Where Did I Get My Mercury?

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2016
  • In this video I show where my mercury came from.
    See me extracting mercury from the ore here: • Video
    I forgot to mention that I only recently got the mercury back from a family member who was keeping it so little kid me didn't play with it too much.
    Help me make videos by donating here: / codyslab

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  • @Youngbl33zy
    @Youngbl33zy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3533

    If there’s ever an abandoned anything anywhere I swear there’s gonna be beer cans

    • @IrishSpyHD60
      @IrishSpyHD60 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      Never a truer word was spoken.

    • @marlboroman6370
      @marlboroman6370 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      no doubt about that lol

    • @liamoboyle2065
      @liamoboyle2065 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Likely few joints or the butts

    • @earthbound2772
      @earthbound2772 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Liam Oboyle human butts?

    • @earthbound2772
      @earthbound2772 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Max McCarthy sexy I really wanna find some now

  • @cqwiii
    @cqwiii 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1924

    "What do you need hundreds of pounds of mercury for though?"
    "idk. suppose my grandson with flush a toilet with it some day."

    • @blowngasket299
      @blowngasket299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      lmao

    • @bioemiliano
      @bioemiliano 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @A friend Do you know that the roman empire dissolved before Colon discovered San Salvador and the Americas for the hispanics?

    • @Skorpychan
      @Skorpychan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @A friend I did similar in Dwarf Fortress. Cinnabar mugs to trade to the elves!
      In the occasional years I traded with them, and didn't just wipe out their entire caravan with a flooding trade depot.

    • @Skorpychan
      @Skorpychan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Martin Conta Gets Banned True, red mercury is an important thing for blocking nuclear proliferation.

    • @zwattable
      @zwattable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@warvideos2108 first, im not saying other dude is right, but you must be confused. Roman CATHOLIC ships. 13-1600ish kind of time frame. Not Roman Romans. Dumbass

  • @peters7691
    @peters7691 5 ปีที่แล้ว +755

    I could listen to this dude talk about rocks all day

    • @GelidGanef
      @GelidGanef 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Do whatever gets your rocks off

    • @JoaoChimay
      @JoaoChimay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      "They're not rocks, Marie, they're minerals"

    • @o11k
      @o11k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah, he rocks

    • @christiandumo5905
      @christiandumo5905 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same

    • @creo420
      @creo420 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      BORING

  • @melody3741
    @melody3741 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1864

    if you made a bracelet out of cinnabar would it be a heavy metal rock band?

    • @Kilroyan
      @Kilroyan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      I cannot believe noone has complimented you on this incredibly smart pun yet. Good job!

    • @phospenguillite8895
      @phospenguillite8895 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I get it

    • @notbillcosby2499
      @notbillcosby2499 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I would die cinnabar is toxic

    • @notbillcosby2499
      @notbillcosby2499 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You

    • @paulbaloff9213
      @paulbaloff9213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dritzz Dritzz whoosh

  • @theCodyReeder
    @theCodyReeder  7 ปีที่แล้ว +660

    At the end of this video I was using a UV lamp to test for the presence of mercury since mercury vapor is very good at stopping the light produced by the lamp; During that I discovered that Cinnabar is flammable! It burns almost like sulfur, which makes sense being that upon heating cinnabar releases mercury and sulfur vapor.

    • @Noob-rr6fx
      @Noob-rr6fx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      burns*

    • @johnathonwaymire9483
      @johnathonwaymire9483 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Noob ?

    • @bensullivan420
      @bensullivan420 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey cody, could you link me to a video with your audible discount or free trial code or whatever it was, if it's still valid? I have a book that im reading but would like to listen to, and I'm pretty sure Audible has it! Or if you cant remember a video, could you just give me the code its self?? and by the way, don't drink any more cyanide....

    • @thetraitor3852
      @thetraitor3852 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they did a similar presentation of uv light and mercury vapor on periodic videos

    • @adobe825
      @adobe825 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cody'sLab Burns*

  • @neilolif
    @neilolif 4 ปีที่แล้ว +457

    "Where did I get my mercury?"
    Well that's an interesting story for me. I was metal detecting in the Sierras near an old hydraulic mine and I located a rusted "tank" that at first seemed like an old propane tank until I looked closer.
    It turns out that this "tank" was an Almaden Quicksilver Mines 76 pound mercury carboy. And it also turns out that it was the miners recovery flask! It contained three pounds of mercury and approximately 0.65 troy ounces of gold!
    I used the nitric acid process to recover it. Amazing find from my point of view!

    • @_tea_6502
      @_tea_6502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nice story.

    • @k3nz1e73
      @k3nz1e73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Can I have ? I’m veru trust worthy?

    • @Systolic_Gaming
      @Systolic_Gaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      1000 bucks in a random tank? Nice.

    • @neilolif
      @neilolif 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Systolic_Gaming I was metal detecting at an old Placer mine.., Miners left their cleanup in the 1880s.
      Cool cash.., Cool relic.

    • @jimsteen911
      @jimsteen911 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      For the win! A $grand for your trouble, not bad dude

  • @jaridkeen123
    @jaridkeen123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +934

    All the trees are dead around that area, that's probably not a good sign

    • @TheDizzy101hrv
      @TheDizzy101hrv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +416

      A good sign if you're looking for mercury

    • @86moosseboy75
      @86moosseboy75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      there not dead ist probably cold outside because he is wearing a long_sleeve

    • @hello-ji7qj
      @hello-ji7qj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      You can see they've been burned in a fire at 1:41. It only needs to burn the cambium to kill the tree.

    • @mactavishmods
      @mactavishmods 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      *Stranger things intensifies*

    • @SirSpiro
      @SirSpiro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@86moosseboy75 they're burnt

  • @Cez305
    @Cez305 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1312

    Most TH-camr's: "Where did I get my money?"
    Cody's Lab: "Where did I get my mercury" hahahah
    Love it 😂

    • @redacted9312
      @redacted9312 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You did a funny

    • @Sirgrenous
      @Sirgrenous 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      1000th like

    • @TheCometHunter
      @TheCometHunter 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      WTF?...you mean you don't get mercury from a thermometer bush???

    • @xy-inventor1885
      @xy-inventor1885 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cody is a sigma

    • @EternamDoov
      @EternamDoov ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TH-camrs*

  • @erik8467
    @erik8467 7 ปีที่แล้ว +457

    "where do I get my uranium from"
    "where do I get my Nukes from"
    "where do I get my guns from"
    "where did I get my robot army from"

    • @6sicSIX
      @6sicSIX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      A comment that Cody can't legally like 😅

    • @onlyfilmsfr
      @onlyfilmsfr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

    • @Hi-uw5qy
      @Hi-uw5qy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or from where I get my weed from

    • @aerogfs
      @aerogfs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Guns from the nearest walmart obviously... the others maybe from home depot...

    • @alexm7023
      @alexm7023 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      vespene gas and mineral

  • @Vibinator
    @Vibinator 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3066

    hey cody, Did you hear about the chemist who froze himself to absolute zero? He's 0K now

    • @Nemozoli
      @Nemozoli 7 ปีที่แล้ว +230

      ba dum tsss

    • @samrosiak7464
      @samrosiak7464 7 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Vibinator ha science jokes

    • @Vibinator
      @Vibinator 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That Guy i try my best

    • @easyhowtovids1082
      @easyhowtovids1082 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Very joke!

    • @generalpluto3283
      @generalpluto3283 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Vibinator oh god the puns gonna go criiinge

  • @jegr3398
    @jegr3398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    No matter where you go, no matter how far out in the wilderness, no matter how remote a place it is, you can find beer cans there.

  • @evilwarcow
    @evilwarcow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +900

    Those who bug you about getting yer Mercury. Tell e'm to mine their own business.

  • @lorddias
    @lorddias 7 ปีที่แล้ว +901

    Cody saying "I don't know how it works". I never thought I'd see the day lol.

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder  7 ปีที่แล้ว +230

      Oh I say that all the time, but its usually followed with "yet". :)

    • @erikpettersson91
      @erikpettersson91 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      cody where did you get your crucibles for your furnace and are they made from clay and would i be able to use a ceramic mug?
      And can you make a video about different acids and what they can be used for?

    • @crimsonmoon9404
      @crimsonmoon9404 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hey cody could you get a load of sluphur, make sulphuric acid and try to mine with it?

    • @latexslimjim2241
      @latexslimjim2241 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      u should try to build one or get this one to work

    • @maomekat7969
      @maomekat7969 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      David Epler yes yet like most of us educated experienced science guys he could make an excellent & mostly correct explanation

  • @kidgokuxl
    @kidgokuxl 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I was moved while watching your video Cody. My family in the past were mercury miners. Pretty much 2 generations a long time ago died from mercury poisoning. I've been to a few sites where my ansetors lived, and the smelter you showed was a little primitive but still a lot was still the same. My family back then were used as slaves pretty much to dig the cinnabar and refine it. Everytime when we would go prosect for gold in the rivers in California sometimes we would get mercury in the sluice box it remind me my family might have produced it. I have saved a good portion just for personal reasons. Good video Cody.

  • @bibby4791
    @bibby4791 7 ปีที่แล้ว +945

    cinnibar sounds like a breakfast cereal

    • @LifeAsAPotato
      @LifeAsAPotato 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Hue Man cinnabun

    • @gabrielgallo513
      @gabrielgallo513 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hue Man
      I laugh I don't know if for your comment or for your avatar.

    • @embarassingpyjamas1734
      @embarassingpyjamas1734 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cinnamon bun

    • @synaesthesia888
      @synaesthesia888 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hue Man You mean Shinsha? (Houseki no Kuni reference)

    • @travv88
      @travv88 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      sounds like an island

  • @TECHnoman753
    @TECHnoman753 5 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    I feel like as soon has he started talking about his collection of Mercury he got intensely serious like it was his pride and joy XD
    "my precious~"

    • @madmad8582
      @madmad8582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      one day it will be a very big thing it can be used to create Antigravity yeah with Mercury of all things

    • @blackwidows570
      @blackwidows570 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@madmad8582 what do you know about mercury tech?

  • @askhowiknow5527
    @askhowiknow5527 7 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    Kippers and canned tuna. That's where I get mine. :'(

    • @The5thorseman
      @The5thorseman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Why not?

    • @Birbucifer
      @Birbucifer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Huh Huh What?

    • @FlatBroke612
      @FlatBroke612 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have you heard of fluoridation son?

    • @DialgoPrima
      @DialgoPrima 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      +FlatBroke612 THEY'RE PUTTING CHEMICALS IN THE WATER THAT'RE TURNING THE FRICKEN FROGS GAY

    • @xcp4518
      @xcp4518 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      DialgoPrima I T S T H E G L O B A L I S T S

  • @EFERUS
    @EFERUS 7 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    "I am someone who is experienced with working with mercury"
    -Dips hand in mercury
    Love it!

    • @Test7017
      @Test7017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why what's it feel like?

    • @baph1612
      @baph1612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think it’s okay to stick your hand in mercury for a bit without any cuts

    • @Test7017
      @Test7017 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@baph1612 be bold

    • @JEAthePrince
      @JEAthePrince 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@baph1612 depends on the type. A woman dropped a drop of mercury on her glove and it slid off, but it was enough to completely paralyze her cause its molecular structure or something was like penetrable. Just one drop killed her
      I think the video is on chubbyemu or some channel similar to that title

    • @coldcoffeegaming2798
      @coldcoffeegaming2798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@JEAthePrince Elemental mercury is dangerous because of the vapors it produces. Organic mercury compounds are incredibly toxic, and I believe what you're referring to was the dimethyl mercury poisoning incident.

  • @agentbertram4769
    @agentbertram4769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I have never failed to be infected by Cody's enthusiasm. Great stuff! Never stop.

  • @TechnoRaabe
    @TechnoRaabe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    This is obviously a modded version. There's no mercury ore in vanilla.

    • @jakecrowley6
      @jakecrowley6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      it's actually cinnabar ore

    • @peepeeeinmythroat2760
      @peepeeeinmythroat2760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jake Crowley r/whooooosh

    • @outv3rse
      @outv3rse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@peepeeeinmythroat2760 never said it was not mine craft so no r/woosh

    • @munjee2
      @munjee2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@outv3rse what ?

    • @Gogglesofkrome
      @Gogglesofkrome 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@peepeeeinmythroat2760 people who post reddit cancer outside of the reddit containment zone need to go r/wooosh out of a plane at terminal velocity without a parachute.

  • @drewphillips
    @drewphillips 7 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    Happy to see Cody finally getting all this well deserved success!!! ALMOST A MILLION!!!!!!

    • @lucantoine6776
      @lucantoine6776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Drew what’s up

    • @lucantoine6776
      @lucantoine6776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love emergency intercum

    • @jeffmoncalieri7491
      @jeffmoncalieri7491 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lucantoine6776 what does that mean? Thanks.

    • @lucantoine6776
      @lucantoine6776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jeffmoncalieri7491 sorry it’s a lil joke with drew phillips podcast Emergency Intercom (the real name)

    • @jamesb.9155
      @jamesb.9155 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My question is: How did he get 2?

  • @legionxiii8055
    @legionxiii8055 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Thank you, Cody, for not recording vertically.

  • @ImplantedMemories
    @ImplantedMemories 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    7:55 😀 Old machine is soo happy to meet you

    • @EdwardTriesToScience
      @EdwardTriesToScience 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      For anyone who doesn't get it, pause the video and look closely, it's a smiley face

    • @earth2k66
      @earth2k66 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The human brain tries to detect facial patterns in everything possible!!
      This is a great enhancement we have thanks to evolution!!

    • @jemsurfer3905
      @jemsurfer3905 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@earth2k66 pretty awful when you're trying to sleep and keep seeing faces in the room tho

    • @earth2k66
      @earth2k66 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jemsurfer3905 This so relatable, In my old house, the ceiling has flower-like carvings around the Lights and Fans.
      In my bedroom when the lights are dimmed the shadows are cast in such a way that makes the flower carving look like a "Sad old Lady". Whenever any strong light (street lights or lightning bolts) gets through the window the Sad shadow pattern changes into a Horrifying Grin.
      I had a very hard time as a kid to convince myself that it was just a trick of the light and nothing else.

  • @forcivilizaton5021
    @forcivilizaton5021 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As an amateur hobby geologist and explorer of how humanity created our civilization, by far it was you who got me going down my path. Cody, thank you very much for loving rocks and loving the history of our modern civilization.

  • @KeystoneScience
    @KeystoneScience 7 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Great job Cody!! I was wondering where you got your mercury just yesterday :D

    • @peterlean6631
      @peterlean6631 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can get it from Hg wells..... takes a bit of pumping though.

    • @Tom_Bee_
      @Tom_Bee_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@peterlean6631 oof!

  • @1ch190
    @1ch190 7 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Thank you for answering the curious people =P
    Great video!

    • @mulymule12
      @mulymule12 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      HeavenHammer **Edited** gg

    • @johnathonwaymire9483
      @johnathonwaymire9483 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +HeavenHammer not really

    • @FictualKyle
      @FictualKyle 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +mulymule12 wut m8?

    • @mulymule12
      @mulymule12 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      new phone, Who dis?

    • @skullcam
      @skullcam 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      its me

  • @LR11Gaming
    @LR11Gaming 7 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    dude you are extremely intelligent. keep it up. I could watch your videos for days. they are so interesting. even though I don't understand that much science, it keeps my interest.

  • @johnr.timmers2297
    @johnr.timmers2297 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love the geology talk. I'm currently a geology major and it's awesome to hear someone with the same understandings and interests as me! You just got a new subscriber

  • @adamrosenhamer3762
    @adamrosenhamer3762 7 ปีที่แล้ว +563

    cody you should try and make one of those for the mining series. that would be cool

    • @MemeArchiveAbyss
      @MemeArchiveAbyss 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He stopped doing them for some reason

    • @shalormckee2784
      @shalormckee2784 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Maybe cuz of school?

    • @FH_Forge
      @FH_Forge 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      they take a butload of work. That's why he doesn't upload them often

    • @zakutheferret8182
      @zakutheferret8182 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      he had to stop, the mine is severely haunted. he talks about it in one of the mining videos, one of the spirits actually pushed him and he came within about 3 inches of falling down a 100 ft, jagged rock-filled vertical mineshaft. watch the video it's interesting.

    • @anomalocarisgaming8205
      @anomalocarisgaming8205 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Haanken Thorax troll lol

  • @USWaterRockets
    @USWaterRockets 7 ปีที่แล้ว +995

    Cody, are you going to hand out Cinnabars for Halloween? They sound like a delicious treat.

    • @squishlez
      @squishlez 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      they really do

    • @kchstudiophx9843
      @kchstudiophx9843 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I would like to get a sample from his mine.

    • @USWaterRockets
      @USWaterRockets 7 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Yukikaze Flyes If you weren't supposed to eat it then it would have been called something like "Mercurystone", "Poisonrock" or "Tofutti".

    • @dacasman
      @dacasman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      thought that said cannabis at first.

    • @sc0tte1-416
      @sc0tte1-416 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes but they are bad for the little kiddies teeth.

  • @bruciebruce32
    @bruciebruce32 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I saw the title and saw the thumbnail and thought to myself “dang, this man found his car in a cave”

    • @jmccormick1490
      @jmccormick1490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gonna find me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road

  • @brockfrreminz6659
    @brockfrreminz6659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    When I was in 7-8th grade there was a kid at my school who’s mom apparently worked at a drugstore or something and he just happened to be around when they were discarding a few hundred oldschool thermometers. He took the time to break all of them and pour the Mercury into a 20oz. Fruitopia bottle (dang, I miss fruitopia :( Anyways. We were old enough to know it was dangerous so we kept our distance. But it’s probably the most deceptive thing I’ve ever held. That bottle prolly weighed 10+ lb’s

  • @royjonesrampage6684
    @royjonesrampage6684 7 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    your videos are so interesting!

    • @royjonesrampage6684
      @royjonesrampage6684 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      your trump card is that you just do stuff(well) and dont overreact or act in front of the camera.

    • @royjonesrampage6684
      @royjonesrampage6684 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      btw whats the ending song?

    • @beastlone8924
      @beastlone8924 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why did you not just edit your comment? You replied to your self 3 times haha.

    • @royjonesrampage6684
      @royjonesrampage6684 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Blu Medic no reason

    • @patkirwin2622
      @patkirwin2622 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      rodger so

  • @DestructoDot
    @DestructoDot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You are a tough man. the passed 2 years I did logging work, and i now work in a warehouse. The stuff you do for /FUN/ are more instense than all of that. You sir, are one tough cookie.

  • @Smokie181
    @Smokie181 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Came to see where you got your mercury but got a 11 min lecture on the formation of rocks and ores, mercury distilling machines, identifying ore in rocks. Must say it was pretty interesting though.

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fuck yeah! We love to talk chemistry, geology here.

  • @cannaroe1213
    @cannaroe1213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    People when Cody dips his hand in mercury: 😴
    People when Cody grabs rusty iron: 😱

  • @toorandomenvi
    @toorandomenvi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    honestly i love you channel soo much ... bees videos brought me in and made me interested into everything around it (but really i sticked around bcos of mining and smelting videos its soo exciting to watch )

    • @argetlamzn
      @argetlamzn 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vojta Hamala same reason I started watching! Yay bees and science!

    • @ultrahevybeat
      @ultrahevybeat 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Vojta Hamala this comment wins comment of the video. for your way of not making TH-cam cancserus by thanking the creator of the video

    • @toorandomenvi
      @toorandomenvi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      gary buttville if honesty is what it takes then idk why arent ppl doing it more often

  • @yugene-lee
    @yugene-lee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    10:50 SON OF A DENTIST!

    • @yugene-lee
      @yugene-lee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      more like YOU LITTLE SON OF A DENTIST! actually

  • @yourneighbour5738
    @yourneighbour5738 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Next Video: Making gold ingots from cat shit

  • @rc602
    @rc602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Must be awesome to be so smart. Your content is both educational and entertaining. Thanks for making it Cody. God bless you and God bless your family.

  • @aldoguzman97
    @aldoguzman97 7 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    Why did I just barely get the notification for this video?

    • @a7jsdp0z672nf
      @a7jsdp0z672nf 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The new YT notification system. Click the bell next to his subscribe button if you want notifications from this channel.

    • @404killer
      @404killer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Explain, idiot.

    • @a7jsdp0z672nf
      @a7jsdp0z672nf 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HeavenHammer Me?

    • @combedpubes
      @combedpubes 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When you say notifications do you mean it not coming up in your subscription list or like a text message telling you there's a new video on this channel?

    • @aldoguzman97
      @aldoguzman97 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ios notification.

  • @EstelonAgarwaen
    @EstelonAgarwaen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +303

    He is OffTheRanch xD

    • @liveleaky7571
      @liveleaky7571 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      That channel is shitty

    • @TheBritishBaconHD
      @TheBritishBaconHD 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      LucasAndAGuitar I like it

    • @Original-Phantom
      @Original-Phantom 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TheBaconNugget that's his opinion

    • @bradleyhinton9104
      @bradleyhinton9104 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      He has been for years ;)

    • @MrChicken420
      @MrChicken420 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Its always been bad but it recently got fucking aids since roman was over

  • @didyouknow6804
    @didyouknow6804 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are one cool dude Cody, glad I found your channel...
    Thank you for all the fun and knowledge!

  • @JLoganS13
    @JLoganS13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I almost fell out of my chair at 2:03 "...and I actually don't know how it works."

  • @RevJR
    @RevJR 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The next Fallout game is just gonna be Fallout: Cody's Back Yard...

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Amazing that the mercury still is actually still there, here in the UK if something like that was abandoned, you can bet that it'd be vandalised, destroyed and the metal stolen for scrap, shame it's so rusty though, could probably still have been serviceable, but the firebox would make a nice outdoor woodstove at least... :)

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder  7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      It took me a day to find it even with instructions on how to find it from someone that had been there, thats why it hasn't been destroyed yet.

    • @randomrealistictone2231
      @randomrealistictone2231 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Be careful !
      You will probably end up like that youtuber that went to area 51

    • @DrakenMusic
      @DrakenMusic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Will you build something like it, or was it just out of curiosity?

    • @ryanthood
      @ryanthood 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Of course, the population density is much higher in the UK than in rural Utah. Few people have probably come across this site.

    • @NishantSarkar
      @NishantSarkar 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Found the american

  • @natertater4024
    @natertater4024 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is the first video I watched from your channel. it was my deal breaker. you had me at hello buddy ! just got done watching the latest video of you making steel from rock. big thumbs up Cody. I enjoy your series pal !

  • @OwensGarage
    @OwensGarage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That’s cool! I’m an hvac tech and I replace a lot of old mercury thermostats. I always take them apart and keep the little glass mercury switch because I think they’re cool. My dad also has a few flasks of scientific grade mercury that they were getting rid of at a school he taught at. Cool stuff, just gotta take reasonable precautions with it.

  • @fredlllll
    @fredlllll 7 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    pleaaase make an exploration episode of that mine X3

  • @iPineapplePants
    @iPineapplePants 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i have never really been interested in geology or chemistry, in fact chemistry is the toughest aspect of science in school for me. probably all of the arithmatic. but this video was really interesting for me as i am a huge fan of history. and the way you were dissecting that mercury distillation appuratus was very fascinating as it reminded me of the archeology involved in a lot of historical research. i love your videos even though these arent topics i spend a lot of time with. i hope to see you continue to show how these sciences are around us every day even when we arent aware of them personally.

  • @scrappydoo7887
    @scrappydoo7887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ah Cody I do miss these kinds of videos 🙂 it's always good to see a bit of back story

  • @gBaldaconi
    @gBaldaconi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    there he goes again, tricking me into learning while loving it

  • @T--xo2uq
    @T--xo2uq 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    i looked on amazon for cinnabar... what i found was candles.
    Candles make vapor that you breathe.

  • @claycollins8973
    @claycollins8973 7 ปีที่แล้ว +504

    Hey can you do a bottle flipping video using mercury as your liquid? I commented on a video suggesting that, and with mercury being such a dense liquid, it would virtually be impossible to not land it, since mercury would serve as the ultimate ballast. I had so many people asking why i think mercury would change anything vs water and Gatorade. Then I also had other people try to say that it wouldn't work etc

    • @seifeseifeseife
      @seifeseifeseife 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wouldnt it actually be easier?

    • @goatosis8186
      @goatosis8186 7 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      C. Kyle That's what he just said 😶

    • @seifeseifeseife
      @seifeseifeseife 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Dova Goat
      Whoops, i didnt see the "not"

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder  7 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      So my current plan is to get a halfway decent high speed camera and then do it in slowmo.

    • @claycollins8973
      @claycollins8973 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Nice! Can't wait, can't wait to prove to everyone that mercury would make bottle flipping so much easier!

  • @sebastienlebatteux185
    @sebastienlebatteux185 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the first part of these videos, where you describe how you re going to extract an element from the environement. Cause yeah you know the exhaust pipe containes platinum so I'm gonna go brush the highway.

  • @vinnystvincent9788
    @vinnystvincent9788 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice tutorial!
    Great work!

  • @Verlisify
    @Verlisify 7 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    Interesting I thought the Mercury was for processing the gold from the mine, not a byproduct of it

    • @kevintejada3138
      @kevintejada3138 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Verlisify hello

    • @randompanda876
      @randompanda876 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Verlisify mercury is used in illegal mining operations to concentrate the gold, but usually it is sluiced out

    • @imchris5000
      @imchris5000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      mercury is used in gold panning but this is mining

    • @joeKisonue
      @joeKisonue 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Verlisify yeah they used it on a large slide after hammer mills.

    • @RichardsWorld
      @RichardsWorld 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think this would be to recycle the Mercury.

  • @ManyManyPandas
    @ManyManyPandas 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for telling us in the form of a video!!!! I actually was wondering so much where you got that much Hg!

  • @justinkyledavidson
    @justinkyledavidson 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your channel is so amazing. keep it up!

  • @TheVeggieBurger
    @TheVeggieBurger 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dope video. Thanks for taking the time to show and explain that mercy distillery thing. (:

  • @CRTukkerr
    @CRTukkerr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +912

    Those trees seems to be dead around that furnace

    • @abyssstrider2547
      @abyssstrider2547 7 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      CRTukker you live in tropical area? if you do that explains alot

    • @jamesflores9456
      @jamesflores9456 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      i live in a tropical area was confused for a second

    • @broedrooster
      @broedrooster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Nice profile picture lmao, thought it was my comment

    • @springbreeze2992
      @springbreeze2992 6 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      CRTukker he meant that in tropical area, trees seem lively and the leaves are vibrant, while you don't know that in cold countries like that in the video, the trees and plantations are like dead ones, but they are just like that during winter, leaves will bloom in spring

    • @DexiVisuals
      @DexiVisuals 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Frost Huldra there's different types of pines than the one your thinking of

  • @3ArtDigital
    @3ArtDigital 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    can you make a video about extracting mercury from those ores ?

    • @bensullivan420
      @bensullivan420 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      he already did.

    • @patbutchergodess
      @patbutchergodess 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      3ArtDigital great suggestion I'd love to see that

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder  7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      check the description.

    • @thetraitor3852
      @thetraitor3852 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He probably will.
      and since he can also already use cyanide to extract gold, he will probably make a large quantity of it from his mine.

    • @elatu
      @elatu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@theCodyReeder the link isn't working. What hapenned??

  • @hoshi1274
    @hoshi1274 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is very interesting. I personally love chemistry. I hope you continue to make videos like this one

  • @connerjohnston1391
    @connerjohnston1391 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey Cody, I love your channel and I've been getting into electroplating lately, and was wondering if it would be possible to electroplate a blob of mercury with another metal to see what that might look like. I hope you have the time and capability to do that, I think it would be a really interesting experiment with surprising results

  • @globalcritics9076
    @globalcritics9076 7 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Is this the new Elder Scroll?

  • @anonymouse7074
    @anonymouse7074 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    You guys do know that because of his TH-cam channel, Cody can get nearly any job in his field.

    • @poptoe11
      @poptoe11 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      yess

    • @GouStoulos
      @GouStoulos 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      so? good for him :D

    • @AWSMcube
      @AWSMcube 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      f266101463 I don't know if they'd trust a guy who ingested cyanide on purpose. If Cody DIDN'T mention that he has ingested cyanide, he'd be set.

    • @XXscreams
      @XXscreams 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Well, it also show that he know his shit so well that he is ready to ingest a dangerous poison, knowing he'll be fine.
      As a boss, i would be impressed..

    • @Afrofoodie
      @Afrofoodie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sorry if this is an obvious answer but why does his youtube allow him to get any job in his field?

  • @BaddaBigBoom
    @BaddaBigBoom 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating as always.

  • @Digitalhunny
    @Digitalhunny 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for doing this video it was interesting to hear all about it!

  • @electronicsNmore
    @electronicsNmore 7 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    Dental amalgams. I remember back in the 90's when I told my dentist to remove all my amalgams and replace them with composite fillings. The dentist thought I was crazy. Meanwhile, most dentists no longer use the mercury amalgam fillings. You should have asked if he had an amalgamator. Could be very useful for you.

    • @yvrelna
      @yvrelna 7 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      electronicsNmore Your dentist is right that you're crazy. As long as the amalgam filling isn't having any other issues (e.g. leaks, decay, cracks), there is really no medical reason to replace dental amalgams. Some people may have cosmetic reasons to replace fillings that are in frontal teeth with a less visible tooth-colored filling, but the drawbacks have to be considered carefully.
      It's actually been shown that replacing dental amalgam actually releases some mercury vapor (the dangerous type of mercury), so keeping the amalgam is actually safer than replacing them if you're concerned about mercury. In any case, unless you have mercury allergy, the amount of mercury released from amalgam during its lifetime and on replacement is much smaller than the dosage that you would need to be concerned about even if all your teeth are amalgam fillings.
      Additionally, every time dentists opens up a filling, they always have to drill down through parts of the healthy teeth as well. This is why it's bad to unnecessarily reopen a filling, as it weakens the healthy teeth structure every time they do it.
      If you have a dentist that told you to replace a well functioning amalgam fillings, they are not acting in your best interest.

    • @electronicsNmore
      @electronicsNmore 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      yvrelna
      I know all about dental work. I have 2 friends that are dentists. I even have dental related videos on my channel. The best thing you can do for your health, is to remove the fillings. The dentist was wrong. Mercury has no place in the human body. Chewing on food gives off mercury vapor. When drilling away the old amalgams, it is done with suction very close to the tooth to remove any vapors, and you also breathe through your nose while it's done. Look at my teeth and let me know if you still think I'm crazy. Plenty of composite fillings, but no amalgams, caps, crowns or veneers.
      i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t507/lookingfordbn/SNV31573_zpsszsc1qrc.jpg

    • @gabrielgallo513
      @gabrielgallo513 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      electronicsNmore
      I had that type of amalgam in 4 tooths. 3 or 4 years ago my dentist replace those for composite. I am fine.

    • @ianucci
      @ianucci 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      "most dentists no longer use the mercury amalgam fillings" this is news to me, maybe thats the case in the states.

    • @SgtLion
      @SgtLion 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Mercury fillings are proven to have no adverse health effects. Mercury only presents a serious health risk in elemental form, which won't be happening unless you start pouring weird industrial chemicals into your mouth.

  • @easyhowtovids1082
    @easyhowtovids1082 7 ปีที่แล้ว +353

    Next up: Taking a bath in Mercury!

    • @easyhowtovids1082
      @easyhowtovids1082 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Completely nude!

    • @Salensuss
      @Salensuss 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Dive!

    • @easyhowtovids1082
      @easyhowtovids1082 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice!

    • @IamGrimalkin
      @IamGrimalkin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Mercury is too dense for that, you'd just float on top. Remember, when he put his hand in mercury he had to put in quite a bit of effort to keep his hand down.

    • @easyhowtovids1082
      @easyhowtovids1082 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      IamGrimalkin I know. I'm joking.

  • @creekwalker62
    @creekwalker62 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always wondered where Mercury came from. Thanks for posting.

  • @markhodgson3045
    @markhodgson3045 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really enjoy your you tube videos so varied in subject matter

  • @krazykrispy21
    @krazykrispy21 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    In your mining mercury video, you said that you didn't have access to very much mercury, so that's why you had to crush and roast the cinnabar to get it yourself. How and when did you find or gain access to your grandfather's mercury?

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder  7 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      Ah yes not sure if I mentioned this in a video, but when I was a kid my dad caught me playing with it and freaked out so he sent it to my aunt for safe keeping. I only recently got it back.

  • @bryanroberts
    @bryanroberts 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thanks Cody! Now build one so we can see it work! You know you want too! lol

  • @thehomeplatespecial597
    @thehomeplatespecial597 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    you have a rich legacy. thank you for sharing.

  • @wilsonmarinmontoya4318
    @wilsonmarinmontoya4318 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Muchas gracias por sus enseñanzas sobre geología y química.

  • @madworldsmileyface
    @madworldsmileyface 7 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    I thought you got it from Flint, Michigan's water supply.

    • @BlareWolfgang
      @BlareWolfgang 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Too soon...

    • @thrundawolf187
      @thrundawolf187 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      That's lead

    • @jennaorlowski9228
      @jennaorlowski9228 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Underskor thats lead

    • @enixine1266
      @enixine1266 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Underskor I don't know if I understood your comment correctly but it seems to be saying flint is Michigan's water supply or you could be saying flint Michigan's water supply but I live in Michigan and my water is just fine

    • @kelaya3418
      @kelaya3418 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      jason todd if you don't live under a rock then flint the city in Michigan has tainted water!

  • @shaunblunden294
    @shaunblunden294 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Looks like im early. I love your videos Cody.

  • @Player_Review
    @Player_Review 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been in several of these mines in Utah and you definitely need a good light. There are sudden dropoffs all over the place in them.

  • @jareds7969
    @jareds7969 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude, this is awesome!!! I wish I had a mine behind my house.

  • @GrandNecro
    @GrandNecro 7 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    when are you going to show us some of those Cody'sAb?

    • @mellamoroberto4408
      @mellamoroberto4408 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      GrandNecro that is amazing

    • @jesses1589
      @jesses1589 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Skeleton You're creating lies, I'm not sure who is worse....you or Hillary.

    • @Gramercyconor
      @Gramercyconor 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who is worst ted Cruz or Obama or burnie sanders

    • @matbakarich9046
      @matbakarich9046 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you volunteering to be his test subject? I'm sure we can find you someone to talk to if you have questions about how you got this way.

    • @yognut72
      @yognut72 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      how about you fuck off you homophobe.

  • @DeanLorman
    @DeanLorman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    We have a huge old mercury mine up here that burned hot leaving pools of mercury right on the surface.Fort St. James,BC,Canada.

    • @robertgift
      @robertgift 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Hope they harvest the mercury and clean it up. We don't want Hg vapor in the air.

    • @Pac0Master
      @Pac0Master 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Id like to take some of it, but I'm living on the East side.

    • @DeanLorman
      @DeanLorman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Too bad I am in Canada.

    • @Pac0Master
      @Pac0Master 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dean Lorman yeah same, but from Quebec haha.
      BC is a bit far :3

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am in Quebec. BC is too far. Would love to have 2 L of Hg.

  • @violeman
    @violeman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just love your Video`s Cody!!
    What all could Mercury be used 4 ?
    Another question of mine is,
    Is Mercury usually found in rock that contains Gold?
    Thanks 4 everything Cody.
    DEv

  • @scriptmonkeys123
    @scriptmonkeys123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Q: Where do you get your mercury?
    A: HG Wells

  • @MrSupful
    @MrSupful 7 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Really expected you'd try making a mercury still. Next video?

    • @5roundsrapid263
      @5roundsrapid263 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      MrSupful Just build a whiskey still. You'll only get a hangover instead of dementia.

    • @Charlieswag9000
      @Charlieswag9000 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      i mean as long as you get rid of the heads from the distillery you aren't gonna get a hangover and you can even double or triple distill it until its so pure

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder  7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I wanted to have a look at an actual still before I built one.

    • @MrSupful
      @MrSupful 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** Hi, crazy.

    • @yourneighbour5738
      @yourneighbour5738 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Next video: How to get gold out of cat shit

  • @dougyanez1710
    @dougyanez1710 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cody, buy yourself a high quality LED penlight like a streamlight stylus pro. Slip it into your back pocket and you'll forget it's there until you need it. The batteries last and you'll find yourself using it more often than a pocket knife. It's one of the handiest things I carry.

  • @6977warrior1
    @6977warrior1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I have about 8 lbs of pure liquid mercury in my possession. My father used to repair thermometers for huge furnaces and I took it all when we cleaned out his house after he passed away last year. A small bottle is very heavy.

    • @crustycobs2669
      @crustycobs2669 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mercury is extremely toxic, causes mental retardation and death even from a small exposure, be careful with it!

    • @squidwardDK
      @squidwardDK 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It is toxic. If you inhale the vapours. Playing with metallic mercury (maybe thrilled by the myth that it "isn't harmful"), spilling some of it, or breaking a thermometer, then maybe trying to vacuum it up - these are classical ways of getting exposed to a lot of mercury. There are case stories of families who got mercury poisoning after living a few weeks in a house with rather small amounts of mercury spill. The fact that you misspell dimethylmercury hints that you know very little about it. Did you know that in your body, some of the metallic mercury will inevitably be turned into organic mercury (and also vice versa). Gut bacteria can do this. Once it is in your system, it does not remain metallic mercury.

    • @thedankside2552
      @thedankside2552 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      squidwardDK obviously it isn’t safe to play with mercury, but elemental mercury can be stored well relatively easily the only real danger are the vapors and as long as your container is air tight(I suggest putting your airtight mercury container inside another airtight container).

  • @stevemiller6766
    @stevemiller6766 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    It is refreshing to see someone who takes a cool-headed approach to Hg instead of this panic over Hg most people take today.

    • @angolin9352
      @angolin9352 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Humans have burned coal in their own homes for hundreds if not thousands of years. Why is this only now causing mercury toxicity, when people in the past had much more direct and frequent exposure to mercury than they do today?

    • @angolin9352
      @angolin9352 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      There are more sources of mercury exposure today, but more sources =/= more exposure. If you get exposed to, say, 10g/day of CO from one thing in you house, but get rid of it and replace it with 5 things that expose to you 1g/day each, you've had a net loss in CO exposure. These numbers are all purely hypothetical, but it illustrates a mathematical truth that sometimes (x*y) < z.
      If coal contains so much mercury, then people in the past (especially in cold areas) would have had stronger symptoms of mercury toxicity than people today, because modern coal power plants 1) have air scrubbers, and 2) are typically far away from your home ad opposed to, you now - INSIDE it. A 10m x 10m x 10m cube is not 10x the volume of a 1m cube, it's 1000x the volume of a 1m cube because you're expanding all 3 dimensions at once. That's a hell of a lot of dispersal.
      CFL bulbs do not release mercury, except when they leak (which destroys the bulb) or when they blow (which causes a leak). In either case, it is such a miniscule amount of Hg that, despite what people tell you, you can put in the trash without breaking US federal or state law. Most municipalities allow it too. I know from experience that these fuckers last awhile, I've gone a year without a single CFB inside my house blow, and I use them for all of my lights.
      Vaccines still have not been linked to mercury toxicity or autism.
      You also seem to misunderstand how bioaccumulation works. When one animal consumes another animal, it consumes more or less the entire chemical composition of the animal. Depending on the animal's diet, this can be minimal (cows, chicken) or relatively high (some sea fish). When one animal gives birth to another, only a small amount of mercury in blood is transferred, and it's not the blood mercury you need to concern yourself with - It's what's accumulated in the fatty tissues, which the baby doesn't need to worry about unless the mother somehow eats herself, but doesn't kill the baby and still allows it to be born as normal. This small amount might affect prenatal development (I'm not an expert on prenatal development, but you still haven't proven that people are exposed to more mercury than they have been in the past, so we'll call this even until more evidence is brought up), but after the baby is born it will grow rapidly and the small amount of mercury it has received will be such a minor amount in comparison to its body size and weight that, percentage-wise, it has less mercury in its body than the mother.
      In the future, before replying with "omg. Moron." to polite request to explain the verbal diarrhea you post, you should either explain your position politely or admit that you have no idea of what you're talking about. You just might look like less of an "omg. Moron." yourself if you take that route.
      Just before I posted this, I decided to look up the mercury content of coal. My first search result claimed that 80% of coal contained less than .25ppm of mercury, which is absolutely miniscule, and that the mercury emitted by coal plants is mostly elemental mercury, which isn't all that bad when compared to the things people think of when they think of mercury toxicity. Since it's past 6AM and you haven't been terribly effective at proving your point, I'll only bother digging up more sources if it seems necessary to continue this discussion.

    • @randoprior4130
      @randoprior4130 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      modutchable damn some people will say anything to avoid losing an argument...
      Next time you should lead with something much more suddle such as,
      "Your mom!" Or, "gay"

    • @angolin9352
      @angolin9352 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      *subtle

    • @angolin9352
      @angolin9352 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      modutchable Clearly, Jake Pryor should be more like you, someone who presents an argument with no supporting evidence and then say you "proved it."

  • @locouk
    @locouk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That's interesting, would you be allowed to use some mined cinnabar in the old mercury still for a video demo for us?
    It would be great to see what the yield of mercury to rock is obtainable.

  • @omermagen824
    @omermagen824 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    You are now off the ranch, you must be vlogging.

    • @omermagen824
      @omermagen824 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      like if you think he should collab with Matt!

    • @dennisminshew9283
      @dennisminshew9283 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mercury filled shotgun shells

    • @TreyBattles5150
      @TreyBattles5150 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I knew I’d find this comment 😂

    • @wolfiptwolf4743
      @wolfiptwolf4743 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Omer Magen off the ranch demolition ranch codys lab

  • @s16100
    @s16100 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got my mercury collection from old Bailey and Hagan boiler controls that were taken out of service. I love mercury! :)

  • @RobertCaruso4
    @RobertCaruso4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video Cody! I must ask, would you be interested in recreating that vessel to demonstrate how well it worked?

  • @maxhammick948
    @maxhammick948 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    how were the burnt rocks removed from the roasting box? I can't see any obvious way to get them out, but there must have been some kind of door

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder  7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      remember the rake thing? I think they had to pull it out by hand.

    • @69gaydogs
      @69gaydogs 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      nah dog, they blow it out

  • @floridaarmyvet3613
    @floridaarmyvet3613 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    get the hopper working so we can see you make mercury from scratch!

    • @sandramorrison99
      @sandramorrison99 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh- HOT DAMN!
      My son is Stff Srgt 1st cls, FT Bragg! 19+
      I love YOUR MIND! My comment was pretty out THERE!
      Its bout 10 above yers!

  • @petergambier
    @petergambier 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting mine to have found and also very interesting listening to your deductions on what might have happened there.
    I have been slaking my own calcium carbonate and making lime putty mortars and plasters which I use in my work and just wish that I had studied geology in school because it's such an interesting subject.
    Where I live in the south-west of the UK we have a lot of old lime kilns where they would produce tons of quicklime for the building trade, we also had about 30 roof tile companies which exported their products all over the place and abroad, now there are none because most roof tiles are made from cement.
    Instead of making the quicklime it's more convenient to buy the quicklime from a suppliers as a finely crushed (kibbled) material like sand.
    By just adding water to the quicklime within a few minutes it bubbles and fizzles, creating massive, intense heat and from one tub of quicklime I can get back 2 tubs of lime putty which I make into the mortars and plasters that I use in my building work.
    Lime mortars use less much less energy to produce than cement mortars and the finished product on the wall absorbs carbon dioxide, and is great for better sound acoustics as well as having a warmer 'feel' to the inside of a room.

  • @MikeBaxterABC
    @MikeBaxterABC 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting piece!! :) ... as I mentioned in another comment I had quite bit of Mercury i saved from various projects when I worked in power plants and construction ... I ended up giving all my mercury to a professional Gunsmith.

  • @overlean1
    @overlean1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    "i was someone who was very experienced with mercuing with mercury" 10:59 lol

    • @overlean1
      @overlean1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      cody's a lyrical genius

    • @erikpettersson91
      @erikpettersson91 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i was going to say that

    • @sharanv9182
      @sharanv9182 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      not sure if he intended to say working with mercury but accidentally said merking

    • @toniyourcuzzin
      @toniyourcuzzin 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Merking with wercury

  • @naarSean
    @naarSean 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi Cody,
    I might have a cool challenge for you. What would you think About cultivating algue and maybe producing it become you own bio-fuel or animal food.

  • @raithanderson7941
    @raithanderson7941 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    found your video by accident, but I was mesmerized!

  • @Masteradamant
    @Masteradamant 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was mad lit dude. Props