The comments were exactly what I expected. A lot of couch potato safety experts. Living off grid is far from city life. You do what ya gotta do to get the job done! 😂
Hahahaha Jeff you are an absolute madman for attempting to solder that on her wrist…not even my super cool mini torch could get that job done without getting too hot. The answer is an arc welder or laser welder….but on a separate note, congrats on the rolling mill!! That was a great surprise
If you want permanent jewelry there's a thing called a laser welder for that purpose. It doesn't heat up the entire piece, just the area where you are joining the ends.
After 43 years underground mining, I finally saw a huge quantity of High Grade gold in a 2 yard scoop tram bucket, and there was more gold than waste rock as we were 'required' to sample each bucket that was mucked. This was a a gold mine in Timmins ON at mine that is still operating today, this was about 6 or 7 years ago...
That was really 😎! But i didnt see anyone backing up during that process..😂 Love the bracelet it became. Rose makes everything look better. 😊 Love ya'll ❤️
Okay-about the impurities in the gold while in the crucible: While you heat it, you roll the crucible around and the impurities roll off to the sides of the crucible. You can also dip a graphite rod into the gold to draw out the impurities. You want them gone before you dump them into the mold, if possible. I melt and mill gold as a jeweler often enough, though I tend not to alter the alloy the way you are here. Best!
precious stones, not gold, no jewelry... on same worth, gold is heavy to move around, and jewelry loses value... stones hold value, like gold, but they are easy to hide and move around!
Extraordinary video! Seen similar refining process in old Fairbanks Gold Co films so exciting contrast between highly mechanized dredging and refining to this manual old fashion technique the girls got to experience. Plus a clip from the chocolate making video. Gridlessness videos always shine rich and bright.
Next time, if I might make a suggestion is get a 5 gallon bucket of water, melt your silver, pour it in circles, real slow into the water so that you may casting grains you run the potential using the saw of cross contaminate mean with carbon steel and iron. Just a little advice to help you guys out if you ever have any questions, hit me up I am a bench jeweler Love you guises show love the time you spend with your kids ❤
From Scotland m8 were all mad here But her wrist in the vice with the rope that’s was madness on steroids m8 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 That’s one of the funniest 🤣 things I’ve seen in my life 😉🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You would make a great snuff film 🎥
Try using the solder bubble out of one of those “low heat solder” butt connectors I use them all the time for 12v wiring. It would be a pure gold ring but it would be a solid connection that wouldn’t come off
I think your best bet Jeff is a crimping tool to crimp both sides together. Soldering it is going to get really hot before the flux will take and bind. But you could use a hydraulic lug crimper, they give you the right angle to do it parallel along someone's wrist and not risk injury. Make the gold wire a bit longer maybe or possibly them just close together and allow the copper crimp to cold solder them together. Depending on the crimper you had it could make the seam less intrusive so you don't risk the copper being sharp or snagging on clothing. If you wanted to I'm sure you could also add some shrink plastic over the crimped portion as very minor heat is required for it to shrink, I feel like I'd only do this if I wanted to seal the copper from corrosion... TL;DR: Hydraulic crimping tool, crimp dat gold strand with some copper.
I'm screaming from a month ago when you're trying to soldier the gold onto Rose's wrist "NOOOOOOOO!" I can't imagine how that was your first choice on how do to that! Melting point of gold is 1064°C!!!
😆 yeah lets sauder that sirect to user... Best jewelry making moves ever! 😆🙄 Keep Pushin! I will try this when i make a new thing for the ladies... Seems fun! If ya hold still you get a new bracelet! 😂
Should have wrapped it around the small end of an anvil. You could have flattened the ends or balled them up to make it easier to put on/take off. Glad you didn't hurt Rose. Her turn to make yours next. Hahaha!
PLIERS: To prevent jaw bite marks on your bracelet, cover your plier jaws with plastic, leather, jet set, basically any material that acts as a barrier between the gold and the hard steel edges of your pliers when you apply pressure to bend them. Also-you can bend the gold around PVC, wood dowels, and pound them with a plastic dead blow hammer to gently form them. Also-you can clamp one end of the goo wire in a vice, then gasp the other in a tight clamp, and twist the wire into a way way cool spiral. I’m wearing a twist-gold bracelet that I made right now ☀️ Best!!!
You need a laser welder to apply enough heat locally to melt the gold without the whole piece being to hot. You could even place the wrist and band in water with just the seam to be welded out of the water.
Mixing it with mercury? I thought it was toxic??😮 I remember as a kid, we still had the old thermometers that had mercury in them. You would invariably drop one in the sink and those little balls of mercury would roll around in the sink. I remember Mother telling me DON'T touch it! I had already grabbed the little balls and squeezed them in my fingers! LOL! I'm still here, kicking and screaming! 🤣
The mercury method is very dangerous, unless the mercury is burned off and exhausted through water. The mercury is so heavy, it gets cooled by the water then sinks.
You gotta get some sheets of kaowool. The heat is going to travel around the material you're trying to solder. You could have soldered it around her wrist if you insulated it all the way around.
Polishing- I you want a higher shine, go up in grit to 1500 micro-paper (pink, then blue) to ‘sand’ a fine finish. Or-use Tripoli compound to buff, then rouge (l like Zam) to polish. There’s so much I could teach you about goldsmithing-making a simple clasp, etc. Come out to Central NY to the Adirondacks some day and stop by at Cunningham’s Custom Jewelry and ask for me. I’ll teach you how to make the most out of your bracelet, finish your ends, make it go on and off easily, show you all your options. You can come camp out on my land. Best!
Maybe if she has her hand underwater and just has the solder point exposed then it could potentially not burn her? Jewelers do that with precious stones. Not sure if the heat transfer would be too much for skin though.
You are supposed to add copper, silver, and zinc to the gold for carated yellow gold. I have one of those little torches , the name it was marketed under was "The Little Torch". You don't need to solder the thing together with it on here wrist, why did you do that? Where can I get a rolling mill with about 12" long flat rollers where the working surface where the sheet metal is rolled flat is 12"? thanks
Squeezed out with a rag'... like a 'mulling rag', like dentists in the 60's and before did.... and went mad as hatters! The pile of rags that guy has is a Superfund Site, all by itself. Seeing that red-hot bead reminds me of casting gold crowns in dental school... I kinda missing the insanity of heating metal til it shakes in the crucible, then cutting loose the centrifugal casting machine. (Pro-Tip : Just don't mix the gold and silver crucibles) Lol... 'tiny torch' has a purpose in life.
Turn your cutting torch oxygen down jeff, for the particular thing. Your white flame front was hotter (and blowing faster) than you wanted it to be. It should be a cool blue for melting those particular metals.
Be very careful of the mercury. Many old timers have suffered with mercury poison over the years. Not related, mercury poisoning nearly killed me. Took seven years of my life where I couldn't function. Thankful to even be here today
A crucible, borax, and a propane torch. If you wanted, there are refining processes you could do first so that you take the PURE gold out and leave behind whatever filler metals are in it.
@@OzkAltBldgCo-bv8tt I can understand everyone gets into this for different reasons but usually not simply for fun. I would recommend against buying bullion with high premiums, and instead purchase the metal in other forms (and sometimes less purity) for a significantly discounted price.
I've always felt that the word "grid" should be spelled "gryd" or maybe even "grydd." Sounds more heavy metal because "y" is a more heavy-metal letter than "i." Maybe add in a "z" to make it my own, and get "GRZYD" to make it look Eastern European.
Girdlessness, good afternoon from Philippines I have been your fan's since 2022, I'm a fourth year college student here. Have two months vacation, please can you offer me an invitation letter to visit your I really love all your video together with all the family
⚠⚠⚠It seems like a very bad idea to have a jewelry bracelet or ring permanently on your body... a bracelet can catch in a machine... a compressed ring can cause the loss of a finger 😥
Mercury will dissolve Gold just like Zinc will dissolve steel and stainless steel. If he is burning the Mercury away to get the Gold,, that is not the best way to do it!
I seen this guy do the dumbest thing to his wife today. But I didn't say anything, I just kept scrolling. 😂😂 just kidding, we live and learn. I was going to suggest you folks learn about "retort mercury extractors" like the one Parker from Gold Rush built for that guy in south america. Maybe you could build a few for the next time you venture down to Mexico and teach them a safer, better way to extract the mercury and reuse it.
I hate this environmentalist that soo exagerated… for those environmentalist out there if you want to protect the environment just don’t eat food because all the source of food destroy the environment let see if you can do that… i love watching this family no matter what.
@@David-fv7zg environmentalist eat right? So where did their garbage go? To the landfield? Where did their poop go to the septic tank? Where did the containers of their food goes? I think all people are destroyers of earth since the beggining of time but did the earth got destroyed by people the answer is no beacause the earth heal itself...from the beggining of time of gold discovery humans used mercury and dump it on earth but did the earth died,no right i will bet that the time of your death the earth will always be earth as it is...soo give me a reason to exagerate things like environmentalist who is also a contributors of destruction to earth...wake up to the reality that environmentalist also wears gold to their body who is process by using mercury and dump to earth...wake up your in earth man everything happens here the only way to save the environment is when there is no people on earth...is that enough reason not to be exagerated environmentalist or you want more evidence that environmentalist are people who don't accept that they are also destroyers of mother nature...did you get the point that no people is clean everybody destroy everything...but you can never destroy the earth unless you lunch a million atomic bomb at the same time...just kidding i agree to you...peace man...just enjoy watching Jeff and his family no need to argue
David Here’s a valid argument against vegans. They say animals are alive so we must eat plants. They forget plants actually move a ton. Watch a 48 hour time lapse of a sunflower or something. Also trees have been studied communicating.
Please don't take offense at my observations. I am absolutely aware that you did not go there to choose a system of recovering gold with the knowledge that it was dangerous to the environment. Having said that, large parts of the Amazon basin are today seriously polluted with mercury to the point where the water is not safe to drink for humans. The Amazon is only one river system which has been systematically damaged or destroyed by mercury. I know that mercury amalgams are the only easy way of recovering gold from the residues that these miners acquire, but they are killing themselves and their families and the people and animals around them, for a pittance in income. It may, in fact, be the only income available to some of them if they wish to stay in the jungle. The use of mercury simply cannot be supported by anyone for gold recovery anywhere. Now, having beaten you savagely with a moose antler, I want you to know how impressed I am with the things that you and your family have done. As a geologist who has spent probably half of his career, 20 plus years, living in and working in remote undeveloped parts of the earth, often with Indigenous people, spending 11 months (over 7 years) living on the Alaska North Slope, once living three months there in a camp made entirely of old cloth army tents surrounded by fabulous terrain and lots of grizzly bears, lived in two Eskimo villages, one of which had a coastal setting where the chief harpooned and killed a bowhead whale (which was within his rights as a native), and have eaten muck tuck (cubes of whale blubber chewed like bubble gum - don't bother - yuck), I have been very impressed by all of the accommodations needed to survive away from the grid and I have seen the majority of your wonderful videos. Keep it up, and I will keep watching them and may, from time to time, poke you with a stick if I don't like something. By the way, I think someone else may have alluded to this, but one has to wonder how you can even breathe with all that estrogen in the air in your cabin. I had enough trouble raising one daughter, I can't imagine having raised a brood as big as yours. They seem to have turned into very nice young ladies, educated, able to hold their own in the wilderness and with a great outlook on life. I congratulate you and Rose on your achievement. Cheers… Clair Russell Ossian -- Clair Russell Ossian, PhD Emeritus Professor, Geology, Tarrant County College 2805 Raintree Drive Carrollton, TX 75006 clastic@verizon.net
My gosh -- trying to weld a bracelet while your wife is wearing it? Please don't try that again. If you want to weld it then you'll need a smaller / more focused torch. Just lean the bracelet against some firebrick and weld it there. Use a bracelet mandrel to shape it. You can hammer out any bumps or kinks.
Looks more gold,en than your gold ring… well I hate to break it to you, gold is 24 kt clean, USA rings are 75pct or even worse … so yes pure melted gold is different58 pct gold
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The comments were exactly what I expected. A lot of couch potato safety experts. Living off grid is far from city life. You do what ya gotta do to get the job done! 😂
the circus music means they knew it wasnt the best technique
Sheesh!
Do you need to be a meteorologist to know when it's raining? lol.
Hahahaha Jeff you are an absolute madman for attempting to solder that on her wrist…not even my super cool mini torch could get that job done without getting too hot. The answer is an arc welder or laser welder….but on a separate note, congrats on the rolling mill!! That was a great surprise
I feel like only a MODERN Goldsmith would have those tools….
If you want permanent jewelry there's a thing called a laser welder for that purpose. It doesn't heat up the entire piece, just the area where you are joining the ends.
After 43 years underground mining, I finally saw a huge quantity of High Grade gold in a 2 yard scoop tram bucket, and there was more gold than waste rock as we were 'required' to sample each bucket that was mucked. This was a a gold mine in Timmins ON at mine that is still operating today, this was about 6 or 7 years ago...
That would be an amazing sight to see!
@@frederickmoller It was rich even 15 + years ago .
Beuty stuff 👍
So muck scoop # 1100023948857 had pure gold? Thanks for sharing i wish i could have seen that.
That was really 😎! But i didnt see anyone backing up during that process..😂 Love the bracelet it became. Rose makes everything look better. 😊 Love ya'll ❤️
Okay-about the impurities in the gold while in the crucible:
While you heat it, you roll the crucible around and the impurities roll off to the sides of the crucible.
You can also dip a graphite rod into the gold to draw out the impurities.
You want them gone before you dump them into the mold, if possible.
I melt and mill gold as a jeweler often enough, though I tend not to alter the alloy the way you are here.
Best!
Rose took one for the team! 😂 That would be a “never again” moment for me! ❤
Poor poor Rose 🔥
Beautiful bracelet.
Everyone should have gold put away.. 😊
precious stones, not gold, no jewelry... on same worth, gold is heavy to move around, and jewelry loses value... stones hold value, like gold, but they are easy to hide and move around!
Extraordinary video! Seen similar refining process in old Fairbanks Gold Co films so exciting contrast between highly mechanized dredging and refining to this manual old fashion technique the girls got to experience. Plus a clip from the chocolate making video. Gridlessness videos always shine rich and bright.
Next time, if I might make a suggestion is get a 5 gallon bucket of water, melt your silver, pour it in circles, real slow into the water so that you may casting grains you run the potential using the saw of cross contaminate mean with carbon steel and iron. Just a little advice to help you guys out if you ever have any questions, hit me up I am a bench jeweler Love you guises show love the time you spend with your kids ❤
Rose, you are a very brave woman, letting a sketchy guy like Jeff anywhere near you with a torch...
Indeed. lol
I agree with you after that stunt, it was totally unnecessary and very unsafe.
Jeff, you're a very competent guy.. but that was dopey 🫣
The level of trust here is off the charts
Hahahaha.. Today we learned gold is a VERY conductive. 🤣😂
From Scotland m8 were all mad here
But her wrist in the vice with the rope that’s was madness on steroids m8
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That’s one of the funniest 🤣 things I’ve seen in my life 😉🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You would make a great snuff film 🎥
Dude you're living the good life, but the gold mine is rose, she has a good heart, god bless you and your family from algeria
silent viewer scince 2018, keep it up guys🥰🥰🥰
Completely agree with you about needing some ready. or having some with you all the time.
Another Great vid guys 👊😃...
Internet haters gotta relax !!! 🤦♂️
Keep it up guys .. ignore the haters
Try using the solder bubble out of one of those “low heat solder” butt connectors
I use them all the time for 12v wiring.
It would be a pure gold ring but it would be a solid connection that wouldn’t come off
You should get a graphite rod to stir the molten metal so it mixes well
I think your best bet Jeff is a crimping tool to crimp both sides together. Soldering it is going to get really hot before the flux will take and bind. But you could use a hydraulic lug crimper, they give you the right angle to do it parallel along someone's wrist and not risk injury. Make the gold wire a bit longer maybe or possibly them just close together and allow the copper crimp to cold solder them together. Depending on the crimper you had it could make the seam less intrusive so you don't risk the copper being sharp or snagging on clothing. If you wanted to I'm sure you could also add some shrink plastic over the crimped portion as very minor heat is required for it to shrink, I feel like I'd only do this if I wanted to seal the copper from corrosion...
TL;DR: Hydraulic crimping tool, crimp dat gold strand with some copper.
Poor Mrs. Rose is going to have PTSD from that braclet for the rest of her life on account of Jeff's hairbrain ideas 😮
ROSE deserves it. She is the leader of the tribe of amazons with that guy who lives with them.lol
Awesome!
I'm screaming from a month ago when you're trying to soldier the gold onto Rose's wrist "NOOOOOOOO!" I can't imagine how that was your first choice on how do to that! Melting point of gold is 1064°C!!!
😆 yeah lets sauder that sirect to user... Best jewelry making moves ever! 😆🙄 Keep Pushin! I will try this when i make a new thing for the ladies... Seems fun! If ya hold still you get a new bracelet! 😂
Should have wrapped it around the small end of an anvil. You could have flattened the ends or balled them up to make it easier to put on/take off. Glad you didn't hurt Rose. Her turn to make yours next. Hahaha!
Breathing in those mercury vapors... must be really healthy
PLIERS:
To prevent jaw bite marks on your bracelet, cover your plier jaws with plastic, leather, jet set, basically any material that acts as a barrier between the gold and the hard steel edges of your pliers when you apply pressure to bend them.
Also-you can bend the gold around PVC, wood dowels, and pound them with a plastic dead blow hammer to gently form them.
Also-you can clamp one end of the goo wire in a vice, then gasp the other in a tight clamp, and twist the wire into a way way cool spiral.
I’m wearing a twist-gold bracelet that I made right now ☀️
Best!!!
That was awesome! It would have been more appropriate for Rose if it was rose gold... Be well.../B
My family in Mexico also extract gold from there land they process 14 tons of ore for 1 kilo pure gold
In one day 😊
You need a laser welder to apply enough heat locally to melt the gold without the whole piece being to hot. You could even place the wrist and band in water with just the seam to be welded out of the water.
I Love Rose 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
I like my gold in coins... but a raw bracelet is pretty cool.. NGL
What a lovely wonderful Lady.
Dont know if its already been suggested but electric current to fuse the bracelet , cheers from Tasmania
Looks like allot of hard work for that little bit of gold! Thanks for sharing! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
At the spot price I just checked, $70.21 per gram with 13 grams comes to 912.73 for "that little bit of gold"
17:45 this dude is just dangerously irresponsible. Has absolutely no f'ing clue what he's doing and puts his wife in jeopardy.
Do the same thing you did, except wrap it in a few layers of wet paper towel just short of the solder joint.
Breathe the flumes 😮
Half of our planet is still developing, think!
dangerous but effective...
Mixing it with mercury? I thought it was toxic??😮
I remember as a kid, we still had the old thermometers that had mercury in them. You would invariably drop one in the sink and those little balls of mercury would roll around in the sink. I remember Mother telling me DON'T touch it! I had already grabbed the little balls and squeezed them in my fingers! LOL! I'm still here, kicking and screaming! 🤣
The mercury method is very dangerous, unless the mercury is burned off and exhausted through water. The mercury is so heavy, it gets cooled by the water then sinks.
You gotta get some sheets of kaowool. The heat is going to travel around the material you're trying to solder. You could have soldered it around her wrist if you insulated it all the way around.
I don't think that the whole process is making him rich, but just eking out a basic living. But I do admire the ingenuity of the whole process.
Yeah.. It doesn't seem like a lot of profit when you consider how much electricity is being used and also the need for mercury, etc.
Melt the metals first then add borax to prevent it from blowing all over the place.
Polishing-
I you want a higher shine, go up in grit to 1500 micro-paper (pink, then blue) to ‘sand’ a fine finish.
Or-use Tripoli compound to buff, then rouge (l like Zam) to polish.
There’s so much I could teach you about goldsmithing-making a simple clasp, etc.
Come out to Central NY to the Adirondacks some day and stop by at Cunningham’s Custom Jewelry and ask for me.
I’ll teach you how to make the most out of your bracelet, finish your ends, make it go on and off easily, show you all your options.
You can come camp out on my land.
Best!
Looks like nicaragua
Everything south of Texas looks like that.
Mexican money
Use one of of those things you use to connect two wires together and squeeze tight
Bapak ibuk .jeff.russ.sehat semua .terutama adek2ku semua A.J.K.K .hhhhh
You're a blessed man Jeff,
Proverbs 31:10 "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies"
Maybe if she has her hand underwater and just has the solder point exposed then it could potentially not burn her? Jewelers do that with precious stones. Not sure if the heat transfer would be too much for skin though.
Jeff ball the ends on the bracelet so Rose can take it off and on . Loco for soldering on her wrist , she is very luck and a brave woman 🫣
I dare you to rhodium-plated it.
As that would be fun to see you do an experiment.
You are supposed to add copper, silver, and zinc to the gold for carated yellow gold. I have one of those little torches , the name it was marketed under was "The Little Torch". You don't need to solder the thing together with it on here wrist, why did you do that?
Where can I get a rolling mill with about 12" long flat rollers where the working surface where the sheet metal is rolled flat is 12"? thanks
Squeezed out with a rag'... like a 'mulling rag', like dentists in the 60's and before did.... and went mad as hatters!
The pile of rags that guy has is a Superfund Site, all by itself.
Seeing that red-hot bead reminds me of casting gold crowns in dental school... I kinda missing the insanity of heating metal til it shakes in the crucible, then cutting loose the centrifugal casting machine. (Pro-Tip : Just don't mix the gold and silver crucibles)
Lol... 'tiny torch' has a purpose in life.
Turn your cutting torch oxygen down jeff, for the particular thing. Your white flame front was hotter (and blowing faster) than you wanted it to be. It should be a cool blue for melting those particular metals.
Be very careful of the mercury. Many old timers have suffered with mercury poison over the years. Not related, mercury poisoning nearly killed me. Took seven years of my life where I couldn't function. Thankful to even be here today
This guy is crazy lol
I was amazed by your math skills then.... you used a blow torch on your poor wife.
Were you getting spot price on that?
Started with Gold, ends up pumping milk.
You start melting the metals before adding the Borax and add it slowly.
what a team player momma is lol
Chocolate seems safer, tastier and could definitely act as a global currency
What were you even thinking?
Rose deserves something better 😢
Do you find silver in your ore?
So, I have several gold rings, and other pieces, that I've bought over the years. How would I go about melting them down into something like this?
A crucible, borax, and a propane torch. If you wanted, there are refining processes you could do first so that you take the PURE gold out and leave behind whatever filler metals are in it.
Did you ask the guy that smelted the Gold where he got his source of mercury from?
Can't imagine what the level of mercury is in his lungs. Heck of a way to make money.
@@madmex2k Lol in his lungs?
In addition to everyone should having gold and silver please consider getting into Science Metals Bullion like Luciteria.
LOL
@RollingRoadEFI I'm just saying like we don't know when niobium or germanium or other metals might be coming to the forefront.
@@OzkAltBldgCo-bv8tt I can understand everyone gets into this for different reasons but usually not simply for fun. I would recommend against buying bullion with high premiums, and instead purchase the metal in other forms (and sometimes less purity) for a significantly discounted price.
16g.
18 carats
Pouring water to cool the metal will create steam!
I can't believe he's even trying that!
Sounds like Canada?
Curious ..What's that sound like ?
Besides the odd " f💣 Trudeau " 😂😕🤷♂️
Might be better to do the solder with much much lower melting point alloy.
i dont like adding impurity to gold to make it stronger, instead i use a structural metal under to hold it, and put 24k gold bar around it.
... why did she have to wear it when brazing.. wth
Rose make him use a hunk of firewood your arm size, omg
HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY FOR THE GOLD
Ouch😮
why the hell would you try and solder while on her wrist lol.
just ball the ends and make it so it can come off and on
Why would you do that on her wrist bro🤣🤣🤣
Wow, this seems so unsafe. For the workers and the environment.
I've always felt that the word "grid" should be spelled "gryd" or maybe even "grydd." Sounds more heavy metal because "y" is a more heavy-metal letter than "i." Maybe add in a "z" to make it my own, and get "GRZYD" to make it look Eastern European.
English wasn't your strongest subject I'm guessing lol
😎👍👍
Girdlessness, good afternoon from Philippines I have been your fan's since 2022, I'm a fourth year college student here. Have two months vacation, please can you offer me an invitation letter to visit your I really love all your video together with all the family
Size it down a bit more. Never ever try to melt a metal Around a flesh extremity.
⚠⚠⚠It seems like a very bad idea to have a jewelry bracelet or ring permanently on your body... a bracelet can catch in a machine... a compressed ring can cause the loss of a finger 😥
not once but twice ehh ??
Solder first, THEN shape. (And NOT while wearing it)
hi julia
Mercury will dissolve Gold just like Zinc will dissolve steel and stainless steel.
If he is burning the Mercury away to get the Gold,, that is not the best way to do it!
💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
I like you guys but hanging around vaporizing mercury is really dangerous assuming that that’s mercury under thatblowtorch
I seen this guy do the dumbest thing to his wife today. But I didn't say anything, I just kept scrolling. 😂😂 just kidding, we live and learn.
I was going to suggest you folks learn about "retort mercury extractors" like the one Parker from Gold Rush built for that guy in south america. Maybe you could build a few for the next time you venture down to Mexico and teach them a safer, better way to extract the mercury and reuse it.
I hate this environmentalist that soo exagerated… for those environmentalist out there if you want to protect the environment just don’t eat food because all the source of food destroy the environment let see if you can do that… i love watching this family no matter what.
That’s just a ridiculous statement. If you disagree, offer a valid argument.
@@David-fv7zg environmentalist eat right? So where did their garbage go? To the landfield? Where did their poop go to the septic tank? Where did the containers of their food goes? I think all people are destroyers of earth since the beggining of time but did the earth got destroyed by people the answer is no beacause the earth heal itself...from the beggining of time of gold discovery humans used mercury and dump it on earth but did the earth died,no right i will bet that the time of your death the earth will always be earth as it is...soo give me a reason to exagerate things like environmentalist who is also a contributors of destruction to earth...wake up to the reality that environmentalist also wears gold to their body who is process by using mercury and dump to earth...wake up your in earth man everything happens here the only way to save the environment is when there is no people on earth...is that enough reason not to be exagerated environmentalist or you want more evidence that environmentalist are people who don't accept that they are also destroyers of mother nature...did you get the point that no people is clean everybody destroy everything...but you can never destroy the earth unless you lunch a million atomic bomb at the same time...just kidding i agree to you...peace man...just enjoy watching Jeff and his family no need to argue
David
Here’s a valid argument against vegans. They say animals are alive so we must eat plants. They forget plants actually move a ton. Watch a 48 hour time lapse of a sunflower or something. Also trees have been studied communicating.
Please don't take offense at my observations. I am absolutely aware that you did not go there to choose a system of recovering gold with the knowledge that it was dangerous to the environment. Having said that, large parts of the Amazon basin are today seriously polluted with mercury to the point where the water is not safe to drink for humans. The Amazon is only one river system which has been systematically damaged or destroyed by mercury. I know that mercury amalgams are the only easy way of recovering gold from the residues that these miners acquire, but they are killing themselves and their families and the people and animals around them, for a pittance in income. It may, in fact, be the only income available to some of them if they wish to stay in the jungle. The use of mercury simply cannot be supported by anyone for gold recovery anywhere.
Now, having beaten you savagely with a moose antler, I want you to know how impressed I am with the things that you and your family have done. As a geologist who has spent probably half of his career, 20 plus years, living in and working in remote undeveloped parts of the earth, often with Indigenous people, spending 11 months (over 7 years) living on the Alaska North Slope, once living three months there in a camp made entirely of old cloth army tents surrounded by fabulous terrain and lots of grizzly bears, lived in two Eskimo villages, one of which had a coastal setting where the chief harpooned and killed a bowhead whale (which was within his rights as a native), and have eaten muck tuck (cubes of whale blubber chewed like bubble gum - don't bother - yuck), I have been very impressed by all of the accommodations needed to survive away from the grid and I have seen the majority of your wonderful videos. Keep it up, and I will keep watching them and may, from time to time, poke you with a stick if I don't like something.
By the way, I think someone else may have alluded to this, but one has to wonder how you can even breathe with all that estrogen in the air in your cabin. I had enough trouble raising one daughter, I can't imagine having raised a brood as big as yours. They seem to have turned into very nice young ladies, educated, able to hold their own in the wilderness and with a great outlook on life. I congratulate you and Rose on your achievement.
Cheers…
Clair Russell Ossian
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Clair Russell Ossian, PhD
Emeritus Professor, Geology,
Tarrant County College
2805 Raintree Drive
Carrollton, TX 75006
clastic@verizon.net
My gosh -- trying to weld a bracelet while your wife is wearing it? Please don't try that again. If you want to weld it then you'll need a smaller / more focused torch. Just lean the bracelet against some firebrick and weld it there. Use a bracelet mandrel to shape it. You can hammer out any bumps or kinks.
Looks more gold,en than your gold ring… well I hate to break it to you, gold is 24 kt clean, USA rings are 75pct or even worse … so yes pure melted gold is different58 pct gold