would highly recommend using a filter in your basket to catch any tiny bits of gold that can fit through that screen basket. Your method is a good initial method for separating the solution from your product, but you will still need to rinse the jar and finger boards to get the remaining gold. I do love seeing peoples "poor man" lab equipment inventions. Very clever.
Thanks for the information, im sure some of those concerns are addresses in particular 2 and three. Look forward to hearing your comments on those as well
where can i get a glass jar like yours.. i need one like that yours.. if you have metastannic acid, can dissolve with sulfuric then seperate it from your gold ... rinse and keep going
@, well the first thing would be the reaction vessel. Take a 5 gallon bucket, and then find a 2 or 3 gallon bucket that will fit in the 5 gallon bucket. Drill holes in the smaller bucket just big enough for the gold flakes to pass through. Do this all over the bottom and about 1/4-1/3 up the side. All of the gold bearing material (pins and fingers) will go in the smaller bucket. Important note: Only the fingers and pins are to be processed, so they must be removed from the bulk material before proceeding. Once you have your small bucket filled with the material to be processed, place it in the larger bucket and cover the material with hydrochloric acid. You can leave it like this and it will work, but it will take several weeks (couple of months) to finish. To speed up the process considerably, add a liter of hydrogen peroxide and a bubbler (like in a fish tank). The bubbler will keep the solution moving so that it’s constantly moving fresh acids over the material. Hydrogen peroxide will combine with the hydrochloric acid and etch the copper more efficiently to release the gold faster. Add another liter of hydrogen peroxide every 3 days to freshen the solution. Give the inner bucket a good swish and swirl every day (morning and evening is best) to really keep the solution thoroughly mixed and to help release any gold flakes from the host material. This should reduce the time required for this stage of the process to about 7-10 days. Once you’re certain all the gold has been released, you can begin removing the host material from the inner bucket. Has to be done 1 piece at a time to catch the clingers, which can usually be rinsed off with a spray bottle. This will keep you busy for a while. When you reach a point where you actually have some free gold to refine, give me a holler and we’ll continue. I hope this helps. It should make your progress faster and your life easier.
@CuttinEJ i can see by the length of your comment, either you really care or think I have absolutely no clue what I am doing. So even if it is copy and paste from C.M Hoke, it's still helpful thank you .
would highly recommend using a filter in your basket to catch any tiny bits of gold that can fit through that screen basket. Your method is a good initial method for separating the solution from your product, but you will still need to rinse the jar and finger boards to get the remaining gold. I do love seeing peoples "poor man" lab equipment inventions. Very clever.
Thanks for the information, im sure some of those concerns are addresses in particular 2 and three. Look forward to hearing your comments on those as well
where can i get a glass jar like yours.. i need one like that yours..
if you have metastannic acid, can dissolve with sulfuric then seperate it from your gold ... rinse and keep going
Ms Scrooge got them from someone's dried bean collection, we divided them into smaller jars .I'll get a name or marking off the bottom for you
Going about it all wrong, Dude.
@CuttinEJ Your not wrong...... is there anything in particular you would change ?
@, well the first thing would be the reaction vessel. Take a 5 gallon bucket, and then find a 2 or 3 gallon bucket that will fit in the 5 gallon bucket. Drill holes in the smaller bucket just big enough for the gold flakes to pass through. Do this all over the bottom and about 1/4-1/3 up the side. All of the gold bearing material (pins and fingers) will go in the smaller bucket. Important note: Only the fingers and pins are to be processed, so they must be removed from the bulk material before proceeding.
Once you have your small bucket filled with the material to be processed, place it in the larger bucket and cover the material with hydrochloric acid. You can leave it like this and it will work, but it will take several weeks (couple of months) to finish. To speed up the process considerably, add a liter of hydrogen peroxide and a bubbler (like in a fish tank). The bubbler will keep the solution moving so that it’s constantly moving fresh acids over the material. Hydrogen peroxide will combine with the hydrochloric acid and etch the copper more efficiently to release the gold faster. Add another liter of hydrogen peroxide every 3 days to freshen the solution. Give the inner bucket a good swish and swirl every day (morning and evening is best) to really keep the solution thoroughly mixed and to help release any gold flakes from the host material. This should reduce the time required for this stage of the process to about 7-10 days. Once you’re certain all the gold has been released, you can begin removing the host material from the inner bucket. Has to be done 1 piece at a time to catch the clingers, which can usually be rinsed off with a spray bottle.
This will keep you busy for a while. When you reach a point where you actually have some free gold to refine, give me a holler and we’ll continue. I hope this helps. It should make your progress faster and your life easier.
@@ScroogeMcDuckn, heads up! The next step is filtering. It’s important to do it right.
@CuttinEJ i can see by the length of your comment, either you really care or think I have absolutely no clue what I am doing. So even if it is copy and paste from C.M Hoke, it's still helpful thank you .
@CuttinEJ yes , if you watch the other 2 parts , I might surprise you 😉