gold refining noob

[Anonymous]

ok so im really new to gold refining i have a bounch of computer crap iv taken apart

i have a whole bunch of gold fingers and gold pins iv desoldered
so i have a bnuch of clean and none clean metal to work with both a separated

so i have a pill bottle filled with just gold pins

all i know is i need a 1:3 of nitric acid and HCI
im going to use muriatic acid for the HCI
and make nitric acid with sodium nitrate and muriatic acid

to pull all the gold out then later use a metal salt to make the
gold flake once the mixture has be die looted and filtered

but im not sure how to get the silver and other metals out
i need some one to walk me throe ever thing in simple terms

 

[jimdoc]

Do yourself a favor and take your time,and read all you need to learn here on the forum to understand what you have to do,and the safety concerns.
You can always build up more items to process as you learn,no time is lost
by not rushing into this,because you should erase mistakes before they are made.

Jim

 

[Anonymous]

i need step by step guide thats in terms i can understand
can some one give me link

 

[lazersteve]

Follow the Guided Tour link below, check out my website and store while you are at it.

Welcome to the forum,

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

ok that link helps alot

whats a list of salts i can use to drop gold or other metals ?

i herd i can use sodium nitrate to make the gold flake and drop to the bottom of my pyrex beaker

 

[jimdoc]

Download this book;

http://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=8547&p=79774&hilit=hokes+book#p79774

It has all the info to get you started and more

Jim