Cursed
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Ok so i think i goofed up and put my gold in the crucable before the borax was baked or maybe i got both to hot and the sort of blended lol humm any one help me out here maybe ?
Can you better describe what you've done? Are you discussing gold powder that has been precipitated from solution? Your question is too vague to have any meaning.Cursed said:Ok so i think i goofed up and put my gold in the crucable before the borax was baked or maybe i got both to hot and the sort of blended lol humm any one help me out here maybe ?
Cursed said:Yes i recoveredsome gold dust and flakes from a 5 gallon bucket i had using muratic acid. I then got a ceramic crucible or laddel for smelting metal llike a jewler would use what casting. I then was told to put borax in to the laddle after it got hot to prevent the gold from sticking to the laddel. Only problem is that either I got the whole thing to hot OR i di not allow the borax enough time to cool (I suspect it was the first thing I mentioned). which has left me with the crusible having a nice looking glazing of gold and borax in the cruceable. Is here any way i can get the two seperatedfrom one asnother? (borax and gold)
It would be far more effective to simply place all of the material in a larger crucible and allow the furnace to do the work.Platdigger said:For one way to start over......couldn't he just crush it all up and disolve the borax in hot water?
Assuming he can chip it out of the crucible, that is
There's little doubt, the problem was a serious amount of contamination along with precious little gold. Otherwise the flux wouldn't be so discolored.butcher said:Harold would it help if he added gold? also I am wondering if he didn't have a small amount of gold and copper Etcetera powder, and alot of borax, without enough heat.
Cursed said:Oh and i found a 1940 edition of Hokes book through my public library I just have to wait for it to come down from the university of Nevada. I'd buy one but i was just informed yesterday that i will be eout of a job the end of next week hope gold prices take a big spike!!!
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