I love GF ! I run a few hundreds of lbs of GF a year. Those residues i capture from processing are saved and processed at the end of the year. There will be karat pieces. Silver chlorides. All kinds of stones. Those residues from the filter papers will contain activated carbon and will contain gold residues. There's a special process for all the residues i have developed over the years. They add up! The silver is and added little bonus also. I offer 95% accountability on recover. The other 5% is mine down the line. Plus the silver is free besides the gold residues. Then there's the processing fee on recovery after that. Gold silver pro taught me that GF is a poor mans treasure. Great show of processes brother!
@redbaronrefining5322
Жыл бұрын
Are you the guy I’m always bidding against on these big lots at online auctions? Hahaha. I run quite a large amount myself!
@goldrefining
Жыл бұрын
@@redbaronrefining5322 no sir. Never bought one piece of gold to refine for myself. I do strictly toll refining. Zero risk, all profit.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
My wife bought two big boxes of junk jewelry in the dark at a yard sale Saturday morning. We picked through it and found nearly $3k in karat gold. The seller knew there was gold but was too lazy to pick through it. He wanted twenty bucks for both boxes. My wife offered $15 and he took it. He told her, “there’s probably gold in there.” People are clueless about gold.
@goldrefining
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips wow! Nice find. I find karat gold mixed in with GF pretty often. Most folks have problems identifying the difference. It got to where i can pick it up and feel the weight and look at it and know 99% of the time what it is.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Being able to correctly identify what you got is key. Some pieces can still fool me. But after looking at the material day after day for over a decade, it almost becomes second-nature.
@1331RECIPROCITY
Жыл бұрын
Around $1400 worth of AU....plus $500 for your stamp of approval..... Then throw in a $100 respect note.. so theirs $2000+ Thank you for teaching what once was a underhanded screw everyone secret... That the refiners kept quiet..... I've said this before and I'll say it again... You are the first person 2 show this.... and many different precious metal recovery secrets... Thank you for teaching your method....bravo..
@Antonowskyfly
Жыл бұрын
You’re welcome! It was .999 fine my (heavy metals-containing self) pleasure to watch this 1fine production.👍👍🤟
@goldrefining
Жыл бұрын
Another tip. After you do the two hot hcl washes on the first drop wash it twice with cold water. Then do two COLD washes with hcl. Let it sit about 15 minutes each. Then cold water washes twice. Then a hot wash. The cold hcl will absorb way more silver chloride eliminating most if not all silver chloride problems you are seeing in the 2nd run filtering steps. The hot hcl washes are missing it.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Good to know, thank you
@Monstergold83
Жыл бұрын
Sreetips is better than Netflix for myself 🤣 Hello from gold refiner in France Sir !!
@francispalmer9737
Жыл бұрын
The opening shot with the silver cell looked like a shot of the Titanic as it looks now underwater.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
That’s what Mrs sreetips said.
@jariborn6777
Жыл бұрын
That is a nice bar of gold i think they are looking better and better every time
@tombrooks3812
Жыл бұрын
Bravo, this was another winner anytime you get more of the yellow stuff is a good day. Thanks i really enjoyed this.
@seanelliott7796
Жыл бұрын
I really like how informative your videos are. I have a friend with a hard rock gold mine, just a hobby set up. The processes and knowledge from you videos have helped so much in processing the smelted ore......can't thank you enough for providing this kind of information. Been watching your content for few years. Only thought it was for my personal entertainment, however it really helped with issues like removing lead from solution and getting better recovery of precious minerals. Thank you and always enjoy your content. Also thank you for your service!!
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@goldrefining
Жыл бұрын
If i may offer some advice. The copper you got from the silver came from not washing correctly in the funnel. After the hot water washes and while the silver is still hot disconnect the vac from the funnel. Empty the funnel of the used nitric because now you have chlorides coming. Then wash the silver with warm hcl allowing it to soak and sit it the funnel for a few minutes with no vac. The hcl won't harm elemental silver. Repeat twice. Wash with hot water a couple times. Try that. Use with all you silver powders.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
I’ve never tried that, another good tip. Thank you.
@AdamsWorlds
Жыл бұрын
Amazes me every time just how much work goes into refining this stuff. Here in the UK the cost of chemicals and the gas to run the torch would be way over the value of the end product.
@showmeyourkitties
Жыл бұрын
I wanna cement silver out on copper in a jar like that, now. That looks so cool!
@normynorm2945
Жыл бұрын
Its one of the best methods
@Daniel_cheems
Жыл бұрын
Bravo! That was an incredible yield, and not even all the gold got in solution.
@silvergold296
Жыл бұрын
As Always, Awesome job. I've learned so much from you.
@MostlyIC
Жыл бұрын
the sodium metabisulfite is some sort of miracle, the first time you dissolved the gold the solution was green but the SMB only precipitated the gold and the green stayed in solution, then the second time you dissolved the gold the proof was that this time it was the expected orange color. wow. incredible.
@dawnjennings4864
Жыл бұрын
I am a silver jewelry person but that nice bar in this video is very pretty, it was nice to have a longer video! Thanks
@johnson2207
Жыл бұрын
That bar is exceptionally shiny.
@burriedhistory
Жыл бұрын
That is a really stunning gold bar! 👍 The silver button looks like a flying saucer 😉
@josephcormier5974
Жыл бұрын
Outstanding results two of my favorite things gold and silver I learn from you every time I watch thank you for sharing six Stars
@DonnyHooterHoot
Жыл бұрын
That is a beautiful bar of gold! Great video!
@ArielleViking
Жыл бұрын
It's always wonderful to see what you end up with and the fine gold you get is always so beautiful in the bars and buttons. Amazing that you got 8 grams more than expected. 👍
@jimwednt1229
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic job sir 👏 Very informative video. Thank you !
@JacobCanote
Жыл бұрын
That was a tremendous recovery. A joy to see!
@greendruid33
Жыл бұрын
It's amazing how much faster, immediate, and uniform the SMB reaction was on the second refining.
@garrysshelton
Жыл бұрын
ALWAYS looking forward to your next Vid! TY~
@1988Mauritz
Жыл бұрын
dude i love that you made a salami look like copper but filled it with silver here my friends is chemist and a magican all in one :) on top of that he never gives up even when someone puts hardmode on without telling him. ps non english speaking native and on phone
@barthanes1
Жыл бұрын
Always fascinating. I've seen you do many videos of you doing jewelers floor sweeps, but can we get a video where you refine your shop sweeps?
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
I add all that to my cement silver melting crucible and recover it from my silver cell anode filters.
@barthanes1
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips I see. Thanks for letting me know.
@rogerfleury3591
Жыл бұрын
43rd! Love your channel! Finishing stage! YES! It amazing to watch what comes out of your chemical solutions! The finished product is fantastic! Roger in Pierre South Dakota USA
@carlosandino821
Жыл бұрын
0:16 it reminds me of the cenote of El Caracol and the various offerings in jadeite, silver and ceramics thrown at the bottom of the cenote.
@foxone265
Жыл бұрын
I wolf whistled when you did the stanis test on the bulk gold solution 😍
@CrimFerret
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that turned ink black instantly.
@rtl2002
Жыл бұрын
I never get tired of watching your videos.
@alexanderleibold6893
Жыл бұрын
Your GF videos are some of my favorites! I’m curious if you could treat that silver/copper button with a small amount of very dilute nitric acid. Will that preferentially dissolve the copper mostly leaving the silver alone? I’ve also wondered if treating your silver shot the same way before running through the silver cell would up your purity and allow you to get three cycles out of a batch of electrolyte. Just an idea, I’m not a refiner.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
That might work
@pottersmiles7238
Жыл бұрын
Looking forward to seeing the valentine's day special where he melts his wife's heart!
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
She melted mine decades ago
@pottersmiles7238
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips heyyyyy Mr sreetips. Loving your work and reply fella. Best wishes to you, your wife and family from myself over in Wales UK. 💯
@juliekavanagh2648
11 ай бұрын
Wow you are so very clever and I am mad about gold I love watching your videos gold gold and more gold
@cahproductions4695
Жыл бұрын
My mind is boggled at that silver turning out how it did
@dn2817
Жыл бұрын
I have a question as well as an idea for another episode. You appear to be very precise and neat… How did your walls get so splattered? You could do an episode called “how much precious metals is stuck to my walls?”
@MrThorp1
Жыл бұрын
i did notice at a point on the video, i thought it was metal/debris on the beaker, but it was the splatter. There have been some boil overs on the channel. plus, it may have been a used hood, so it might not be his mess.... but i noticed it to. :)
@mjay4700
Жыл бұрын
I always wonder if Sreetips will do a "Garage Sweeps Refining" video. From all the stuff I've seen flying out of beakers, buckets and melt dishes over the years.
@gonetroutfishing
Жыл бұрын
Gooood evening from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great night! Great looking fine gold!
@ronjlwhite8058
Жыл бұрын
I said BOOM just before you did LOL!!!
@heliarche
Жыл бұрын
I really think I'm getting the gist of this. I know there's a lot more to it than just recovery and refining such as dealing with waste, safety, cleanup, and equipment but at this point I think I could do a run and I'm really thinking about it small scale.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
I used to do reactions outdoors. When adding reagents I’d approach from the upwind. As I got close the wind currents would wrap around my body and pull the dangerous fumes towards me. Even after turning and walking ten paces I could still smell the fumes, in my hair, clothing, and in my eyes. It’s repeated chronic exposure of small amounts of these concentrated vapors that will cause big health problems. No way to safely do these reactions without a fume hood to draw the fumes away.
@heliarche
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips Understood. If I were to make an attempt I'll put a priority on some kind of ad hoc fume hood. It doesn't look like a complicated thing to build. Doing foundry work, I bought a gas mask with NBC filter but I think the stuff you're working with could get into the skin and blood. I won't mess around about it. I won't proceed if I can't get 100% ventilation.
@misteranonymous5486
Жыл бұрын
@@heliarche outside in a pinch (not with dangerous gasses but with nuisance gasses and dusts) you could try using a large electric fan to blow the fumes away from your person. Just a thought
@MrJansenenjansen
Жыл бұрын
You are getting a good price for the gold. Great work!👍💪
@patrickmorrissey2271
Жыл бұрын
I'm not a refiner, but I will agree with you 100%... There is nothing like holding pure gold in your hand....
@MrPetrion
Жыл бұрын
have you thought of getting a small cone mold? it would ease the excess flux problem.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Every refiner should have one
@ThorTubeview
Жыл бұрын
What a beauty, the silver stalactites.
@Heymrk
Жыл бұрын
Nice job, Chief.
@andregroulx1439
9 ай бұрын
Love your channel. The results are amazing
@mada90x
Жыл бұрын
A few months ago I was melting some old jewelry in a crucible And a few days ago I looked at the crucible and it had diamonds stuck in it I was like WOW. I wonder how much gold or silver or diamonds left people have inside there crucibles after there Experiments
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Mine are coated with diamonds and other gem stones.
@apveening
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips Also with gold beads (take a look in your last melting dish, it was clearly visible in the video).
@ewaste-jd-preciousmetals3723
Жыл бұрын
Wow what a nice gold bar again.
@HomeGrownMetals
Жыл бұрын
Do you think the copper colour/layer is due to copper oxidation on and otherwise pure silver, I know copper oxide is one of the harder ones to get rid of when cupeling
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Possibly
@thedailypearl7216
Жыл бұрын
love the videos mr sreetips I salute you
@SaltyMeatHook
Жыл бұрын
Nothing quite like the feel No, not cotton! Of gold in your hand!
@jackmclane1826
Жыл бұрын
Have you ever considered going down another route when refining such scrap? For example the electrolytic method is much less wasteful and consuming. It also feels less labor intensive, because most of the action happens while you are not there. Similar to silver cell. Melt the stuff down (removing steel parts is good and reduces waste solutions further, but is optional), cast into anodes, and dissolve them in a fairly concentrated copper sulphate/sulphuric acid solution that can be reused many times (when steel is removed) using electricity. Sell the recovered copper for some extra pennies (it pays for the electricity) and recover the precious metals as anode slimes.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
No, I’ve never heard of that method
@jackmclane1826
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips I got the fundamentals from this video. kzitem.info/news/bejne/zIeJ36GeoWp5loo I recommend using a more efficient current source, but it works like that. Can be scaled up very easily for large amounts. What is the carrier metal of gold filled stuff? This electrolysis works best, when it is mostly copper.
@shaneyork300
Жыл бұрын
Great video & even better yield, possibly more 14k and a few 18k than expected.
@bitsofeverything8385
Жыл бұрын
Surprised to see the electric furnace, neat. I wonder at times, why not use hydrogen to cement the metals, would generate less waste and as far as i remember it comes out with higher purity. I'm a bit baffled the silver and copper didn't alloy. Also, I feel the washes would be easier if you left the gold in the recipient you use for filtering and do the precipitation.
@stevenrowlandson9650
Жыл бұрын
If you simply melted the gold-filled scrap and made golden cornflakes by pouring the molten metal into water and then dissolved the metal alloy in nitric acid would it be effective and economical? The idea being to use base metals to dilute the gold content like in inquartation. The idea is to create a gold sponge and plenty of base metal solution for the silver jar or stock pot.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
If I alloy everything by melting then recovery becomes more difficult. Instead of gold foils, I’d be dealing with mud.
@stevenrowlandson9650
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips The gold would be too finely divided. I thought the gold could be filtered out with the other metals in solution.
@fredrichardson9761
Жыл бұрын
Awesome bar at the end there! Don't blame you for not chasing after the undissolved pieces - but that might have added another 2-3 grams or something? Either way, really beautiful bar at the end! 👍👍
@JustAnotherBuckyLover
Жыл бұрын
18:05 - my GOD that pink hue is incredible. While I have some familiarity with processing gold, I'm less familiar with other metal processing... what causes that incredible shade?
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Pink is usually the color of colloidal gold
@JustAnotherBuckyLover
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips Ah thank you so much for the speedy response. It's absolutely glorious.
@D_A86
Жыл бұрын
That's a tasty looking bar 🤤 Also is there a difference in weight between the solution when it has gold in and the same amount of solution but without gold in?
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Yes
@Mr007troy
Жыл бұрын
It must be a special day, two sreetips videos in one day!
@weasel6three597
Жыл бұрын
Very nice! Keep the videos coming!
@frankromero5581
Жыл бұрын
Yeah very interesting look.
@Psychedelicide
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely Brilliant!! 👏👏👏👏
@MirrimBlackfox
Жыл бұрын
I just had an idea, with the copper contaminated silver "puck" could you put it into solution and intentionally turn the silver into silver chloride to separate it from the copper? Making copper in solution, and silver chloride in the filter? You would then have to do... something to turn it back into silver metal (I would have to look up what the process was my recall is just not that good).
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Yes, then convert silver chloride to pure silver with lye and sugar.
@busbey61
Жыл бұрын
Definitely know nothing about this stuff, just love watching your videos... could you have started out with cupellation to separate out the silver and gold from everything else and then add sterling silver and recovering the gold that way?
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
None of the refiners that I learned from used cupel.
@Jack_Rabbit71
Жыл бұрын
Hi, Sreetips, great to watch your videos. Thanks for creating them. Can you / or do you recover any acids used in the entire process and/ or in the gold waste from your rinses?
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
The acids get consumed by the process
@piloulefarceur8534
Жыл бұрын
Always whisper around furnaces to avoid startling them.
@kennethredden7473
Жыл бұрын
I love it wish I could do that you do
@edwardtk1210
Жыл бұрын
You should go on Reddit’s bullion feed and tell them you’re selling gold bullion because you’re a KZitemr your bullion might hold a price standard for people later on in life as I think you’re KZitem’s best refiner
@edwardtk1210
Жыл бұрын
And you’r casts will always be limited because youre sreetips
@Akragonus
Жыл бұрын
i have to wonder... i don't know IF this is getting too personal but how much was spent on attaining the gold scrap in this process? Amazing video in any case... double thumbs up brother!!
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
We buy junk jewelry and as we sort I throw the valuable gold filled material in a bin until I have enough to process a batch.
@dbaca148
Жыл бұрын
hi sreetips. always fascinating and educational to watch your videos. if we don't have a furnace, will the incarnation step work with a propane torch? thanks!
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Yes
@dbaca148
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips thank you!
@Yairgil222
11 ай бұрын
Dear Sreetips How do you eliminate the acids before you throw away? I mean, what do I need to put inside that will stop their action so I can throw up in the toilet..? And if you could make a video for it that would be wonderful 😊 Thank you😊🙏🙏🙏very appreciate
@sreetips
11 ай бұрын
Waste treatment
@mike-tg8dw
Жыл бұрын
Have you ever just had a slug of gold mud slide into your waste beaker by accident? I'm at a part where you're doing your final clean and the thought occurred to me how it would really suck after all that effort. LOL it's giving me agita.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Not so far
@floydsallee2041
Жыл бұрын
Number 7 today but still love these videos keep it up you're the best
@SaraJean85
Жыл бұрын
the last pour from setting overnight put gold back in solution maybe next time if u water down the solution b4 settling it will not do that
@scotthultin7769
Жыл бұрын
119👍's up sreetips thank you for sharing this great series with us all
@edafade
Жыл бұрын
Always look forward to your videos.
@jjohnson8014
Жыл бұрын
Have you done a video on how to get the copper out of solution? I would be interested in seeing that video!
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I add it to a bucket full of angle iron. The copper cements out on the angle iron and falls to the bottom of the bucket.
@ryetim32
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating
@shanemcguire170
Жыл бұрын
Sreetips... $1774.60. not bad for two days work. Using the close at $1868.00 @ .95oz = 1774.60, (rounded). Not bad at all.
@stephenconner-py1gk
Жыл бұрын
Thank You Brother! SREETIPS FOR THE WIN!
@MADDLADO1
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful !!
@MartinBogomolni
Жыл бұрын
How do professional refining / metal sales companies make those beautiful, bright, and smooth edged billets w/o machining them?
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
With machines
@hobbiesrus
Жыл бұрын
I am guessing you cemented out the silver to enquart with the gold. I wouldn't mind seeing a video on the metals table. I wonder why copper came through with the silver?
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
We don’t use cement silver to inquart gold due to the tendency of palladium building up in the silver
@CrimFerret
Жыл бұрын
It'll get run through the silver cell and come out pure silver. That could be used, but would kind of be a waste, since once used that way it would have to be put through the same process again. Sterling silver scrap is easy to get and works fine for that.
@Tomlavery89
Жыл бұрын
I can’t even begin to guess how much start up cost you’re looking at for a set up like this. Presumably you got all this over time but how on earth do you even begin this hobby
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
I started small, ordering stuff from eBay. I remember my first bottle of nitric. A hundred bucks for a liter. I couldn’t wait to get it on some sterling silver. That seems like decades have passed since then.
@jackfntwist
Жыл бұрын
What happens to the excess sodium metabisulfite if you put in more than necessary to precipitate gold? Does it get dissolved into the remaining liquids?
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Yes, then follows the waste stream
@mattjirgal1676
Жыл бұрын
What kind of texture does that final good mud have before you melt it up for the bar? I'm guessing like an ultra fine sand?
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Almost like fine powdered flour
@tomasallende9583
Жыл бұрын
I have a theory for the coppery silver. Maybe some copper salts precipitated and mixed with the silver, that would explain why they didn't mix, the copper formed from the decomposition of the salts that were at the bottom. Just a theory tho. Just checked, copper chloride decomposes at 993ºC so it does make sense.
@chrish1585
Жыл бұрын
Is pure silver softer, in an anealed state than sterling silver? I'm curious to know if the aloying elements in sterling make it more or less workable? I use silver in my knife making and am curious to know which would be a more workable material.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Pure silver is more workable in my experience. I use pure silver to cast my silver cell anode bars because it’s much easier to work with.
@kyzercube
Жыл бұрын
Wow Sreetips, that's gotta be around $1600 worth of gold!
@dougdeming3115
Жыл бұрын
Hey Sreetips, I don't remember which video you linked the info for your bulk buyer in Dallas. I want to say that it was one of the $47k gold bar series from 2020 but Couldn't find the info. Would you mind if I could get that info from you? I have a friend and myself who are going to start a recovery and refining outfit.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
aragold.com
@lion9419
Жыл бұрын
How is that your silver got contaminated with copper so heavily .we're as copper was going into the solution.sir if you make short video of that silver pieces redissolving it will be nice experience to watch rather than putting into a silver cell thanks for sharing
@cwtrain
Жыл бұрын
51:22 Was that a celebratory clap I caught there? If so, well earned.
@Sanzus2
Жыл бұрын
Excellent outcome!
@JamesAnderson-nz1ro
3 ай бұрын
What would happen if you broke through the floor of the funnel while you are rinsing the silver ?
@sreetips
3 ай бұрын
I’d have to start all over
@JamesAnderson-nz1ro
3 ай бұрын
@@sreetips thank you very much for the the advice I really like watching your videos. You are an amazing content creator and I learn so very much from you .
@Yankee_Doodle_Stacker
7 ай бұрын
wow so many chemicals you have to use. Have you ever calculated your expenses per OZ of gold?
@sreetips
7 ай бұрын
Less than fifty bucks all in
@Yankee_Doodle_Stacker
7 ай бұрын
@@sreetips silly me I forgot how high gold prices are. good deal.
@hamzawaseem1464
Жыл бұрын
please tell me the formula that how i calculate weather gold is 24k or 21 by orignal weight and weight in distilled water
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Sorry, I don’t know the formula.
@greenmonstah8753
Жыл бұрын
Question. Is it possible to recover Au from a colloidal solution that has been synthesized using a citrate reductant? Gold nanoparticle size approx 30nm in solution.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
I only know that I’ve seen colloidal gold pass through filters. Not sure if the particle size
@jasonhomer4928
Жыл бұрын
If you avg 1.5 kg of silver, what would a bar the size of your gold bars be worth? Just curious. Love watching your content as well.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
I don’t keep track. I may start casting some 5 oz bars when silver gets up around a hundred bucks.
@JoSeeFuss
Жыл бұрын
After the first aqua regia run, why don't you use sodium chloride to drop out the impurities, then filter the liquid gold?
@apveening
Жыл бұрын
Because it won't drop out the impurities, there is already enough chloride in the solution thanks to the aqua regia.
@JoSeeFuss
Жыл бұрын
@@apveening chloride will drop all the impurities and you can get them trapped into the filter. The second aqua regia run, filtered gave a very good run. Much cleaner gold, dropped. I've used this method and it works well. Saves me a lot of work
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
I’ve never heard of this. None of the professional refiners I learned from mentioned using table salt to drop impurities from GF gold solution.
@apveening
Жыл бұрын
@@JoSeeFuss You didn't even read my answer, there already is an overabundance of chloride in the solution thanks to the hydrochloric acid, no need to pollute the solution with sodium.
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