You will get a much cleaner casting if you will preheat your graphite mold to a higher temperature (red hot) before pouring the gold. Any great variation between mold and metal temps (even just a slightly cooler mold) will cause cold casting issues in the finished bar. Also best to keep full heat on the poured metal for a longer period to help extend the molten state to allow the metal to fill all of the voids. Not real important for simply casting for scrap, but does produce a much nicer finished bar.
Wow, the gold bar is impressive but the discipline (and steady hands) you exercised to complete this long process is even more notable - congratulations.
Most of the chemicals are quite cheap and not hard to buy locally. Only the nitric acid either costs much of anything or is difficult to get. I once asked senior chief why he uses HCL instead of saltwater to precipitate silver, and he said HCL was more convenient. So HCL must not cost much of anything either. You can get some stuff cheap from overseas (urea, sodium metabisulfite) but that may not be worth the trouble. I doubt that he used more than a few dollars worth of electricity. So it is all about your labor, the price of nitric acid, and how cheaply you can get karat gold. To make money, you have to get bargains on the gold. When you buy stuff from folks you have to cover the times when you buy stuff that turns out not to be worthwhile.
A very enjoyable series of videos. Kept me coming back each time , which is a good sign of any production. I'm glad it turned out so well. Thanks for sharing your time and effort👍
That was very neat watching this series. I loved the look of that bar how the cooling layers stood out like that. I bet it was an experience holding that thudder in your hand
Okay, my heart skipped a beat when you handled that industrial size beaker with a small fortune in solution... "I'll just pour this through the funnel" he said...
Great video once again sir. Respect for your dedication to your followers, I really enjoyed this series. Great work and hard work payed off with a beautiful big bar. 🙏
I love the way this gentleman is meticulous in explaining the process so thoroughly that even though I am not conversant with chemistry, I am able to grasp what he is explaining. Great video. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you, Sir. Lots of love from Rwanda 🇷🇼.
I'll never get tired of seeing the SMB hit a big batch of chloroauric acid! Almost looks like an atomic detonation upside down, including the little lightning tracers from the surface. Congrats on a marathon refining project!
Wow. Surely some what was I thinking moments. Really great job being patient, solving problems and explaining so well. Absolutely beautiful final result. Impressive.
Great job man, I've learned alot from watching the whole process through all 5 videos. Thank you very much for all the hard work you put into this series. And for taking the time to explain and educate us. Keep doing what you do. Much Love & Respect...👍
Outstanding. I have been waiting for this final video!! I know in part 3 that you said you would get 100% of your silver back. Loved to see a video and numbers, and yes I've watched your silver cell videos. I'm just curious on this one batch. Thanks again!
I have a question about shipping and transport of these precious metals. How are they shipped? Do you use USPS, FedEx or UPS and do you acquire insurance on your packages in case of lost or theft?
IRS can't touch assets and as he already paid for the materials to melt it to that level, I would say this would be tax free....you cannot tax something of this twice.
I love all your videos but this was truly amazing. What a task to make that bar. I was glued to all five parts of this and watched it until it was all over. I appreciate your content. I'm learning a lot about my new hobby. I bought that book you referred to as well. Thanks!
That's a lovely bar! You always say that precipitation is your favourite part, when refining my first bar I found the melting and pouring of the bar to be the most satisfying to me :) Also, people might not realize, but that must have been a lot of hard work! Including the recording and and editing of the video, which substantially adds to the time it takes to refine the gold!
That is an understatement. For the viewer it must look easy. But its a Giant pain getting everything ready to shoot and make it happen like you want. I pour 110% into production and editing. It takes a toll on me and I’m an absolute mess for a day or two after I get the video posted. Especially if I’m up till 3 or 4 am. I may appear calm and in control during the video, but I edit out all the cussing and illness when something messes up. Comes with the territory.
I clicked the first video out of interest and ended up here. What an incredible process and result, made even better by your East Coast accent narrating 😃
I could really feel how you felt when filling the crucible with the powder....a tense moment, exciting.... amazing how tough gold is....no wonder it's valuable.
Good for you! That’s just about $48,000 gold bar God bless you and your family for being fortunate enough to accumulate such riches’ god speed! Not only did you already sell the bar but you also made a pretty penny from TH-cam with your ads so you’re on fire brother sweet congratulations! 🎈🎉🎊🍾
You will get a much cleaner casting if you will preheat your graphite mold to a higher temperature (red hot) before pouring the gold. Any great variation between mold and metal temps (even just a slightly cooler mold) will cause cold casting issues in the finished bar. Also best to keep full heat on the poured metal for a longer period to help extend the molten state to allow the metal to fill all of the voids. Not real important for simply casting for scrap, but does produce a much nicer finished bar.
He was going for that breaking bad at home look
Wow, the gold bar is impressive but the discipline (and steady hands) you exercised to complete this long process is even more notable - congratulations.
Spent the last 3 hours watching this entire process. I have watched most of the newer episodes and you have come a long way. Great work!
I also just did the same thing lol. Just realized it when I saw your comment. Pretty good way to spend my life.
That’s an awesome name
Fantastic!!! Thank you for taking us along with you . You really nailed it this time. Well done.
What a ride these 5 episodes were! Such a satisfying end to all that hard work. As always, great work!
Absolutely grate man. Right to the point. Very good methodology for the novice to understand. What a beautiful result ❣️.
Congrats! Great series of videos. Watched all of them, excellent and stress-relieving as well!
Awesome Job! It's extremely interesting to watch you do this whole process. Thank you, for taking us along for the ride!
Really enjoyed this series, thank you, kept me looking forward to something all week.
"It was a VERY unpleasant experience!" - until that bar is poured my friend.....great work.
I'd love to see a break down of the cost for the raw materials (karat gold, chemicals, etc etc ) and labor vs. the value of the bar today.
This! Also add in the power consumption on an induction coil for 5 hours etc. I bet it adds up
Me too.
It's all down to how cheap you can get the raw materials (jewelry).
most of those chemicals are made on industrial scales so can be procured inexpensively
Most of the chemicals are quite cheap and not hard to buy locally. Only the nitric acid either costs much of anything or is difficult to get. I once asked senior chief why he uses HCL instead of saltwater to precipitate silver, and he said HCL was more convenient. So HCL must not cost much of anything either. You can get some stuff cheap from overseas (urea, sodium metabisulfite) but that may not be worth the trouble.
I doubt that he used more than a few dollars worth of electricity.
So it is all about your labor, the price of nitric acid, and how cheaply you can get karat gold.
To make money, you have to get bargains on the gold. When you buy stuff from folks you have to cover the times when you buy stuff that turns out not to be worthwhile.
A very enjoyable series of videos. Kept me coming back each time , which is a good sign of any production. I'm glad it turned out so well. Thanks for sharing your time and effort👍
Amazing job!! Thank you, for filming and sharing your video and the process with us. The wife and me absolutely love you and your work!
Great series of videos with a brilliant ending well done sreetips great work !
Great work, congrats.
Apreciate that your mistakes are shown and mentioned, makes this valuable to everybody wanting to learn.
Thanks
Cant remember the last time I was excited about a video coming out. Great videos keep up the good work.
I low key love how you have Sreetips written on almost everything in your shop. Love the vids. Keep it up!
That was pretty amazing stuff. Really fun to watch. Congrats on the completed product
That was very neat watching this series. I loved the look of that bar how the cooling layers stood out like that. I bet it was an experience holding that thudder in your hand
Oh that's great. From now I'll call this smartest scientist mr. sreetips by the title of
"THUNDER HAND SREETIPS" 👍🏼
You are a patient man. You explained everything very well! Thoroughly enjoyed the ride. Thanks!
Nicely done always enjoy watching your videos. Excited to see what you do next!
Okay, my heart skipped a beat when you handled that industrial size beaker with a small fortune in solution... "I'll just pour this through the funnel" he said...
That sponge in the beaker was one of the most beautiful things I've seen ! But then the bar was Stellar. Awesome job !! and Well done Sir !!
Thanks!
WOW!! Love your videos buddy. You do amazing refining work. Keep them coming!!
Great video once again sir. Respect for your dedication to your followers, I really enjoyed this series.
Great work and hard work payed off with a beautiful big bar. 🙏
I cant even imagine what it must have felt like when you first picked up that bar. Wow!!!
There is nothing, absolutely nothing, like holding a chunk of pure gold in your hand
This is THE 💣 💣 💣 💣
@@sreetips Amen!
Any size, from a tiny speck in your gold pan, To a big natural Nugget around 7 ounces. It all absolutely amazing.
You can see why this stuff drove prospectors half insane. It's making my mouth water.
You are the coolest dude on TH-cam! Great video! I really want to get into gold refining
Amazing! Absolutely fun to watch. Thank you, Sreetips!
I love the way this gentleman is meticulous in explaining the process so thoroughly that even though I am not conversant with chemistry, I am able to grasp what he is explaining. Great video. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you, Sir. Lots of love from Rwanda 🇷🇼.
You must really be able to feel the weight difference with 25 oz (!) of gold in that aqua regia...! Great series, Sreetips!
I'll never get tired of seeing the SMB hit a big batch of chloroauric acid! Almost looks like an atomic detonation upside down, including the little lightning tracers from the surface. Congrats on a marathon refining project!
Hello you know about the electropolishing for gold ornament
Can you tell me something about electropolishing in Gold ornament which chemical used in electropolishing gold ornament
Wow. Surely some what was I thinking moments. Really great job being patient, solving problems and explaining so well. Absolutely beautiful final result. Impressive.
This is beautiful. Soul educational! Thank you!!!
Great job man, I've learned alot from watching the whole process through all 5 videos. Thank you very much for all the hard work you put into this series. And for taking the time to explain and educate us. Keep doing what you do. Much Love & Respect...👍
Thank you, master
My husband watched this without me while I was at work. Rude!
It was really a pleasure watching your gold purity processing series. I learn a lot from it. Thanks.
Great series! Enjoyed every minute of it! Beautiful bar! Awesome job!
You are going to be in the history books!!
Heck you already are in the history books!
Sreetips is in his own category!!
Have a Great Day My Friend!!!
Was it my device or was this video lost for about 4 hours??
That is amazing! I wish I knew how to do that.
watch his videos over and over . That is how I learned . His videos are the best on you tube . The only thing I do different is I use a little mercury
Outstanding. I have been waiting for this final video!! I know in part 3 that you said you would get 100% of your silver back. Loved to see a video and numbers, and yes I've watched your silver cell videos. I'm just curious on this one batch. Thanks again!
Love watching your processes. Learn a lot and love watching that shiny gold at the end!
I have a question about shipping and transport of these precious metals.
How are they shipped? Do you use USPS, FedEx or UPS and do you acquire insurance on your packages in case of lost or theft?
I would like to know this also. You would think insurance on this type of shipment would be costly but i have no idea how that works
USPS registered mail
This is the best part, the part I like the best. You took brown sugar and made a gold bar.
I feel rich, as I have a big bag of brown sugar in the cupboard.
Hahahahah lol
I've been watching for some time now. Your channel is fascinating!
Really enjoyed this particular series. I enjoyed the way you explain everything that you're doing.
This is alchemy 🤯
Alchemy is turning one material into another, this is just purification
***IRS enters the chat::👀
😅😂
haha shhh you'll spoil the fun
@@lazyjackass77 🤭🤭🤭 I didn't see anything...😁
IRS can't touch assets and as he already paid for the materials to melt it to that level, I would say this would be tax free....you cannot tax something of this twice.
I couldn't wait I was so happy to see this post great content and thank u for ur service
Sreetips amazing work! This series was amazing. Congratulations on the wonderful job you have done.
Rarely does one video convince me to subscribe, but this one did! Thank you.
I really enjoyed watching this series! Thanks!
Incredible job sreetips! This was an amazing series to watch and wow what an end product, appreciate all your hard work!
I love all your videos but this was truly amazing. What a task to make that bar. I was glued to all five parts of this and watched it until it was all over. I appreciate your content. I'm learning a lot about my new hobby. I bought that book you referred to as well. Thanks!
Excellent, thank you
sreetips, thank you for putting these videos together and sharing them with us.
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing the process!
*sreetips* Just blown away, you sir are indeed the Grand Wizard ... Thank-you so much for taking the time to bring us along. God Bless.
Gold looks so weird in that form. Looks like dirt or mud! Awesome work, God bless
What a fantastic demonstration of knowledge, determination and skill! This was wonderful to watch. Thanks!
Bravo!
These videos are incredibly fascinating. Keep up the good work.
Excellent presentation. All 5 have been brilliant.
Congratulations. I enjoyed the adventure. Thank you for sharing
I just finished watching this group of video. Wow! Congratulations on a job well done. Impressed....
That's a lovely bar! You always say that precipitation is your favourite part, when refining my first bar I found the melting and pouring of the bar to be the most satisfying to me :)
Also, people might not realize, but that must have been a lot of hard work! Including the recording and and editing of the video, which substantially adds to the time it takes to refine the gold!
That is an understatement. For the viewer it must look easy. But its a Giant pain getting everything ready to shoot and make it happen like you want. I pour 110% into production and editing. It takes a toll on me and I’m an absolute mess for a day or two after I get the video posted. Especially if I’m up till 3 or 4 am. I may appear calm and in control during the video, but I edit out all the cussing and illness when something messes up. Comes with the territory.
Love this kind of stuff. Thanks for posting.
Great job, congratulations on completing the project. Bill
You make it look so easy. Lol.
Congratulations! That was fun!
Lovely 5 part series, thank you sir!
I have finnaly started the recycle business and I hope I can do this some day. Always great videos. Thank you.
I clicked the first video out of interest and ended up here. What an incredible process and result, made even better by your East Coast accent narrating 😃
I used to do silent movies with text
Nicely done! Totally worth the 5 videos!
Fantastic series as always. I really liked the close up shot of the gold powder at the beginning.
It is quite the thing to look at
Excellent video ! enjoyed the whole series
I was excited to see this video was out, congrats! By the way, nice watch.
Great job I have been waiting for this video
Such a beautiful result. Great work
Fantastic series. Excellent work Sreetips.
Thanks for showing this. Very cool.
not a clue from the start ,but you got me hooked ,learnt alot
I highly admire your professionalism and your willingness to share your knowledge in detail. Thank you Sreetips.
Thanks for making the videos !! Very interesting and educational !👍
Fantastic set of videos, Iv learned so much about gold I knew absolutely nothing about.
Great channel. I love when you talk about mistakes, that sometimes happen. And no big deal.
Nice!!! Looks amazing! 👍
Bravo 🤜🔥🤛that was incredible 💪💪💪 great video thank you for sharing
Go NAVY! Super nice video! So very cool !!!
Wow. 👏👏👏👏👏 really really Awesome!!! That was a long process but in the end. Well worth it!!! 👌 👍👍 thanks for sharing. ✌😎💙
I could really feel how you felt when filling the crucible with the powder....a tense moment, exciting.... amazing how tough gold is....no wonder it's valuable.
Wow that was so much hard Work i hope you got a good Price for it mate awesome Vlogs love them so much always looking for your next instalment lol
Cool video, thanks for showing us this!
Great job! Well worth the wait
Nice job very good melting setup congratulations
You went off air a few hours ago. I thought you decided not to air this video. Glad to see it back.
I love hearing your excitement when you dropped it in the water haha I would be too if I made that myself. Thats so awesome! Congratulations 👏
Good for you! That’s just about $48,000 gold bar God bless you and your family for being fortunate enough to accumulate such riches’ god speed! Not only did you already sell the bar but you also made a pretty penny from TH-cam with your ads so you’re on fire brother sweet congratulations! 🎈🎉🎊🍾
Very good job thank you for this moment 🤩🤩🤩 "just do it "😍😍😍
Beautiful bar of gold! Would love to see you refine actual nuggets straight from the Klondike. Great videos, thanks.
you Sir are amazing! Thank you for sharing every detail with us!
In my opinion, this was the best video. Even though it was out of your experience. You could actually buy a decent car with that bar! Awesome!
Sooo good!! Very entertaining! I've learned a lot from you!!! Thank You!! What's next?
I love these videos you learn so much
Wow im new but watched every part and jst amazing congratulations came out very nice I really enjoyed watching this