G'day everyone! For those that are interested, I received the XRF results from Grappys Gold Buyers in Maryborough last night. He gave me 2 readings which I assume were from each side of the silver melt. 99.69% and 99.96%! Bloody stoked. Thanks again to Mick and Erin from Grappy$ for being Bloody champions as usual.
@@heinzdeboer2250 Thanks for watching Heinz! I hope you enjoyed it. I'm not certain there's a "one temperature suits all" type answer for that one. As I'm sure there's a number of factors that would determine to most efficient temperature to keep the solution during the dissolving process. However, it seemed to me that it was more of a simmer than a boil. Too hot will drive off the distilled water too quickly. My hotplate was set on roughly medium. 2.5-3/5. Hope that helps, all the best!
Good job i wish you could write out exactly what you did i have pounds of silver contacts and all tested heavily with silver I already have all my acid and lab equipment ready I just don’t want to screw it up
Much copper mixed in with your contacts? Ideally removing all copper and just having the silver contacts would be best. I'd start with just a few of your contacts. Make up a small batch of dilute nitric and see how you go. Getting good at refining is a real experimentation process. I'm by no means close to being an expert, but i am getting better at these experiments slowly over time by trial and error. Start small, see how you go!
Thanks mate! Im glad you enjoyed it. 😁 Just remember please, the video only displays my own experiments and is not meant as a tutorial for others. I made many mistakes, and still do 😊
Thank you Mr Huntsman. I'm slowly getting better at the movie making side of things. Audio control is my biggest focus now. Some of my earlier vids were acoustic atrocities haha
Thanks Boothy! Glad you liked it man, hope some of the refining stuff I've been doing lately makes a bit more sense now. I'm slowly piecing it all together haha
You need to do a few more steps as well to refine the copper and the cost of materials you will lose money I just save mine in buckets for use in my silver cell as a starter solution
I'm using rain water for that part Frez. Distilled water would be important for anyone who only has access to chlorinated tap water, though. Great question! I didn't event think about it at the time. 👍🏿
Is Borax readily available or are there questions like with the nitric acid? In Europe I have not found it ti be as easy as in the US to procure these two reagents.
Borax is available anywhere and everywhere here in Australia. Used for many different things, like you mentioned in your previous comment. If you struggle to find it, perhaps google different general uses for it and find a product that goes by a different name but is still STB. I'm unsure what the laws are here in Aus for the purchase of Nitric, Muriatic is easily purchased in lots of places but I can't find any info on whether we need permits or something to get Nitric. Mine comes from a friend of a friend, so I've never even had to pay for it. I'm very lucky in that regard. Thanks for watching and dropping comments Mr. Cheerful. 😁
Does silver produce white bubbles instantly when nitric acid is dropped?..i have this piece and i am hoping it to be silver..it does leave a white yellowish residue after applying nitric acid..soaked another piece and it left a brown to black something attcahed to it, which is removable though..thanks!
It's a slow process with my little system, but I just use a Buchner funnel with 100mm qualitative filter paper and slow gravity filter the solution. Ill get a vacuum pump and Buchner flask one day in future also. Once I step up my gold refining game. I only really refine silver for use with inquarting gold, to remove the excess silver from the gold so I can refine it properly without running into dramas with silver chloride. Hope that helps
@@BEMetalMelting Any lab supply companies online will have them if you search "Qualtitive filter papers". They can be folded for use with a standard conical funnel, but a Buchner funnel makes its much easier if you've got the money spare for one.
You know what it was meant to say don't you? Some countries don't allow citizens to access it. So we need to be careful about what chemicals I mention. I found out the other day, in some places folks can't even buy borax! What a world we live in.
G'day everyone!
For those that are interested,
I received the XRF results from Grappys Gold Buyers in Maryborough last night.
He gave me 2 readings which I assume were from each side of the silver melt.
99.69% and 99.96%!
Bloody stoked. Thanks again to Mick and Erin from Grappy$ for being Bloody champions as usual.
fantastic! Ifmay ask. At what temperature do you keep nitric solution when dissolving the silver?
@@heinzdeboer2250 Thanks for watching Heinz! I hope you enjoyed it. I'm not certain there's a "one temperature suits all" type answer for that one. As I'm sure there's a number of factors that would determine to most efficient temperature to keep the solution during the dissolving process. However, it seemed to me that it was more of a simmer than a boil. Too hot will drive off the distilled water too quickly. My hotplate was set on roughly medium. 2.5-3/5.
Hope that helps, all the best!
Good job i wish you could write out exactly what you did i have pounds of silver contacts and all tested heavily with silver I already have all my acid and lab equipment ready I just don’t want to screw it up
Much copper mixed in with your contacts? Ideally removing all copper and just having the silver contacts would be best. I'd start with just a few of your contacts. Make up a small batch of dilute nitric and see how you go. Getting good at refining is a real experimentation process. I'm by no means close to being an expert, but i am getting better at these experiments slowly over time by trial and error. Start small, see how you go!
Great video, I enjoyed watching that, thanks for sharing.
Thanks mate! Im glad you enjoyed it. 😁 Just remember please, the video only displays my own experiments and is not meant as a tutorial for others. I made many mistakes, and still do 😊
@@TheGoldmansChannel I did the same as you at my home, was very educational and I enjoyed doing it, I to made mistakes but you learn fast 👍
good vid bryan. radio voice over is spot on.
Thank you Jethro. Finally starting to get the hang of it. Just need to find some good gold to show off now 😁
Good video Bryan. Commentary was good.
Thanks Rick! Much appreciated. I was really happy with the 3rd attempt. I'll pop in and show it to you when I see you next
Good watch Hayne very well put together 👍🏻
Thank you Mr Huntsman. I'm slowly getting better at the movie making side of things. Audio control is my biggest focus now. Some of my earlier vids were acoustic atrocities haha
Loved this vid! Good work. Very interesting
Thanks Boothy! Glad you liked it man, hope some of the refining stuff I've been doing lately makes a bit more sense now. I'm slowly piecing it all together haha
If you were to put a piece of Steel into that waste copper nitrate solution, the copper would fall out of solution, and you could melt that down too…
You need to do a few more steps as well to refine the copper and the cost of materials you will lose money I just save mine in buckets for use in my silver cell as a starter solution
Sugar and lye is faster and more pure in my experiences
Hi mate hope you don’t mind me asking but what qualifications do you have?
Based on the voice over I would assume your an electrician.
I got my qualification from the University of Deez. 🤣
Great video mate.
You sound Australian, where are you located
Thanks Pete, I am yes. I'm down in Vic 👍🏿👍🏿
Happy Easter to you to 😂
Are you using distilled water in the first part where you melt down the silver and pour it to make bbs?
I'm using rain water for that part Frez. Distilled water would be important for anyone who only has access to chlorinated tap water, though. Great question! I didn't event think about it at the time. 👍🏿
Is Borax readily available or are there questions like with the nitric acid?
In Europe I have not found it ti be as easy as in the US to procure these two reagents.
Borax is available anywhere and everywhere here in Australia. Used for many different things, like you mentioned in your previous comment. If you struggle to find it, perhaps google different general uses for it and find a product that goes by a different name but is still STB.
I'm unsure what the laws are here in Aus for the purchase of Nitric, Muriatic is easily purchased in lots of places but I can't find any info on whether we need permits or something to get Nitric. Mine comes from a friend of a friend, so I've never even had to pay for it. I'm very lucky in that regard.
Thanks for watching and dropping comments Mr. Cheerful. 😁
How do you deal with the gases? Exhaust, hepa?
With a rather "sketchy" ducted to atmosphere system, no HEPA currently.
Does silver produce white bubbles instantly when nitric acid is dropped?..i have this piece and i am hoping it to be silver..it does leave a white yellowish residue after applying nitric acid..soaked another piece and it left a brown to black something attcahed to it, which is removable though..thanks!
have you found out what it is? I'm having the same problem
So do you leave the heat on when your letting the silver connect to the copper
No heat while cementing out the silver with the copper bar. Takes quite a while, just leave it there for a few days to do its thing. 👍🏿👍🏿
Thank you
Looks like it wasn't stired really well
A magnetic stirring hotplate would be ideal for this. But you can still do it no issues without one. Just takes a little longer 😁
Cool video but I came here specifically to see how to filter it 😂😂 any tips?
It's a slow process with my little system, but I just use a Buchner funnel with 100mm qualitative filter paper and slow gravity filter the solution. Ill get a vacuum pump and Buchner flask one day in future also. Once I step up my gold refining game. I only really refine silver for use with inquarting gold, to remove the excess silver from the gold so I can refine it properly without running into dramas with silver chloride. Hope that helps
@@TheGoldmansChannel hmm where can you find those filters?
@@BEMetalMelting Any lab supply companies online will have them if you search "Qualtitive filter papers". They can be folded for use with a standard conical funnel, but a Buchner funnel makes its much easier if you've got the money spare for one.
Sorry, Qualitative is the correct spelling
@@TheGoldmansChannel sweet thank you man, I’m gonna try to purify some silver this weekend that’s really the only thing I’m missing.
U need some ceramic fiber
Got some, building new furnaces with it soon hopefully 🤞
H2NO3 really?
You know what it was meant to say don't you? Some countries don't allow citizens to access it. So we need to be careful about what chemicals I mention. I found out the other day, in some places folks can't even buy borax! What a world we live in.