Making a Solid Gold Railroad Spike
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2021
- I recreate the golden spike for the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental rail road. I'm only about about 21 months late... the last couple of years have been hard on me ok.
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I see Buddy has expensive taste
It can be a problem in the future. Cody doesn't pay attention and all the money will be spent on russian caviar and champagne with gold flakes in it.
i love booby dude arts
You’re everywhere
@@Gunbudder It is spelled “Bobby.”
@@beepbeeplettuce848 "Booby Derp Farts" 🙂
You got to love how cody works on the floor and uses old things around his house to make a $26,000 solid gold spike. He is on a budget, i guess?
he’s probably spent 50k in chemicals to purify it from dirt during youtube videos 🤪
you can always melt it down for a nearly identical value to the start
Truly a man who cares about the outcome of scientific endeavors and not the income.
@@jwalster9412 you clearly didn’t understand the comment
@@jwalster9412 he melted silver and copper into it though, which makes it more complicated and expensive to re separate, and he already made a video on how to do that. I don't know what his future plans with it are
*Cody gets splashed with a gallon of boiling water*
Cody: "That was a bit more violent than I expected..."
I'm sure it was a bit warm, but not enough water had contact for long enough (to get to boiling temp) to matter very much
@@Crazyclay78YT A more conspicuous point, I’m sure if it was boiling he would be in the hospital
he was like "okay"
@@rival_rebel16yearsago61 jar man
It wouldn't have been at boiling point that quickly, but if you throw something of either extreme heat into cold or vise versa, it's gonna react and expel. It's like when you add frozen fries into the oil too fast. the cold water causes the hot oil to pop and expel
Every single time you spell your name in your intro, I read it; “Cody Slab”
same
@Engine omar didn't expect a hermitcraft viewer here lol
"Hey everyone! This here is my slab and today I will be making Frankenstein's monster."
@Engine omar Fuck, YES!
@Engine omar was thinking the ame thing
Other creators: Flexes with expensive cars, clothing, jewelry and real estate.
Cody: S O L I D G O L D R A I L W A Y S P I K E
I believe they are all sons and daughters of wealthy families like you.
@@whatsappvideos9665 Shit man, I wish I was, would certainly beat living in a trailer park.
That's very unique
What you don't know is he is going to pave a railway from house to the mine using only gold and platinum.
@@whatsappvideos9665 Most wealthy people are wealthy because of their actions, their culture, and their intelligence. Highly intelligent people tend to have highly intelligent children. Thus the wealthy family nonsense.
Cody: drives a rusting old Ford ranger with junkyard parts.
Also Cody: has a $26,000 nail just because.
Cody did have a gold plated bumper once-upon-a-time.
He isn't materialistic so he gets the best bang for his buck and easily repairable whist these new cars you have to go to a servicer to get a simple fix
@@DatBoiOrly, I'm the same. There's something satisfying about keeping an old car away from the junkyard too.
....anyone watched Goldfinger .
@@stupot8413 indeed I'm also the same since I work a crappy paid job I have to keep it running or I'm walking to work lmao.
Someone goes to rob Cody: Give me you valuables
Cody: here’s a railroad spike
Thief: I don’t want that
Cody: Well, here’s $20
He could paint this thing black and put it on a shelf and no one would look twice at it. I had a family member that painted a silver bar black and used it as a door stop. It was still sitting on the floor when he came home to find he'd been robbed.
@@mrfatibe the only issue with that is that someone (with no imagination) who doesn't know what it is will Throw it away assuming it's something not valuable or dangerous lead, like if you put money in a shity book that gets covered in s*** somehow.
I'm sure people with floor safes also have their stories.
“But of course I’m kidding-” *brings out a spike that will cost him 4x in gold* “-we are gonna go full size” this dude is harder than any rapper prove me wrong.
Just casually smacking $20k worth of gold with a mallet
@@FishSnackems “this gold means nothing to me” 😂
It’s for science
@@FishSnackems it's 35k
@@lt.lettuce2023 No, he said 26k, because he made it "only" out of 18 karate Gold
“That was a bit more violent then I expected” -Cody
Totally uncontrolled laugh when he said that!!!
Glad he didn't had to say that in his good ol' home made nitroglycerin videos..
my reaction too tbh
not the first time he said that :)
"...........okay"
"Of course we are going full size" Never change Cody!
Do you want to date me? Then I have to shatter your dreams: I am in a relationship with TWO women! They are also loyal fans of me, YT Megastar AxxL! Please don't cry, dear drake
@@AxxLAfriku excuse me what?
@@joshuah2489 Its just a spammer , just report that one....
3:20. He kept that gold foil ball from way back when lol. Still in the hemisphere shaoe
theres that Cody we miss so much ....how ya doing sonny Jim .....now this is what me and Slim like to watch after a long day Drift mining ....keep'em coming sonny Jim
Good to see you and Slim here, I just came over from your last video.
I hope you and Cody keep up the awesome work, and hit a little paydirt along the way. 😁👍
Wasn’t expecting to see you here but you have good taste in content
@Daan P what?
aww
Okay sonny jeff
"Some left over gold" I am used to saying that every day.
"the last couple of years have been hard on me ok" listen buddy it's February of 2021, you're in good company, no prob
*Cody:* _Acquires wealth in gold through means of chemistry_
*IRS:* "He can't do that! Shoot him....or something!"
Imagine what would happen if they found out what the hadron collider could do.
@@hippy_flip tbh that makes gold atoms at the time would probaply take thousands of years to make a noticable amout of gold.
@@alfepalfe The energy cost to run it is way higher than the value of any material they could make with it
You realize you he bought the gold right?
he didn't just chemistry it into existence, he refined it he made a profit maybe.
@@hippy_flip if i did my research correctly, the LHC can theoretically produce gold at a rate of 1 milligram of gold per *year* per kilowatt of beam power.
I still can’t get over how cody just found a cat in the middle of nowhere and decided to keep him
Good on him tho, there's nothing quite like a very grateful cat that appreciates being warm in the cold weather :)
So to answer common questions that I'm getting:
I went home and filmed getting the spike out then I showed how the spike fared. Once the weather cleared up I drove back out (to some random field in town not to promontory) and pounded it in. Then I chopped it out once again and filmed how the spike fared the second time. Apologies for making it unnecessarily confusing.
The weight of the spike after driving twice was 588 grams. Given the uncertainty in the scale it could be and probably is much less than a gram. Also most of the loss was from the 2nd time in the random field so please dont go trying to pan out the dirt at promontory.
you should look into watching dr. stone, cool scifi show that's about restarting civilization from the stone age. main character reminds me of you
Thanks, I'll take note of that
Cody thank you for continuing to post quality content in the years I have watched you. I hope you realize that no one can really replace what you create on this platform I mean this seriously like who would use 26 thousand dollars worth of gold to make a railroad spike and then have the nerve to drive it into the ground? only you. Or walk on mercury or put mercury LITERALLY IN THEIR MOUTH only Cody. I just hope no one rushes this man because he creates perfection and without him there is a void. I am sorry to read that the last couple years have been hard on you and hope everything works out everyone who watches you truly loves and supports you regardless of what you want to do just stay safe man.
damn my road trip to get a gram is in a random field, do you have the lat and lon for me to go pan
Ya, not going to spend many hundreds of dollars to make the trip to try and pan about $32 worth of gold. :-)
Cody, nobody minds that this video missed the 150th anniversary. We want you to be healthy and happy. ❤
I concur!
Agreed!
Indeed!
Well said
Same here, wish you health and happiness! God bless you.
I like how he doesn't edit out the bloopers, it makes his channel more wholesome in a way.
I'm just imagining if some random person had happened by while you're at Promontory hammering a golden spike into a scrap of Railroad tie.
Most UA-camrs: clickbait audience
Codyslab: does what he advertised to the letter
His titles always look like clickbait, but never are.
And more!
@@severussnape8254 I think he means it isn't hollow by saying solid gold
@@severussnape8254 ally is still better.
4:32 you know it’s bad when science man says “oh no no no”
Replacing railroad spikes at some random location is probably the easiest way to actually hide stolen gold in plain sight..
Indeed. Until you return to find the entire track was serviced and replaced.
@@Shepard_AU that's why you find an abandoned line that won't get touched because it's cheaper to leave in place.
@Ben David but that's the first place the feds are going to look!
You could conceal it even better by lowering the purity to 14k or 10k, but you would need more spikes. You could also make an alloy with copper, giving it a rose color. I feel like the best way to conceal gold is to make wire with it. Not only will it be hidden, but it makes a great conductor, so you can use it around the house for things like you’re speakers.
Just bury in the ground somewhere where nobody can or will metal detect
I love how these videos all seem to take place over huge timeframes. Cody must always be working on like 10 or 12 at once!
I literally laughed out loud when the water exploded in his face😂 “that was a little more violent than I expected...okay...”
I thought he was going to comment how casting things is always much harder than you expect.
I was like oof
That's gonna hurt
Pretty surreal to be pounding that thing in where the historical one was. Good video bro
ikr, this is one of my favorite of his more recent videos.
Would be better if he could start minning again
It was a very weird feeling, glad to see I wasn’t the only one
I'm glad your cat overlord accepted your humble offering.
14:54 nice prybar deforming rig you've made there.
I like how he just measured out the gold and silver like it wasn’t a big deal. Like baking cookies or something... 😄
How else would you do it?
@@theCodyReeder obviously with a pristine lab environment, special anti-risk tape and at least 2 glass boxes so the shiny metal cant escape
@@theCodyReeder tbh, exactly how you did it. Though mine would be like a dime sized nugget of gold and a couple ounces of silver and copper.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
SCIENCE!!
@@theCodyReeder he wouldn't. That's the point lol
Only on Cody'sLab would you see someone cast a $26K gold spike and then beat it with a hammer into a log. I love this channel.
I like how the gold spike makes an audibly different ringing when it's in all the way, must have been a great sound to hear for the people working on the railroad
Gold is an amazing metal, it's so workable.
I've seen gold and silver scepters jewlry and other ceremonial artifacts over 6000 years old being displayed in the IMJ. The detailed workmanship made me emotional, thinking some person worked on it so long ago.
All I could think about was how crazy it would feel driving home with a chunk of old wood with $26k worth of gold in it just rolling around on your floorboard
probably lost $25 just from pounding it against that rusted iron
@@monad_tcp at least
@@monad_tcp
He will make up for it with the views of this video :p
The thing I love about Cody is that when faced with something disappointing, he responds by giving it a good laugh and trying to find something interesting or learnable from the experience rather than dwelling on the disappointment
Like a grownup
He's Cody. And that is something we can take from this, to laugh and learn :)
14:56 idk why but this made me laugh so much😂😂
I am actually quite impressed with how that spike held up to being driven into the tie, granted, it is fairly thick.
In regards to the time it took... Cody, my man, take all the time. Everything you make is worth watching.
That is very true. He is by far one of the best and most genuine channels I have come across
I love his cat at the end essentially saying, "No, my gold spike!"
"Khajiit has spikes if you have the coin"
2:03 He lied, he was pouring soy sauce into the mold so the finished product would be flavored.
I liked how at 15:30 the audio compression made a kind of side chain effect where the banging of the hammer made the atmospheric sound dip in and out of the mix. Makes me think of applications of that technique in music.
"That was a bit more violent than I expected." LOL
That turned out sweet. Nice work!
First i guess
I want more tacoma upgrades.....please!!!
No, you can't do a teardown of Buddy. Or Cody. Things don't always work right after you put them back together.
yes
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The harmonics emanating off the spike when you strike it with a hammer are ridiculous in a great way. I want to sample it!
Alternative title: How easy is it to steal the golden spike from a railroad tie?
Thanks for leaving in the part when you fell over. Far too many people would edit something like that out.
14:58
As soon as Cody put that pry bar on there and grabbed the hammer, I knew he was going down with that ship. lol.
I think my favorite part about Cody is how his equipment always seems to be kinda Jerry rigged in a sense. Always makes it super entertaining to see the ways he extracts metals and all that
"That was a little more violent than I expected" Cody. The famous words of any mad scientist haha
Watching gold flake off the spike, never to be retrieved, was painful.
10/10
We’re talking about a man who extracted diamonds from sand off of a highway before. He for sure recovered the gold 😂
@@ProducerCastro Didn't he also obtain gold and platinum from road dust, at some point?
@@sdspivey yep
@@sdspivey he did do it! It’s not worth it but it’s cool
Codydon, I want to mention that you have the best filter in the world. Like you get scalded with hot water and it's like you are in front of a preschool class. I don't know how you don't swear when things go wrong. Like props to you, I don't know how you do it, but man you are a saint
I was Raised by Mormons.
@@theCodyReeder You know what, I am not surprised. Your everything makes a lot more sense now.
@@theCodyReeder That explains it, but it doesn't make your choice to not swear any less commendable. I think this platform needs more genuine and down to earth geniuses like you. Also I give you props for following through, most people would probably quit after the gold melted out the sides the first time, I think it's awesome you have the commitment to finish this project. Also I think your videos are awesome and I anticipate every new one because it always contains fresh original content.
Sorry to ramble, I just so rarely get a creators reply, just wanted to let you know you are a genius, but I doubt that's news to you! 😊
@@theCodyReeder I was raised by morons too. I still swear a lot though.
The commitment to actually demonstrating the spike is remarkable. Great video Cody!
Loved the video! Glad to see you smiling and doing better Cody!
I think Cody’s Lab is one of the most genuine channels on UA-cam. You can really tell how much he appreciates science and chemistry.
This spike is worth more than everything I own combined
If life was scored like golf you’re a winner.
Worth more than my mom makes a year
mood
I love how poor people are 😍 Quit hogging all the poverty guys
@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 ill share it if you wanna share
That was incredible!! Great job. We must be neighbors, we ourselves don't live too far from promontory point. The trains in our into video are actually from the 150 anniversary reenactment they did.
I absolutely love your content. The raw educational value is amazing, thank you for all the effort you have put out for the world to benefit from.
God bless and many blessing to you and your family.
People watching from a distance probably thought he just recorded himself removing a chunk out of the railroad and walked off with it. lol
"He stole the golden spike!!!"
@@volvo09 supervillain heist
Golden earring playing in the truck ride is a nice touch
Lol came here to see if anyone else caught that.
@@theCodyReeder nice to see some love for dutch rock
No more speed im almost there
How is this video only 25 minutes old but you commented 6 hours ago?
Premium status or something?
@@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 if you have to ask, you already know the answer 🙃 (p.s. the Patreon link is in the description)
14:56 im so glad you left this in because when I'm working on things to do clumsy stuff too. Its nice to see that you don't have embarrassment for being yourself.
A huge thumbs up for this video Cody. The coolness factor and that you brought it to the site and did what has got to be one of the best if not the best reenactments ever. Thanks for doing this, thanks for making a video of it and thanks for keeping history alive.
We missed you Cody! No pressure to upload stuff, just glad you are active.
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall remove the golden spike" - Some Science Dude.
And a metal scrapper..
I agree he needed a block of wood under that pry bar as a better fulcrum and he might have a chance at pulling it out.
Archimedes
@@Sk8rdad420 Wonder bars/flat bars are too flexible. You lose most of your prying force in flexing the bar itself. A genuine purpose built crowbar would've done much better.
Love the stuff Cody, really really do. Always enjoy them! I've been here for years and you've always been well-entertaining and informative.
You are an inspiration, and how you share your knowledge is incalculably valuable. Just want you, Cody, to know how valuable you are.
Don't give that cat too much gold, now. That's how dragons are made.
All I’m seeing is a reason to give the cat MORE gold.
OP is Rick. First commenter is Morty lol
*BURP*
the intro: CODYSLAB
my brain: CodySlab
He needs to go to Houston and get his own slab.
Exactly what I was thinking. Hahaha
All the Cody you love, now with twice the SLAB!
I am glad to see you Cody, and you are fine. I hope those hard years are over for you, and will be brighter from now.
Be healthy and stay awesome, Cody!
I love how when it feels like the sky is falling Cody dont give a single care he just keeps on keeping on, doing cool as Cody stuff
Saw this on my feed and was like ehh that sounds alright. Then when I was scrolling back up I realized it was a Cody’s Lab video and I was WAYY more excited. There is a huge difference between one of Cody’s videos and a random forging video
My exact thought process
My feed is usually weird AF
Hearing that hi everyone cody here is pure happiness
Yup, happy to see a happy Cody
Always brightens up my day
Maybe I should start saying "Hi Everyone"... lol
@@theCodyReeder that's about all. Peace out.
He definitely says “alright everyone” lol
Damn, that POV hammer-shot around 13:30, with the ting-ting-ting of the strikes, was extremely satisfying. Kudos on the successful spiking!
I've always wanted to visit Promitory UT. Thanks for showing it to us.
"That's bees wax"
We know, Cody. We know.
I actually didn't know.. I am glad he told us.
🤣 Truth Brother, Truth!
@@calinculianu Cody have episodes with bee wax, that's why we know.
Lmfao
Find yourself a partner who looks at you like Buddy looks at his Golden Spike
So approximately a $26,000 look
Nice! glad to see it turned out so well after all that! Love the channel, may it live for much longer!!
I really enjoy all your videos that you create. And I love the railroad always fascinated with it ever since I was a boy 30 something years ago. To see you make a gold railroad spike was pretty awesome I learned something too because I watched documentaries on what you were talking about and I don't remember them ever mentioning about a gold Spike. Keep up the great work
You did say that you would do this a while ago... you kept your promise!
He always keeps a promise, every time he says he will do something we always get a video, we just don't know when that video will be haha that's what I love about it.
@@maxdavies9958 still waiting for that fusion reactor
@@ahmadkamaran5132 Like I said we don't know when it''s coming ;-)
His videos ar looking so professional and unprofessional at the same time. I like it
It makes them real. You feel a part of something special. :)
@@davysmith1934 jeah
He knows what's he's doing yet is gine budgeting.
"Is the camera recording?"
cody im so happy you still make videos, always interesting and always a good time. much love
really cool video as allways thanks for sharing Cody massive thumbs up from me in the UK
8:50 Worlds most expencive welding rod
Impressive that it didn't bend without pre-drilling the hole, but 24K would've definitely been bent by the hammer. Good ol' dental alginate, I know it well. Great video!
I heard those clone a willys also use alginate
I see you on every single video I watch, instead of being like everyone else and getting annoyed at you for no reason, I just want to say hi
@@Methoverbitches Are you just asking for a friend ?
@@Methoverbitches they do indeed
@@not_a_nugget2373 Still a better love story than twilight
i love how happy and wholesome this man is, it makes me just as happy to see
Cody you absolute gem please never change. Every time I watch a video of yours I can't help but feel like I am hanging around with a friend. Stay strong and again never change.
Lmfaoooo that fall though, can’t believe you kept that in there. Made my day
I saw myself in that moment doing exactly the same dumb thing!
oH my lord watching tiny gold flakes fly off as he pounded the spike in... how many hundreds of dollars were lost in this process
I intentionally didn’t say because it would be unfortunate if a bunch of people went and dug up the gravel.
@@theCodyReeder , wouldn’t it be ok if only one person went and dug up the gravel😊
Next video: Dissolving the split log in acid to recover the gold. 😏
@@nottooherbal not at a national park lol
@@theCodyReeder it would have been funny to pound it into a random track in a random place and just let chaos ensue as people try and find which one it is lmao
Cody you never fail to deliver the most interesting content on UA-cam, been watching you for years and am looking forward to the many more to come :)
Another great video. I love your content Cody!
Me: use two prybars, one on each side.
Cody: grabs splitting maul.
Whenever i see a train and/or railroad i cant help but to think about all the men who made it happen. Nearly nonstop back breaking work. Dying off as they worked. I live in the mountains and its incredible the things they was able to do while cutting into the mountains. Most of the lines still lay on paths that they carved!
Most of the workers on the Central Pacific (western) side were Chinese, but none were allowed in the famous photo.
@@whitcwa Yeah?
There was an old saying, that under every railroad spike, an Irishman was buried. People of all races suffered building those railroads, it is truly a testament to their commitment.
@@cooldud7071 I'd say desperation and exploitation rather than commitment lol
@@cooldud7071 The majority on the western half were Chinese. That takes nothing away from any other group.
@@Urstupidumbass Commitment to not being poor
This was a big winner! Definitely will go down as a classic CodysLab video. You falling over trying to get the spike out was quite the hoot.
Man you do such legendary things, its amazing!
17:58 "I bet we can buy lots of catnip with this."
The biggest flex ever, "let's see if I have $26,000.00 in gold..."
Not exactly. There are dinners that cost more, often due to social pressure.
@@ffnovice7 social pressure? no social group that pressures that is worth the Rolex they probably wear, Very few dinners on this planet cost 26000 dollars my friend, that’s an elitist dinner, at least few few even compared to dinners that can cost even a few thousand
Biggest flex ever? what about that mr beast guy giving away millions?
This is far more classy than Mr Beasts cringe activities
@@ffnovice7 I used to work catering weddings that would cost $20,000 for the venue rent alone, but the normal people don't have _near_, that much money on hand. Just because some people can drop that much money doesn't mean it isn't a lot for normal folks.
The cat photos reminded me of a leprechaun, “you’ll never take me gold”
I paused at 0:46. Cody, you really got me. I was looking at that the whole time thinking... 'That's not a railroad spike'
Ok now THIS is epic
For some reason I glanced at the title only, and saw "making and driving a solid gold golf (ball)".
The mind plays tricks... But let's make it happen!
Ben Shapiro, is that you?
Wasn’t expecting to see Nick here.
Hey Nickolas 👋🏻
Yes nick
Great video, Cody! So cool to see you cast gold into such an interesting item! Really enjoyed this video!
Why are you talking to him as if he’s your friend?
@@RicardoPerez-fd7bh huh? they aren't talking like that though? ugh i hate the unwarrented hostility of teenage youtube commenters
@@RicardoPerez-fd7bh were all friends here. You just arent part of the group yet
@@OtherDalfite imagine thinking that you’re friends with random people because you’re a pathetic loser, lmao couldn’t be me
@@RicardoPerez-fd7bhBro you literally came here, to a comment section of a community that enjoys expanding their scientific knowledge and learning things, and your only input has been spreading negativity.
Nice to see you making these cool videos!
It's funny, there's a page in the US passport that has the inscription on the golden spike and I had no idea until I flipped through it yesterday. Now I'm seeing this video talking about it! Thanks Cody