow, more people should be saving all the precious metals that we throw out everyday. Such a waste, people like you can teach the rest of us how to preserve our precious resources, and stop wasting them. Thanks for sharing your really great work!
That silver cell looks super cools regardless of its value. Take a high quality photo of the silver in the blue liquid; it would make an incredible desktop background❤
You should emphasise the idea that you run a few kilos of shot through a few hundred grams of electrolyte, it seems to be a really efficient system, great video as always.
4:08 I would love to see the step’s involved in recovering those other metals that get left behind in the basket. I’m sure other people would love to see that process to
PGM refining are much more difficult chemistry than go;d and silver. I seem to remember Sreetips admitting it isn’t something he does often, so separating the PGMs is not a skill he has developed via repetition and incremental improvement.
Take an upper class college level chemistry class. Most chemistry major students chose chemistry because they like tangible outcomes (unlike physics which deals a lot in theory despite the niche of physics)-meaning they are wicked smart…and they are only the students. Masters, PHD candidates and professors are on par with this alchemist which is next level creative and mastery in ingenuity not just a solid understanding of bench chemistry
I really like how you take your time and throughly explain every step in terms everyone can understand. Awesome video and thank you for sharing this with all of us!
Man, that is a lot of silver left in that used electrolyte. If our growing copper shortage manifests, it'll be interesting to see if copper becomes worth enough to start trying to recover
I dunno about this type of recovery but it's definitely worth gathering up to sell. I probably average 10k a year in scrap I gather up. Working in the trades helps but anyone can make a few grand a year with minimal effort.
@@ospjp4 Don't worry, most people are to lazy or think they're above pulling things out of the trash. I've tried to get many into scrapping and the number one excuse is they're to embarrassed to dig in trash.
That’s really cool😎 I run my DI water through a Brita filter for polishing. I think it makes a difference. You can get nice water stills online for $70 these days.
That weight worked out to roughly 41.5 ounces which at today's value rounded off to $26 an ounce, that one run yielded about $1000. Very cool. Great video.
Not exactly. He used 650 grams of silver to "seed" his electrolyte. So his yield was actually only 529 grams. Price of silver is currently $0.75/gram = $396.75
I use the electrolyte twice. I reserve about 400g from each harvest to make electrolyte for future runs of the silver cell. I harvest average 1.5 kilos of per silver from each run. So two runs gives me 3 kilos of pure silver. I reserve 800g (400g from each run) to make new electrolyte. The net gain is 3 kilos minus 0.8 kilos (800g) equals 2.2 kilos. So that’s 2.2 kilos that get deposited into my savings. My savings are NOT in paper dollars. My savings is held in PURE SILVER.
I wonder if you changed the shape of the anode bar, whether you might get more current due to a higher amount of contact points. I'm thinking either a u-shape, or L-shape you could insert into the basket. Just a thought..
The anode bar should not come into contact with the solution, otherwise it will dissolve. The bar is just there to conduct electricity to the impure silver shot in the basket and it is the shot which is in contact with the solution to dissolve. As the conductivity of the shot is high enough, there is no use for more contact points.
I have learned so much from you! Every time I see a new video posted I just watch in awe and pure amazement. I'm going to start calling you professor sreetips! You inspire me to start my own silver cell if only to just use your teachings and follow your wisdom! I will be studying and taking notes professor! Also if you have any expert advice in starting a new cell from scratch I would love to hear your thoughts and advice! :)
I’ll be making a new video of constructing a second silver cell from scratch. Been planning it for years. Just haven’t found the time to make it happen. Watch for the video and thank you for the kind words!
@@sreetips - hello sir! Found your channel a month or so ago and it is just amazing to me. I want to tackle this as a hobby myself and am super interested. Where can an individual find the silver shot or feed stock? I do not currently have the resource from gold refining to melting cement silver to generate the impure silver as you apparently have. Any advice or resource for this part of your process? I firmly believe I can get the remaining steps accomplished. Looks like a great hobby and DIY project. Thanks for your time and appreciate all you share!
@@apveening how? Is it run through multiple times? Seemed like the spent shot removed from the cell was around 60% of the amount that went in. If 90+% of it is silver shouldn't it almost completely dissolve?
Hello friends. Hello Mrs and Mr sreetips. The silver crysyal is hard to describe... Yust stunning. Thanks for sharing that whit us Sir. Whis everybody a nice day/evening/night/morning. God bless you. Arne
It's a never ended circle of elements going into solution and coming out of solution. The brilliant color solutions during the processes of refining precious metals are mind boggling chrisp. Fun stuff Sreetips. See ya on the next one. P.S. Please do a video on the material left in your waste. Dry it. Throw it in your largest crucible. Melt and pour it into a mold. Send it to your refiner as a triple check that nothing of value is sneaking by you.
His waste stream is copper metal, rust and a salt solution of sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, and sodium nitrate. His precious metal recovery is quantitative…
Hey sreetips, great video! I always love your stuff. If I can make a suggestion - consider adding some audio compression (and then normalization) to reduce the difference in volume between your live and voice-over sections. Sometimes I have to turn the volume up to hear the live portions, but then a voice-over section will be very loud. Anyways, keep up the awesome work! :)
great video! you do real high quality work with educational value. you maybe could explain safety measures a bit more as they are not so logical for non experts.
i had amaon cart full of sweat shop merchandise to make the cell untill i realized i needed 100 dollars of scrap silver to turn into 100 dollar glob of silver
I'm a HVAC technician, we use 15% silver brazing rods. Usually always have a ton of little left overs. Would be cool to see you take a bunch of those and extract the silver from them.
I’m an instant fan! I want to do this! I want to know how to do this. And yes can’t make silver out of air… dammit all😝. Do ya have a tutorial on how to make this, what ya need to do it(chemicals/equipment)? I mean this is cool but so many questions. Do I just need to search or do ya have a video or series on it?
I was thinking of making some jewelry out of this but have no idea how... Maybe resin? I'd want it directly out of that container though, not after it is shipped haha.
Why dont you make the anode basket larger? You can use more of the filter bag and put more into ur anode basket thus making the production less tedious with having to fill the anode basket as much? Just a thought...
Another fantastic video. I know you did a bit of an experiment on trying to grow larger crystals a while back, I’m curious if you used (forgive me I can’t recall the results really) different current settings (Volts/amps) or concentrations of solution? Is 3.5 volts a required thing for the process to work or is it just the most efficient? Would love to see an explainer video for that if you haven’t already done it. I feel like I e watched all your videos but maybe I missed one.
3.3 to 3.8 volts DC is what the professional refiners taught me. I tend to get better crystals that are large during the first use of the electrolyte. It’s hard to duplicate. Too many variables.
Have you ever used pure silver that you've recovered as an ingredient for your inquartation? I'd be interested to see how a refining, if it was faster/less waste during the process.
No for two reasons: 1) using pure silver to inquart is a step in the wrong direction because it’s already been through the silver cell. 2) I have much sterling silver and the first step in refining it is to dissolve in hot dilute nitric. Finally, sterling silver has copper and it makes a wonderful color indicator that lets me know when I’ve got it all out of the gold.
