Every time you post I can't help but smile, just grab a cup of coffee and enjoy! Thanks for the fascinating and insightful tips, and guidance, it's greatly appreciated. Take care.
Good evening Sreetips. The 3rd gold drop was stellar. I'm looking forward to the anode baskets refining. Cool stuff. Have a wonderful holiday weekend bro.
Hello Mrs and Mr sreetips. Thank you for a exelent,and stunning clip Sir. You truly make my day😊. Thats gold spongs locks amazing🎉. I whis both of you a lovely day. Thanks. Arne
Nice to see you back! Was down and out myself for a week or so with a bit of leg surgery. Getting older in NOT for sissies. Never get tired of the various precipitations. Amazing how the gas changes the color to clear then boom, it flashes over. Top notch video!
I love these gas precipitations. You've put out a real treat for us this time (I enjoy watching all your videos). That gold powder sure looks pretty. 👍
Greetings Sreetips, on this 4th of July weekend I want to give you a heartfelt "Thank you for your Service, Senior Chief!' one of my departed uncles told me once that Machinists and Their chiefs keep the U.S. Navy floating efficiently world wide. And from what I observe in life, I think after making Chief or better (Senior or Master) one can teach him or herself just about any darn thing they decide they wish to learn. Off the subject a bit, but some of my (now departed) who taught me that the USN is the best service in this nation. Happy 4th Senior Chief , You Rule and the USN rules.
Really enjoy your videos very much. The knowledge gained is irreplaceable. I plan to try this method when I get back this fall. We have 2 gold claims in Idaho that I'll be spending a couple of months on maybe more depending on weather. Should have a good amount to play with when I get back. ✌️😎
Gooood evening from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great night! Great to see ya back! Hope you had a wonderful vacation! Glad your feeling better!
Thank you my friend. Here in Norway its raining,but i have things to do inside. It is nice to have a friend like you in Florida David. Enjoy your day😊 Arne
@@arnedalbakk6315How are you doing my friend? I haven't seen you in Sreetips comments section in awhile. It's been very hot with lots of rain here in Dade City, Florida. Our dog Luna (yellow labrador) only goes outside to do her business and wants back inside immediately 😂. Anywho... hope you and yours are doing well.
I think that it is something noteworthy to mention. For every ounce of precious metals you recover, from scrap, is one less ounce that needs to be ripped out of the Earth. Commercial mining, Cyanide Leeching, Mercy titration and boiling, just to mention the most reprehensible methods being used, is abhorrent! Some talk about recycling. Your doing it, and teaching others how, along the way. Well done! Wade
Outstanding sir I love watching the transformation when you change it back to gold you know what I mean thank you for sharing this with us six stars sir
The best way to flatten it out,hit the butt of your empty hand on the bottom of the dish your using at that given time,as a retired chef you learn how to flatten sauces out on a service plate✌️ Napa California
Wonderful video Sreetips! The SO2 gas refining technique really does get the most pure gold out of all the techniques you use. I noticed the gas delivery tube was putting up a fight not wanting to stay in the center 💩. Might be a good idea to makeshift some kind of clamp to ensure it stays in the middle/bottom of the beaker.
I was wondering what you do with all of your used melt dishes? I was watching one of your older vids and noticed about 20 of them sitting there. Just curious.
Excellent video, re the silver cell, the run time could be increased by using two containers with a porous bridge to allow the dissolved ions to pass, one plastic container with a large bag of the silver shot, and a fabric strip to the plating bowl as you use now , the only difference is it could not short out because of the bridge, an old bit of seatbelt wrapped in plastic maybe, the throughput would be limited by the cross sectional area of the ion bridge ,
The bag you use currently acts as the bridge and slimes containment I am just separating the functions, the receiving bowl solution should remain less contaminated,
I enjoy watching your videos and continuing to learn. I have something that I was hoping you could help me figure out. I used a distillation process and made some nitric acid, but I do not know the purity of it. Is there a way I could find that out?
I was able to buy H2O2 for $10 a gallon from Home Depot -- it was being sold as a drain cleaner that doesn't use toxic alkali or acids. The label was ambiguous about the percentage -- but the MSDS says it's 25%. I did a volume displacement and that verified it as 25%. The stuff is strong enough to give you a bleach/burn if you get it on your hands. I felt it was such a good deal that I stocked up on it. It has since gone up to $31 -- it's called Super Cess-Flo
@sreeptips. I would like to say that I really like watching your gold refining videos, they are really informative to watch. I have a question to ask, you normally use 3 different types of gold Karat jewelry in your refining process, what karat gold do you get from your final yield you never mention that after your refining is done. Please clear this confusion. P.S. I watch your videos all the way across the globe from Pakistan!
Karat is a measurement of the purity of gold. When sreetips refines 18k gold, he's refining metal that's around 75-80% gold, the rest being other metals alloyed with the gold. By refining this material, he's concentrating the gold and purifying it, increasing the karat. This means producing gold that's anywhere from 99% to more pure. When sreetips 'three nines fine' he means that it's a batch that is 99.9% pure batch of gold, with less than .1% impurity. This level of gold purity is 24 karats or 24k gold. Pure gold, basically.
@sreetips, is it possible to filter in a single pass using a finer filter? I'm curious, would you be willing to share your reasoning for using the double filter instead of using a finer filtering setup? Does it provide an advantage, speed, or something else entire?
Inquartation is the mixing of metals. In order to obtain the 25% to 27% gold percentage. It needs to be mixed so the nitric acid is easily accessible to strip the base metals and put them into solution.
You are welcome. Thank you for the edu-taining post. Definitely some nasty biz with the shysters and their misleading stamping practices, one must always be on guard. Love seeing the final product being dehydrated (like a lush field coming into bloom) and slump slightly under its own glorious weight. 👍👍🤟👌
I notice that the gas-precipitated gold handles better, in that it clumps to itself more readily. The salt (I'm guessing largely NaCl) that is left from using SMB probably interferes with the cohesion of the gold particles. Question: Between hydrogen peroxide and nitric acid, which is more economical for dissolving gold?
Or just sell the Gold Dust @ pure weight value $6142.00 and the lot of Silver Jewelry @ scrap weight value $1174.00, I really like the third precipitation experiment you did it was fascinating and much cleaner.
When you did the SO2 gas, and you said something about not needing to rinse it over and again, yadda yadda....but then you had to anyway? I'm curious what you think happened there? I'm wondering if it may have been tiny, tiny flecks of pure gold you were rinsing away, sort of like flour gold for prospectors?
Normally I melt the pure gold into a bar. Before melting it’s best to rinse the excess SMB off and do an acid boil. But this gold will be sold as powder/sponge by the gram. So I did all those water boils at the end to get all the acid rinsed off the pure gold sponge.
Metals density. Gold, Platinum, Platinum & Rhodium are extremely close in density. So they travel together in the refining processes. While less dense metals like Silver, Copper, Brass & Zinc are more easier to be put into solution during the refining processes because they're less dense. In the refining of precious metals. Their's a series of steps and techniques based on metal density. You can't have element 7 until you have removed element 1 through 6. I think that's the best way I can explain your question based on the knowledge I have but I could be wrong... L0L
Awesome video! I've been rocking with the hydrogen peroxide method for a while now thanks to your guidance. Many many thanks!! Happy 4th, Bud!! Thank you for your service in the Armed Forces!!
Is there anything special about the red fumes? I was wondering if you could collect the red fumes into like an air filter to collect some precious metals of some sort?
Welcome back! Missed your posts the last few weeks. Why have you moved away from using a wooden board with a stream of water flowing when doing the pour after inquarting the gold?
Would using a fritted glass end (like on an aquarium bubbler) on your gas delivery tube help you make more efficient use of the SO2 you generate? I know that some of the gas coming out of the tube is air from the apparatus, at least initially. But it’s sad to see some of the gas escaping when it cost you money to make it.
can you please give us more details how to do calculation to add sterling silver to gold scrap ?such as 20 kt of gold how much sterling silver should to add ? cheers
He has some very clear instructions in his earlier videos. He’s basically figuring the gold content by carat weight, using that to calculate the base metals already with the karat gold then adding sterling silver to equal 75% base metals and 25% gold as a final alloy once melted down. I think this is correct. I have watched a LOT of Sreetips!!!
20k is 20/24=0.833 or 83.3% pure gold. So a hundred grams of 20k will have 83.3g of pure gold and 16.7g of base metals. Multiply 83.3 x 3 = 249.9g of silver, minus the 16.7g already in there, equals 232.2g to inquart. I reduce it a little so 232.2 times 0.95 equals 221.5g it’s all basic math.
And so we started with 190.2g scrap karat gold or .667 pure karat scrap Estimate 101.81g ..999 gold and 88.4g .333 other metals. Can the the melted.667 pure karat scrap be adjusted up to .750 /18k with an addition of 8.3% / 8.45g 24k thus resulting in a refined 18 karat 198.6 gram bar?
Odd question for you Sreetips: Pre-82 pennies are 95% copper/5% zinc - would it be possible to inquart your scrap gold with pre-82 pennies, or would the presense of the zinc be a problem? (I understand why you inquart with sterling. I'm just curious about whether it would be theoretically possible)
Just a tip when you are doing the next cement silver to shoot you don't like to stand near the initial fire and boom you could use one of your hand tourches that you melt gold with from behind or if you like length use a cheap tiki torch to light it.😊
Hello streetips, I just need to let you know that I really love your channel. You are the best precious metal refiner on youtube!
Thank you!
Agreed 👍
He's alright.
FACT
Ditto.
A new Sreetips gold refining video is just what I need after a seriously rough week at work. Time to relax and enjoy the video. 💪💪🥳
I was a rough week
Every time you post I can't help but smile, just grab a cup of coffee and enjoy! Thanks for the fascinating and insightful tips, and guidance, it's greatly appreciated. Take care.
This procedure is absolutely my favorite way to watch you precipitate your gold . So amazing I'm Ah struck every time . 😮😮
17:59 The streaks of gold pulling out of solution when the SMB hits it are amazing. Chemical comets with tails of gold dust.
43:42 An excellent gold precipitation method 👌🙂 Perfect!
Good evening Sreetips. The 3rd gold drop was stellar. I'm looking forward to the anode baskets refining. Cool stuff. Have a wonderful holiday weekend bro.
Hello Mrs and Mr sreetips. Thank you for a exelent,and stunning clip Sir. You truly make my day😊. Thats gold spongs locks amazing🎉. I whis both of you a lovely day. Thanks. Arne
Thanks Arne
Nice to see you back! Was down and out myself for a week or so with a bit of leg surgery. Getting older in NOT for sissies. Never get tired of the various precipitations. Amazing how the gas changes the color to clear then boom, it flashes over. Top notch video!
I love these gas precipitations. You've put out a real treat for us this time (I enjoy watching all your videos). That gold powder sure looks pretty. 👍
Great to see you back after several weeks!
There's still a Food Lion near you?! Be careful, that distilled water may contain bleach!lol
Greetings Sreetips, on this 4th of July weekend I want to give you a heartfelt "Thank you for your Service, Senior Chief!' one of my departed uncles told me once that Machinists and Their chiefs keep the U.S. Navy floating efficiently world wide. And from what I observe in life, I think after making Chief or better (Senior or Master) one can teach him or herself just about any darn thing they decide they wish to learn. Off the subject a bit, but some of my (now departed) who taught me that the USN is the best service in this nation. Happy 4th Senior Chief , You Rule and the USN rules.
Here here! Well said. Same to you.
Really enjoy your videos very much. The knowledge gained is irreplaceable. I plan to try this method when I get back this fall. We have 2 gold claims in Idaho that I'll be spending a couple of months on maybe more depending on weather. Should have a good amount to play with when I get back. ✌️😎
Why do I love watching metals melt? I do not know! Great video!
There’s something primal about melting metal.
35:10 loved that part, so much gold!
Very professional presentation . Quality info...many thanks.........
Welcome Back Sreetips! I hope all is well! Getting ready to watch another great video!
Gooood evening from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great night! Great to see ya back! Hope you had a wonderful vacation! Glad your feeling better!
Goooood evening!
Hello David. I whis you a nice day😊 Arne
@@arnedalbakk6315 Hi Arne! Hope your having a wonderful weekend! It's nice and hot here. 96°F with lots of humidity.
Thank you my friend. Here in Norway its raining,but i have things to do inside. It is nice to have a friend like you in Florida David. Enjoy your day😊 Arne
@@arnedalbakk6315How are you doing my friend? I haven't seen you in Sreetips comments section in awhile. It's been very hot with lots of rain here in Dade City, Florida. Our dog Luna (yellow labrador) only goes outside to do her business and wants back inside immediately 😂. Anywho... hope you and yours are doing well.
love watching the great sreetips! Never ceases to amaze.
Wow that is some very very very purified gold.
Great vid Sreetips.
A motherload.
Thanks for sharing...
Good to have you back 👏🏻🇩🇰
Every time I watch one of these videos it feels like I am watching a magic trick happen, every single time!
Excellent triple refining video!!
Excellent video once again thank you!!!
Beautiful!
27:20- the forbidden KoolAid.. 💪💪😂
I think that it is something noteworthy to mention. For every ounce of precious metals you recover, from scrap, is one less ounce that needs to be ripped out of the Earth. Commercial mining, Cyanide Leeching, Mercy titration and boiling, just to mention the most reprehensible methods being used, is abhorrent! Some talk about recycling. Your doing it, and teaching others how, along the way. Well done!
Wade
Outstanding sir I love watching the transformation when you change it back to gold you know what I mean thank you for sharing this with us six stars sir
You are an artist 🙏
Always nice to see a video pop on a Friday! Hope your thumb is ok... That nail looks like it should be looked at.
These videos are like watching magic tricks amazing! Thanks for the content
Excellent.
Can you hang a cheap clock on the back wall of the ventilator? It would be cool to see the time it takes for each step.
Yes, good suggestion.
Agree😊
The best way to flatten it out,hit the butt of your empty hand on the bottom of the dish your using at that given time,as a retired chef you learn how to flatten sauces out on a service plate✌️ Napa California
Wonderful video Sreetips! The SO2 gas refining technique really does get the most pure gold out of all the techniques you use. I noticed the gas delivery tube was putting up a fight not wanting to stay in the center 💩. Might be a good idea to makeshift some kind of clamp to ensure it stays in the middle/bottom of the beaker.
I should have adjusted it before I started.
No matter how many times I see it, It's just so cool
Heck yeah, Welcome back Mr. Sreetips. 🎉
Thanks for the efforts!
I can't wait to see the anode filter refined that will be just as cool as all your vids maybe even more with the platinum
seems like if the SO2 was introduced in finer bubbles it would be much more efficient and neater to watch. maybe could use an aquarium bubbler stone?
1/4 inch opening on the delivery tube, minimum. Otherwise it will clog up very quickly.
Your bigger cooling incortation bucket looks to be a godsend.
Yes! It forms smaller pieces = more surface area.
Nice work.
Early-on in the last reaction, was a great visual effect. Thank you.
Have a great 4th Sreetips!!
Same!
I’m sure it’s a lot more cumbersome using the bigger pot for pouring shot, but man those flakes were pretty! Great to see you back, sir!
44:02 When you touch the watch with gloves, are there any spots on the watch after that? 😃
No
awesome thats alot woow
great job and great video
Thank you, sreetips for another fantastic video. Time to freshen up the SnCl2 solution, 😅.
Thank you very much!
glad to see you Agin sir its ben a wile.
I was wondering where my man sreetips was at. Hard at work, as usual. And recording the process for us. Good to see you again!
Another excellent video.
Missed you! Glad to see you back making videos!
Hello glad you're back
I was wondering what you do with all of your used melt dishes? I was watching one of your older vids and noticed about 20 of them sitting there. Just curious.
I put them in a plastic box and store them.
I couldnt hear much of the video ! Can you please turn in the "Closed Caption" option for those of us with poor hearing ? and THANKS in Advance !!!
Those captions sometimes take a little long to show up. I’ll see what I can do.
Excellent video, re the silver cell, the run time could be increased by using two containers with a porous bridge to allow the dissolved ions to pass, one plastic container with a large bag of the silver shot, and a fabric strip to the plating bowl as you use now , the only difference is it could not short out because of the bridge, an old bit of seatbelt wrapped in plastic maybe, the throughput would be limited by the cross sectional area of the ion bridge ,
The bag you use currently acts as the bridge and slimes containment I am just separating the functions, the receiving bowl solution should remain less contaminated,
That’s not like any silver cell I’ve ever seen. Thank you
Yay. New Sreetips
I enjoy watching your videos and continuing to learn. I have something that I was hoping you could help me figure out. I used a distillation process and made some nitric acid, but I do not know the purity of it. Is there a way I could find that out?
Titration. But I’ve never done it. Should be some videos on it here on UA-cam.
Love it as always!
THANK GOD.
I’ve been at the beach all week wondering if you were on vacation too. Haha
This video is VERY welcome in my notifications!
Right I was worried that something happened glad to see him back and ok
@@hannable3871 it crossed my mind but I chose to think vacation ;)
20:00 ❤ feel kinda attached to this spoon... could you give it some ultrasonic clean please?
Man! Finally! I was getting worried!
I was able to buy H2O2 for $10 a gallon from Home Depot -- it was being sold as a drain cleaner that doesn't use toxic alkali or acids. The label was ambiguous about the percentage -- but the MSDS says it's 25%. I did a volume displacement and that verified it as 25%. The stuff is strong enough to give you a bleach/burn if you get it on your hands. I felt it was such a good deal that I stocked up on it. It has since gone up to $31 -- it's called Super Cess-Flo
Good tip, thank you.
Welcome back! And I must include the obligatory "SCIENCE!"
I’ve missed this channel. I know you’ve been on a break. I hope you’re well rested friend. Happy 4th of July and God bless America!
Thanks Dawn!
❤
I was wondering when you was going to do another one.. and glad to see it
@sreeptips. I would like to say that I really like watching your gold refining videos, they are really informative to watch. I have a question to ask, you normally use 3 different types of gold Karat jewelry in your refining process, what karat gold do you get from your final yield you never mention that after your refining is done.
Please clear this confusion.
P.S. I watch your videos all the way across the globe from Pakistan!
Karat is a measurement of the purity of gold. When sreetips refines 18k gold, he's refining metal that's around 75-80% gold, the rest being other metals alloyed with the gold. By refining this material, he's concentrating the gold and purifying it, increasing the karat. This means producing gold that's anywhere from 99% to more pure. When sreetips 'three nines fine' he means that it's a batch that is 99.9% pure batch of gold, with less than .1% impurity. This level of gold purity is 24 karats or 24k gold. Pure gold, basically.
I beg to differ on that explanation. I will wait fo an explanation from the man himself.
24k - 999 parts per thousand pure gold.
@sreetips, is it possible to filter in a single pass using a finer filter? I'm curious, would you be willing to share your reasoning for using the double filter instead of using a finer filtering setup? Does it provide an advantage, speed, or something else entire?
I don’t know.
Could you still just use SMB to precipitate the gold out once dissolved without Nitric? or do you then have to use So2 gas?
SMB will work with no nitric dissolve.
@@sreetips Great, thanks for the reply :)
I was starting to worry, glad you are back
Was starting to worry since you havent released a video lately
Glad to see things are going well.
Would it help to put a drop of dish soap in there before you pour it off? Or would it react?
Probably wouldn’t hurt. But I get all that back because it gets poured off in my temporary waste container.
I do have a question, why don't you layer the gold and silver. Wouldn't it help the incourtation process
Inquartation is the mixing of metals. In order to obtain the 25% to 27% gold percentage. It needs to be mixed so the nitric acid is easily accessible to strip the base metals and put them into solution.
I use a graphite rod to stir the molten metal to ensure a consistent alloy.
You are welcome. Thank you for the edu-taining post. Definitely some nasty biz with the shysters and their misleading stamping practices, one must always be on guard. Love seeing the final product being dehydrated (like a lush field coming into bloom) and slump slightly under its own glorious weight. 👍👍🤟👌
I notice that the gas-precipitated gold handles better, in that it clumps to itself more readily. The salt (I'm guessing largely NaCl) that is left from using SMB probably interferes with the cohesion of the gold particles. Question: Between hydrogen peroxide and nitric acid, which is more economical for dissolving gold?
I’d say peroxide. But nitric is usually faster.
As much of a pain as it is to set up, the SO2 gas sure is fun to watch and saves a ton on rinsing!
Is it possible to add too much sodium metabisulfite? If so, what is the result?
Yes, a saturated solution of SMB. And a waste of chemical (SMB).
Or just sell the Gold Dust @ pure weight value $6142.00 and the lot of Silver Jewelry @ scrap weight value $1174.00, I really like the third precipitation experiment you did it was fascinating and much cleaner.
Another excellent video
5 nines gold.,.,.,,tkzz for sharing another awesome vid tipps.,.,.,peace
Hope you’re feeling better!
Much!
When you did the SO2 gas, and you said something about not needing to rinse it over and again, yadda yadda....but then you had to anyway? I'm curious what you think happened there? I'm wondering if it may have been tiny, tiny flecks of pure gold you were rinsing away, sort of like flour gold for prospectors?
Normally I melt the pure gold into a bar. Before melting it’s best to rinse the excess SMB off and do an acid boil. But this gold will be sold as powder/sponge by the gram. So I did all those water boils at the end to get all the acid rinsed off the pure gold sponge.
Acid on the gold powder matters not (for the most part) because it gets burned off.
Im curious if you remove the platinum first or what comes out first
I usually remove the gold first
@@sreetips thank you for responding I will be watching for the alert to be further educated very cool
Metals density. Gold, Platinum, Platinum & Rhodium are extremely close in density. So they travel together in the refining processes. While less dense metals like Silver, Copper, Brass & Zinc are more easier to be put into solution during the refining processes because they're less dense. In the refining of precious metals. Their's a series of steps and techniques based on metal density. You can't have element 7 until you have removed element 1 through 6. I think that's the best way I can explain your question based on the knowledge I have but I could be wrong... L0L
COOL !!
Awesome video! I've been rocking with the hydrogen peroxide method for a while now thanks to your guidance. Many many thanks!! Happy 4th, Bud!! Thank you for your service in the Armed Forces!!
Thank you!
@@sreetips 👊😎👍
So what do you do with the copper from the solution ? How do you separate it from the silver 🤔
I separate the silver from the copper. Then the copper gets cemented on iron.
Is there anything special about the red fumes? I was wondering if you could collect the red fumes into like an air filter to collect some precious metals of some sort?
Traces, possibly
Welcome back! Missed your posts the last few weeks. Why have you moved away from using a wooden board with a stream of water flowing when doing the pour after inquarting the gold?
It’s an extra step
Dumb question maybe but ....Can you put the gold sponge into a mold and press/strike without heat?
Yes, it can be cold-pressed into a solid bar. But I’ve never tried it.
Hope to see you do it. @@sreetips
Would using a fritted glass end (like on an aquarium bubbler) on your gas delivery tube help you make more efficient use of the SO2 you generate? I know that some of the gas coming out of the tube is air from the apparatus, at least initially. But it’s sad to see some of the gas escaping when it cost you money to make it.
The delivery tube must be 1/4 inch or greater or else it gets clogged up with gold.
@@sreetips, clogged up with gold... you don't hear that everyday! #FirstWorldProblems is what they call that nowadays???
I did this the first time ten years ago. I used a tapered glass tube. It clogged up with gold almost immediately. Made a believer out of me.
How much gold do you think you lost from boiling the nitric for so long? How would one avoid that happening? Love your videos! Keep them coming!
Traces only. Avoid it by not boiling as long as I did.
can you please give us more details how to do calculation to add sterling silver to gold scrap ?such as 20 kt of gold how much sterling silver should to add ? cheers
He has some very clear instructions in his earlier videos. He’s basically figuring the gold content by carat weight, using that to calculate the base metals already with the karat gold then adding sterling silver to equal 75% base metals and 25% gold as a final alloy once melted down. I think this is correct. I have watched a LOT of Sreetips!!!
@@kevinstanley5339 thanks for your clarification , actually I got confused .so what you discussed is make sense to me
20k is 20/24=0.833 or 83.3% pure gold.
So a hundred grams of 20k will have 83.3g of pure gold and 16.7g of base metals.
Multiply 83.3 x 3 = 249.9g of silver, minus the 16.7g already in there, equals 232.2g to inquart. I reduce it a little so 232.2 times 0.95 equals 221.5g it’s all basic math.
And so we started with 190.2g scrap karat gold or .667 pure karat scrap
Estimate 101.81g ..999 gold and
88.4g .333 other metals.
Can the the melted.667 pure karat scrap be adjusted up to .750 /18k with an addition of 8.3% / 8.45g 24k thus resulting in a refined 18 karat 198.6 gram bar?
Possibly, if your math is correct.
@@sreetips Yep, it's off but the short math was worse/ heavy at 190.2+15.786 24kt = 205.986 18kt bar.
Odd question for you Sreetips:
Pre-82 pennies are 95% copper/5% zinc - would it be possible to inquart your scrap gold with pre-82 pennies, or would the presense of the zinc be a problem?
(I understand why you inquart with sterling. I'm just curious about whether it would be theoretically possible)
Yes, they could be used to inquart.
Would the enquarted gold dissolved faster if you rolled it real thin?
Yes.
I wonder what happens if you over boil the aqua regia. at 26:00, you reduced it to 100ml. What if you let is go to 50 or even 25ml?
It just keeps getting dark orange. I can take it down to dryness (solid chunks of chloroauric acid). But I’ve never done it on purpose.
@@sreetips I like the "on purpose" part 🤣
Just a tip when you are doing the next cement silver to shoot you don't like to stand near the initial fire and boom you could use one of your hand tourches that you melt gold with from behind or if you like length use a cheap tiki torch to light it.😊
That thing scares me. Like a big loud 2000 degree monster.
@@sreetips I guess you could use a sparkler and have a weight on the bottom for more precision. And you would be able to stan further away
😂