@@petterandersson7429 That's an interesting suggestion. I don't know how to deal with micron gold in clay but I'll start looking around. Thanks! -- Dave
Is this the same vein that you have been pulling samples from? The smaller the gold, the easier it is to leech - Eco-Goldex would work extremely well if this situation - i'm sure you have seen keiths videos HRU. It would be interesting to see how much ultra fine gold was lost from the shaker table. Did you save the concentrate by chance? great video content by the way, glad to see there are capable individuals out there in the world still :)
Good morning. Yes, this is from one of the veins that I've been sampling, but I've also been taking small samples from all over southern California. Not for finding a workable mine, but for the pure joy of discovery, being in the "bush", and my love of geology. I haven't seen Keith's video but I'll go look him up. Yes, I have the tailings and I plan to analyze them somehow. Maybe I'll try eco-GoldX. I don't know anything about it, but I'll look it up. I think I'll also try a vortex concentrator, something simple in a bucket. Thanks for the great info! -- Dave
@@orophilia excellent! I'm still testing it's use in various conditions with both ewaste and ore. Thus far it's very promising. I will be looking forward to your application of it - it's a relatively new product, so not many people using it yet( especially on YT ) , so your contribution will be a great addition to the community :)
After i finish melting then empty the crucible, the its already cold down my lead doesn’t Get metallic like what u get !! Its so easy to break it … i dont know why!
Another thing is that possibly you were not in the pay streak of sluffed material. Gold would not fan out far from the slope. It would of course flow down due to gravity, but water flow from the slope would not take it far away. Maybe some digging nearer the slope may yield more gold.
Noticing your mixture of litharge borax thinner and powdered gold ore is right but I would reduce it down to just 30 grams of powdered gold ore 15 grams of gold litharge 2 tsp thinner 1 tsp soap borax and bake it from 15-20 mins at 900-1000f then pour
I love watching gold smelting keep the videos coming.
Love that micro gold. Now that’s what makes prospecting fun and challenging. 👍
You are right. For me the joy is the discovery. -- Dave
Thanks for sharing this video
My pleasure
I was thinking maybe doing a floation extraction might be suitable.
Yeah, I've been wondering the same thing. Time to do some research...
@@orophilia I think you need to play with the PH to get the clay to let go. That and an air pump.
@@petterandersson7429 That's an interesting suggestion. I don't know how to deal with micron gold in clay but I'll start looking around. Thanks! -- Dave
Good vid really like the scales.
Thanks!
How steel rod can help in loosing litharge ?? I saw a video that iron rof can absorb sulfides!
The iron bonds with the sulfur to make FeS which is then absorbed by the flux.
@@orophilia thank you so much ..litharge means sulfides also ?? I thought that it means lead oxide
@@abdeljalilabdeljalil5135 Yes, litharge is lead oxide. It reduces to lead in the smelt and collects the precious metals.
Tge rod help to reduce letharge to?? As you said at 3:40?
Is this the same vein that you have been pulling samples from? The smaller the gold, the easier it is to leech - Eco-Goldex would work extremely well if this situation - i'm sure you have seen keiths videos HRU. It would be interesting to see how much ultra fine gold was lost from the shaker table. Did you save the concentrate by chance? great video content by the way, glad to see there are capable individuals out there in the world still :)
Good morning. Yes, this is from one of the veins that I've been sampling, but I've also been taking small samples from all over southern California. Not for finding a workable mine, but for the pure joy of discovery, being in the "bush", and my love of geology. I haven't seen Keith's video but I'll go look him up. Yes, I have the tailings and I plan to analyze them somehow. Maybe I'll try eco-GoldX. I don't know anything about it, but I'll look it up. I think I'll also try a vortex concentrator, something simple in a bucket. Thanks for the great info! -- Dave
@@orophilia www.youtube.com/@hardrockuniversity7283
@@orophilia another channel you may enjoy www.youtube.com/@myadventure7069
I ordered 5 kg of the o-series eco-goldex. I'll make a video... Thx!
@@orophilia excellent! I'm still testing it's use in various conditions with both ewaste and ore. Thus far it's very promising. I will be looking forward to your application of it - it's a relatively new product, so not many people using it yet( especially on YT ) , so your contribution will be a great addition to the community :)
🎉 increíble
After i finish melting then empty the crucible, the its already cold down my lead doesn’t Get metallic like what u get !! Its so easy to break it … i dont know why!
I don't know. What temperature are you smelting at?
@@orophilia 1150 degrees for 45 mnts
@@orophilia 1150 degrees
Do you think you lost any gold in the matte slag before cupellation?
There was no matte, so no, I don't think so. -- Dave
Another thing is that possibly you were not in the pay streak of sluffed material. Gold would not fan out far from the slope. It would of course flow down due to gravity, but water flow from the slope would not take it far away. Maybe some digging nearer the slope may yield more gold.
Hi Mike, You are absolutely right. I think the most promising muck will be at the base of the slope. Still learning... -- Dave
Noticing your mixture of litharge borax thinner and powdered gold ore is right but I would reduce it down to just 30 grams of powdered gold ore 15 grams of gold litharge 2 tsp thinner 1 tsp soap borax and bake it from 15-20 mins at 900-1000f then pour
Thanks for the comment! -- Dave
Boa noite meu a migo
Buenas noches.
Should be soap borax and not black borax to keep it gold color and only use black borax to silver color
I use anhydrous borax. The black color in the flux comes from Manganese Dioxide, an oxidizing agent. Cheers! -- Dave
I meant to say 20 mule white borax and chapmen flux and thinner...
Buddy I think you spend more money trying to make that little teeny bit
Hi Sliceman. It's a hobby. Less expensive than owning an airplane. ;-) -- Dave