krauserruhl,
Listen to 4Metals, and the other forum members trying to help you.
Lets say you wished to fly, and knew nothing about it, would you just buy a big jet engine and attempt to build a plane, setting it up on a very tall cliff, and then just jump into it and start the engine and drive it over the cliff, without learning first how to build and fly the plane, or learning about the safety or what to do when things go wrong? I think your smart enough to know better and would try to learn before you hurt yourself doing something so stupid.
Do not get the gold fever, and lose your mind, and do things that are just stupid, dangerous or just a waste of your time.
Learning this is not easy (at first) and it does take time to learn, but as you learn it becomes easier.
There are many resources, and help for you here on the forum, but to learn you must start at the beginning, not with your home made jet ready to go over that cliff.
Read the posts and you will begin to learn where to start your journey safely, you will learn what you need and why, you can get a good education and learn the skills you seek, and learn more about gold, or other precious metals, than most men on earth ever had a chance to learn since the beginning of history.
Study is the true treasure map, and that is how you will learn the fastest...
You also have many members willing to help you as you study (if your smart enough to take their advice), you will do well in learning what you seek, and fact much more than you can even dream about.
Trying anything with chemicals before you learn is just as stupid as trying to fly that jet with no understanding, not only are you making it harder to learn, you will just waste your money, doing dangerous things, that you do not even understand the dangers of, losing your values, and possibly your health, or the health, or even the life of those around you.
Put away the chemicals, forget what you think you know about flying, or gold recovery and refining,do not waste your money...
Begin the true way of gaining the knowledge and understanding, start your study of this very valuable treasure map.
Doing it the easy way.