I immediately wanted to look to see if anyone else asked if you went through those coins before you destroyed them. Whew. I kept watching and kicked myself knowing you were smarter than that. ‼️ Thanks, Chief. On to part 2! 👍
I’ve bought worn silver dollars from a coin dealer for same price he could get from the refiner. They have little to no numismatic value and he didn’t want them cluttering up his inventory. I also bought small silver bars that people buy off ‘precious metal investment’ ads. Any bars that were scratched or worn he sold me for 90% of melt value since he could not resell as investment bars. They were all .999 bars, mostly 10 or 25 gram size. Bought all of them he had. Pretty sure he was buying them off people wanting cash and only giving them 70%-75% of melt value. Three parts 99% coin silver to one part fine silver pretty much melts to sterling .925
THANK YOU for not refining the coins. I almost cried out loud when you started showing them as possible melt content. thank you thank you thank you. and thank you for these videos. the time and effort you make to document and explain the process is much appreciated.
There are some folks who will want to refine the silver from coins and it is possible to do it using the process in this video. But it would not be the smart thing to do.
@@sreetips Mr. Sreetips, could you send me an email please , I could really use some expert advice with a few small issues I have. Xxxdragonstarxx@gmail.com
Incredible, I never weary of seeing metals dissolve in solution, and precipitate out again. I can't believe how loaded the solution is with silver, it made a very respectful haul of silver cement! This is where I am going to start, I'm going to be on the lookout for sterling silver, and begin to buy it. I'll set up a silver cell and take it from there. Thank you, sreetips, this is invaluable information and I'm very appreciative to you for sharing your knowledge and expertise with us!
I just refined a bunch of coins that were in the fire this last year most of them were melted together or really badly damaged made my grandfather happy to get back some good silver
I absolutely love these videos. Your a grate educator. My school never would have tried to teach chemistry to me or my classmates. I believe if schools explained refining chemistry before doing what thay probably do (the structure of chemical elements) a lot more people would care about the planet and the stuff it's made of. Keep up the good work. I'm going to buy a book all about refining/metallurgy.
I really loved seeing the gold processing waste make a reappearance. I was very curious as to its re-use. As for your copper wire. A simple crank-handle press could be used to run the wire through to turn it into copper foil which would be the ideal form to use
Im a electrician and I've used those side cuts before and I'll say I got some Kline and they cut a whole lot better... but those will work as well... thanks for sharing I appreciate it
Just my perspective as I watch the fast foreward parts, thinking if only I could work that fast, I'd be able to get stuff done!! Lol. Another great video. Thanks.
I nearly threw my monitor when he first showed those coins and I thought he was going to destroy them, but when he made a point to recommend not ruining them my respect for this channel grew
Ha, that's funny. You can hear fireworks (I think) in the background - July 4th. Thanks, this is great and very educational. You are practical and frugal - using what is at hand for the processes.
Fireworks or gunshots? I heard it too and played back a 2nd time cause I just imagined him living in some gutter neighborhood where his neighbors are all bottom feeders of society and dont care about the older couple living next door that's always stuffed up inside the house. They just see him coming home all the time with distilled water and thrift store cookware because he's a broke @ss man with no hobbies. Little do they know he's a wealth of knowledge and sharing with the world. Not to mention the trace amounts of platinum group trinkets he might have laying about the house. I love this guy. I wish I could be his lab assistant for a few months. I think I would pay him just to have the opportunity to clean up behind him.
great job sir everything well explained and nicely showed im just finishing my little refine tho much smaller then you had about 100 g and just stop by to check if i don´t forget about something
i was screaming at the screen when i saw those morgans and mercs. i was really not looking forwards to watching him refine those. glad they will end up in his safe.
i never had chemistry in school so this video an yer channel i pay attension to, i dont do this in my recycleing i leave this to you knowagable guys to do and jist sell/stock pile the scrap,, silver i buy is already been pourd int rounds or bars,, them crystals ya have by the bowl full is still havein me druling,,100 thumbs-up fer the series thank you fer thet,, be blessed an safe
Guy you are a hell of a chemist to be doing this i never knew silver could be held in a solution like this . i sincerely love watching you do this .im learning tons here .i would like to try this on a little smaller scale . you have me intrigued here for sure .you are a book of information . but im really glad i didnt see you melt the coins . ive collected coins for 39 yrs now i was 20 yrs old when i started and ive got one hell of a collection . for that i commend you for telling everybody watching theres value in old coins . awesome
I'm going to be honest, when I saw that you had all those gorgeous silver coins on the table I ALMOST stopped watching the video because I couldnt bear to watch you melt down those beautiful coins. As a coin collector myself it just breaks my heart to think of all the collectible coins that have been destroyed all for a little bit of silver value. Thank you thank you for saving them! You rock!
@ Brooke Chandler, it is illegal to melt US coins that are currently in circulation. Once they have been removed from circulation, they can be defaced (melted). That being said, only a fool would melt down silver or gold coins, they all demand a premium, as collectable.
Great videos! Very informative. How do you deal with the jewelry items that have enamel on them? I see it on some items like decorative spoons and gold/silver pins. Also, do you know of a good place to buy nitric acid for a reasonable price? Ebay seems rather expensive. Thanks for posting these videos.
Palladium (AQUILLA refining) on the goldrefiningforum.com once told me, "you'll throw rocks at the small glass and graphite silver cell once you cross over to a stainless steel silver cell." He was right. In the larger stainless cell the crystals grow fatter and you don't have to keep pushing them down like you do in the 1 liter glass cell. I have an earlier video that shows how to construct and use the stainless steel cell. But the small glass cell is what I used to learn.
I watch many of these videos and often ask myself, "Why am I watching this?". This video answered that question. Instead of explaining lab procedures, Sreetips is explaining wire stripping. I think if Sreetips makes a video explaining a phonebook I would watch it.
Hi sreetips. I greatly enjoy watching all of your videos and love this kind of work. Having a question for the anode basket. You use a filter from a shop vac Dacron type EE. is there another type of filter that can used or is that the recommended filter for this project??
To start, I love your videos. I'm working on doing this myself. When you are precipitating, you should try using a fish tank air bubbler to help move the solution and metals. I do agree with the ones that say to melt the copper in to bars. I'm about to start making copper triangles out of my wire using a farrier's forge and one of those cast iron cornbread skillets. A question for you. When you're down to small amounts of silver left, why not do like you do when make the aqua regia and just put pipettes at a time to dissolve the rest of the silver? That way you dissolved everything but you don't have too much nitric acid in solution.
Melting copper into bars is an extra step, the wire will work just fine like it is. Those tiny bits of copper wire can be avoided by removing the coil when it gets very thin and putting in a fresh coil of copper wire. I could add small doses of nitric, but it would take a long time. I prefer to let the nitric get consumed and leave some silver behind like in the video.
A few weeks ago when I started watching your vids for a second time I started to take detailed notes of procedure and supplies. I'll refer to this and then when I get the gold refining book I'll have this and the book. My notes could be a mini book already, great referral source for when I start to refine!! Thank you and Have a GREAT Day!!!
Always love your videos, Plus thank you for opening up your eBay shop to the UK. I really wish you try the Poormans aqua Regia method. ALOT of people can not obtain Nitric acid, and yes we can make it but possession of it is illegal unless under licence. At 5% or 10% max.
The problem with the "Poor man's" nitric acid is that there is undesirable metal contamination of the pregnant solution. Some of the metallic contamination will be drug down when the desired metal is precipitated. Very careful washing can minimize, but not eliminate, the contamination.
Again, a very instructive and entertaining video. I'm wondering how or when do you know all the silver has been replaced by copper in the solution? Or doesn't it really matter and do you keep adding copper until it doesn't dissolve any longer? Wouldn't it go faster if you'd use copper shavings and filings or maybe a fine copper powder? Or even a fine copper mesh? Thanks for sharing
I used copper wire because that's what I had. Solid pieces such as buss bar are better because wire leaves small bits of copper in the silver. I've never tried shavings or powder. But they are similar to the copper wire. I can tell when all the silver has cemented out when no more silver powder forms on the copper.
My Grandpa and his brothers were all Chemists and Pharmacists. I love seeing a chemical refinement. I mean using a propane furnace and a crucible is fine but this is pure!
Awesome video. Very detailed! And yes, I almost crapped my pants thinking you were going to melt those Morgan Dollars! Please tell me you didn’t! Haha. Anyway, great video, and I know what my retirement hobby will be!
sreetips you’re amazing. Do you sell on EBay? I’m a collector so I was just wondering. Also, thanks again for all your videos, I really hope to do what you do when retirement comes. Looks like a lot of work. Thanks for sharing your secrets and knowledge.
Ok Ok I have watch about 7 of your video's and you are becoming a hero to me. I still would like to see Cats done from cars you only handled. Like from the 80's, which are rusting out by now. I wonder which one did you get 2800 from? What make and year? Though it does seem like tough process and a few metals to separate out.
Buggsy5 let me guess, oh but wait you really are mad scientist huh, lol dude grow up!!!,... Bullish Silver, I'm guessing that was intended as a sort of sarcastic, joking complement, ??? Sort of an inside joke among those ppl who actually have a real interest in this kind stuff, ??? Am I close,
i have been watching your youtube video's and find it amazing how your able to refine silver and gold and other precious metals into bars. i am seriously thinking about doing this myself although i won't be repairing jewelry my eyes ain't that good anymore. i have heard that computer mother boards and video card pathways have silver in them is this true and if so would it be worth going after.
John, I don’t refine escrap anymore because the yields are too low. But for someone who likes to tinker, getting a piece of pure silver from some of that type scrap could be a blast.
I notice in this video as well as in the videos about gold refining is that when the metals are in a pure solution their color is move vivid and beautiful.
You are probably correct. It is not the same as you had before. But it will work if you use your multimeter at the cell and set it how you like. An amp meter would be useful as well.
One question...... How do you know your not destroying and antique silver piece worth way more than melt value of the silver its made from? Just wondering in case I come across any sterling flat wear. Thanks
I've tried it in the past, but it's messy and copper wire is so cheap and available. I've abandoned the use of copper cemented on iron from my waste bucket.
A way to go about getting your hands on good solid copper is to have a relationship with the local metal recyclers…that way you can make arrangements to buy the big, thick pieces of pure copper or swap like for like (stripped wire aka “bright” copper) by weight. If you throw in a 12-pack of beer or whatever they like to drink or a pizza for the crew they’ll often do plenty for you!
I have silver cutlery marked 800, as it seems to be more common than Sterling 925. Is there any difference in the process when refining 800 silver? Assume mixed with nickel. Thanks for awesome videos. Not must sterling in Australia.
I’ve seen 800 silver that was solid 80% silver, 20% copper. But I’ve also seen 800 silver over brass marked “800”. The only way to tell if it’s plated or solid is to file deep into the metal and apply some silver testing solution to the file mark. It’s it turns red then it’s solid silver. Blue black or green is junk. The acid don’t lie.
I purchased a sterling silver dish/art piece, and upon inspection, it was in fact silver, and the manufacturing company specializes in silver and pewter. After I was satisfied that I did in fact have silver, I broke it down to fit in my crucible, which was clean, and melted it down. Once it was molten, I added borax, and then it got interesting. It stopped behaving like silver and started acting like zinc. It flashed up with smoke and zinc oxide and a bright yellow glow. After I poured it, it did not freeze how zinc normally does, with a hexagonal crystalline pattern on the top, it froze as a normal bar of metal, but at the rate you would expect zinc to freeze. Naturally I tested it with some hydrochloric and I got zinc results. The bar has a dull finish to it unlike zinc. which usually freezes with a shiny finish. What do I have on my hands here, Sreetips? Was this a zinc dish that was coated with a thicker layer of silver, rather than just a plating? Should I take it to a analysist who can tell me the material content of my ingot?
Hey Sreetips Great videos!! Quick question.....Say I wann put a silver cell and I dont have cement silver that I can use in my anode basket? Is it worth it to just melt some of my silver pieces I have or what would I use?
It's made by Labconco. I bought it 9 years ago for $250 on eBay. Paid $250 to have it shipped. It runs 24/7. I don't see any way to do these reactions with out a fume hood. Trying to do it standing up-wind of the reaction vessel in the back yard guarantees repeated exposure to concentrated levels of nitrogen dioxide. There's no way to do these reactions safely with out a fume hood.
It would add unnecessary time and expense. To avoid the bits of copper in the cement silver simply pull the copper wire out of the solution when it gets thin and replace it with a new coil of copper wire - problem solved.
Hello Sir, I recognize that this video is 'not new' and having watched it twice I did come up with a question, if you don't mind me asking: with regard to using copper wire as a medium to initiate the precipitation of the silver out of solution would you possibly find it to be more efficient to replace the thinning copper wire with a new batch of fresh copper wire (as you normally do) and then 're-use' the thin wire to start the process in your next batch of fresh silver nitrate , which would possibly result in the thinner copper wire being fully consumed? This would leave you with less leftover material in the end. And now that copper is up past 4$ per pound would you consider a separate process to reclaim that copper by "trading" the copper with iron? This might simplify your waste stream and also result in a less valuable form of waste. (Essentially this is already being done in your final waste bucket and would simply require another final refining step, potentially as a semi-automatic process?) Thank you in advance and best regards.
Yes, the thin wire could go in first and get consumed. Unfortunately, refining the copper takes too much time and effort. Even at $10 per pound, refining it just wouldn’t pay. I work with metals that are hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands per pound. Throwing away a few pounds of contaminated copper cost much less than trying to refine it.
Hi sreetips. As I have watched these videos on refining silver. To cement the silver with the copper wire is there a specific diameter of wire that should or shouldn’t be used. I understand that when the silver gets cemented it turns the silver nitrate into copper nitrate so to use too thin of a wire wouldn’t work I can understand that.
I screw up by not doing what you teach us about heating silver to red to burn off oils and resins. Now I have some type of whitish powder in my solution. You said something about it clogging up the filters. What is the best way to deal with this problem? Thanks
I too am happy to see coins get to stay in original form, process is slick great to watch someone that knows what's up!!!!
I immediately wanted to look to see if anyone else asked if you went through those coins before you destroyed them.
Whew. I kept watching and kicked myself knowing you were smarter than that. ‼️
Thanks, Chief. On to part 2! 👍
Thank You for not melting the coins.
The coins are generally worth more than the silver melt price. To melt them would be ignorant.
i know i was like dont at first
I’ve bought worn silver dollars from a coin dealer for same price he could get from the refiner. They have little to no numismatic value and he didn’t want them cluttering up his inventory. I also bought small silver bars that people buy off ‘precious metal investment’ ads. Any bars that were scratched or worn he sold me for 90% of melt value since he could not resell as investment bars. They were all .999 bars, mostly 10 or 25 gram size. Bought all of them he had. Pretty sure he was buying them off people wanting cash and only giving them 70%-75% of melt value. Three parts 99% coin silver to one part fine silver pretty much melts to sterling .925
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For me it all depends on the condition of the coin and what’s in it
THANK YOU for not refining the coins. I almost cried out loud when you started showing them as possible melt content. thank you thank you thank you.
and thank you for these videos. the time and effort you make to document and explain the process is much appreciated.
There are some folks who will want to refine the silver from coins and it is possible to do it using the process in this video. But it would not be the smart thing to do.
@@sreetips Mr. Sreetips, could you send me an email please , I could really use some expert advice with a few small issues I have. Xxxdragonstarxx@gmail.com
@@sreetips its also illegal to deface currency
Incredible, I never weary of seeing metals dissolve in solution, and precipitate out again. I can't believe how loaded the solution is with silver, it made a very respectful haul of silver cement! This is where I am going to start, I'm going to be on the lookout for sterling silver, and begin to buy it. I'll set up a silver cell and take it from there. Thank you, sreetips, this is invaluable information and I'm very appreciative to you for sharing your knowledge and expertise with us!
I may never refine anything but I sure enjoy watching you do it. Thank you for the awesome videos...
Thank you for so much detail . I'm new at gold and silver recovery and your videos really help me out a lot . thanks
I love your presentation it is impossible to misunderstand the process. Thank you sir for your kind and benevolent works.
I love this cementing silver reaction. I could watch it all day. Thanks for not melting the coins.
Amazingly detailed set of videos. I wish you were my chemistry teacher at school. Thanks !!!
I just refined a bunch of coins that were in the fire this last year most of them were melted together or really badly damaged made my grandfather happy to get back some good silver
I absolutely love these videos. Your a grate educator. My school never would have tried to teach chemistry to me or my classmates. I believe if schools explained refining chemistry before doing what thay probably do (the structure of chemical elements) a lot more people would care about the planet and the stuff it's made of. Keep up the good work. I'm going to buy a book all about refining/metallurgy.
Love that you made your own "bobbin winder" for the copper wires!
And yes THANK YOU! For helping me get off the ground safely and with a huge jump start on the learning process.
Excellent
i love that beautiful shade of blue of the solution it always catches my attention
That's copper! 🙂
A sterling job sir, thank you for your videos.
You are awesome my friend. I’m about to start refining silver myself. Thanks for these videos. 💪
What a good job you are doing, I am learning so much than I could have ever dreamed, watching your viedo .
I really loved seeing the gold processing waste make a reappearance. I was very curious as to its re-use. As for your copper wire. A simple crank-handle press could be used to run the wire through to turn it into copper foil which would be the ideal form to use
Im a electrician and I've used those side cuts before and I'll say I got some Kline and they cut a whole lot better... but those will work as well... thanks for sharing I appreciate it
Just my perspective as I watch the fast foreward parts, thinking if only I could work that fast, I'd be able to get stuff done!! Lol. Another great video. Thanks.
I nearly threw my monitor when he first showed those coins and I thought he was going to destroy them, but when he made a point to recommend not ruining them my respect for this channel grew
Ha, that's funny. You can hear fireworks (I think) in the background - July 4th.
Thanks, this is great and very educational. You are practical and frugal - using what is at hand for the processes.
Fireworks or gunshots? I heard it too and played back a 2nd time cause I just imagined him living in some gutter neighborhood where his neighbors are all bottom feeders of society and dont care about the older couple living next door that's always stuffed up inside the house.
They just see him coming home all the time with distilled water and thrift store cookware because he's a broke @ss man with no hobbies.
Little do they know he's a wealth of knowledge and sharing with the world. Not to mention the trace amounts of platinum group trinkets he might have laying about the house.
I love this guy. I wish I could be his lab assistant for a few months. I think I would pay him just to have the opportunity to clean up behind him.
Excellent video, very detailed, wish all tutorials were like this
great job sir everything well explained and nicely showed im just finishing my little refine tho much smaller then you had about 100 g and just stop by to check if i don´t forget about something
Great video. You are an excellent teacher. Thank you for providing this knowledge to the world.
Thank you
Was so happy to hear you recommend against destroying those beautiful coins.
Thank you sir for NOT MELTING THE COINS.... 😍😍😍😍
i was screaming at the screen when i saw those morgans and mercs. i was really not looking forwards to watching him refine those. glad they will end up in his safe.
925 fine
It's against the law to destroy legal tender, I think it might be a federal offence.
@Xtreme Performance oh ok, didn't know that, just remember seeing something about a while ago, thanks for the info 👍
Great video. Just like normal. Lmbo heading over to part two now.
Glad you left the coins to be! Great score on the Roosie folders $20, each even in 2018, Thanks!
I was flipping out looking at the coins thinking you were going to refine them... whew you got me.
i never had chemistry in school so this video an yer channel i pay attension to, i dont do this in my recycleing i leave this to you knowagable guys to do and jist sell/stock pile the scrap,, silver i buy is already been pourd int rounds or bars,, them crystals ya have by the bowl full is still havein me druling,,100 thumbs-up fer the series thank you fer thet,, be blessed an safe
Guy you are a hell of a chemist to be doing this i never knew silver could be held in a solution like this . i sincerely love watching you do this .im learning tons here .i would like to try this on a little smaller scale . you have me intrigued here for sure .you are a book of information . but im really glad i didnt see you melt the coins . ive collected coins for 39 yrs now i was 20 yrs old when i started and ive got one hell of a collection . for that i commend you for telling everybody watching theres value in old coins . awesome
Thank you
Thank you for not destroying the coins. Thank you so much .
You are the man absolutely love your channel
Can’t wait to do this ! In the process right now of refining my sterling
I too was happy to hear that your thoughts were same as mine re coins.
Love the videos. Awesome detail
@Hello Rick Martin, How are you doing?
I found kitchen sheers to be helpful for copper wire.
I just cut around the metal and then slide/pull off the rubber casing with pliers.
I'm going to be honest, when I saw that you had all those gorgeous silver coins on the table I ALMOST stopped watching the video because I couldnt bear to watch you melt down those beautiful coins. As a coin collector myself it just breaks my heart to think of all the collectible coins that have been destroyed all for a little bit of silver value. Thank you thank you for saving them! You rock!
im pretty sure it was made illegal to melt down us currency....
@@brookechandler6265 no sir.
@ Brooke Chandler, it is illegal to melt US coins that are currently in circulation. Once they have been removed from circulation, they can be defaced (melted). That being said, only a fool would melt down silver or gold coins, they all demand a premium, as collectable.
@@brookechandler6265just 1 and 5 cent coins.
Good description of the process.
Great videos! Very informative. How do you deal with the jewelry items that have enamel on them? I see it on some items like decorative spoons and gold/silver pins. Also, do you know of a good place to buy nitric acid for a reasonable price? Ebay seems rather expensive. Thanks for posting these videos.
I use pliers to twist the metal and break the enamel off. I buy my nitric from GFS Chemical. Dudadiesel.com also sells nitric.
Fascinating to watch and learn!
Really inspiring a new chemist
You gave me a heart attack at first. Thought you were gonna melt the Constitutional coins. 🤣😂😂😂😂
Palladium (AQUILLA refining) on the goldrefiningforum.com once told me, "you'll throw rocks at the small glass and graphite silver cell once you cross over to a stainless steel silver cell." He was right. In the larger stainless cell the crystals grow fatter and you don't have to keep pushing them down like you do in the 1 liter glass cell. I have an earlier video that shows how to construct and use the stainless steel cell. But the small glass cell is what I used to learn.
I know lol
I melt junk constitutional coins all the time.
I watch many of these videos and often ask myself, "Why am I watching this?". This video answered that question. Instead of explaining lab procedures, Sreetips is explaining wire stripping. I think if Sreetips makes a video explaining a phonebook I would watch it.
Hi sreetips. I greatly enjoy watching all of your videos and love this kind of work. Having a question for the anode basket. You use a filter from a shop vac Dacron type EE. is there another type of filter that can used or is that the recommended filter for this project??
I’ve used that kind of filter for years with excellent results.
To start, I love your videos. I'm working on doing this myself. When you are precipitating, you should try using a fish tank air bubbler to help move the solution and metals. I do agree with the ones that say to melt the copper in to bars. I'm about to start making copper triangles out of my wire using a farrier's forge and one of those cast iron cornbread skillets. A question for you. When you're down to small amounts of silver left, why not do like you do when make the aqua regia and just put pipettes at a time to dissolve the rest of the silver? That way you dissolved everything but you don't have too much nitric acid in solution.
Melting copper into bars is an extra step, the wire will work just fine like it is. Those tiny bits of copper wire can be avoided by removing the coil when it gets very thin and putting in a fresh coil of copper wire. I could add small doses of nitric, but it would take a long time. I prefer to let the nitric get consumed and leave some silver behind like in the video.
"Honey, can you bring in the clear salad plates, ? We have company coming tonight for dinner, Oh I need the Corning ware too. "
Great video !
Nice diy solutions for preparing the copper coils.
A few weeks ago when I started watching your vids for a second time I started to take detailed notes of procedure and supplies. I'll refer to this and then when I get the gold refining book I'll have this and the book. My notes could be a mini book already, great referral source for when I start to refine!!
Thank you and
Have a GREAT Day!!!
Do you have a link for the book ?
@@mps7929 not yet, but hoping to get the hard copy for my birthday next month.
Yea.. it's: refining precious metal work by CM hook.. hard copy is better
Always love your videos, Plus thank you for opening up your eBay shop to the UK.
I really wish you try the Poormans aqua Regia method. ALOT of people can not obtain Nitric acid, and yes we can make it but possession of it is illegal unless under licence. At 5% or 10% max.
The problem with the "Poor man's" nitric acid is that there is undesirable metal contamination of the pregnant solution. Some of the metallic contamination will be drug down when the desired metal is precipitated. Very careful washing can minimize, but not eliminate, the contamination.
Again, a very instructive and entertaining video.
I'm wondering how or when do you know all the silver has been replaced by copper in the solution? Or doesn't it really matter and do you keep adding copper until it doesn't dissolve any longer?
Wouldn't it go faster if you'd use copper shavings and filings or maybe a fine copper powder? Or even a fine copper mesh?
Thanks for sharing
I used copper wire because that's what I had. Solid pieces such as buss bar are better because wire leaves small bits of copper in the silver. I've never tried shavings or powder. But they are similar to the copper wire. I can tell when all the silver has cemented out when no more silver powder forms on the copper.
My Grandpa and his brothers were all Chemists and Pharmacists. I love seeing a chemical refinement. I mean using a propane furnace and a crucible is fine but this is pure!
Awesome video. Very detailed! And yes, I almost crapped my pants thinking you were going to melt those Morgan Dollars! Please tell me you didn’t! Haha. Anyway, great video, and I know what my retirement hobby will be!
I kept all the silver dollars
sreetips you’re amazing. Do you sell on EBay? I’m a collector so I was just wondering. Also, thanks again for all your videos, I really hope to do what you do when retirement comes. Looks like a lot of work. Thanks for sharing your secrets and knowledge.
I don't know why I like watching these videos, but I do.
Thank you for the great video!
Ja, I was going to say the same. A new subscriber when you didn't melt the money.
Thank you... Another great video!!!
Why do I find these videos strangely satisfying? :)
Ok Ok I have watch about 7 of your video's and you are becoming a hero to me. I still would like to see Cats done from cars you only handled. Like from the 80's, which are rusting out by now. I wonder which one did you get 2800 from? What make and year? Though it does seem like tough process and a few metals to separate out.
i just build my first cilver cell and it works perfectly .. thanks for teaching
Excellent
Sreetips, as much as you cook, and what you cook, I reaaaalllly hope your Mrs. Sreetips does all the meals, just sayin'.
Another great video from the mad scientist ✌
Hardly a "mad scientist". Rather a very talented amateur who is learning as he goes.
Buggsy5 let me guess, oh but wait you really are mad scientist huh, lol dude grow up!!!,... Bullish Silver, I'm guessing that was intended as a sort of sarcastic, joking complement, ??? Sort of an inside joke among those ppl who actually have a real interest in this kind stuff, ??? Am I close,
Damn it, this looks like so much fun.
i have been watching your youtube video's and find it amazing how your able to refine silver and gold and other precious metals into bars. i am seriously thinking about doing this myself although i won't be repairing jewelry my eyes ain't that good anymore. i have heard that computer mother boards and video card pathways have silver in them is this true and if so would it be worth going after.
John, I don’t refine escrap anymore because the yields are too low. But for someone who likes to tinker, getting a piece of pure silver from some of that type scrap could be a blast.
Good lord! Wish I could source that amount of silver to start with.
EBAY
Thank you, as always!
I notice in this video as well as in the videos about gold refining is that when the metals are in a pure solution their color is move vivid and beautiful.
disgruntledtoons agree, whom ever came up with those colors really knew what they were doing
39:55 "I flip the switch and hang on!" Why does this feel so profound?🤣 I think I've got a new catch phrase! 😆
You are probably correct. It is not the same as you had before. But it will work if you use your multimeter at the cell and set it how you like. An amp meter would be useful as well.
One question...... How do you know your not destroying and antique silver piece worth way more than melt value of the silver its made from? Just wondering in case I come across any sterling flat wear. Thanks
Checked some other videos but this channel is the place to go for precious metal refining! Great work !
Hi sreetips. What happened to your copper cemented on iron in blue bucket under fume hood? Is it suitable to cement out silver?
I've tried it in the past, but it's messy and copper wire is so cheap and available. I've abandoned the use of copper cemented on iron from my waste bucket.
Excellent video. Very informative.
Started watching the second video, and you said (wasted disposal) that it's covered in that video. Thanks.
Great new video!
i almost had a heart attack when i saw all the coins and thought you were going to destroy them
*I would like to see him to extract some pure silver from some of those coins. Normally, no key dates or rarities, just for the fun of it. :)*
Neat to watch the process. I'll be back.
When you do initial clean up I notice you don't use aluminum foil to remove tarnish. Is that sulfide inconsequential to refining operations?
I use a flame to incinerate. I've never used aluminum in any of the refining processes that I use.
SO??? Would it work quicker if you used a larger Copper strand? Stranded 1 Awg or greater?
A large piece of copper would last longer. But eventually it would be consumed by the reaction.
A way to go about getting your hands on good solid copper is to have a relationship with the local metal recyclers…that way you can make arrangements to buy the big, thick pieces of pure copper or swap like for like (stripped wire aka “bright” copper) by weight. If you throw in a 12-pack of beer or whatever they like to drink or a pizza for the crew they’ll often do plenty for you!
Thank God. I thought you are gonna refine those coins... 😉 Great video!
I have silver cutlery marked 800, as it seems to be more common than Sterling 925. Is there any difference in the process when refining 800 silver? Assume mixed with nickel.
Thanks for awesome videos. Not must sterling in Australia.
I’ve seen 800 silver that was solid 80% silver, 20% copper. But I’ve also seen 800 silver over brass marked “800”. The only way to tell if it’s plated or solid is to file deep into the metal and apply some silver testing solution to the file mark. It’s it turns red then it’s solid silver. Blue black or green is junk. The acid don’t lie.
You should make a video showing how to extract and refine THC out of a cannabis plant.
I purchased a sterling silver dish/art piece, and upon inspection, it was in fact silver, and the manufacturing company specializes in silver and pewter. After I was satisfied that I did in fact have silver, I broke it down to fit in my crucible, which was clean, and melted it down. Once it was molten, I added borax, and then it got interesting. It stopped behaving like silver and started acting like zinc. It flashed up with smoke and zinc oxide and a bright yellow glow. After I poured it, it did not freeze how zinc normally does, with a hexagonal crystalline pattern on the top, it froze as a normal bar of metal, but at the rate you would expect zinc to freeze. Naturally I tested it with some hydrochloric and I got zinc results. The bar has a dull finish to it unlike zinc. which usually freezes with a shiny finish. What do I have on my hands here, Sreetips? Was this a zinc dish that was coated with a thicker layer of silver, rather than just a plating? Should I take it to a analysist who can tell me the material content of my ingot?
Test with schwerters to verify silver: ruclips.net/video/UC807YDfz9w/видео.html
Hey Sreetips Great videos!! Quick question.....Say I wann put a silver cell and I dont have cement silver that I can use in my anode basket? Is it worth it to just melt some of my silver pieces I have or what would I use?
I don’t know, I’ve never tried that.
Second question is the fume hood a commercial unit or did you make your own? If commercial would you provide the manuf or vendor?
It's made by Labconco. I bought it 9 years ago for $250 on eBay. Paid $250 to have it shipped. It runs 24/7. I don't see any way to do these reactions with out a fume hood. Trying to do it standing up-wind of the reaction vessel in the back yard guarantees repeated exposure to concentrated levels of nitrogen dioxide. There's no way to do these reactions safely with out a fume hood.
How do you know when all the silver is cemented out of the solution
a question: would melting the copper wire beforehand into copper ingots not be cost effective?
It would add unnecessary time and expense. To avoid the bits of copper in the cement silver simply pull the copper wire out of the solution when it gets thin and replace it with a new coil of copper wire - problem solved.
Hello Sir, I recognize that this video is 'not new' and having watched it twice I did come up with a question, if you don't mind me asking: with regard to using copper wire as a medium to initiate the precipitation of the silver out of solution would you possibly find it to be more efficient to replace the thinning copper wire with a new batch of fresh copper wire (as you normally do) and then 're-use' the thin wire to start the process in your next batch of fresh silver nitrate , which would possibly result in the thinner copper wire being fully consumed? This would leave you with less leftover material in the end.
And now that copper is up past 4$ per pound would you consider a separate process to reclaim that copper by "trading" the copper with iron? This might simplify your waste stream and also result in a less valuable form of waste. (Essentially this is already being done in your final waste bucket and would simply require another final refining step, potentially as a semi-automatic process?)
Thank you in advance and best regards.
Yes, the thin wire could go in first and get consumed. Unfortunately, refining the copper takes too much time and effort. Even at $10 per pound, refining it just wouldn’t pay. I work with metals that are hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands per pound. Throwing away a few pounds of contaminated copper cost much less than trying to refine it.
What is the name of the machine that vents out smoke from the acid and silver solution?
I’m curious. How did you learn to do all of this stuff? I’m hooked on all your videos and just wonder how you got into all of it
I learned on the goldrefiningforum.com
So creative. I love the meat grinder hack.
I used to spin the wooden handle of a shovel by hand to make those copper coils. It was very tedious work. I love my converted meat grinder.
Hi sreetips. As I have watched these videos on refining silver. To cement the silver with the copper wire is there a specific diameter of wire that should or shouldn’t be used. I understand that when the silver gets cemented it turns the silver nitrate into copper nitrate so to use too thin of a wire wouldn’t work I can understand that.
The thicker the better
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Hello. Are you able to use hydrochloric acid 37% sol. or would you dilute it 2.5:1 with distilled water?
37% hydrochloric should work fine for refining. But I've never used it. I use 31.45% as per the label on my bottle.
Would it be easier to dissolve if it were in silver shot ?
I screw up by not doing what you teach us about heating silver to red to burn off oils and resins. Now I have some type of whitish powder in my solution. You said something about it clogging up the filters. What is the best way to deal with this problem? Thanks
White powder could be silver chloride.
Hey sreetips, why do you not use a stir bar setup with your digestions?
I dont have a good reason
Do you just use your solution go until no more bubbling is visible or do use and orp or ph meter to determine when the nitric is used up?
When no more red fumes are visible and I have a few pieces of undissolved silver then it's safe to conclude that the nitric has been used up.