Someone once said.....

[Shark]

Someone once said you should be able to read a newspaper through your solution before precipitating it. Sorry, I didn't have a newspaper

 

[FrugalRefiner]

Nice clear solution! I can even see that your copy was written by G. M. Hoke. :lol:

I corrected a lot of stuff like that in the versions in my signature line.

Dave

 

[anachronism]

Haha nice one.

 

[Shark]

Here is a shot 40 minutes after adding the SMB. I really wish I had videoed this drop.

 

[rickzeien]

Beautiful!

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[denim]

Nice AuCl Shark. Now let's see that button! My guess is that it will be nice and shiny.

 

[UncleBenBen]

Right on, Shark! Looking forward to seeing that nice shiny button (bar maybe?) :G

 

[goldsilverpro]

In that last photo, that exact blue color, totally void of yellow, at the top of the solution, always says that no gold remains in solution.

 

[Shark]

In that last photo, that exact blue color, totally void of yellow, at the top of the solution, always says that no gold remains in solution.

Thanks GSP, I didn't know that. And you are right, I tested the solution right after taking the picture and it tested negative.

 

[Shark]

After decanting the solution off I was left with this.

 

[Shark]

Washed and dried. 38.6 grams after tared for the cup weight.

 

[Palladium]

Looks good brother!
I'll stop by tonight and pick it up!

 

[glorycloud]

Very nice! 8)

 

[Shark]

Right on, Shark! Looking forward to seeing that nice shiny button (bar maybe?) :G

I am wishing I had a bar mold right now. Need to get it melted.

 

[kurtak]

VERY nice Shark :!: :!: :!:

I am guessing that is the gold we were discussing you were going to be refining when we talked on the phone the other day

If so - looks like it went VERY well 8) :mrgreen:

Kurt

 

[Grelko]

Wow :shock: The first picture looks like a glass of apple juice. Except that, apple juice isn't that clear.

That looks like an extremely clean drop, very nice work. :G

 

[Shark]

VERY nice Shark :!: :!: :!:

I am guessing that is the gold we were discussing you were going to be refining when we talked on the phone the other day

If so - looks like it went VERY well 8) :mrgreen:

Kurt

Yes, that is it. Everything went as expected.
Thanks for the tip, I will be doing more that way from now on.

 

[denim]

So what was the original material?

 

[Shark]

So what was the original material?

About 40% was from once refined buttons that came from mixed electronic waste. The rest came from smaller lots of gold filled material. I have a batch of gold filled ready for AR now, but I am going to wait until I pick up tomorrows batch and see how it goes from there.

Here is the button, still having a hard time with getting a decent picture of it. Can someone explain the "hammered" shape and all the tiny cracks? I sure would have thought a pipe would appear first.



Edit: Corrected spelling

 

[kurtak]

Here is the button, still having a hard time with getting a decent picture of it.

Try taking the pic under different lighting conditions &/or from different angles --- I have "often" had to take "multiple" pics under different lighting &/or from different angles before getting an acceptable pic to post

Also different back grounds - though not always true a black back ground has more often the not worked best for me

Can someone explain the "hammered" shape and all the tiny cracks? I sure would have thought a pipe would appear first.

Did you do your melt in a clean dish/crucible ?

Did you let the melt solidify in the dish/crucible ?

Or was the melt poured to a mold ?

Try taking some more pics to see if you can get some better pics - its hard to tell anything under the current quality of the pic (due to above mentioned lighting conditions)

Kurt