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[FrugalRefiner]

You should download a copy of the version of Hoke's book in the link that Yggdrasil provided. It is an updated copy that corrected a lot of OCR errors in the version that you probably downloaded as well as an introduction that points out some practices that were considered OK in 1940 when the book was written, but that we now consider less than desirable.

Dave

 

[@arnold4radiators]

You should download a copy of the version of Hoke's book in the link that Yggdrasil provided. It is an updated copy that corrected a lot of OCR errors in the version that you probably downloaded as well as an introduction that points out some practices that were considered OK in 1940 when the book was written, but that we now consider less than desirable.

Dave

Yeah I downloaded it and deleted the one I already had on my pc.

 

[Mike Low]

Hi everyone!

Thought I would introduce myself as I am new here:

Name : Chris
*** : Male
Age : 27
Location : UK
Profession : I work for a company that specialise in Electronic Recycling and Precious Metals Refining. About half of my time I spend doing Fire Assay, the rest assaying other precious metals using a variety of techniques. I also do research.
Hobbies : All sorts of nerdy stuff...
Interests : Travel, learning new things.
How long have you been refining gold? : Just under two years.
What are you looking for in our community? : Just thought I would check this place out, see if I can learn anything or I can share anything.
How did you discovered our Forum? : Found you on google
Other :

Hi Chris welcome

 

[Yggdrasil]

Hi Chris welcome

This post was made in 2009.
And Anonymous means he/she for some reason is purged from the member list.

 

[Mike Low]

Just networking

 

[Yggdrasil]

Just networking

If you hold your mouse cursor over the avatar you will se when the post was made and if there is nothing, the person is not in the forum anymore.
The date of the post is there too.
Networking with people that are not here anymore might end up a tad lonely.

 

[Mad Mick]

Name : Mad Mick
Sex : Male
Age : 70
Location : Bendigo Victoria Aust
Profession : Sadly a retiree
Hobbies : attempting to refine precious metals
Interests : Camping Fishing Gold Prospecting and current affairs
How long have you been refining gold? : 3 months
What are you looking for in our community? : Practical information regarding a hobbyists approach to refining gold.
How did you discovered our Forum? : Google!
Other : I have been watching for some time to get info i needed to become successful, reading Hokes and experimenting (first batch i put down was a total disaster but i have always been one to think BIG so instead of beakers i went to Buckets LMAO. anyway not being a quitter i didn't throw it all out i have persisted and now have recovered so far from that first batch 6.9 gms refined gold. 2.96 ozt silver and about half a kilo of copper
Doing electronic scrap is not as as easy as watching a few U-tube video's (im sure most of these guys dont show you how they skip some of the things that needs to be done along the journey. but enuf about that i am enjoying the trip and soon plan to go out here local prospecting for the elusive glowing metal to start doing some raw refining of said metal.

 

[APEX Precious Metals]

Great to see another Aussie here, I'm a Melbourne lad but into recovering high grade e-waste, scrap sterling etc & refining to .999+
The joy really is in the journey & if one starts out trying to do it for profit from the get go, one is doomed to fail!!

 

[RedneckGreenhorn]

Howdy, before I begin I just have to say that it is such a time warp to once again be asked a/s/l ? AZ Here. Wow AOL. Good ol days, anyway.

Howdy , Im Dustin, hail out of Phoenix, born and raised and they have yet to make me leave. As late of a 30 as you can get, a male, or bro as the kids say these days. My trade was water treatment and purification technologies. Do a lot of work cleaning up the AZ water and more and more I am interested in everything. Long hair doesnt cover up a redneck or a green horn. (Thx Jackyl) I am new but I love to learn I have done as much reading as I can, watched a few videos but TBH, as we know, YouTube takes a mighty large effort to get at the source of information sometimes. (Ever try to find a good car repair video?) I have been reading all i can from the AZGS reports and although I am not a student of geological proclivity, I have been enamored with learning about the earth. What really gets me is how much was going around me that I never noticed until now. Not sure when i started trying to prospect. TBH i wouldnt yet call myself a prospector perhaps a prospect prospector. I don't want to ramble so to the skinny. I believe that I have stumbled onto a little peice of rich copper ore that fell into the roadway near a mine in which they are chewing up the whole mountain. Thankful the huge boulder didnt wreck the truck but I recognized instantly this was a neat specimen. Here is the deal. Based off what I have learned and can assume from what i know about this area. (Lifelong neighbor) this is perhaps a copper porphrory or at least i thought it was copper. I am leaning more towards it being more of a cinnabar but i dont know. If anyone out there, which after reading the posts about mercury and exteacting it from cinnabar, tell me anything about this knowledge base then perhaps I have found the right folks.

I am sincerely into this stuff, but I want to do it right. I want to live, not out for money. I am no stranger to working as my hands can show and any info, or opportunities I can find would be appreciated beyond all these words above and below.

Also if anyone is out there looking for good help or an apprentice I am at a fortunate time to be able to do this. Ill work for knowledge, not even looking to get paid.

I appreciate it and thank you all for reading. Green greetings and Happy Holidays!
(pics are a few shots of the rock i mentioned. Sorry i dont have much info about it I have done my solemn best)

 

[Yggdrasil]

Howdy, before I begin I just have to say that it is such a time warp to once again be asked a/s/l ? AZ Here. Wow AOL. Good ol days, anyway.

Howdy , Im Dustin, hail out of Phoenix, born and raised and they have yet to make me leave. As late of a 30 as you can get, a male, or bro as the kids say these days. My trade was water treatment and purification technologies. Do a lot of work cleaning up the AZ water and more and more I am interested in everything. Long hair doesnt cover up a redneck or a green horn. (Thx Jackyl) I am new but I love to learn I have done as much reading as I can, watched a few videos but TBH, as we know, YouTube takes a mighty large effort to get at the source of information sometimes. (Ever try to find a good car repair video?) I have been reading all i can from the AZGS reports and although I am not a student of geological proclivity, I have been enamored with learning about the earth. What really gets me is how much was going around me that I never noticed until now. Not sure when i started trying to prospect. TBH i wouldnt yet call myself a prospector perhaps a prospect prospector. I don't want to ramble so to the skinny. I believe that I have stumbled onto a little peice of rich copper ore that fell into the roadway near a mine in which they are chewing up the whole mountain. Thankful the huge boulder didnt wreck the truck but I recognized instantly this was a neat specimen. Here is the deal. Based off what I have learned and can assume from what i know about this area. (Lifelong neighbor) this is perhaps a copper porphrory or at least i thought it was copper. I am leaning more towards it being more of a cinnabar but i dont know. If anyone out there, which after reading the posts about mercury and exteacting it from cinnabar, tell me anything about this knowledge base then perhaps I have found the right folks.

I am sincerely into this stuff, but I want to do it right. I want to live, not out for money. I am no stranger to working as my hands can show and any info, or opportunities I can find would be appreciated beyond all these words above and below.

Also if anyone is out there looking for good help or an apprentice I am at a fortunate time to be able to do this. Ill work for knowledge, not even looking to get paid.

I appreciate it and thank you all for reading. Green greetings and Happy Holidays!
(pics are a few shots of the rock i mentioned. Sorry i dont have much info about it I have done my solemn best)

Welcome to us.

We get a lot of these is another of the Rocks picture posts.
And it is not much we can say a about what is in the pictures without tests.
This is mainly a refining forum but we have some prospector/ore people here too.

Anyway read this thread: https://goldrefiningforum.com/threa...le-read-this-before-you-post-about-ore.33333/

And we can hope some of the Ore guys can give you some info.

 

[goldshark]

Howdy, before I begin I just have to say that it is such a time warp to once again be asked a/s/l ? AZ Here. Wow AOL. Good ol days, anyway.

Howdy , Im Dustin, hail out of Phoenix, born and raised and they have yet to make me leave. As late of a 30 as you can get, a male, or bro as the kids say these days. My trade was water treatment and purification technologies. Do a lot of work cleaning up the AZ water and more and more I am interested in everything. Long hair doesnt cover up a redneck or a green horn. (Thx Jackyl) I am new but I love to learn I have done as much reading as I can, watched a few videos but TBH, as we know, YouTube takes a mighty large effort to get at the source of information sometimes. (Ever try to find a good car repair video?) I have been reading all i can from the AZGS reports and although I am not a student of geological proclivity, I have been enamored with learning about the earth. What really gets me is how much was going around me that I never noticed until now. Not sure when i started trying to prospect. TBH i wouldnt yet call myself a prospector perhaps a prospect prospector. I don't want to ramble so to the skinny. I believe that I have stumbled onto a little peice of rich copper ore that fell into the roadway near a mine in which they are chewing up the whole mountain. Thankful the huge boulder didnt wreck the truck but I recognized instantly this was a neat specimen. Here is the deal. Based off what I have learned and can assume from what i know about this area. (Lifelong neighbor) this is perhaps a copper porphrory or at least i thought it was copper. I am leaning more towards it being more of a cinnabar but i dont know. If anyone out there, which after reading the posts about mercury and exteacting it from cinnabar, tell me anything about this knowledge base then perhaps I have found the right folks.

I am sincerely into this stuff, but I want to do it right. I want to live, not out for money. I am no stranger to working as my hands can show and any info, or opportunities I can find would be appreciated beyond all these words above and below.

Also if anyone is out there looking for good help or an apprentice I am at a fortunate time to be able to do this. Ill work for knowledge, not even looking to get paid.

I appreciate it and thank you all for reading. Green greetings and Happy Holidays!
(pics are a few shots of the rock i mentioned. Sorry i dont have much info about it I have done my solemn best)

Looks like a typical Granite from the area. Pink is a Feldspar, white is quartz, black is Biotite. Not seeing much in the way of metals. Join a rock hounding or prospectors club. There are a few down there. You have to start somewhere, welcome in.

 

[Amber Gratton]

Welcome In guys
Present your self to the rest of the community, feel free to add things

Name :amber g
Sex :f
Age :27
Location almdale California
Profession :tattoo artist
Hobbies :scrapping
Interests : chemistry
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : 1yeah
What are you looking for in our community? :knowledge
How did you discover our Forum? : I typed in the google search bar “ lye and circuit boards” and this was the first website to pop up.

Thank you for having me.

 

[Yggdrasil]

Thank you for having me.

Welcome to us.

 

[Timothy Clancy]

Hi everyone,
Tim from the Buffalo NY area. I'm newly retired and am interested in learning some gold and silver refining techniques.

 

[Yggdrasil]

Hi everyone,
Tim from the Buffalo NY area. I'm newly retired and am interested in learning some gold and silver refining techniques.

Welcome.

Here are some links to study:

We ask our new members to do 3 things.
1. Read C.M. Hokes book on refining jewelers scrap, it gives an easy introduction to the most important chemistry regarding refining.
It is free here on the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=19798
2. Then read the safety section of the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/safety.47/
3. And then read about "Dealing with waste" in the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/dealing-with-waste.10539/

Suggested reading:
https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/the-library.101/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/when-in-doubt-cement-it-out.30236/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threa...le-read-this-before-you-post-about-ore.33333/


Forum rules is here.
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/gold-refining-forum-rules.31182/

 

[Trevor Ward]

Name : Trevor Ward but I prefer Gene
Sex : Good question!
Age : 60
Location : Phoenix, AZ
Profession : Currently looking but mainly software engineering support
Hobbies : woodworking, guitar kit building, 3D Printing, and hopefully Au recovery
Interests : To many to cover here
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : Just starting. Have been watching Sreetips videos and it's piqued an interest.
What are you looking for in our community? : Knowledge and resources
How did you discover our Forum? : Sreetips!

 

[Yggdrasil]

Name : Trevor Ward but I prefer Gene
Sex : Good question!
Age : 60
Location : Phoenix, AZ
Profession : Currently looking but mainly software engineering support
Hobbies : woodworking, guitar kit building, 3D Printing, and hopefully Au recovery
Interests : To many to cover here
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : Just starting. Have been watching Sreetips videos and it's piqued an interest.
What are you looking for in our community? : Knowledge and resources
How did you discover our Forum? : Sreetips!

Welcome to us

 

[Trevor Ward]

Welcome to us

Cheers!

 

[VolkD]

Name : Darko
Sex : Male
Age : 69
Location : Divača ( Slovenija)
Profession : pensioner
Hobbies : I am a radio amateur, an electronics enthusiast, a photographer and more.
Interrests :
Hello everyone in the community. I am from Slovenia and I am 69 years old and retired.
English is not my native language so I apologize in advance for any mistakes.
Please be patient.
I have my own forum www.s5tech.net (slovenian language) on my own server.
Here we meet virtually electronics in Slovenia (welcome).
I know all the problems of forums well.
I have been collecting waste electronics for years, now it is time to clean up this stuff.
However, it would be a shame to throw it all away, so I became interested in recycling.
I examine all the electronic elements (chips, transistors, diodes,...) that I get during dismantling and sort and organize the useful things.
The list is available at material.volkd.si/pregled.aspx
It is probably not working at the moment because the server is in the maintenance phase.
Try again in a few days.
Now I have a new hobby. I try to refine precious metals with what is left.
I'm a complete beginner, I learned a little bit from youtube and I've earned a few g gold.
I joined in the hope of learning something new and useful.

Edited by moderator.
Added some space and line breaker to the text to make it more readable.
Additionally I broke the link to your moderator server.
It is still there but any interested party will have to to it in themselves.
It is now in orange as the address to the the other site.

 

[Yggdrasil]

Name : Darko
Sex : Male
Age : 69
Location : Divača ( Slovenija)
Profession : pensioner
Hobbies : I am a radio amateur, an electronics enthusiast, a photographer and more.
Interrests : Hello everyone in the community. I am from Slovenia and I am 69 years old and retired. English is not my native language so I apologize in advance for any mistakes. Please be patient. I have my own forum www.s5tech.net (slovenian language) on my own server. Here we meet virtually electronics in Slovenia (welcome). I know all the problems of forums well.I have been collecting waste electronics for years, now it is time to clean up this stuff. However, it would be a shame to throw it all away, so I became interested in recycling.I examine all the electronic elements (chips, transistors, diodes,...) that I get during dismantling and sort and organize the useful things. The list is available at material.volkd.si/pregled.aspx It is probably not working at the moment because the server is in the maintenance phase. Try again in a few days.Now I have a new hobby. I try to refine precious metals with what is left.I'm a complete beginner, I learned a little bit from youtube and I've earned a few g gold.I joined in the hope of learning something new and useful.

Welcome to us.

I suggest you start reading these links:
We ask our new members to do 3 things.
1. Read C.M. Hokes book on refining jewelers scrap, it gives an easy introduction to the most important chemistry regarding refining.
It is free here on the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=19798
2. Then read the safety section of the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/safety.47/
3. And then read about "Dealing with waste" in the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/dealing-with-waste.10539/

Suggested reading:
https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/the-library.101/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/when-in-doubt-cement-it-out.30236/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threa...le-read-this-before-you-post-about-ore.33333/

Video section: https://goldrefiningforum.com/threa...our-visual-learning-members.35185/post-379931

List of abbreviations: https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/a-glossary-of-common-terms.21242/post-219169

Forum rules is here.
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/gold-refining-forum-rules.31182/