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@zutai1says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 ami wonder, could you treat solar panels as a silver rich ore, with your system? buy up cheap old/broken panels, and run em through your system, and see what comes out. would be good content to shut up the anti solar folks ๐
@djdan890says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amWhat is this new thing with YouTubers and getting them to do their content for them, ask the audience how to do something Iโve been doing for years and acting dumb stupid like you donโt know what youโre doing ohhh want is this oooo what does that do how stupid are my audience
@james.j1066says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amWow Jason.
What a chanel !๐
@virginian7317says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amIf I may suggest, if iron is what you want, don't use nails. You control your fluxes to the gram but do you really know what's in those nails? A lot of old cars I suspect. Go to your local welding supply and get you 20 lbs of 1/4 inch square cast brazing rods. Snap them to lenght and try them.
@novamikenovamikesays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amToo much iron THANK YOU JASON
@skeeet5758says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amI've got a question why don't you have a detector for that au aka gold. Let's get rid of the guessing game anybody that serious about precious or gold is going to have a gold detector you can run them beads over the Gold detector and it'll tell u. I thought gold out west had silver mixed in with it too what's the essay report on the gold how pure is it do you guys send that out to a refinery to actually see what kind of purity u have..? I know you deal with a lot of third world countries selling equipment to them and you kind of do things like they do simple you like to keep it simple you're trying to train them on a better way or even maybe figure out a better way to do it on the cheap and it makes sense you can't put a lot of money into all those solutions. Just all the places that you know I've been around they had to use solution they had to use acid that's just the way they showed us how to do it too even with the catalytic converter extractions you know we had to use bleach an acid to get it in solution. Palladium platinum and rhodium has a really high melting point and you've got to use to actually u oxygen and acetylene to make it work to melt it down. Those precious metals you've got a filter them through a pump with beakers and they got to be heated there's a lot do that and it takes some special equipment and like I said in the past it has a methane gas to it too so you got to be careful with the vapors. You know I've met people at the scrap yard try to tell me they were gold in the catalytic converter I know exactly what's in that catalytic converter yeah you can probably pull out $700 worth of precious metals but you'll have $300 in solutions to just get like you know final price of everything after you add up all your time and everything you know unless you know time don't mean nothing to you. The ones we did were the honeycomb type of catalytic converter. You know it's even harder now that you know you got people out here taking cold medicine trying to make some kind of drug out of it it looks like the same equipment an uneducated person would say that's what it and it's not you and I know that but somebody that don't know what you're doing you know they get curious they get nosy they assume things. when you gas that solution off you got to take a chlorine tablet and take muriatic acid and make a smoke bottle and it'll take and make it separate in the solution it's the same thing that they do to gas off cold medicine. All the people that were making drugs are using a plastic bottle with batteries a fuel some kind of medication with the contents of a cold pack and then once they cook it off they got to make a gas bottle to separate and all they're using a candle warmer and a Pyrex cup and then they filter through a coffee filter just like you would do to get precious metals. Like I say there's such a process to pulling out all the precious metals a lot of folks just are not into it. Just like the Platinum bead you made they're still platium and rhodium left in there but it would take a solution in my opinion to make it all come apart and separated it. Then he still have to sell it to a refinery to get paid they got to take and make sure that it is exactly what you're saying is and what the purity is
@vincentgarner3164says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amhow much gold do you think is in your rock saw?
@asjamuir5534says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amMaybe chemical extraction from the iron is needed if you have alot of contaminated iron a few nails maybe a tub that u get round to once u have enough material to run a streettips style extraction process
@35mmpistolsays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amThis is a funny idea, but think about it a bit before dismissal. Consider mounting a second headlamp on the back of your camera, so anytime your looking into the camera, we can see whats happening behind you and get a better sense of the space. Any opportunities to eliminate some of the blackness will help sell the experience more accurately to the reality. It doesn't need to be a headlamp persay, just another light source to cast backward.
@TacticalCaveman997says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amThese videos make me want to dig ๐ also you can use acid to get the gold from the nails.
@williamarmstrong7199says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amFeet or meters above sea level? 2400 make no real difference at all. Flew into SA and landed at 7000 feet above sea level. Never felt a thing. Even when doing some hard hacking up mountuins and rough ground. So I wonder is there less oxegen in America than in So8th Africa? Lol
@oldinuselesshancox5194says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amThanks for keeping me company while I drink pot of coffee always a learning experience, love how The lessons in geology from your friend help explain your work
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@philmoore71says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amgreat. tks.
so much work (to me) for a little button
@gsellissays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 am50:26 – there was a piece in that slab. On the contaminated nails, turn them into powder and magnetically separate it?
@MrSludovsays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amOOOOMG, Harry is so DAMM HANDSOME I couldnยดt stop touching mysefl.!!!!
@sfbfriendsays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amI enjoy watching the process, from mining to smelting. It is quite a journey. Thinking on the contamination aspect, I see you run a lot of different material through both crushers, do you clean them in-between different runs? Looking forward to more this coming season from your mine. I have enjoyed going through the two bags of muck I bought from you, I have found many pieces of free gold.
@mike.....482says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 am๐
@RJ-zm3trsays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amInstead of iron in nail form, could you use iron powder?
@darellsunderlin4670says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amI'd find some old nails older, the better , because if any of those nails came from overseas , Lord only knows what's in them ๐ฎ.
@JimNicholssays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 am@35:47 something really fluoresced off by itself to the left on the rock when all the lights were out.
Edit and add… I think you have become quite proficient at the oration and writing of the scripting. The videography was spot on and I just think you have become a powerhouse of how 'work related' videos should be.
@uncommonlogic1698says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amEvery ore sample is different, metals in ore will change the chemistry of the melt. PGM and other high temp elements will mess with your results.
Every ore will have a different process, same as gold recovery from electronics, there are mechanical and chemical differences in the process.
I would recommend roasting anything not clean quartz powder.
If high magnetic, remove from ore and smelt separately.
Magnetics treatment with HCl will do wonders in reducing iron.
Nitric will do better for removing all but Au, smelt the slime then cupel.
There is no " one sure way" experiment until you find the best results for the parent material.
Be safe, small batch, have fun!
@laskey2175says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amDoes anyone else find it funny to ship the ore through the mail?
@miketheminer2023says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amI need some help at my mine in northern California. Send me a chat
@menlikegods363says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amDan Hurd is gonna come for you to get his GOLD! your nails stole from him! ๐๐คฃ
@patbrown2227says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amAnother great video. I really appreciate that You bring us along on your learning. Your videos are refreshing exactly because You ask a lot of great questions. And, You are quick to explain what You do not currently understand and are a great example of the scientific method in real life. Never stop learning!
@WhyamIstillwatchingyoutubesays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amI would maybe use newer nails every time. Not already used ones.
@MarkHill45says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amJason is a big girl about snakes ๐
@aaronstrunk4136says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 ammaybe use powdered iron instead of nails.might be able to be more accurate than chucking a hand full of nails in, might help with inconsistencies in the smelt? investing in a xray gun to narrow down sample composition for a more tailored smelt recipe? just some thought's stay positive and thanks for another awesome video!!
@racetracersays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amRoast the ore before crushing
@WhyamIstillwatchingyoutubesays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amJust watched a video from a guy who bought some paydirt from you. 0.6g from 25lb paydirt bag? Whoa! Didn't see that coming. The guy didn't know what to say. lol
@charlestosi5199says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amBesides being entertaining and informative, your videography is excellent. Takes a lot of time but itโs worth it for your many viewers. Thanks.
@briangroom2755says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amI had a rattle snake sitting on a upper self on my mine in New Mexico and didnโt see him until I was coming back out side I didnโt mine for the rest of the day
@user-te2sq3xw2fsays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amMr Jason Im from Africa from Zimbabwe, I have a claim for a gold mine In the eastern part of Zimbabwe, I need help of capital to start opening the shafts, I have a compressor and a drill but Im short capital pliz help me to find the funds to start working, its a small scale mine so if I get a sum of 3000 it will be enough, pliz help it's difficult to get that amount here in Africa
@gramos6615says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amI am a person Look for rattlesnakes I enjoy eating them.They are very delicious 3:44
@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amI was going to suggest acid and seeing if you don't get the bismuth to release from the iron. And the only way to get a precise evaluation is to clean all the equipment and do another run and perhaps instead of nails use iron filings.
It would be interesting to see the difference in the results. I don't know which is more fun.
Pulling the ore or pulling the AU from it. But if that's the choice there's really no downside. Except getting out. ๐
@jeffreywhitmoyer860says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amMetallurgy is often 50% black magic regardless of how much science you put into your process. Put another way, Murphy drives the bus, we're just the passengers! The great thing is that you share the failures along with the successes and the thought process that goes into correcting the failures.
@MyLevelheadedsays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amby golly at the crusher, i would have pans wet ones with 1 inch of water to catch the dust and run through the water bar…gold is heavy and falls out every step counts…
@geilkindmachen820says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amTime for some HCL on low heat, dissolve that iron out after chopping those nails into small pieces, then just add a little more bismuth and recover your gold , if any is there. Just a suggestion but Iโve had same problem in the past and worked for me. P.S. my claims are in the same Valley as MOโs๐
@dionh70says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amHow much is shipping on that settling tank? lol
@jereclements9373says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amThe problems you had with this experiment is because it is a new ore to you. You have got ore from your mine all figured out with what works. Not all ores are the same and it will take quite a bit of experimentation to get the southern California ore dialed in. I would suggest using the potassium nitrate in your flux recipe (like you did) but leave out the iron nails, this is because as you mentioned this ore is oxidized much more than what you are used to dealing with. Another suggestion,,,,,,, get better pouring tongs for your big crucibles and no not the large channel lock pliers.
@johnq3955says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amYou've done so many smelts over the years, been thinking if you recorded all of them systematically on excel (including grading the results) you would have such a fantastic reference tool. Particularly if you included the composition of the cons. Can you xrf your cons?
@OpenSpaceWellnesssays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 am๐ค๐ค๐ค
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@wyattkutzsays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amThank you I feel that Iโve learned something today. I appreciate you sharing.
@curtisw831says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amI could've sworn this is a repost and he's posted this entire video before.
@hannodebeer8081says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amWhy not use iron pellets (small like shot gun pellets) instead of nails? If all of the iron in converted to oxides, will it not go with the bismuth into the cupelle?
@MikeBaxterABCsays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 am29:49 Isn't it unusual to find Limonite in the desert?? .. It usually forms in marshy and boggy areas …
@lamdaouazrachid5441says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amhi jason
I think that the thiny iron wire will give you more surface area and ease of melting, When you are sure that iron wire has dissolved in the magma, the stage of adding bismuth comes.
all the best.
@edwardwright6961says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amwould it be better to use smashed up cast iron instead of nails that are steel
@tymonkalbarczyk1456says:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amIn the 60 here in Poland, miners in uranium mines often put a sheet of steel right under wall that was about to be blasted. It helped with mucking as shovel didn't get stuck on jagged gravel, but could slide smoothly on the metal sheet.
@snarky_usersays:
March 13, 2024 at 1:21 amMy first thought is to stop adding so much iron. Ideally, you'd only add just enough to be consumed. If you don't have any leftover iron, there's nothing for the bismuth to plate to.
Also, if you're adding an oxidizer to break down the pyrites, you're also oxidizing your added iron AND your bismuth. Bismuth also has a blue flame โ but bismuth oxide fumes are yellow.
Maybe you're just trying to do to much in one pot, and need to roast the pyrites before you smelt.