If the mercury is in separate balls in the pan, take a 9V battery and touch one post to a ball and the other in the water. The mercury will come together.
That's a lot of knowlege about chemistry he has there. I think Jeff Williams is actually a very intellectual person. It's amazing what kind of show he is pulling off here.
Yeah, here in America we call that "smarter than he looks"! This young man is ASTOUNDING! PURELY ASTOUNDING! I Hope he has a happy life. He has more energy in him than a lot of normal men. And smart! OooooooohWeeeeeee! Runs around like a kid. But so what! That gold he gets ain't no joke.
What a coincidence my kids mom is a gold digger that’s 100% lye too, or at least she lyes 100% of the time, and she’s toxic just like the mercury. Brings back old memories
A friend from Reno found 4 55hal drums of Mercury. He and some friends got them all out and took them home thinking they could find someone to buy it. Last I heard he still had it and was willing to give it away. He wishes he didn't take it now he is responsible for it.
You can also use a syringe and pure cotton balls instead of a chamois cloth,which is the way I like. The cotton balls decompose in the 20% HNO3 solution and the rest is burned up in your melt. Good video as always!
Ask Jeff Williams ..Hello sir , what do you know about gems ? is gold found with amethyst ? I've found a pretty good vain of the stuff in a well known gold area ... I don't see any of your videos referencing to anything about gems .. can you make a video about that, or is that not something your familiar with ..
My dad used to play with mercury in school (the school handed it out) on his desk, no gloves, no safety equipment. He's still alive and well.... Bunch of pansy's these days.... Keep the videos coming Jeff!
I accidentally ate mercury when I was a toddler,im58 now with a recent diagnosis of segmental arterial mediolysis SAM for short..... Better to be carefully you never now what can get you down the line..I'm actually looking for some now to do a run
I used to find amalgam gold near an old mine. My brother used to use mercury coated copper plates in a recirculating sluice he made. We would crush ore up and run it thru. He used the tater trick. But he an acid to cause the mercury to coat the copper sheets. Another trick to clean the mercury was a wet cotton ball inserted in a syringe. Pull out the plunger, put in the wet ball, then put in the mercury. Put the plunger back in and slowly push it thru the cotton.
Hi jeff i did it the same process you did it but i melt the amalgam including the mercury after all i got a small piece of white soft metal kind of lead what i did it wrong???
New drinking game! The word for tonight is "amalgam". Try it! You'll be plastered waaay before the end of the video! Jeff Williams is some of the very best entertainment on RUclips, and that's significant added value for all the mining and prospecting information that you watch for.
this is my favorite video, sure wish i could see a drawing of the retort explaining how the mercury floats and the gold drops, aw wait i just explained it
Glad you kept emphasizing how dangerous mercury is. A lot of old timers in Goldfield, and Tonopah have mercury poisoning from drinking the water. Love your videos. Thank you Christian
When we were kids with cap guns... It was good fun... Until Scotty Peterson showed up with a fresh box of caps... and a hammer... Hg has a VERY SLIM margin for error... I mean Slim... Look at him... Didn't they used to call him "Old Retort" out at Goldfield... That "button" ain't worth yer hide... I seen em Damn sure ain't going to be one... WORK SMARTER... WORK HARDER... LEAVE THE Hg ALONE.!.!.!
I was panning in prescott az and found some nice flakes. put them in a vial and when I got home, they turned silver. then I remembered seeing some mercury in my pan. guess I was panning in a mercury pool probably left behind by miners in the 1800's. I drank a bunch of the water too, haven't done a #2 right since.
No such word as lazy in the gold mining culture! I am likewise mighty impressed with your intellect, humor, and your effort to teach! Grateful to see your videos Jeff! Be careful to keep that mercury from splashing you!
I have no idea how safe this procedure is that you are doing but the info of what you are doing to extract the gold is captivating. I could not take my eyes off the video. You guys are interesting. lol Very comical and I thank you for sharing.
That would be cool, if not a little tedious. If it has bluing, that would need to be removed first. And then of course he would need to completely disassemble it, which shouldn't be too much of an issue. Those cap and ball revolvers are definitely cool. You can just order them online too, delivered straight to your house lol (the ATF doesn't define them as firearms).
If you use the acid method to separate your gold from your mercury and it dissolves any silver that might be in with it, can you recover that silver or is it lost...?
I am hooked on watching Jeff and Slim. I picked up an old First Texas Treasure Tracker 3000 from Goodwill. I had to fix it but it works great. I found some screws and staples in my driveway along with what looks like a piece of meteorite. I didn't have a hold pan so I used a brand new oil drain pan. It still worked just the same. instead of a plastic spoon like yours I used a 1 cup plastic measuring cup. That really helped me Isolate the targets. I improvised a bit but I still found my targets the way you showed us with perhaps the simplest detector ever. I would love to go on a dig with you all. I researched how to find gold for years and never got close to what I've learned from watching your videos. My grandpa made it through the Great Depression mining gold in Wickenburg, AZ and I hear there's still plenty left there. You have gotten me interested again. Thank you so much for all of your efforts.
Not shilling here honest, but you can also find Hg at United Nuclear which is reagent grade and cheap if your super paranoid about getting that last bit of Au. Also while good practice to wear gloves. Metalic Hg by itself can't/isn't going to poison you on skin contact. It's when you retort it/heat it up you need to be especially careful since it does have vapors you definitely do not want to inhale.
good job , good on safety ,yeah I like to tell your a story when I was mining out in the desert and really hot places I seen Mercury flowing out of the rocks and you can just pick it up with a piece of paper I know the old timers did it wrongly a lot but they didn't know what there handling . I'm always enjoyed watching your videos .
Hi Jeff, Great video, and thanks for emphasizing safety!!! I have Mercury that has been stored in a sealed jar for decades. Why store Mercury underwater? Say hi to Silver Spurs Lila, Pops, Nevada Jack, and grumpy old Slim. Take care my busy friend.
Jeff, I'm surprised you didn't see any reaction between the mercury and the aluminum cup you used in the retort, especially being heated like it was. Loved the video and enjoyed reading all the important comments about the toxic nature of mercury.
Yeah WTF right? At those temps( hell room temp for that matter) The slighted knick in the pacification layer should have just turned that to dust even if the atmosphere was devoid of 02. I am honestly curious how it did not just turn to dust when he pulled it out immediately.
idk why he put the aluminum cup there, but its not really going to effect anything, the aluminum is much more reactive than the gold, so its easy to separate later on. and the aluminum does not boil, so its easily separated from the mercury. without any oxygen, the aluminum can't oxidize in the cup, and so there is really no problem with adding an aluminum cup. aluminum and mercury don't chemically react. the mercury simply sticks to the aluminum, disturbing the oxide layer, which exposes the aluminum to the air more, and so the aluminum oxidizes. but that doesn't happen if there is no air.
i noticed your lincoln electric just sayin because im a welder myself. i was wondering if you could try seperating the iron from the oxygen using the welding machine if its a TIG welder. in my experience it works but i could use your professional opinion, after all it is fe3o4 (Fe3O4). it would be nice if you could back to me, Thanks.
great video, we found last year that our charged mercury picked up more than gold from our hard rock , and added to weak nitric dropped some crystals. still testing. the retort got cherry red and when cooled still had mercury coated substance in the cup. very strange indeed..... but that's mining! keep educating folks
Heavy metals from Chem Trails? I'm seeing new extremely fine heavier than gold showing up on my claims. Some Platinum occurs in my district, though not known to be found where I am.
what size rock crusher will be the best for crushing 1 ton of rock a day? I had cobra crusher. That product is a waste of money the metal that holds angle grinder broke.
I always look froward to your videos. I got a friend on them as well. We plan to try panning for gold we quit our day jobs due to age. Bought detectors and going to get some gold stuff. I don't think we can bounce around those rocks like you do but we'll give it hell. So soon we'll be saying come on get it done. You thought I was going to "say let's go" didn't ya.
Great show and information. What does amalgamate look like in the pan, at the river? Is it still shiney or does it get a patina? I think I have some in my cons...
Yeeeeehaaaaaaw!!! Thanks for the awesome video, guys. I think my favorite part about all of your videos is that you love what you do & you love makin' these fun & informative videos. It's good stuff.. Also, glad to see Slim is doin' good! Take care
Will the charged Mercury charge un charged Mercury when you combine amalgam lumps together into one ball? I notice that you can only get so much gold in a lump. Looks great bunch of crystal form and shinny! My problem is Jeff I need to find a solution for processing soon. I need to find buyers! Gold ain't worth a lick if you can't sell shit lol.
Hi Jeff, as I am in Australia I have no idea if you have your own TV show. If you don't then I am horrified that no network has snapped you up. You clearly have the best vid's out there. Top stuff well done Mate hehe, keep it going.
Probably why I can't find any gold in the Holston river, back in the day the Olin chemical company was pumping about 100 gallons of mercury per day into it. Well shoot.
If you can find the pockets in the river where the mercury collects, then suck it out and retort it. Should be quite a bit of recoverable gold in it, not to mention saleable mercury.
Excellent episode. Could you please do one on the use of Nitric Acid? Please go a bit deeper into the cleaning and re charging mercury as well. It's a lost art that many don't share. I did get critical information out of this, particularly storing that under water. At one point I stored those amalgamated chunks in my bedroom!
Realistic Fishing The water barrier keeps the mercury from evaporating. The vapors from the mercury can do you some nasty damage if you inhale them. It also helps your mercury stay clean.
I've found that you can remove mercury in a spiral wheel, but I've seen it floured so fine that you need a blue bowl. Also work over a tub cause you will eventually spill it.
I was told about the potato method for separating mercury from gold. So with fine gold and small flakes, do you put it in a cloth or piece of paper etc and then put it in the potato or do you just dump your vial into the potato?
Thanks for the video, A&B are good people, I am a customer. We bought one of the distilling retorts, as you have here. The modifications you made are exceptional, the cooling of the coil, very smart, and the extension to the firing cup. The only thing we do different, is we put our black sand through a coffee grinder, to separate from Hematite, and then we cook it. In doing so, it releases the sulfites. This is a really good video, and very usful, if you have good black sands.
I know I'm late to the shows, and I'm just enjoying all of of um. I bet by now in September 2021, that 1851 Navy is beat to crap. Keep um coming Jeff.... 🤭
Hey Jeff and Slim, what a fantastic and informative video. So this Amalgamate you speak about, can it be found in the bottom of your pan? I was sampling in eastern Oregon last year in some slate like material, and found a bunch of "lead like" metal bits in my pan. I have no idea what it is, and some have suggested to me that it could be some sort of Amalgamate. Any thoughts? Keep up your great work as I am saving the brain cells I have left for your vast knowledge. ;)
Thanks glad you liked it. yes and in some rivers too left over from the old timers.....Amalgam s Shiney and lead is very soft. Thanks we will and we have more on the way.
so... I gotta ask! at about 4:50-55 you say "Never store mercury in aluminum." When you use the retort you put the mercury amalgam on aluminum foil. Can you explain for everyone why that's ok?
Ben Bowman, mercury will react with aluminum causing pitting of the container. The reaction is not particularly fast, (think rust) but it will happen, causing eventual perforation of the container. Utilizing aluminum foil as a "bedding surface" for the amalgam causes little or no damage to the aluminum foil due to lack of 'dwell time'. Gold, silver, and copper will not react with aluminum at the temperatures utilized in the retorting of mercury, causing these elements to remain on top of the foil, and easily separable from the foil for further processing and refining...The old timers just relied on the 'luting' (charcoal powder, wheat-flour and water) inside the cup to keep the retrievable metals from sticking inside the retort.
Very informative video like always. Irrelevant question, I have a Continuous Ore Roaster and a M7 Wave Table by Action Mining. What's the best way to sell them...any websites you recommend?
seems like a lot of work. i have some solid mercury ive kept in a glass vile cause i know it has gold in it. i just dont have the equitment to get the gold :P great vid. maybe ill send it you
***** yeah well my body cant detox heavy metals very well (genetics sucks) so i cant be messing with mercury other wise id do it. so.. i doubt theres very much gold in the mercury i have, it probably wouldn't be worth it. (rough guess 15 to 30 dollars worth maybe) plus if i send it to you slim might take it XD ill think about it. Do you have a public PO box Jeff?
Dude I have to say the animation for Slim just keep getting better. Good information, keep up getting the word out! So why put the mercury in water all the time?
I love how enthusiastic you are in your videos man. You're informative without being dry and boring.
If the mercury is in separate balls in the pan, take a 9V battery and touch one post to a ball and the other in the water. The mercury will come together.
Jeff and Slim you guys are rock stars. Stand up comedy and expert essential advice. Can't stop watching. I love what you' re doing.
That's a lot of knowlege about chemistry he has there. I think Jeff Williams is actually a very intellectual person. It's amazing what kind of show he is pulling off here.
Thanks , I wish Slim would say that but all he tells me is to get back to work chump.
@@Askjeffwilliams slim is such a slave driver...or should I say he's a grave driver?? 🤓
Yeah, here in America we call that "smarter than he looks"! This young man is ASTOUNDING! PURELY ASTOUNDING! I Hope he has a happy life. He has more energy in him than a lot of normal men. And smart! OooooooohWeeeeeee! Runs around like a kid. But so what! That gold he gets ain't no joke.
What a coincidence my kids mom is a gold digger that’s 100% lye too, or at least she lyes 100% of the time, and she’s toxic just like the mercury.
Brings back old memories
hahahhaaa
A friend from Reno found 4 55hal drums of Mercury. He and some friends got them all out and took them home thinking they could find someone to buy it. Last I heard he still had it and was willing to give it away. He wishes he didn't take it now he is responsible for it.
You can also use a syringe and pure cotton balls instead of a chamois cloth,which is the way I like. The cotton balls decompose in the 20% HNO3 solution and the rest is burned up in your melt. Good video as always!
Another funny "20 minutes" with Jeff Williams ... YES.
Thank you ... and ciao ciao da William from Italy !!!
Yes ... You are international :-)
Thanks you William from Italy and real glad to know me and Slim are international . Take Care my friend.
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Ask Jeff Williams ..Hello sir , what do you know about gems ? is gold found with amethyst ? I've found a pretty good vain of the stuff in a well known gold area ... I don't see any of your videos referencing to anything about gems .. can you make a video about that, or is that not something your familiar with ..
A&B sells a PVC mercury press you can use with a filter. $19, I think.
My dad used to play with mercury in school (the school handed it out) on his desk, no gloves, no safety equipment. He's still alive and well.... Bunch of pansy's these days.... Keep the videos coming Jeff!
yep and Cody from Cody's lab proves that it is safe to handle.
completely agree mrturbo these libtards these days taking all of our fun away! I like do do everything slim's way
I accidentally ate mercury when I was a toddler,im58 now with a recent diagnosis of segmental arterial mediolysis SAM for short..... Better to be carefully you never now what can get you down the line..I'm actually looking for some now to do a run
I used to find amalgam gold near an old mine. My brother used to use mercury coated copper plates in a recirculating sluice he made. We would crush ore up and run it thru. He used the tater trick. But he an acid to cause the mercury to coat the copper sheets. Another trick to clean the mercury was a wet cotton ball inserted in a syringe. Pull out the plunger, put in the wet ball, then put in the mercury. Put the plunger back in and slowly push it thru the cotton.
Thanks and we have heard of that too but not enough time to put it in the video. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing Amalgamation!! Jeff is it true that if the black sands has no gold maybe it is still good for Tungsten? And has value.
it is possible but a good fire assay will tell you that.
Now I have to reprocess my tailings. I didn't know about the sodium hydroxide. Thanks for the info.
you betcha my friend.
Hi jeff i did it the same process you did it but i melt the amalgam including the mercury after all i got a small piece of white soft metal kind of lead what i did it wrong???
Another brilliant video full of know how and safety. Thank you Jeff, Slim and the rest of the Clan, keep them coming
New drinking game! The word for tonight is "amalgam". Try it! You'll be plastered waaay before the end of the video! Jeff Williams is some of the very best entertainment on RUclips, and that's significant added value for all the mining and prospecting information that you watch for.
I'm finding mercury in my pan so this will help. As for now I need to find a separate jar for it.
this is my favorite video, sure wish i could see a drawing of the retort explaining how the mercury floats and the gold drops, aw wait i just explained it
Thanks.
Wow again Jeff. Who would of thunk that about Mercury. Thanks. Gold on.
Glad you kept emphasizing how dangerous mercury is. A lot of old timers in Goldfield, and Tonopah have mercury poisoning from drinking the water. Love your videos. Thank you Christian
When we were kids with cap guns... It was good fun... Until Scotty Peterson showed up with a fresh box of caps... and a hammer...
Hg has a VERY SLIM margin for error...
I mean Slim... Look at him... Didn't they used to call him "Old Retort" out at Goldfield...
That "button" ain't worth yer hide... I seen em
Damn sure ain't going to be one... WORK
SMARTER... WORK HARDER...
LEAVE THE Hg ALONE.!.!.!
I was panning in prescott az and found some nice flakes. put them in a vial and when I got home, they turned silver. then I remembered seeing some mercury in my pan. guess I was panning in a mercury pool probably left behind by miners in the 1800's. I drank a bunch of the water too, haven't done a #2 right since.
No such word as lazy in the gold mining culture! I am likewise mighty impressed with your intellect, humor, and your effort to teach!
Grateful to see your videos Jeff! Be careful to keep that mercury from splashing you!
thanks Carla
I have no idea how safe this procedure is that you are doing but the info of what you are doing to extract the gold is captivating. I could not take my eyes off the video. You guys are interesting. lol Very comical and I thank you for sharing.
You should do a video where you electro plate your pistol with gold you mined.
Interesting
That would be cool, if not a little tedious. If it has bluing, that would need to be removed first.
And then of course he would need to completely disassemble it, which shouldn't be too much of an issue. Those cap and ball revolvers are definitely cool. You can just order them online too, delivered straight to your house lol (the ATF doesn't define them as firearms).
I am sure slim did use the cyanide method when he was still in flesh.
if you put your cons in a blue bowl after tumbler the mercury comes back together easily....no more chasing little spots of mercury around a pan...
thanks.
If you use the acid method to separate your gold from your mercury and it dissolves any silver that
might be in with it, can you recover that silver or is it lost...?
I am hooked on watching Jeff and Slim. I picked up an old First Texas Treasure Tracker 3000 from Goodwill. I had to fix it but it works great. I found some screws and staples in my driveway along with what looks like a piece of meteorite. I didn't have a hold pan so I used a brand new oil drain pan. It still worked just the same. instead of a plastic spoon like yours I used a 1 cup plastic measuring cup. That really helped me Isolate the targets. I improvised a bit but I still found my targets the way you showed us with perhaps the simplest detector ever. I would love to go on a dig with you all. I researched how to find gold for years and never got close to what I've learned from watching your videos. My grandpa made it through the Great Depression mining gold in Wickenburg, AZ and I hear there's still plenty left there. You have gotten me interested again. Thank you so much for all of your efforts.
Not shilling here honest, but you can also find Hg at United Nuclear which is reagent grade and cheap if your super paranoid about getting that last bit of Au. Also while good practice to wear gloves. Metalic Hg by itself can't/isn't going to poison you on skin contact. It's when you retort it/heat it up you need to be especially careful since it does have vapors you definitely do not want to inhale.
I really enjoyed seeing a from start to finish process. And interesting with the water pump on the retort!
Thanks Norm...glad you liked it.
how many years have you been doing this love watching you your awesome and so is slim .
Hope you get rains for the ditch drain pipe gold to build up.
good job , good on safety ,yeah I like to tell your a story when I was mining out in the desert and really hot places I seen Mercury flowing out of the rocks and you can just pick it up with a piece of paper I know the old timers did it wrongly a lot but they didn't know what there handling . I'm always enjoyed watching your videos .
good story and thanks.
Hi Jeff, Great video, and thanks for emphasizing safety!!! I have Mercury that has been stored in a sealed jar for decades. Why store Mercury underwater? Say hi to Silver Spurs Lila, Pops, Nevada Jack, and grumpy old Slim. Take care my busy friend.
Thx Jeff, been wondering about how to crush those black sands.
Yep and now you know how to liberate the Gold from them.
Jeff, I'm surprised you didn't see any reaction between the mercury and the aluminum cup you used in the retort, especially being heated like it was. Loved the video and enjoyed reading all the important comments about the toxic nature of mercury.
Yeah WTF right? At those temps( hell room temp for that matter) The slighted knick in the pacification layer should have just turned that to dust even if the atmosphere was devoid of 02. I am honestly curious how it did not just turn to dust when he pulled it out immediately.
idk why he put the aluminum cup there, but its not really going to effect anything, the aluminum is much more reactive than the gold, so its easy to separate later on. and the aluminum does not boil, so its easily separated from the mercury. without any oxygen, the aluminum can't oxidize in the cup, and so there is really no problem with adding an aluminum cup. aluminum and mercury don't chemically react. the mercury simply sticks to the aluminum, disturbing the oxide layer, which exposes the aluminum to the air more, and so the aluminum oxidizes. but that doesn't happen if there is no air.
Fun fact if you heat murcury for a rediculous amount of time and pass electricity through it it converts to gold
i noticed your lincoln electric just sayin because im a welder myself. i was wondering if you could try seperating the iron from the oxygen using the welding machine if its a TIG welder. in my experience it works but i could use your professional opinion, after all it is fe3o4 (Fe3O4). it would be nice if you could back to me, Thanks.
great video, we found last year that our charged mercury picked up more than gold from our hard rock , and added to weak nitric dropped some crystals. still testing. the retort got cherry red and when cooled still had mercury coated substance in the cup. very strange indeed..... but that's mining! keep educating folks
Heavy metals from Chem Trails? I'm seeing new extremely fine heavier than gold showing up on my claims. Some Platinum occurs in my district, though not known to be found where I am.
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Thank you Jeff as always your videos are good I have microscopic gold and this is the method of any use to recover
Yes, absolutely
what size rock crusher will be the best for crushing 1 ton of rock a day? I had cobra crusher. That product is a waste of money the metal that holds angle grinder broke.
I always look froward to your videos. I got a friend on them as well. We plan to try panning for gold we quit our day jobs due to age. Bought detectors and going to get some gold stuff. I don't think we can bounce around those rocks like you do but we'll give it hell. So soon we'll be saying come on get it done. You thought I was going to "say let's go" didn't ya.
Great show and information. What does amalgamate look like in the pan, at the river? Is it still shiney or does it get a patina? I think I have some in my cons...
Yeeeeehaaaaaaw!!! Thanks for the awesome video, guys. I think my favorite part about all of your videos is that you love what you do & you love makin' these fun & informative videos. It's good stuff..
Also, glad to see Slim is doin' good!
Take care
Thanks and really glad to hear that and yes he is doing good.
Create video, how do you get rid of the spent chemicals?
You've got all the gadgets. And a lot of knowledge about this.
Will the charged Mercury charge un charged Mercury when you combine amalgam lumps together into one ball? I notice that you can only get so much gold in a lump. Looks great bunch of crystal form and shinny! My problem is Jeff I need to find a solution for processing soon. I need to find buyers! Gold ain't worth a lick if you can't sell shit lol.
Ho Todd short answer....yes
Hi Jeff, as I am in Australia I have no idea if you have your own TV show. If you don't then I am horrified that no network has snapped you up. You clearly have the best vid's out there. Top stuff well done Mate hehe, keep it going.
Big video! Real interesting and thanks for being so cool Jeff & Slim!
thanks and you betcha.
Your best turorial yet.
thanks Larry , really glad you liked it.
Do you know why the mercury gets very thin?
Probably why I can't find any gold in the Holston river, back in the day the Olin chemical company was pumping about 100 gallons of mercury per day into it. Well shoot.
If you can find the pockets in the river where the mercury collects, then suck it out and retort it. Should be quite a bit of recoverable gold in it, not to mention saleable mercury.
Can I use nickel instead of stainless steel?
The water on your knees is nothing to worry about ? Right
Can you make a video about supercharging mercury with lye and show us the difference between non and supercharged mercury
we have thought about it and how to triple distill it or drop it out of Mercury Nitrate with copper.
So much knowledge. You ever thought about publishing a book as well? I just can't get enough.
Yep and we did.
Excellent episode. Could you please do one on the use of Nitric Acid? Please go a bit deeper into the cleaning and re charging mercury as well. It's a lost art that many don't share. I did get critical information out of this, particularly storing that under water. At one point I stored those amalgamated chunks in my bedroom!
Yep that one is coming out soon plus charging mercury with Table Salt.
finally. you showed mercury. good show.
GETSOME!
I am sure slim did use the cyanide method when he was still in flesh.
Why does the mercury need to be under water?
It Vaporises less easyly
I think?
Realistic Fishing The water barrier keeps the mercury from evaporating. The vapors from the mercury can do you some nasty damage if you inhale them. It also helps your mercury stay clean.
When you inhale that stuff, you're done.
Protection against mercury vapor.
Mercury vaporizes VERY SLOWLY at room temperature - much faster when heated.
I've found that you can remove mercury in a spiral wheel, but I've seen it floured so fine that you need a blue bowl. Also work over a tub cause you will eventually spill it.
ty for the info got to be a easier way just thinking
I was told about the potato method for separating mercury from gold. So with fine gold and small flakes, do you put it in a cloth or piece of paper etc and then put it in the potato or do you just dump your vial into the potato?
Always good to review old video's you have made. Thanks Jeff you rock buddy.
Quality video - more content, less fluff. Well done Jeff and Slim, good stuff!
Real question, What is the carat of gold that comes right out of the ground?
Matthew Barnhart It depends on where you recover but, ours comes out at 22 ct
Really like the modified retort.
Thanks Jami
Thanks for the video, A&B are good people, I am a customer. We bought one of the distilling retorts, as you have here.
The modifications you made are exceptional, the cooling of the coil, very smart, and the extension to the firing cup.
The only thing we do different, is we put our black sand through a coffee grinder, to separate from Hematite, and then we cook it.
In doing so, it releases the sulfites.
This is a really good video, and very usful, if you have good black sands.
what do you do with the mercury waste water?
I love so much I have started to pan for gold
Which is the best way to remove from gold chain
heat but don't breath the fumes....
I friggen love this guy he grows on ya and then its love. I wish he come to my family gold mine and help me reopen it. He knows his shit and is fun
you lose the silver with the nitric acid???
Best show on youtube.
I would love it I watch you all the time and day dream about doing this with you
Thanks again jeff.. your my 3rd favorite nut!
Yes, you are only one in this world , man.
What was the cone shaped black thing the gold stuck to at the end of the process??
Dross or the stuff you don't want.
that is slag with all the base metals and impurities in it.
Same meaning different term.
Great video, I wish you would have shown the use of Nitric Acid.
I know I'm late to the shows, and I'm just enjoying all of of um. I bet by now in September 2021, that 1851 Navy is beat to crap.
Keep um coming Jeff.... 🤭
yep we had top get another one
just got my gold pans ready to go !!! lol thanks again jeff for all the information
make sure that you season them first .
i did just like in your video
What about using borax instead of mercury?
Yep you can do that too.
hey jeff. how long do you have to cook the potato to get rid of the mercury? thanks
That was an amazing video, thank you!!!
Slim cracks me up!! Hugs!! : )
Thanks Karen, glad you like it and he cracks me up too.
Thanks for answering my questions Jeff.
If you ever come to Australia 🇦🇺 look me up..
Will take you gold prospecting..!!!
Cheers
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Awesome just like all your videos, I enjoy them all, can't wait to try them!
thanks , really glad you liked it and let us know if you have any questions.
Hey Jeff and Slim, what a fantastic and informative video. So this Amalgamate you speak about, can it be found in the bottom of your pan? I was sampling in eastern Oregon last year in some slate like material, and found a bunch of "lead like" metal bits in my pan. I have no idea what it is, and some have suggested to me that it could be some sort of Amalgamate. Any thoughts? Keep up your great work as I am saving the brain cells I have left for your vast knowledge. ;)
Thanks glad you liked it. yes and in some rivers too left over from the old timers.....Amalgam s Shiney and lead is very soft. Thanks we will and we have more on the way.
Why are you supposed to keep Mercury under water ? What happens when it's exposed to the air ?
it will start to evaporate
Thanks for explaining it.
Excellent! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
How you feel about gallium or galistan instead of mercury?
we know mercury better
@ elaborate please…
I heard you can crush chrysocolla for gold can you do a video on it????It would be very informative and educational.
hi jeff, i have my gold lost in mercury amalgam, how it happen? what i should do to recover my gold back? thanks.
either retort it or use Nitric acid
@@Askjeffwilliams thanks jeff. by the way. how could it happen? is it normal jeff? honestly it make me think twice to use mercury.
so... I gotta ask!
at about 4:50-55 you say "Never store mercury in aluminum."
When you use the retort you put the mercury amalgam on aluminum foil.
Can you explain for everyone why that's ok?
Ben Bowman, mercury will react with aluminum causing pitting of the container. The reaction is not particularly fast, (think rust) but it will happen, causing eventual perforation of the container.
Utilizing aluminum foil as a "bedding surface" for the amalgam causes little or no damage to the aluminum foil due to lack of 'dwell time'. Gold, silver, and copper will not react with aluminum at the temperatures utilized in the retorting of mercury, causing these elements to remain on top of the foil, and easily separable from the foil for further processing and refining...The old timers just relied on the 'luting' (charcoal powder, wheat-flour and water) inside the cup to keep the retrievable metals from sticking inside the retort.
James O'Connell Thank you!
Thanks James, really appreciate you stepping up and answering that one.
Very informative video like always.
Irrelevant question, I have a Continuous Ore Roaster and a M7 Wave Table by Action Mining. What's the best way to sell them...any websites you recommend?
try posting them in the classifieds in the back of ICMJ magazine.
Can you show us all how to make a retort? please.
yep
Isn't Mercury only really bad for you if you inhale the fumes?
exactly...
In the beginning of this video, you remind me of Miss Nancy and her Magic Mirror
Thanks! I very educational!
Glad it was helpful!
wrap w britte alum foil
seems like a lot of work. i have some solid mercury ive kept in a glass vile cause i know it has gold in it. i just dont have the equitment to get the gold :P great vid. maybe ill send it you
yes it is but the payoff can be quite large. let us know.
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yeah well my body cant detox heavy metals very well (genetics sucks) so i cant be messing with mercury other wise id do it. so.. i doubt theres very much gold in the mercury i have, it probably wouldn't be worth it. (rough guess 15 to 30 dollars worth maybe) plus if i send it to you slim might take it XD ill think about it. Do you have a public PO box Jeff?
Dude I have to say the animation for Slim just keep getting better. Good information, keep up getting the word out!
So why put the mercury in water all the time?
Thanks and he has been working out lately.....to keep it from evaporating at room temp causing fumes to be released .
Hi Jeff, what material of construction is the retort made of? S Steel? as well as the cup that holds the amalgam. Thanks