dropped with smb, waiting for the gold to settle out. It was a dirty solution, so I will be going to AR for a 2nd time
Finished 2500g batch of gold filled material
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dropped with smb, waiting for the gold to settle out. It was a dirty solution, so I will be going to AR for a 2nd time
evaporating the water for the final time. Hoping for 70-100 grams from this last batch 
not as much as I hoped for but close. A nice little pile of pure Au powder.
Not yet. I don't melt until I can make a kilo bar. I have another 200 grams to go, then I'll melt it and take it to the buyer.
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What’s your original material source? That’s a lot of gold filled, yield %?
timsiggins
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I would like to know too. that pic looks like a gram or 2
I usually get a 3%-5% yield off gold filled material. The bowl is a 1 liter dish so it's quite a bit of powder. This batch yielded 68 grams.
I get the material from garage sales, estate sales, etc. It's sold as gold plated junk jewelry, usually. I buy bags of it for pennies and seperate the gold filled from the plated.
If gold prices go back up, I'll make a stripping cell for all of the gold plated junk I have.
I get the material from garage sales, estate sales, etc. It's sold as gold plated junk jewelry, usually. I buy bags of it for pennies and seperate the gold filled from the plated.
If gold prices go back up, I'll make a stripping cell for all of the gold plated junk I have.
This is where most of my gold comes from. I only process gold filled material when I can't get out to my claims, usually during winter. 
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Cryptostack88
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Are you interested in selling the nugget gold from your claim when available?
Please, share your pictures of the awesome kilo bar when it's done.
I will certainly do that. It normally takes me a year to get a kilo to melt.
Sounds as you need a stronger torch.
William656
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Wow! I only yield about 2.1%-2.4%. How do you get up to 5%?? Is this accurate? Your 2.5 kilo batch seems to have yielded 2.7%. Would love some tips.
Also, did you process the 2.5 kilo batch all at once? If so, what size beakers did you use and what’s a brief rundown on your process for managing so much at once? Thanks so much.
