Wow I cannot believe I haven't seen this video before. I am mostly stuck in a wheel chair and your videos are my escape to a very large degree. Please don't change a thing.
I am also pretty banged up too but I try to find an easy place to go out prospecting with my son snd partner. I call him Slim lol Jeff is my only true source for mining information
Ryeshock4 I hope you are having a great day! I came down to the comments to make a comment and I was going to say, the way he laughs is the way my best friend used to laugh like. He was in a wheelchair for 6 years due to a car accident and then passed away in 2018 off of an infection from a surgery.
I am also disabled; I was hit by an SUV in a crosswalk and will never do spelunking or mining but it is nice that these guys can still investigate mines. All my best to you and Our Lord Jesus bless you and your families.
Jeff,.... I found for the gold cube .. if you prewet the mats and then rub them with black sand to fill the matting ... when you start up your gold cube run it for a few minutes and the black sand will quickly run out and leave no air bubbles. Then you can run your ore classifieds.
I do know where there is a vein of iron pyrite that runs in a fault area of the Auburn dam area up in Auburn, California. I never thought much of it, until I saw what just occurred in the video. I was expecting a nice ingot of iron but gold, that made my day.
? Actors? Parker actual grew up gold mining? Huh? Jeff is a load of fun, but history channel has a bottom line and production model. Now if you were to mention the Hoffman's. I'd be laughing on account of that crew is a joke
Hey Jeff! Where's the episode where you shoot Slim and then he started laughing his head off. And then you went and said: "You know Slim? Out of all my friends i did that to, you're the only one who understands my sense of humor."
Right now I'm sick and missing school and watching your videos distracts me from being sick!! My birthday is February 12th and I think I might gold pan with my family because of you!
Jeff thanks a great deal for sharing your extensive knowledge of prospecting and geology. I am a science nerd and work in healthcare, but recently picked up prospecting with a friend who owns property in the carolinas not far from the Haile Gold Mine. There is an abandoned mine on the property with more quartz than I'd ever seen. I don't know if we will find the motherlode or not, but getting outdoors, learning, and having a great time is what this is all in the spirit of. God bless you sir!
Hi Jeff. I have a piece of rock that I believe contains gold. What is the easiest way to test wheather or not it really does ? I dont have sophisticated tools or chemicals.
just crush it down....then screen it through window screen and pan the fine material with Jet Dry....Inspect with a jewelers loop ( 10x ) that will tell you everything
Hi Jeff, In 1967 I was tipping 2500 lbs of iron at Brillion Iron Works, repairing furnaces (3) on weekends. You need safety glasses and face shield. The last thing I did was stick temp probe in furnace, it spit back and hit safety glasses 3 places on right eye ! Then I showered and left for the Navy for 6 years. Life would have been much different if I had not worn safety glasses and asbestos jacket. I enjoy your videos, see you around the dirt pile some day. Dan
I'm missing a couple of teeth 🪥 u think I should replace them with Gold. 🐥🍼 baby 💕 if u hang with me we're gonna be super rich 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑....I have the package. I'm the blessing.
I'm just over here trying to look at that cool little lift behind you. judging by your little shop you are quite the mechanic. as well. love your videos
So i believe i have 14 oz's of gold silver and pyrite ore. I have been trying to learn or find out how to separate the gold, silver and pyrite then smelt down the pyrite and get the gold out of it. I see what you did here and ill have to trying it but how do i separate the silver from the gold and pyrite. And information can help
I didn't wanna do it like this but I think you're my real father Jeff, I don't want to pressure you into bonding or anything... 10 pounds of fine gold and more videos should do the trick😂😂
Hey Jeff, there's a roast that I read about a long time ago and tried it and it works. This one you can do in the field as you only need a match to light it and a roasting pan like you have.Not sure but I think I either found it in " A Handbook for Prospectors" Richard M. Pearl or Roses, T.K. Take sample mix with flour or carbon, KNO3 . Also called salt peter which you can often find at drug stores or stump remover. I usually add a little soda. Usually equal parts. I've done this in old metal gold pans. Crush with your rock hammer, pan to beads collect and smelt.
Actually iron pyrite can hold up 4 ounces per ton of gold in solid solution. Arsenopyrite is potentially much richer at up to 490 ounces of gold per ton.
That's correct. Many of the pyrite deposits in the Iberian "Pyrite belt" (S. Spain & Portugal) have 4 ppm (4g/t) of gold in them. The weathered gossans are a natural concentration mechanism as the pyrite disintegrates into iron oxide and the gold is released.
I have a golden thin pyrite flakes with high carbonaceous matter , I'm not sure if it is an Arsenopyrite or chalcopyrite ... could you help me to know? please
I have a chunk of gold pyrite. I have had it for years. I bought it at a state park somewhere as a child. That was a long time ago. It looks like gold but has some square looking pieces stuck to each other on one side as far as I remember.
good teaching Jeff. Do you melt your gold before you sell it? I am going to get Slim to tell me where that mine is, tell him I'll trade it for a new gold tooth.
Great video Jeff and slim! I've missed out on your material for about a month. Got stuck in a gold mine and had to walk home...Ugh!! Hate when that happens!!! Beautiful smelt job! Nice piece of shiny! All us Patreons are excited!!!
Thanks for you informative answer I thoroughly enjoyed it. Yes I have seen black smokers on TV I did not realize they were so deep they were almost unreachable.
Frank Roberts, that's a very good response . . . thanks! If someone would like to see a black smoker on the surface, plate movement brought some up that were rich in silver and lead. they are located west of Utah Lake in the Ophir Mountains near Provo, Utah. They're all mined out now and are deep vertical shafts, maybe 20 feet across and 130+ feet deep. BLM has fenced most of them off and filled in many with local sand. There was practically no overburden or waste dump around them and they were all played out by the early 1950's.
Master Jeff williams may I request to try processing the pyrite stone with the Thermite method and only use Aluminum Powder, more clearly the piryte rock that has been mashed mesh 200 mixed with aluminum powder, because I have read an article about processing piryte rock with maximum results, please made a video tutorial, and can I ask for the WA number and can I ask about how to process sulfide rock in more depth, Thank you Friends of the Mine
hey Jeff you are awesome you would think you are a geology professor at a major university with all the knowledge that you provide all your viewers keep up the good work shutouts from Los Angeles
hey Jeff. Can I melt my fines in a potato with mapp gas?? I seen people do it with acetaline but they burned off like 4.5 grams. So I know a potato and borax works, but will mapp gas do the job??
Jeff Hi great informative video's. You are roasting sulfide's and pyrite's. I see you pan out the free gold. If you just roasted all of it, would it hurt the free gold to be present when roasting?
At 16:23 you said 2:1 ratio but the wording you added said 3:1 ratio. I am considering you meant 2:1 ratio. Can you expound on this anomaly? Love your show. Okay then, off to the newly discovered, buried over a wood frame, mine shaft marked with an heavily overgrown cairn. I did not have a shovel, as I was jus hiking off trail with my girlfriend, but could beat the hollow ground like a drum. Under beautiful rose quartz vain.
Hello Jeff, That is a good video clip and interesting thing. I know that gold inside pyrite crystal is belong to refractory mineral, that need preprocessing as you mentioned. and the mini furnace is really good if it could reach high temperature in less then 5 min. the gold you got is relatively big is worth to do it. don't forget to say hello to Slim.. Thanks a lot. Regards
When I was a child about 7 years old, I found a rock all gold. It was completely gold color. About 2 inches by 3 inches; I never believed it was gold and always thought is was fools gold. Could it have been gold! If so how much would that be worth today if it consisted primarily of gold? That was in the late 1960's
About $220k in USD. Estimating it was 2x3x2 inches =12 cubic inches = 196cc. Density is 19.3 g/cc. So weight =3.8kg. Gold price now is about $56k /kg. That is if you sold it today. This is better than if you sold it back in 1960s. Inflation in US has only gone 8x from 1960 to 2021. Gold price has done maybe 30x in the same time period.
Hey Jeff, where would you recommend purchasing crucibles, kilns and hardware needed to smelt gold. You've encouraged me to give it a crack myself! It's great what you do, very Inspiring. Cheers 👍
friend if I have 500 grams of epirite or chalcopyrite how many grams of gold can I take? Do I have to do this or can I do it with acid? Does the chalcopyrite have any% gold?
Hey Jeff, you mentioned using sodium nitrate and borax as an oxidation agent. Would potassium nitrate suffice? Also, in your experience is the addition of an oxidizing agent better than just a virgin roast of ore? Thanks Jeff and Slim!
Yes, they are almost identical except S N is hydrostatic and isn't prefered for Blk Pwd use. As for simple oxidizers - NaNo3 is fine BUT I'm pretty sure Jeff said Potassium Nitrate, KNo3, and many Blk Pwdr guys just use stump remover. Check the lable to see Pot Nit. Cheep Cheep. So, Sod Nitrate is perfect.@@TerpGod336
This solved a problem I have had for a long time...I have a few hundred pounds of high pyrite/sulfide stamp mill, end process concentrates. Had this stuff for years and I have known better than to throw it out.Guess whose gonna have something to do for the next few weekend. Thanks Jeff!
Jeff what if my mercury didn't catch much gold and left behind many gold flakes. Could my mercury be bad or is my material too gold rich...? Maybe too much pyrite or can you over squeeze the mercury in the cloth when separating the mercury form the gold?
@@Askjeffwilliams OK we will try to distill it tomorrow...we have loads of pay dirt, so we used 200g of mercury on a paint bucket of our 150 mesh material...I am Laura and my hubby Ezequiel left you his phone number on Lilis channel. We want to make a donation to your channel but we are trying to process 600 kilos and have run into this problem with our mercury....also we are trying to process without a shaker table. We love all of your videos Jeff 5 Stars!!!
Jeff, the crucible has a thin coating of slag, which may contain some gold and maybe other metals when pouring kiln-hot material into the mold. How can I "rinse" out the crucible, as you would with water, if residue were left in a glass flask? I'm concerned because if I were evaluating ore from a potential new claim, any gold left in the crucible might give me a significant error in my final analysis. Thanks for sharing this fine video and discussing so many details along the way.
so are you saying all pyrite isn't leaverite? what of iron pyrite? and I've heard of gold residing in black sand. I suspect a same sort of process to extract from it as well.
The Zombie Apocalypse store on Spring Mountain sells sand bags for $0.25 each. Sometimes they've been 6 for $1.00 over the years. Its been my go to spot for sand bags for years now. You should take slim to meet his cousins! lol... might be some fun video. Anyways... Enjoyed your Prospecting videos. Looking forward to some more... Best Wishes.
Hi Jeff, Thanks for walking us through this interesting and laborious process yielding a nice gold button. Sorry to hear about Gary's great loss, it's hard. Tell Nevada Jack he's missed - must be out robbing banks, and tell Slim his articulation is outstanding. How does he do it.? Say hi to Silver Spurs Lila and Buckskin Joe. Working on seeing you all soon!!! Take care my busy friend.
Does all pyrite specimens contain gold? What about rocks I found in a creek that have red rusty color, some geeenish color on it too and what seems to be small pieces pyrite on the outside of the rock
Wow I cannot believe I haven't seen this video before. I am mostly stuck in a wheel chair and your videos are my escape to a very large degree. Please don't change a thing.
ryeshock4 what happened liked was it an accident or from birth
I am also pretty banged up too but I try to find an easy place to go out prospecting with my son snd partner. I call him Slim lol
Jeff is my only true source for mining information
Thanks brothers i am indian
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Ryeshock4 I hope you are having a great day! I came down to the comments to make a comment and I was going to say, the way he laughs is the way my best friend used to laugh like. He was in a wheelchair for 6 years due to a car accident and then passed away in 2018 off of an infection from a surgery.
I am also disabled; I was hit by an SUV in a crosswalk and will never do spelunking or mining but it is nice that these guys can still investigate mines. All my best to you and Our Lord Jesus bless you and your families.
Slim walks into a bar. The bar tender says "what can I get you?". Slim says "Give me a beer and a mop."
Robert Tomkinson
LOL!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
I suspect Slim carries his panning tub with him to bars and stands in it.
slim walks into a bar, barman asks “what can i get ya”? Slim says “A skin full”
Wow are you kidding me, I've been watching ask Jeff Williams for 3 weeks straight everyday and today I just met slim. Are you kidding me.
Jeff,.... I found for the gold cube .. if you prewet the mats and then rub them with black sand to fill the matting ... when you start up your gold cube run it for a few minutes and the black sand will quickly run out and leave no air bubbles. Then you can run your ore classifieds.
I do know where there is a vein of iron pyrite that runs in a fault area of the Auburn dam area up in Auburn, California. I never thought much of it, until I saw what just occurred in the video. I was expecting a nice ingot of iron but gold, that made my day.
My father and I have been watching your videos a lot lately. We've been laughing our asses off and learning a lot. Thank you.
thanks you two , that what we love to hear
@@Askjeffwilliamscan you bring ur machines to my house 🏠 I have a pyrite...that needs to turn into Gold. I'll give you a piece big man 😉😊
So much better than watching Parker Knob-Breath and all those other gold rush actors.
Thanks Martin
Yup I can not watch them
? Actors? Parker actual grew up gold mining? Huh? Jeff is a load of fun, but history channel has a bottom line and production model. Now if you were to mention the Hoffman's. I'd be laughing on account of that crew is a joke
Thanks for using our Black Scorpion Table Jeff - great presentation:)
you betcha
Hey Jeff! Where's the episode where you shoot Slim and then he started laughing his head off. And then you went and said: "You know Slim? Out of all my friends i did that to, you're the only one who understands my sense of humor."
your videos get better and better. very very informative. Thanks Jeff for all the free information.
That was a lot of work! But I was surprised at the amount of gold you got out of that stuff!
Right now I'm sick and missing school and watching your videos distracts me from being sick!! My birthday is February 12th and I think I might gold pan with my family because of you!
Out of all the folks who YT about gold, you are by far the best! Keep up the awesome work, and keep sending out those good vibes! :)
Thanks.
Jeff thanks a great deal for sharing your extensive knowledge of prospecting and geology. I am a science nerd and work in healthcare, but recently picked up prospecting with a friend who owns property in the carolinas not far from the Haile Gold Mine. There is an abandoned mine on the property with more quartz than I'd ever seen. I don't know if we will find the motherlode or not, but getting outdoors, learning, and having a great time is what this is all in the spirit of. God bless you sir!
Thanks Michael and you too my friend. Follow the clues and you will find the Shiney.
wow thanks now i know how to melt my pyrite i have a lot of it thanks again
Hi Jeff. I have a piece of rock that I believe contains gold. What is the easiest way to test wheather or not it really does ? I dont have sophisticated tools or chemicals.
just crush it down....then screen it through window screen and pan the fine material with Jet Dry....Inspect with a jewelers loop ( 10x ) that will tell you everything
How much pyrite sulfides did you have,, and what did that roughly give you in gold
Hi Jeff, In 1967 I was tipping 2500 lbs of iron at Brillion Iron Works, repairing furnaces (3) on weekends. You need safety glasses and face shield. The last thing I did was stick temp probe in furnace, it spit back and hit safety glasses 3 places on right eye ! Then I showered and left for the Navy for 6 years. Life would have been much different if I had not worn safety glasses and asbestos jacket. I enjoy your videos, see you around the dirt pile some day. Dan
thanks Dan
Professor Jeff Wanted to say thanks for the book and sample. Now I know where Slims gold teeth went. Keep it up, your doing great.
I'm missing a couple of teeth 🪥 u think I should replace them with Gold. 🐥🍼 baby 💕 if u hang with me we're gonna be super rich 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑....I have the package. I'm the blessing.
I'm just over here trying to look at that cool little lift behind you. judging by your little shop you are quite the mechanic. as well. love your videos
So i believe i have 14 oz's of gold silver and pyrite ore. I have been trying to learn or find out how to separate the gold, silver and pyrite then smelt down the pyrite and get the gold out of it. I see what you did here and ill have to trying it but how do i separate the silver from the gold and pyrite. And information can help
Focus on gold and silver....forget the pyrite...
I didn't wanna do it like this but I think you're my real father Jeff, I don't want to pressure you into bonding or anything...
10 pounds of fine gold and more videos should do the trick😂😂
Who could ever dislike a video with a man like slim in it?
Brother Blacksmith I think trolls just dislike to be jerks.
Or Jeff Williams. He has a great gimmick with Slim and his character and he's also a trove of knowledge.
I accidentally just disliked it when I turned my phone sideways, then i noticed like half way through the video but i fix it and gave it a thumbs up.
does the flux keep the gold from vaporizing or are you staying below the temp of golds vaporization point? that may be a dumb question sorry...
From one jeff to another......
Thank you, you sir are the most entertaining and intelligent person on Yt...Slim is cool too!
Let's goooooo
Hey Jeff, there's a roast that I read about a long time ago and tried it and it works. This one you can do in the field as you only need a match to light it and a roasting pan like you have.Not sure but I think I either found it in " A Handbook for Prospectors" Richard M. Pearl or Roses, T.K. Take sample mix with flour or carbon, KNO3 . Also called salt peter which you can often find at drug stores or stump remover. I usually add a little soda. Usually equal parts. I've done this in old metal gold pans. Crush with your rock hammer, pan to beads collect and smelt.
Actually iron pyrite can hold up 4 ounces per ton of gold in solid solution. Arsenopyrite is potentially much richer at up to 490 ounces of gold per ton.
That's correct. Many of the pyrite deposits in the Iberian "Pyrite belt" (S. Spain & Portugal) have 4 ppm (4g/t) of gold in them. The weathered gossans are a natural concentration mechanism as the pyrite disintegrates into iron oxide and the gold is released.
nope mate..some have more like cyprus iron pyrite has way more gold
@@karhukivi careful todd hoffman gunna start mining pyrite since 4g/ton is richer than any dirt hes mined
I have a golden thin pyrite flakes with high carbonaceous matter , I'm not sure if it is an Arsenopyrite or chalcopyrite ... could you help me to know? please
Love it!!love all your videos and your Contant. Can’t wait to become a patrieon!!!! maybe next month🙏💯💯🔥🫵🏼👍👏🏼👏🏼🤞
Thanks Miquel , we really appreciate that
Thank you Jeff, and Slim for a very educational video. You guys are the best on TH-cam
Hey Jeff what can someone do to smelt on a budget Any tips or suggestions would be great thanks
Hank Chapman flux with clay crucible and fire proof wool for furnace ....charcoal and a blow dryer
That's cool! I got some pyrite..
This guys channel is so underrated it’s unbelievable.
dam Jeff Williams replied I guess Slim was to busy I feel like a celebrity sent me a shout out.
Love the lessons ,you're an awesome teacher JEFF. Thanks. TANK
I appreciate that!
I have a chunk of gold pyrite. I have had it for years. I bought it at a state park somewhere as a child. That was a long time ago. It looks like gold but has some square looking pieces stuck to each other on one side as far as I remember.
- yay Slim!
- it's hilarious when he calls you "chump"
Thank God , you've shown me I'm not the craziest person on Earth. .we enjoyed the hell out of this. TFF WTG
How does this channel not have over a million subs???
By far some of the best content on the TH-cam's.
thanks ...
Shhh .... we don’t need everyone to know this process
Jeff, I think it's mostly copper and silver, and if you throw it in nitric acid, it's still 10 percent.))
How many pounds of rock did you hammer Jeff?
All of em!
Hello.Whats roasting process?📟furnace.
A Metallica song Jeff you just got even more cool in my book buddy.
I hate videos when the author spends any time with themselves in the video. Except for you Jeff, you're good entertainment.
I'm just now watching this video. Feb 6th is my birthday but I'm 33 now
Happy Birthday from Mexico!
good teaching Jeff. Do you melt your gold before you sell it? I am going to get Slim to tell me where that mine is, tell him I'll trade it for a new gold tooth.
Headly Lemar
He looks like he should trade the location for a hamburger and fries 🍔🍟. 👀💀
Great video Jeff and slim! I've missed out on your material for about a month. Got stuck in a gold mine and had to walk home...Ugh!! Hate when that happens!!! Beautiful smelt job! Nice piece of shiny! All us Patreons are excited!!!
I thought Iron pyrite was fools gold? I didn't think it contained gold??
Geologist quality words -impressive. Very rare when someone can give a brief definition of mineralogy and geology with such accuracy. GJK
Thanks for you informative answer I thoroughly enjoyed it. Yes I have seen black smokers on TV I did not realize they were so deep they were almost unreachable.
wow man thanks ...
Frank Roberts, that's a very good response . . . thanks! If someone would like to see a black smoker on the surface, plate movement brought some up that were rich in silver and lead. they are located west of Utah Lake in the Ophir Mountains near Provo, Utah. They're all mined out now and are deep vertical shafts, maybe 20 feet across and 130+ feet deep. BLM has fenced most of them off and filled in many with local sand. There was practically no overburden or waste dump around them and they were all played out by the early 1950's.
Frank Roberts hey there sir! thank you so much for the brief explanation as well as to the person that asked.
13:29 “YEA gold dose float”
I saw another prospector on here say “ gold overweight has been all its life, WONT go uphill”
Man I had no idea that I was going to have to read and arithmetic
Master Jeff williams may I request to try processing the pyrite stone with the Thermite method and only use Aluminum Powder, more clearly the piryte rock that has been mashed mesh 200 mixed with aluminum powder, because I have read an article about processing piryte rock with maximum results, please made a video tutorial, and can I ask for the WA number and can I ask about how to process sulfide rock in more depth, Thank you Friends of the Mine
thanks
Nice to see Slim again, Hope he doesn't get the flu that's doing the rounds.
Kanuckbrewer o take probiotics and you won't get the flu
?Like kimchee and kraut??Thanks
joe18370 yes you will nothing stops the flu but vaccines yet it still mutates constantly
Au sum! I'm glad that there is a minute amount of gold found in iron pyrite. I'm not crazy after all. Thanks for the knowledge Jeff!!!
you betcha .
I'm going to have to report you to the authorities for working Slim so hard lately. Just look at him, he's plum tuckered out... :P
Working him to the bone ^^ "badum tsh" I'll show myself out
hey Jeff you are awesome you would think you are a geology professor at a major university with all the knowledge that you provide all your viewers keep up the good work shutouts from Los Angeles
Thanks Anthony and yes have a Degree in it and we use to give classes , lectures but have been super Busy lately
I like it when he says, "And yeah your gonna get wet."
Hey my name is Jeff, and prospecting and working on my car are my favorite hobbies, so we got those things in common
GREAT SHOW JEFF I GIVE IT A 105& GREAT SHOW THANKS JEFF I AM LEARNING A LOT...
WOW we finally passed the 100 mark. thanks for the great reviews and glad you liked the vid.
LOVE IT & SLIM...
That Gold Cube is a cool invention. I've seen it in your newer videos and now I see it 7 years back. How long have you had it?
Great to see the process and get a practical recipe that works. Thx
There be gold in them there hills.
What is the advantage of using nitric acid to separate gold from pyrite?and what is the disadvantages?
5:17 MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE!!
oh YEAH !!!!!!
@@Askjeffwilliams watsaff sand
hey Jeff. Can I melt my fines in a potato with mapp gas?? I seen people do it with acetaline but they burned off like 4.5 grams. So I know a potato and borax works, but will mapp gas do the job??
and YEAH you're gonna get wet! Lol....
Jeff Hi great informative video's. You are roasting sulfide's and pyrite's. I see you pan out the free gold. If you just roasted all of it, would it hurt the free gold to be present when roasting?
Thanks.....you can roast them all together and it will nmot effect the Gold.
Thank's, now working on getting hydrofluoric acid and iron out.
Ah Hell
My brains acheing from all the senseless Cackling..i cant get to the part he might have said something intelligent..Good Luck.
At 16:23 you said 2:1 ratio but the wording you added said 3:1 ratio. I am considering you meant 2:1 ratio. Can you expound on this anomaly? Love your show. Okay then, off to the newly discovered, buried over a wood frame, mine shaft marked with an heavily overgrown cairn. I did not have a shovel, as I was jus hiking off trail with my girlfriend, but could beat the hollow ground like a drum. Under beautiful rose quartz vain.
Hello Jeff, That is a good video clip and interesting thing. I know that gold inside pyrite crystal is belong to refractory mineral, that need preprocessing as you mentioned. and the mini furnace is really good if it could reach high temperature in less then 5 min. the gold you got is relatively big is worth to do it. don't forget to say hello to Slim.. Thanks a lot.
Regards
Does all Pyrite contain this much gold!?!?
When I was a child about 7 years old, I found a rock all gold. It was completely gold color. About 2 inches by 3 inches; I never believed it was gold and always thought is was fools gold. Could it have been gold! If so how much would that be worth today if it consisted primarily of gold? That was in the late 1960's
About $220k in USD.
Estimating it was 2x3x2 inches =12 cubic inches = 196cc.
Density is 19.3 g/cc.
So weight =3.8kg.
Gold price now is about $56k /kg.
That is if you sold it today.
This is better than if you sold it back in 1960s. Inflation in US has only gone 8x from 1960 to 2021.
Gold price has done maybe 30x in the same time period.
Man that look like a ton of fun. A perfect thing to do when the weather is to bad to go out prospecting
Hey Jeff, where would you recommend purchasing crucibles, kilns and hardware needed to smelt gold. You've encouraged me to give it a crack myself! It's great what you do, very Inspiring. Cheers 👍
Hi Mark , try this link ....just let them know that we sent you to get a discount.
makeyourowngoldbars.com/
friend if I have 500 grams of epirite or chalcopyrite how many grams of gold can I take? Do I have to do this or can I do it with acid? Does the chalcopyrite have any% gold?
I would contact Jeff throuh his website...if I had your question
Hey Jeff, you mentioned using sodium nitrate and borax as an oxidation agent. Would potassium nitrate suffice?
Also, in your experience is the addition of an oxidizing agent better than just a virgin roast of ore? Thanks Jeff and Slim!
I wish he would answer your question. I’m intrigued
Yes, they are almost identical except S N is hydrostatic and isn't prefered for Blk Pwd use. As for simple oxidizers - NaNo3 is fine BUT I'm pretty sure Jeff said Potassium Nitrate, KNo3, and many Blk Pwdr guys just use stump remover. Check the lable to see Pot Nit. Cheep Cheep. So, Sod Nitrate is perfect.@@TerpGod336
This solved a problem I have had for a long time...I have a few hundred pounds of high pyrite/sulfide stamp mill, end process concentrates. Had this stuff for years and I have known better than to throw it out.Guess whose gonna have something to do for the next few weekend. Thanks Jeff!
you betcha.
Amazing machines, tools and techniques to recover gold. Thanks for sharing.
Slim being the cool guy as always
Jeff what if my mercury didn't catch much gold and left behind many gold flakes. Could my mercury be bad or is my material too gold rich...? Maybe too much pyrite or can you over squeeze the mercury in the cloth when separating the mercury form the gold?
you can have " Sic " mercury ...it must be distilled.
@@Askjeffwilliams OK we will try to distill it tomorrow...we have loads of pay dirt, so we used 200g of mercury on a paint bucket of our 150 mesh material...I am Laura and my hubby Ezequiel left you his phone number on Lilis channel. We want to make a donation to your channel but we are trying to process 600 kilos and have run into this problem with our mercury....also we are trying to process without a shaker table. We love all of your videos Jeff 5 Stars!!!
Hello, i didnt see the link for the kk8? Please post so we can buy...thanks for videos...you are funny and educational.
Jeff, the crucible has a thin coating of slag, which may contain some gold and maybe other metals when pouring kiln-hot material into the mold. How can I "rinse" out the crucible, as you would with water, if residue were left in a glass flask? I'm concerned because if I were evaluating ore from a potential new claim, any gold left in the crucible might give me a significant error in my final analysis. Thanks for sharing this fine video and discussing so many details along the way.
you have to use a thinner with the flux....
I would love to have gold to make .. im currently in kidney failure so your videos Def are wonderful to watch and learn.
Sorry to hear that
If I melt gold plated jewelry and pour it in to a cylinder will the gold settle at the bottom and leave the lighter metals on top
Ok Jeff I finally got it! SLIM was the skeleton that made a cameo appearance in the background on your video with Chigg!! Yessir !!
BINGO
You are freaking funny!!!
First time viewer. LMBO!!!
so are you saying all pyrite isn't leaverite? what of iron pyrite? and I've heard of gold residing in black sand. I suspect a same sort of process to extract from it as well.
Question: why oxidize then reduce? Is it needed to liberate the gold from the sulfide lattice?
yes you must oxidize the sulfur first to leave behind Gold and iron...then you can smelt down the Gold and remove the junk
The Zombie Apocalypse store on Spring Mountain sells sand bags for $0.25 each. Sometimes they've been 6 for $1.00 over the years. Its been my go to spot for sand bags for years now. You should take slim to meet his cousins! lol... might be some fun video. Anyways... Enjoyed your Prospecting videos. Looking forward to some more... Best Wishes.
82,000 subs!! awesome cant wait to see some upcoming stuff , could you do some more california gold panning or even show how to surface prospect
Hi Jeff, I wanted to know if iron pyrite is a good candidate for smelting?
Howdy partner..
jeff. Oh noooooo i made my bullies drink sulfer and iron lol
Jeff Williams can you post a picture of what the sulfides look like up close?
great teaching on sulfite and gold smelting. I'm looking for a used PI detector.
Now that was a pretty cool little trick Jeff! Loved it...
Jeff have been trying to reach you. How do I know that the pyrites I keep tossing away has gold or not?
friend help with advice please! Is this flux suitable for 1.7 percent, grade gold pyrite concentrate? and how much do you need this flux? 3: 1?
yes if the sulfides have been oxidized first and yes 3 to 1
Thank you my frend!
Hi Jeff, Thanks for walking us through this interesting and laborious process yielding a nice gold button. Sorry to hear about Gary's great loss, it's hard. Tell Nevada Jack he's missed - must be out robbing banks, and tell Slim his articulation is outstanding. How does he do it.? Say hi to Silver Spurs Lila and Buckskin Joe. Working on seeing you all soon!!! Take care my busy friend.
Does all pyrite specimens contain gold? What about rocks I found in a creek that have red rusty color, some geeenish color on it too and what seems to be small pieces pyrite on the outside of the rock
Cool. I make and fire pottery. I’ll have to consider trying this someday.
Your Product Demonstration Is AWESOME
thanks Rudy
Hello Jeff it would be interesting to see you use Minelab ctx 3030 to finding gold. I hear you can set a high frequency for only GOLD!!!
Hello Jeff! Would it be safer to boil the sulfides in water? Does it do anything to them if you boil it in water? Thank you Best regards Annette
no