You are TRULY a one of a kind character Sreetips! Hardly ANYONE else would care enough to help give others such great advice, hints, and tips (not to mention the detailed INSTRUCTIONS) on how to do so much better in such a lucrative endeavor! And your wife sounds like one of the greatest "treasures" of all! I truly wish you all the best sir,, and hope you catch every dream you ever chase!! 👍
I love the videos you produce! I'm in the process of refining gold myself as a hobby that will keep me busy and I must admit there are 2 great pleasures I find in life now. #1...Watching your videos as you so intricately and in great detail dive through the painstaking refining process with us and #2...SHOPPING FOR GOLD AND SILVER!!! So, Soon will come #3 which is having a great refining outcome after learning this fun and exciting hobby Thanks to you, Sreetips and your awesome wife, Mrs. Sreetips! Please keep the great content coming as I am forever a fan! Thank you! ;)
I agree. Sreetips, you should get your lovely wife a little go pro, and send it on a shopping trip with her. Ive gone to many thrift stores, and i think ive found maybe a few silver spoons, and zero gold so far. But i have had a little success going to yard sales.
This video answered alot of the questions I had asked in the last video I watched on Oct. 15th 2018! I scrolled down a bit and seen the title to this and it was AWESOME!!! THANK YOU SREETIPS!!!!!
Hello sir ! Why not make a video on setting up a little lab with all the tools needed to refine gold and silver? I'm currently watching your videos and this is very interesting and informative. It makes me want to try it !! Hope to hear from you ! Have a nice day!
Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺! You sir are an absolute legend, I love all of your videos, the depth and detail you provide is absolutely outstanding and has taught me so much! In fact it has inspired me to get into the game so thank you! I look forward to sharing my progress with you and the community when I get going! Thanks again mate, much love and appreciation!
I knew you had a bigger operation! lol Nice racket! I've been dealing in the precious metals for a while, and I agree! The best ROI is karat and sterling. 21:26 Looks like Cocoa Crispies! :D Thanx for sharing!
Very good! With so many itens of joalhery , the video looked like an old movie about the treasures of King Solomon. rsrs It was a good you show that recovering precious metals from scrap is a very expensive thing, and if you can not get for free, you make very little profit. Thanks for the video.
Ryan, it’s out there, but you got to get up early and be there first or else the metal is gone. My wife finds most of the metals that I get to refine. And your plans must include a fume hood. No way to safely do reactions without one.
I like how your not messing around. This is to make a profit. I got kind of obsessed with watching gold mining and panning videos because I like the idea of someone actually getting gold from nothing. But the reality is on one ever gets enough to count for anything. You on the other had just get gold and make it more valuable. Brilliant
The vid is 4yrs old but new to me and I love watching them. My comments are usually short and more of a way to let you know I'm watchin via notifications. I have learned a bunch and appreciate you making all these vids. I also have to say, I have made more comments on your channel in the past 3-week than my top four normal channels in 3-years...that means a lot.
RUclips seriously needs to give Sreetips one of those awards for being one of the best educational channels. Sreetips is by far the best at explaining the processes involved in all of this stuff
I’ve been getting E material from tvs for free and preparing to enter this incredible journey . I do appreciate how honest your are telling your viewers where and how to do .
Sreetips, you hit the nail on the head with e-scrap and all the other urban mining trends out there to get precious metals. After you factor in the costs of getting enough material+ equipment+acids+ dealing with the waste (and your time) you'd be further ahead by doing nothing if you were doing it for profit. Its fun and interesting to be able to recover gold from everyday items and a good starting point for a hobbyist to build their experience but it definitely isn't profitable. If you were into it for the money you'd be better off buying gold at a pawn shop and sitting on it till the price goes up. I'm glad to see you sell your good condition finds on ebay and refine the rest yourself but would like to add that buying gold scrap off ebay (from other sellers) in any form such as scrap lots, escrap paydirt etc is almost ALWAYS a rip off. Sellers tend to list 10k+14k scrap with other bulk lots and hope that uninformed buyers will snatch it up not realizing that it is probably a lot with 1 damaged piece of 10k and another small piece of 14k and the rest is gold plated costume crap. The sellers know what they are putting in the bag.... buyer doesn't, there is no way a seller is going to take a chance at loosing money. The only way to make it pay off is like you and you wife are doing it by knowing what to look for, where to look and how much to pay. Great video btw
You are a great guy!! Thank You for making these videos out of all the gold recovery on you tube you are by far the greatest!!!! Please make more videos and thanks for the info. you gave me before. :)
I like watching a ton of your videos as they're very interesting. It amazes me that Iron make copper, copper makes silver, and silver helps to refine gold. This type of interchanging of metals makes me think that there might be a cycle of interchanging of metals.
How much gold can you recover on average from lets say a 14k solid gold pocket watch that weighs 31.5g with the movement compared lets say to a 14k gf one?
Just in case I haven’t told you already, I really enjoy watching your videos. They are interesting and informative, and also at times very relaxing. Thank you sir.
@@sreetips is it possible to reverse electroplate black sand?? So i put them in a copper mesh like you did... put it in sulfuric acid and reverse electroplate Would it work with black sand?
Dude, I appreciate you!!! I presently I’m looking into up scaling my scrapping skills , told it like it was and to the point!! Thank you and I mean that!!!!could your wife do a segment on “how when we’re what to look for when she goes out to harvest the scrap?
awe i thanku you for taking your time to share your knowledge....your both precious humans, best part is when she came in from shopping, g lol otta love her.
That's really awesome. think you've out done your self again. nice work, nice insight, thank for the help and ideas on people's next adventures an your wife rocks!!!! God bless you guys! good luck an i can't wait for the Sterling silver segment
Don't know how I got here but I'm glad I did. I will never do anything in your videos but I truly love seeing how other people are so blessed to earn their living while enjoying their life. GOD bless you.
Sreetips is my hero. Got me binge watching his videos. I bought my smelting furnace, ordered my beekers and flasks. Still need to get some chemicals. I also got my ventilation system. Now I guess I should start buying some gold and silver lol
I work in pharmaceutical industry for the last 36 years as a chemical techichian only with organic chemistry. Now i'm retired. Its nice to see how anorganic chemistry works. Thanks for your videos.
@@sreetips I'm a retired stockbroker that has turned into an Antique furniture dealer. Both french and English especially. I watch the store and I've had several customers who for either jewelry or sterling to melt down. One auction house sold $6000 of a family's sterling that was to be melted down. I'm just wondering.
We process eWaste in Pompano Beach Florida. You are correct. The material has to be obtained in large amounts, at low cost. But, it can be. It is better to think of eWaste as a very high quality Gold ore. The Gold concentration is orders of magnitude higher than what comes out of the ground. Yet, even at that, it is still a small percentage by weight.
I have watched this once before. I have a lot of confidence in spotting/identifying silver. It has a much lower risk as well. With gold, the best I have done is to acquire GF under spot. I cannot get my hands on karat gold under spot. Our local main thrift store, the DI never seems to have gold in their valuables, and the silver is always plated. Your wife has the skill, confidence, and knowledge that I wished I had.
It's not as easy as it sounds. She spends much time traveling around (driving is dangerous) looking for the metals that she finds. She is a very hard working person with only two speed settings; wide open and off. I am a very lucky man to have a woman like her in my life for over forty years.
Awesome finds, your wife is incredible! Do you sell your silver crystals from your electrolytic refining cell to a refiner? Or do something else with it since it's so pure?
Wow, I just cant help but wince, when I see some of that jewelry being scrapped. The antique costume jewelry like the art deco, art Nuvo period pieces are worth quite a bit of money. I am pretty sure that your wife would know about the pieces that are worth, literally thousands of dollars just the way they are. Thank you for sharing!
I agree as a rule you have to be very careful with what you buy on eBay in general. Thank you for this video. I often wonder if gold refiner channels make any money. When you pull that gold out of the water it is truly mesmerizing.
Hello Mr sreetips. Thank you for sharing this.. My brother was a sale manager for many years, and i could take what i like. Broken laptop, Pc, and many things. But thats was before i now, wat i now today. I regreat sometimes, but thats lifes😊
That’s one amazing wife you got. You can tell it makes her happy to impress you. Makes me happy to see such awesome relationships. Much love and respect buddy. I have been buying storage units for years and have found lots of gold over the years. Thanks for sharing. I also end up with tons of escrap and computer scrap for free. What should I do with all that stuff? Is it worth my time to break it all down or should I just scrap it for what I can get in the state it’s in? Most of the time it’s complete computer towers or busted cell tower phones. I got about a full truck bed load of e scrap right now
I got very lucky almost 42 years ago when I first met her. If I had the escrap I'd probably break it down and process it myself just so that I could make videos. But in your case probably better to sell it on eBay.
sreetips clean it up and sell it on eBay? Get it broke down where it’s only the parts that contain gold and list it on eBay or just take it to a escrap buyer in the condition it’s in. You are a huge inspiration to me. Would love to get into refining but not setup for it and don’t really have the time either. These storage units and flea markets keep me very busy. I hope my marriage will last that long. I’ve been with my wife about 12 years. Exactly which parts sell good on eBay?
Are you interested? If you could pay my gas there and back and link my channel in your description and feature me on the video I would bring you all of my escrap and give it to you? Let me know if you are interested? I completely understand if not.
@sreetips That’s wonderful, you’re eagle eye wife helps, supports and encourages you. 🥂 Cheers to that young lady 👍🏽. Interestingly enough with all of the answers you gave, that only opened a whole new plethora of questions of my own 😄
How is the gold purity determined (14k,18k, etc) if the gold has been melted down like you did in the video? Also what happens to the chemicals after your done processing with them? Do you pay for disposal or is it treated to render it no longer a dangerous waste? Yes sir you are a very lucky man Mrs. Sreetips is a rare catch. Great video as always.
Great video! Exactly what I was looking for. My question is do the refineries pay more for a .999 to .9999? If not, when you sell it online, does the high purity mean you can get closer to stock price or more? Just curious on if there are enough benefits to doing a high purity refinement
@sreetips I love your videos! Would you consider putting the measurements of the scrap, chemicals and anything else you use in the video descriptions please, sort of like how a cooking video shows the recipe ingredients :)? I would also love to know what type of ventilation system you have and what some of the tools and things you use are and where they can be purchased, as well as the name of a good refinery to use, like the one you use. Thanks for the great videos!
It's all included in the video. I sell my gold to Elemetal Direct. They require that you have a business. I documented the fume hood install on the goldrefiningforum.com with photos.
Superb video ! Your best yet ! All the really Hard work is already done for you - you're a very lucky guy (tell her so) :) Where did you buy the crazy headset magnifying glasses ? I definitely need some of those.
Nice hustle bonus having a wife that helps like she does ... Just to add I make a nice living doing refines of various materials.... E-waste, gold filled, karet scrap ...etc. I have a nice clientele base and work for several recyclers..... 25% of recovered metals I do gold and silver mainly and just poking into pgms as it's a completely different set of challenges.... Thanks for the video always inspiring thanks Kevin....
sreetips it started as a hobby for me... But expensive hobby as eBay was a main source ...after night and day hustling, networking, searching local it grew beyond my expectations...so i still process and love the hobby but now I'm getting a decent living also win win I'm only 42 not quite old enough to retire ...but I feel like it just living the dream..
I never bother with e-waste and rarely process gold-filled. It takes far too much in the way of chemicals to get the small percentage of gold they contain. For example, 1/20 12kt GF has only 2.5% pure gold, assuming you get 100% recovery. So if you have 10 Toz of the plated material, it only contains 0.25 Toz of gold. I just sell the stuff to my favorite local coin shop, who will only buy it if I have 50 Toz or more to sell at one time. That is because his refiner will not accept lots smaller than that and also charges an assay fee.
Great video! I have been into the ewaste for awhile now and never thought of karat scrap. Makes me want to dive right in, but a little intimidating. Ewaste is found for free mostly, karat scrap has out of pocket costs for the scrap and I frankly do not have the exp to know how much to pay. Sreetips, could you give a basic breakdown, without giving up too many of your private details, on what a good purchase price range would be for buying the different karat scrap like in your video. For instance the average 14K ring you would pay what for? Things like that. Any help would be greatly appreciated. You have brought my goals to a whole new level. Your processes and lab are what I aim for. Do you offer more tailored education to people, like one on one?
I pay 80% of spot for the karat gold that I buy. My wife pays pennies on the dollar, because she knows where to look. The idea is to pay the least amount possible to maximize profit. But it's hard to do, especially if your buyer knows what they have. Just yesterday my wife handed me about 15 grams of karat gold that she paid $15 for. The seller told her to pick out what she wanted from the jewelry pile, "it's all costume anyway." This person did not know what she had but my wife could tell that it was karat scrap. This may seem deceptive, but it's the way to make a healthy profit from the scrap.
@@sreetips brilliant combo of scientist and hustler. I’ve been eyeing this type of work because I like to buy things of people who are trying to get rid of it a.k.a don’t know what they have. Now that I’ve watched your videos I’ve decided to dive into the refining process. Your wife and you make a awesome combo I imagine I’ll never beat you guys in this business because you guys split the work up to become so efficient
Amazing your wife finds all those metals. But I think it costs a ton of money to accumulate so much gold and silver pieces. Need to start small and then go bigger every time I guess. And refining costs acids and a fume hood. But when I am able I would love the hobby! I will upload some nice gold and silver pieces soon. Keep tuned to my channel for it. Love your work!👏👏👏
The hardest part is finding the gold and silver scrap at reasonable prices. You don't need to refine it. If you get it at a good enough price, you can resell it to a buyer - preferably a refinery (if you can find a refinery that buys from the public). The worst place to sell it is to a pawn shop - they will only give you 40%-50% of the spot price. Businesses specializing in buying gold/silver will pay a bit more - except for the rip-off traveling outfits that set up in a motel/hotel - they are as bad (or worse) than pawn shops. Coin shops that buy gold/silver are probably your best bet outside a refinery. What they will pay depends on a number of factors, including how much you have, how often you sell to them, the percentage they get from their refiner and the quality of your previous sales to them. They seem to pay around 80% of spot, although the local shop I have been dealing with pays me 90%.
You are a true gentleman giving your wife most if not all the credit for finding the valuable stuff. I agree it takes a keen eye to find the real gold among the dross. Apparently your wife is very proficient at this :) Personally, I would probably rather refurbish, repair or clean up those things and, sell most of it "as is". But then, I agree refining the gold and silver and other precious metals is also part of the fun. The only thing I wonder about, is how much true waste you produce, refining. If you're to dispose of the waste safely and in a nature-friendly way, that too costs money. I do believe you're a responsible person, and you don't dispose of any waste through the drain or in a hole in the ground. In other words, I think some profit can also be made by avoiding unnecessary costs, don't you agree? I mean, optimizing refinement to such a degree you spend the least possible amount in tools and chemicals to help you with the process of refining. In any case, I'm very curious what and how much you will extract from your waste bucket (or "stockpot" as you call it) and how much of it will be true "waste". Thanks for sharing your insights and video :)
Not all that shines is gold :) Once a famous cathedral's dome was refurbished in our capital, and it shone like gold, for six months or so. Then, it turned green. It turned out church authorities had been fooled by the contractor, who had used a lot of polished yellow copper to restore the dome, letting them think it had been gold-plated with gold foil... not! *grin* Like I said, it takes a keen eye to see what's real gold and what's not :)
Yes! If you noticed I only have about 2 quarts of waste, and it still had precious metals in it. I spend about 10% of my time at the shop processing waste - especially the escrap waste - so much of it. When I do my stock pot video I'll have a bunch in there about waste treatment because the stock pot is the first place that my waste gets processed.
How much should I pay for gold? Friends and family want to sell some, but not sure how much is good (for them and for me) to charge, taking as reference the daily price of gold. Thanks in advance.
I agree 100% ! I tried with the E-waste but it’s just not enough!! And people wanna charge out the AZZ for it but it’s Not worth it in the end, you’ll spend $300 on E-waste then $100 or more on Nitric, and come out with $40 or $50 in gold when your all done with allot of waste!! But the GF scrap is where the money is at!!
Awesome videos!! I’m learning and am new to this. I did a little tinkering with small amounts of gold. Where do i find a reliable refiner in my area? Your refiner Takes 2% off the top. How much should a small guy like me take( let’s say my gold comes out 90% pure) and it’s a Troy ounce? Thanks for the informative videos. Keepem coming!!
Elemetal has been good to me. Do an Internet search and set up an account. But you must have a company name as they will not deal directly with the public.
First, thumbs UP! Second, awesome wife. Great Bargins! Third I eagerly awaited the video of sterling silver. FINALLY. Not having access to Nitric, I use Potassium Nitrate and HCL for Poormans aqua Regia. Please can you try a video on this. I have been a loyal subscriber for along time. Whilst I don't follow every method you use, I have learnt alot from you since you began .
sreetips I put my gold and silver in a beaker, ( try a 250 ml) so don't use much. I did this to mix it up. Knowing there is silver in solution. (Hence my eager video on .925 silver refining.) I add a few tea spoons to cover but not to excess the AU & AG. I then add 50ml at a time of HCL. I have not heated it but would be interesting to see your approach. I then test the solution once filtered for Gold, and sprinkle a little bit of table salt ( a pinch) to see if silver is present. Of course u know silver is present do i drop that with table salt. Then use Sulfamic acid to precipitate the Gold. Not SMB! The silver that is dropped is 99 something. I still add a tiny bit of Sulfuric acid to both AG & AU solution to ensure lead is not present. Then I fire it. I later refine again but I fear I am missing out in other metals. Hence my request for a video. I will be happy to donate, but I really do appreciate your support on this. Jon
I wouldn't know anything about the makers. My experience with silver is that it usually goes for the silver content value only. I haven't gotten that far into checking values based on who made the piece.
I'm sorry if you've been asked this question before but I can't see it - how do you tell what karat your gold is? As you can tell, total newbie here but finding your channel incredible!
Most karat gold is "hall marked" or stamped with the karat right on the piece. For those pieces not marked I use test needles with known samples of karat gold scratched on a touch stone next to the unknown sample then apply acid and watch what happens.
Thank's sreetips, This seems to be one of the most honest smartest Precious Metals videos I have seen to date. So for a month's haul of gold and silver scrap, I am Still a little hazy on the profit part So 3-5K on all scrap cost, Gets you 3-5K profit on the gold alone approx ? ok what about the silver ? and the resale of the Gold and Silver jewelry you put on E-Bay ? $$$ is this a full or part-time gig ? How much time total about did you put into processing that 1 months haul of scrap ?? Seems like great teamwork and a decent profit if you are consistent on that volume. TKU ! How do you do Your Taxes ?
I bought 30 grams of 18k for 5 bucks. About 8g of 14k for $3. The seller knew it was gold. They lived in a big house. Had plenty of money. Didn’t care about the gold. Just wanted it gone. People in the USA are CLUELESS about gold. That’s a bonanza for folks who know when, where and what to look for! Cheers and good luck.
“You ever see a woman who can bring you home gold or silver - you better hang on to her.” One of the best quotes I’ve ever heard.
Lol like a crow. See shiny. take shiny...
That's funny about 30 seconds before he said that i said out loud i need a wife like her! 😂 lucky man!
You are TRULY a one of a kind character Sreetips! Hardly ANYONE else would care enough to help give others such great advice, hints, and tips (not to mention the detailed INSTRUCTIONS) on how to do so much better in such a lucrative endeavor! And your wife sounds like one of the greatest "treasures" of all! I truly wish you all the best sir,, and hope you catch every dream you ever chase!! 👍
Thank you!
@@sreetips You're so welcome sir! 👍
I really like how wholesome this format is.
Howdy, Scott from Alaska. Thanks for making the video.
Might I suggest you get your wife to do a video on how to buy it. LOL
I doubt you'll ever see that video. A magician doesn't give up his secrets..
Your wife does what I call, urban mining.
Your Buyer, (Mrs. Sreetips), is obviously an Ace at that job.
I love the videos you produce! I'm in the process of refining gold myself as a hobby that will keep me busy and I must admit there are 2 great pleasures I find in life now. #1...Watching your videos as you so intricately and in great detail dive through the painstaking refining process with us and #2...SHOPPING FOR GOLD AND SILVER!!! So, Soon will come #3 which is having a great refining outcome after learning this fun and exciting hobby Thanks to you, Sreetips and your awesome wife, Mrs. Sreetips! Please keep the great content coming as I am forever a fan! Thank you! ;)
Well said.
i would love to see a video of your wife shopping!!
Rachael Gallatin I second that!
I agree. Sreetips, you should get your lovely wife a little go pro, and send it on a shopping trip with her. Ive gone to many thrift stores, and i think ive found maybe a few silver spoons, and zero gold so far. But i have had a little success going to yard sales.
I would also like to see this. I’m courteous as to how much se pats per item!
She must be a blast get on that shopping video
Hide her identity because when thrift store/flea mkt people see her coming, they're gonna up their prices.
This video answered alot of the questions I had asked in the last video I watched on Oct. 15th 2018! I scrolled down a bit and seen the title to this and it was AWESOME!!!
THANK YOU SREETIPS!!!!!
Wow thats an amazing stash!It'll be a blast to see what you can refine out of all of this!
I'd love to see the results!!
We been watching & enjoying your videos since the days of the "silent films". You are awesome. Thank you for all your hard work.
Hello sir ! Why not make a video on setting up a little lab with all the tools needed to refine gold and silver? I'm currently watching your videos and this is very interesting and informative. It makes me want to try it !! Hope to hear from you ! Have a nice day!
Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺!
You sir are an absolute legend, I love all of your videos, the depth and detail you provide is absolutely outstanding and has taught me so much! In fact it has inspired me to get into the game so thank you! I look forward to sharing my progress with you and the community when I get going! Thanks again mate, much love and appreciation!
Your videos are great thank you also i like how you give appreciation to your wife 👍
I knew you had a bigger operation! lol
Nice racket!
I've been dealing in the precious metals for a while, and I agree!
The best ROI is karat and sterling.
21:26 Looks like Cocoa Crispies! :D
Thanx for sharing!
Very good! With so many itens of joalhery , the video looked like an old movie about the treasures of King Solomon.
rsrs
It was a good you show that recovering precious metals from scrap is a very expensive thing, and if you can not get for free, you make very little profit.
Thanks for the video.
Sreetips, thanks once again man for yet another wonderful, fact filled video!
Liked and subscribed. This is one of the best videos that I have ever seen. Taking notes and making plans. Thanks Sreetips
Ryan, it’s out there, but you got to get up early and be there first or else the metal is gone. My wife finds most of the metals that I get to refine. And your plans must include a fume hood. No way to safely do reactions without one.
Thanks for making this video...Its worth its weight in gold..
I like how your not messing around. This is to make a profit. I got kind of obsessed with watching gold mining and panning videos because I like the idea of someone actually getting gold from nothing. But the reality is on one ever gets enough to count for anything. You on the other had just get gold and make it more valuable. Brilliant
The vid is 4yrs old but new to me and I love watching them. My comments are usually short and more of a way to let you know I'm watchin via notifications. I have learned a bunch and appreciate you making all these vids. I also have to say, I have made more comments on your channel in the past 3-week than my top four normal channels in 3-years...that means a lot.
Thank you!
Thank you a million times for sharing your wisdom I've learned so much from you just in the past couple months. God bless you.
RUclips seriously needs to give Sreetips one of those awards for being one of the best educational channels. Sreetips is by far the best at explaining the processes involved in all of this stuff
@Sreetips you are a great help. Continue making your videos. I enjoy watching them and they are extremely helpful
Thank you
Amazing. Enjoyed this immensely. This certainly looks profitable, and fun.
I’ve been getting E material from tvs for free and preparing to enter this incredible journey . I do appreciate how honest your are telling your viewers where and how to do .
What parts are recommended? Thank you
Sreetips, you hit the nail on the head with e-scrap and all the other urban mining trends out there to get precious metals. After you factor in the costs of getting enough material+ equipment+acids+ dealing with the waste (and your time) you'd be further ahead by doing nothing if you were doing it for profit. Its fun and interesting to be able to recover gold from everyday items and a good starting point for a hobbyist to build their experience but it definitely isn't profitable. If you were into it for the money you'd be better off buying gold at a pawn shop and sitting on it till the price goes up.
I'm glad to see you sell your good condition finds on ebay and refine the rest yourself but would like to add that buying gold scrap off ebay (from other sellers) in any form such as scrap lots, escrap paydirt etc is almost ALWAYS a rip off. Sellers tend to list 10k+14k scrap with other bulk lots and hope that uninformed buyers will snatch it up not realizing that it is probably a lot with 1 damaged piece of 10k and another small piece of 14k and the rest is gold plated costume crap. The sellers know what they are putting in the bag.... buyer doesn't, there is no way a seller is going to take a chance at loosing money.
The only way to make it pay off is like you and you wife are doing it by knowing what to look for, where to look and how much to pay.
Great video btw
You are a great guy!! Thank You for making these videos out of all the gold recovery on you tube you are by far the greatest!!!! Please make more videos and thanks for the info. you gave me before. :)
I am new to this and I love your videos and look forward to seeing more
I like watching a ton of your videos as they're very interesting. It amazes me that Iron make copper, copper makes silver, and silver helps to refine gold. This type of interchanging of metals makes me think that there might be a cycle of interchanging of metals.
Stick around and watch some more no doubt you'll have a much better understanding than you do now a few months down the road
That was beutifull. god bless you both .i watch all your videos and have learned a hell of allot. Tim from AUSTRALIA.
How much gold can you recover on average from lets say a 14k solid gold pocket watch that weighs 31.5g with the movement compared lets say to a 14k gf one?
Such a joy to watch you channel mate. Keep us interested and we will keep glued to the screen.
Nevermind lol i just had to wait untill the end of video for ebay store thanks again for making these videos they are great
Hi , Your video's are always great . I have learned a lot from them . Can you recommend a good refiner to send my gold to ? Thanks
Just in case I haven’t told you already, I really enjoy watching your videos. They are interesting and informative, and also at times very relaxing. Thank you sir.
Excellent, thank you.
@@sreetips is it possible to reverse electroplate black sand??
So i put them in a copper mesh like you did... put it in sulfuric acid and reverse electroplate
Would it work with black sand?
I don’t know. If I had specs of gold in black sand then I’d try a chlorine leach to extract the gold - as an experiment. Or just boil in aqua regia.
However I like all of your videos I consider this one as simply best one. Thank you.
Dude, I appreciate you!!! I presently I’m looking into up scaling my scrapping skills , told it like it was and to the point!! Thank you and I mean that!!!!could your wife do a segment on “how when we’re what to look for when she goes out to harvest the scrap?
You are a honest and bless man, a lot of people today would never do the things you’re doing. Prosperity will always over take you.God bless!!!!
SHE CAME IN LIKE A TORNADO I LAUGHED SO HARD
awe i thanku you for taking your time to share your knowledge....your both precious humans, best part is when she came in from shopping, g lol otta love her.
That's really awesome. think you've out done your self again. nice work, nice insight, thank for the help and ideas on people's next adventures an your wife rocks!!!! God bless you guys! good luck an i can't wait for the Sterling silver segment
Your are an Angel. I have learned so much from you.
Don't know how I got here but I'm glad I did. I will never do anything in your videos but I truly love seeing how other people are so blessed to earn their living while enjoying their life. GOD bless you.
Sreetips is my hero. Got me binge watching his videos. I bought my smelting furnace, ordered my beekers and flasks. Still need to get some chemicals. I also got my ventilation system. Now I guess I should start buying some gold and silver lol
I work in pharmaceutical industry for the last 36 years as a chemical techichian only with organic chemistry. Now i'm retired. Its nice to see how anorganic chemistry works. Thanks for your videos.
Love your videos keep up the excellent content!
You are my long sought after chemistry course! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with me.
Your welcome!
Who'da thunk toxic brown smoke could be so satisfying. Thanks for doing some laymansplaining. Holy moley swag! Awesome job, Mrs. Sreetips!
And another great video! Thanks so much!
Wow ! Another great and informative video .
You're the first video on this subject that I watched and I'm very intrigued. I will watch more of yours...thank you.
Thank you Ray. I try to read and answer all comments if I can.
@@sreetips I'm a retired stockbroker that has turned into an Antique furniture dealer. Both french and English especially. I watch the store and I've had several customers who for either jewelry or sterling to melt down. One auction house sold $6000 of a family's sterling that was to be melted down. I'm just wondering.
Ray, you can hold sterling just like it is. It will track right on up with the bullion price. No need refine it.
We process eWaste in Pompano Beach Florida. You are correct. The material has to be obtained in large amounts, at low cost. But, it can be. It is better to think of eWaste as a very high quality Gold ore. The Gold concentration is orders of magnitude higher than what comes out of the ground. Yet, even at that, it is still a small percentage by weight.
Great vids especially the refining vids takes me back
I have watched this once before. I have a lot of confidence in spotting/identifying silver. It has a much lower risk as well. With gold, the best I have done is to acquire GF under spot. I cannot get my hands on karat gold under spot. Our local main thrift store, the DI never seems to have gold in their valuables, and the silver is always plated.
Your wife has the skill, confidence, and knowledge that I wished I had.
It's not as easy as it sounds. She spends much time traveling around (driving is dangerous) looking for the metals that she finds. She is a very hard working person with only two speed settings; wide open and off. I am a very lucky man to have a woman like her in my life for over forty years.
This is awesome! Thank you!
Awesome finds, your wife is incredible! Do you sell your silver crystals from your electrolytic refining cell to a refiner? Or do something else with it since it's so pure?
I believe he has mentioned offhand that he uses it for refining methods. He also sells some of the larger silver crystals on his ebay store.
Wow. Very very candid and very well done.
Wow, I just cant help but wince, when I see some of that jewelry being scrapped. The antique costume jewelry like the art deco, art Nuvo period pieces are worth quite a bit of money. I am pretty sure that your wife would know about the pieces that are worth, literally thousands of dollars just the way they are. Thank you for sharing!
The antique pieces are usually pretty obvious. You will note that he stated he holds out the good stuff for selling, rather than refining.
And we love you for that and hope many more Vlogs from you Awesome as always thanks
New sub! Your videos are mesmerizing
I agree as a rule you have to be very careful with what you buy on eBay in general. Thank you for this video. I often wonder if gold refiner channels make any money. When you pull that gold out of the water it is truly mesmerizing.
i love that his "scree tips" sorta lab coat, is so clearly new/not worn that it's got the fold lines from the packaging it came int.
My daughter and son-in-law bought those for me. I wear it to honor them.
You guys compliment each other so much. What a lucky man you are, as well as shes a lucky woman. Love watching your channel!
She’s the best thing that ever happened to me in this life.
@@sreetips thats amazing! Wish to find this type of love one day. ☺️
Thanks so much
I love your videos bro
I’d like to get into this business one day
If I do I’ll use your videos to get me started
Another Great video rich in valuable info! Thank you sir!
Mr Sreetips: Thank you so very much. You are the best. Well I am the best but you are the 99.9999% best
Great well explained video.
I learned a lot. Excellent video
Hello Mr sreetips. Thank you for sharing this.. My brother was a sale manager for many years, and i could take what i like. Broken laptop, Pc, and many things. But thats was before i now, wat i now today.
I regreat sometimes, but thats lifes😊
That’s one amazing wife you got. You can tell it makes her happy to impress you. Makes me happy to see such awesome relationships. Much love and respect buddy. I have been buying storage units for years and have found lots of gold over the years. Thanks for sharing. I also end up with tons of escrap and computer scrap for free. What should I do with all that stuff? Is it worth my time to break it all down or should I just scrap it for what I can get in the state it’s in? Most of the time it’s complete computer towers or busted cell tower phones. I got about a full truck bed load of e scrap right now
I got very lucky almost 42 years ago when I first met her. If I had the escrap I'd probably break it down and process it myself just so that I could make videos. But in your case probably better to sell it on eBay.
sreetips clean it up and sell it on eBay? Get it broke down where it’s only the parts that contain gold and list it on eBay or just take it to a escrap buyer in the condition it’s in. You are a huge inspiration to me. Would love to get into refining but not setup for it and don’t really have the time either. These storage units and flea markets keep me very busy. I hope my marriage will last that long. I’ve been with my wife about 12 years. Exactly which parts sell good on eBay?
Are you interested? If you could pay my gas there and back and link my channel in your description and feature me on the video I would bring you all of my escrap and give it to you? Let me know if you are interested? I completely understand if not.
Great wife great life. Out of this batch of acid that you saved. How much silver would you expect to recover?
Great videos Sir!! Love your accent! “Don’t make me come over der tough guy! Why I oughta!!”😂😂😂
@sreetips That’s wonderful, you’re eagle eye wife helps, supports and encourages you. 🥂 Cheers to that young lady 👍🏽.
Interestingly enough with all of the answers you gave, that only opened a whole new plethora of questions of my own 😄
Love the vids. You have me thinking of trying my hand at this
If you do, then please do it in a fume hood. No way to safely do these reactions without one.
How is the gold purity determined (14k,18k, etc) if the gold has been melted down like you did in the video? Also what happens to the chemicals after your done processing with them? Do you pay for disposal or is it treated to render it no longer a dangerous waste? Yes sir you are a very lucky man Mrs. Sreetips is a rare catch. Great video as always.
Great video! Exactly what I was looking for. My question is do the refineries pay more for a .999 to .9999? If not, when you sell it online, does the high purity mean you can get closer to stock price or more? Just curious on if there are enough benefits to doing a high purity refinement
You don’t need to refine it. Karat gold can be held just like it is. So long as you don’t try to “melt it down” and ruin the markings.
@sreetips I love your videos! Would you consider putting the measurements of the scrap, chemicals and anything else you use in the video descriptions please, sort of like how a cooking video shows the recipe ingredients :)? I would also love to know what type of ventilation system you have and what some of the tools and things you use are and where they can be purchased, as well as the name of a good refinery to use, like the one you use. Thanks for the great videos!
It's all included in the video. I sell my gold to Elemetal Direct. They require that you have a business. I documented the fume hood install on the goldrefiningforum.com with photos.
Love your videos! They have been very helpful. Can you recommend a refinery or two? Thank you!
Eric, I've used Elemetal Direct for the last six or seven years. Another one is a ARA in Dallas TX. Elemetal has better customer service.
Thank you very much! Really appreciate!
@@sreetips Thank you! Please e-mail me, ericbrandall@gmail.com, re opportunity.
Superb video ! Your best yet !
All the really Hard work is already done for you - you're a very lucky guy (tell her so) :)
Where did you buy the crazy headset magnifying glasses ? I definitely need some of those.
Harbor Freight, they have multiple lenses for high magnification - about $20
Many thanks.
Nice hustle bonus having a wife that helps like she does ... Just to add I make a nice living doing refines of various materials....
E-waste, gold filled, karet scrap ...etc. I have a nice clientele base and work for several recyclers..... 25% of recovered metals I do gold and silver mainly and just poking into pgms as it's a completely different set of challenges.... Thanks for the video always inspiring thanks Kevin....
Sounds good Sonny. I only refine my own material. Having someone else's material in my shop would make my hobby seem like work.
sreetips it started as a hobby for me... But expensive hobby as eBay was a main source ...after night and day hustling, networking, searching local it grew beyond my expectations...so i still process and love the hobby but now I'm getting a decent living also win win I'm only 42 not quite old enough to retire ...but I feel like it just living the dream..
That sounds great, it's nice to have found something you love to do.
I never bother with e-waste and rarely process gold-filled. It takes far too much in the way of chemicals to get the small percentage of gold they contain.
For example, 1/20 12kt GF has only 2.5% pure gold, assuming you get 100% recovery. So if you have 10 Toz of the plated material, it only contains 0.25 Toz of gold. I just sell the stuff to my favorite local coin shop, who will only buy it if I have 50 Toz or more to sell at one time. That is because his refiner will not accept lots smaller than that and also charges an assay fee.
You make this look sooo easy! and your wife is adorable! :)
Great video! I have been into the ewaste for awhile now and never thought of karat scrap. Makes me want to dive right in, but a little intimidating. Ewaste is found for free mostly, karat scrap has out of pocket costs for the scrap and I frankly do not have the exp to know how much to pay. Sreetips, could you give a basic breakdown, without giving up too many of your private details, on what a good purchase price range would be for buying the different karat scrap like in your video. For instance the average 14K ring you would pay what for? Things like that. Any help would be greatly appreciated. You have brought my goals to a whole new level. Your processes and lab are what I aim for. Do you offer more tailored education to people, like one on one?
I pay 80% of spot for the karat gold that I buy. My wife pays pennies on the dollar, because she knows where to look. The idea is to pay the least amount possible to maximize profit. But it's hard to do, especially if your buyer knows what they have. Just yesterday my wife handed me about 15 grams of karat gold that she paid $15 for. The seller told her to pick out what she wanted from the jewelry pile, "it's all costume anyway." This person did not know what she had but my wife could tell that it was karat scrap. This may seem deceptive, but it's the way to make a healthy profit from the scrap.
@@sreetips brilliant combo of scientist and hustler. I’ve been eyeing this type of work because I like to buy things of people who are trying to get rid of it a.k.a don’t know what they have. Now that I’ve watched your videos I’ve decided to dive into the refining process. Your wife and you make a awesome combo I imagine I’ll never beat you guys in this business because you guys split the work up to become so efficient
Amazing your wife finds all those metals. But I think it costs a ton of money to accumulate so much gold and silver pieces. Need to start small and then go bigger every time I guess. And refining costs acids and a fume hood. But when I am able I would love the hobby! I will upload some nice gold and silver pieces soon. Keep tuned to my channel for it.
Love your work!👏👏👏
The hardest part is finding the gold and silver scrap at reasonable prices.
You don't need to refine it. If you get it at a good enough price, you can resell it to a buyer - preferably a refinery (if you can find a refinery that buys from the public). The worst place to sell it is to a pawn shop - they will only give you 40%-50% of the spot price. Businesses specializing in buying gold/silver will pay a bit more - except for the rip-off traveling outfits that set up in a motel/hotel - they are as bad (or worse) than pawn shops.
Coin shops that buy gold/silver are probably your best bet outside a refinery. What they will pay depends on a number of factors, including how much you have, how often you sell to them, the percentage they get from their refiner and the quality of your previous sales to them. They seem to pay around 80% of spot, although the local shop I have been dealing with pays me 90%.
Super like, Gold Doctor 👍
Thank you so much for educating us !
You are a true gentleman giving your wife most if not all the credit for finding the valuable stuff. I agree it takes a keen eye to find the real gold among the dross. Apparently your wife is very proficient at this :)
Personally, I would probably rather refurbish, repair or clean up those things and, sell most of it "as is". But then, I agree refining the gold and silver and other precious metals is also part of the fun.
The only thing I wonder about, is how much true waste you produce, refining. If you're to dispose of the waste safely and in a nature-friendly way, that too costs money. I do believe you're a responsible person, and you don't dispose of any waste through the drain or in a hole in the ground.
In other words, I think some profit can also be made by avoiding unnecessary costs, don't you agree?
I mean, optimizing refinement to such a degree you spend the least possible amount in tools and chemicals to help you with the process of refining.
In any case, I'm very curious what and how much you will extract from your waste bucket (or "stockpot" as you call it) and how much of it will be true "waste".
Thanks for sharing your insights and video :)
TechneMoira I agree. Lol My fiance can spot a bargain from miles away but no gold or silver
Not all that shines is gold :) Once a famous cathedral's dome was refurbished in our capital, and it shone like gold, for six months or so. Then, it turned green. It turned out church authorities had been fooled by the contractor, who had used a lot of polished yellow copper to restore the dome, letting them think it had been gold-plated with gold foil... not! *grin* Like I said, it takes a keen eye to see what's real gold and what's not :)
Yes! If you noticed I only have about 2 quarts of waste, and it still had precious metals in it. I spend about 10% of my time at the shop processing waste - especially the escrap waste - so much of it. When I do my stock pot video I'll have a bunch in there about waste treatment because the stock pot is the first place that my waste gets processed.
Looking forward to the waste treatment!
And too he didn't ask 4 money 4 nothing on "patreon" like most youtubers do
Hi 😎 I wanting to separate 50/50 Silver/copper and keep the Silver of course... But also want to keep the copper. Is there a way? Pls help
How much should I pay for gold? Friends and family want to sell some, but not sure how much is good (for them and for me) to charge, taking as reference the daily price of gold. Thanks in advance.
I agree 100% ! I tried with the E-waste but it’s just not enough!! And people wanna charge out the AZZ for it but it’s Not worth it in the end, you’ll spend $300 on E-waste then $100 or more on Nitric, and come out with $40 or $50 in gold when your all done with allot of waste!! But the GF scrap is where the money is at!!
How do you know how much hcl to add to the gold before you add the nitric acid please let me know thanks
I can dissolve a troy ounce of gold powder in as little as 150ml hydrochloric acid.
Awesome videos!!
I’m learning and am new to this. I did a little tinkering with small amounts of gold.
Where do i find a reliable refiner in my area?
Your refiner Takes 2% off the top.
How much should a small guy like me take( let’s say my gold comes out 90% pure) and it’s a Troy ounce?
Thanks for the informative videos. Keepem coming!!
Elemetal has been good to me. Do an Internet search and set up an account. But you must have a company name as they will not deal directly with the public.
First, thumbs UP!
Second, awesome wife. Great Bargins!
Third I eagerly awaited the video of sterling silver.
FINALLY. Not having access to Nitric, I use Potassium Nitrate and HCL for Poormans aqua Regia. Please can you try a video on this. I have been a loyal subscriber for along time. Whilst I don't follow every method you use, I have learnt alot from you since you began .
Potassium nitrate and HCl to dissolve gold? I can try it.
sreetips I put my gold and silver in a beaker, ( try a 250 ml) so don't use much. I did this to mix it up. Knowing there is silver in solution. (Hence my eager video on .925 silver refining.) I add a few tea spoons to cover but not to excess the AU & AG. I then add 50ml at a time of HCL. I have not heated it but would be interesting to see your approach. I then test the solution once filtered for Gold, and sprinkle a little bit of table salt ( a pinch) to see if silver is present. Of course u know silver is present do i drop that with table salt. Then use Sulfamic acid to precipitate the Gold. Not SMB! The silver that is dropped is 99 something. I still add a tiny bit of Sulfuric acid to both AG & AU solution to ensure lead is not present. Then I fire it. I later refine again but I fear I am missing out in other metals. Hence my request for a video. I will be happy to donate, but I really do appreciate your support on this. Jon
Silver, in the presence of hydrochloric acid, will instantly form silver chloride. I don't see any way to refine silver without using nitric acid.
Great stuff sir as always
Can I go picking with y'all? Great video sreetips
Thank you for the video! I can't wait for your channel to blow up! (Figuratively, of course, lol)
Some of those silver vases are worth more for what they are, depending on maker, rather than scrap value!
I wouldn't know anything about the makers. My experience with silver is that it usually goes for the silver content value only. I haven't gotten that far into checking values based on who made the piece.
@@sreetips would love to see the video showing how you scrap the silver candle holders and other bigger silver stuff ?
Se my silver refining videos to watch it happen
Excellent video presentation.
I'm sorry if you've been asked this question before but I can't see it - how do you tell what karat your gold is? As you can tell, total newbie here but finding your channel incredible!
Most karat gold is "hall marked" or stamped with the karat right on the piece. For those pieces not marked I use test needles with known samples of karat gold scratched on a touch stone next to the unknown sample then apply acid and watch what happens.
Thank's sreetips, This seems to be one of the most honest smartest Precious Metals videos I have seen to date. So for a month's haul of gold and silver scrap, I am Still a little hazy on the profit part So 3-5K on all scrap cost, Gets you 3-5K profit on the gold alone approx ? ok what about the silver ? and the resale of the Gold and Silver jewelry you put on E-Bay ? $$$ is this a full or part-time gig ? How much time total about did you put into processing that 1 months haul of scrap ?? Seems like great teamwork and a decent profit if you are consistent on that volume. TKU ! How do you do Your Taxes ?
I bought 30 grams of 18k for 5 bucks. About 8g of 14k for $3. The seller knew it was gold. They lived in a big house. Had plenty of money. Didn’t care about the gold. Just wanted it gone. People in the USA are CLUELESS about gold. That’s a bonanza for folks who know when, where and what to look for! Cheers and good luck.
@@sreetips Ok I can understand you not wanting to answer my questions.
Wow love the video you guys are pro's