How Much Silver Can Be Recovered From Lead Wheel Weights?

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4 жыл бұрын

In this video Jason melts down lead wheel weights and recovers silver! By melting and cupelling the lead in wheel weights a pure silver bead is recovered. Check out how much silver is recovered at the end of the video!
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@pappy37 4 жыл бұрын

Love the videos and learning, keep em' coming.

@deborahhopkinson5243 2 жыл бұрын

That was neat. I learn so much from your videos. Thank you for taking the time to explain even the smallest detail. Lots of fun!

@gingerdude94 4 жыл бұрын

Keep these video's coming 👍 I'm stuck at home in lockdown and these video's really cheer me up .

@ut000bs 3 жыл бұрын

Why are you stuck inside, armed guards? I was joking unless you're in like the UK or Australia then I'm sorry and I love you.

@michiganprospectors 2 жыл бұрын

Good to know cause I had no idea how many other metals were in lead wheel weights. I often thought about buying them for some projects needing lead. Thanks for sharing this.

@xobaby3862 2 ай бұрын

sir, you have the best videos for everything metals related. i appreciate you so much. thanks.

@jasonwilliam2125 4 жыл бұрын

Such a metals nerd. Subbed. Great vid.

@JohnnySwedishScrapper 4 жыл бұрын

realy intressting that lead can do that great video ;) as usual ;)

@briandrew2689 4 жыл бұрын

tjanks for letting me know the ratios brother i really appreciate all the info you put out!

@CandSMINING 4 жыл бұрын

Great video.👍 Never would have checked lead for silver.🤔✅ Thanks for sharing the info.😎👍👍👌👌

@MrNigel1340 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating video, thank you.

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@philbartoli2011 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Have you done a video on recovering the lead from the cupels?

@murlbailer3755 4 жыл бұрын

You solved the mystery of how much for me,thank you.

@markselten4985 4 жыл бұрын

Well, I would never have thought! Cheers for the eye opener

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@markselten4985 4 жыл бұрын

@@mbmmllc my pleasure.. I think you had fun too 😁

@irwintatyana9066 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much!

@Gompiebert 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video Jason

@alyxiastarling7990 4 жыл бұрын

good to know wheel weights are a good place to start for lead collector metal, though I would bet there is more in older lead from weights and stuff that isnt run through a modern refining process before its cast into weights.

@EddieVBlueIsland 4 жыл бұрын

I was told by the first metallurgist I worked with that cupels made from human bones worked best - at first I thought he was joking - but looking at how the lead oxide is absorbed by the cuple -- human bones must work good.

@nullsnaggle5198 2 жыл бұрын

Its not human bones but it is bones

@JimNichols 3 жыл бұрын

Another UTubered (sic) I watch likes the chemical approach to the same end. The heat creates oxides which are absorbed rather hungerly by the magnesia cupel. Great video sir, thanks for the time and effort each of these take!

@scrapmandan245 3 жыл бұрын

the lead is worth more in scrap than the silver recovered, great video, thanks for sharing

@ez1913 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jason. Very cool. That furnace needs a window. 😉

@savannahbanana3183 4 жыл бұрын

Man, you are way over my head on this. but I appreciate the lesson, Thank You

@victorluc66 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting!

@mauserdave 4 жыл бұрын

I was over by Conconully in Okanogan county. Looking at the old mines. There is literally tons of Galena laying around. I bet most of it is argentiferous. Doesn't take much room to make a ton of Galena. Even at a couple percent silver I seen enough laying around in old mine dumps to turn a good profit.

@arcanecrisis Жыл бұрын

This is an interesting concept iv never considered.

@jackking5567 4 жыл бұрын

The oxides could be from brake dust and the iron oxide that forms with it as the brake discs wear away? Surprised to see silver content in them because I always thought silver was extracted from lead ores? I know that here in the UK in the early lead mining operations they went to great lengths to recover silver from the freshly made lead metals. Silver percentages varied lots between mining areas but they still made a hefty profit on the silver they removed.

@patricknewlun7928 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video. God bless America!!

@markneilson6380 4 жыл бұрын

Very few lead weights in the UK. Mostly Zinc and iron weights.

@larrytischler570 2 жыл бұрын

Quite a bit has been written about wheel weight composition since they are frequently used to make cast economy hangun bullets. They used to have up to 3% tin in them but now they often have about 0.5 % arsenic. The antimony may be more toxic than the arsenic.

@vicroc4 9 ай бұрын

Interestingly, one of the reasons that clip-on wheel weights specifically are so useful for cast bullets is that the alloy gets just hard enough to hold together when used in pretty much any pistol cartridge. They have just the right mix of tin and antimony. And the arsenic content helps the hardening process.

@josephbowdoin5514 Жыл бұрын

That's trippy

@gefginn3699 2 жыл бұрын

Very Very interesting

@RalphReagan 4 жыл бұрын

I keep asking myself is it more valuable to recover the precious metals or mold bullets with that lead?

@ManMountainMetals 4 жыл бұрын

is that enough silver content to kill werewolves?

@TaintedMojo 4 жыл бұрын

I came here just to make that comment. I would assume the total mass of lead itself would be more valuable on it’s own merits than the value of whatever paltry sum of silver you recover.

@barryfields2964 4 жыл бұрын

Recycled lead sells for about 50¢ a lbs 300 grams would be about 33¢. .04 grams of silver is worth about 1.9¢.

@garymucher9590 4 жыл бұрын

Bullet making hands down. You can easily sell molded bullets for a heck of a lot more then the trace silver...

@phillipbainbridge9107 4 жыл бұрын

Bullets, hands down. Once you get a knack for which ones are pure soft and which ones have tin and antimony in them you can get a perfect mix by adding your own linotype lead, soft, tin, antimony, nickel, etc.

@jtsimmons3133 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool vid. Be sure to wear your P100 respirator when you're melting lead. That vapor is vicious.

@bobedwards8896 4 жыл бұрын

not any p100, gotta be organic vapor type

@Mikkelltheimmortal 4 жыл бұрын

Strangly enough, I just picked up some to remelt for fishing

@workingken4268 3 жыл бұрын

One thing i know that back in the day the electrical contacts the flat large actual plates were made of pure silver

@jamest.5001 6 ай бұрын

At, 9:11) that could be brake dust also. Awesome video.

@coreyfenn8856 2 жыл бұрын

every little bit adds up.

@SabreCycles Жыл бұрын

Drill 2 holes for air flow. One 2" lower than the other. Use the lower one with a shut-off valve.

@ThomasJamesArt251 3 жыл бұрын

Question: do you have to keep buying cupel cups or are they reusable??

@beebob1279 3 жыл бұрын

And how much do they cost? I've seen dry cement used as the cupel also. I would imagine that would be cheaper still

@corybuckles8492 3 жыл бұрын

If there's a lot of white material left, you may be able to use it again. If it is all discolored, it is saturated with litharge (lead oxide) and can't absorb any more.

@rickdoggr 2 жыл бұрын

Can you recover the lead from the cupel?

@corybuckles8492 2 жыл бұрын

@@rickdoggr Yep. Use a reducing flux and melt the whole cupel. The lead oxide ("litharge") will be reduced back to elemental lead. It will be impure, though. Other base metals and their oxides will keep following it through the smelting and cupellation cycles.

@55metalmonkey 2 жыл бұрын

@@beebob1279 Since no one answered your question on cost a mining supply shop near me sells smaller cupels for $1.25 ea. They only absorb up to 45g but the larger ones don't cost much more.

@samuraichad343 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool. I’m guessing those cupells are a one time use and throw away thing?

@kennethkustren9381 4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps a pair of Linesman Pliers, or Sidecutters.... Aviation snips are for sheetmetal.

@mindofmadness5593 3 жыл бұрын

Now I understand what the Cuppel is-asked on a different Vid last night. Zinc weights have a 'Zn' stanped on them. Easy way to tell.

@arthurhardy 4 жыл бұрын

Remind me to never let you borrow my tin snips.

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

@jwilliams8320 2 жыл бұрын

can you do a video on recovering lead from cupel?

@karimrazak3798 3 жыл бұрын

Is the green color with quartz indicating the presence of gold?

@burnroe6611 2 жыл бұрын

You shoul do a 02 sensor recovery for pgms

@MMProspecting 4 жыл бұрын

Would like to see full process for silver ore

@fullpushmetals6711 4 жыл бұрын

Ill take a seat n watch! 😊 Keep Pushin!

@tomkeehn 4 жыл бұрын

Codyslab has good content on that

@daniellong415 3 жыл бұрын

Could you use this method using scrap carot gold to remove copper and zinc, then calculate the yeild of gold and silver remaining.

@nathandean1687 3 жыл бұрын

have you tried ball milling those wheel wieghts?

@paulmoore7064 4 жыл бұрын

Considering the cost of electricity, this doesn't look like a good way to add to my stack. Worth the information though.

@TheRussell747 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta have the ability to go large scale for it to be worth it. Natural silver is very hard to find so it's actually very common for this to be done on a large scale as an alternative means of adding to the silver we have

@cditzler6313 4 жыл бұрын

can you recycle the cupels and if so do a vid on that

@madshephard2boots157 11 ай бұрын

My question is.. Could you melt the lead openly and take the slag off the top then do the cupelling process?

@chrisferrante9699 Жыл бұрын

How would you recover the lead from the cupel? Reusing the lead would be ideal for me.

@justme437 3 жыл бұрын

I'm new to this...can u recover the lead from the cupel???

@badideametals 8 ай бұрын

Jason, do you like using that QuickFire Pro furnace still? I am curious how well it holds up to cupelling

@UnderDuress 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid' question can the lead be retrieved from the cupel? And how much waste is produced?

@johnpepin5373 4 жыл бұрын

I looked through your videos and didn't see any about recovering silver from old keys? Have you made one or are you going to? Would this method work to oxidize off the base metals in keys to recover the silver?

@beercanburr4058 3 жыл бұрын

We caught two guys using lead slugs on a dollar machine. They had the weight just right so they work. They got extradited to Jersey the next day. I guess Atlantic City wanted them worse than we did. Thanks

@BrianStocking 4 жыл бұрын

I've heard that wheel weights also have Tin in them. How would that effect your end result?

@rhondav100 Жыл бұрын

Jason , great videos but how long did you leave the cupel in the fire??

@CoinSilver800 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not doubting you but if you were to zap that button with your XRF and show the results it would be very helpful to prove that this button is silver or another precious metal, pgm

@TheEcofarmer 3 жыл бұрын

What welder gloves do you reccommend?

@deepwinter77 4 жыл бұрын

Do you use a surfactant in your shaker table for water tension?

@douglas787 4 жыл бұрын

I have some buckets of number 2 copper that was cut from air conditioning coils. Mostly these are the 180 degree elbows that connect the copper tubes in the coil together. Most ac braising is done with 15 percent silver solder. Could the silver be recovered from the salvaged elbows? I just turn it in as number 2 copper.

@oompaloompa7280 2 жыл бұрын

Will stainless steel oxidize and be absorbed by the Cupel or do you have to use another method to remove that metal? Electronics sometimes uses stainless steel pins that are gold plated.

@inglwud5625 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much silver is in the lead sheets I recoverd from an old steam engine tractor, probably smelted 100 years ago.

@cesgin2565 3 ай бұрын

What's laser thermometer you recommend for melting lead?

@Slightquills Жыл бұрын

Is there a way to recover the lead from the cupel?

@superdave54811 4 жыл бұрын

Enteresting experiment. Not worth trying to recover silver from wheel weights though.

@Debbiebabe69 4 жыл бұрын

Ive heard a good way to check for Zinc is to crush the material and add it to a cigarette, as zinc makes the cigarette burn brighter and taste better.

@5roundsrapid263 4 жыл бұрын

Sulfuric acid is the best way. It’ll fizz if there’s any zinc. It produces hydrogen, so you can even light the bubbles!

@abdallhfnalzntane1846 4 жыл бұрын

Mr , I want to ask you, does the black sand that you melt there contain iron or magnetic metal?

@mackb.8262 2 жыл бұрын

So if you melt at different temps you can't pour out the different metals since they have different melting temps? I'm a noob and want to play with melting different metals as a hobby. Zinc lead tin melt at different temps for instance, if i melted wheel weights lead should pour out at 621f and leave the zinc untouched? zinc melts at 786f and silver 1640f so if you some how poured the lead and zinc out the silver wouldn't be left in the bottom?

@bajiraodhenge432 3 жыл бұрын

Pl take a same processes with veporising zn from silver

@nathandean1687 3 жыл бұрын

so how do you recover the the lead from the cupels?

@BrianStocking 4 жыл бұрын

What is the structure you are standing in? Is that a greenhouse and who makes that? Thanks.

@ShipperChick 4 жыл бұрын

Genuine question (not trying to be snarky) but is that work and the cost of the electricity worth it to recover that little silver?

@arashiimoradii2690 4 жыл бұрын

Hello. How much flux to bury in thy soil ? for exumple how much carbonat does b kilos af soil and how much borax does it need plese expluin. It is very importuntto know plese

@doccarmouche9593 2 жыл бұрын

Where are you getting your cupels from?

@RiskyMethods.81 2 жыл бұрын

Touching that little bit of lead won't hurt you, but if you're making any kind of dust as all you should definitely have a good respirator on.

@atmm89 3 жыл бұрын

I have a question, if you melt gold with a welding torch at a very High temperature, will the gold evaporate??

@AshrafAli-ry2sx 4 жыл бұрын

How to recover lead metal from such materials i am use Portland cement we have around 20 tons lead

@daniellee3831 4 жыл бұрын

Where do you buy cupels from?

@shaneyork300 4 жыл бұрын

I had no clue there was silver in lead wheel weights!! Have a GREAT Day!!!

@5roundsrapid263 4 жыл бұрын

There are trace amounts of a lot of metals. Silver, tin, arsenic, etc.

@dubsydubs5234 4 жыл бұрын

How much is a cupel and how do you get the lead out of it?

@alanheartsill4867 4 жыл бұрын

Can you get the lead back out of the cupel?

@whatthefunction9140 3 жыл бұрын

Why does the cup absorb the oxide but not the molten metal? Is the end weight higher than the stating weight?

@SouthernCrossGO 4 жыл бұрын

Can you do that just in sand???

@TheEcofarmer 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a metal shredder manufacturer you reccommend?

@DaHighRoad 3 жыл бұрын

How do you recover the lead

@edwardsungay5529 4 жыл бұрын

Can you make video on how you recover gold from tailings. thanks

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Yes I will

@GorillaCookies 4 жыл бұрын

I just found a 11.4 gram gold nugget , a 4.2 gram nugget and 7 little flat gold flakes that weigh 1.1 grams combined . So all together I found 16.6 grams of gold nuggets and flakes in 150 year old tailing piles here in Nor Cal a week ago. And I found them using a $59 dollar Harbor Freight 9 function medal detector. I found them all in under 2 hours . The batteries failed after about hour and 50 minutes. They were also harbor freight batteries too . So short life

@abhitin3281 2 жыл бұрын

is this cupellation process

@shekharmoona544 3 жыл бұрын

Do old electrical outlets really have silver? I tried to find a place to recycle and I felt so bad throwing them away.

@donh4750 3 жыл бұрын

After you figure out how much it cost to do that "test" to get that small bead of silver, probably cost prohibitive, it's probably cheaper just to buy silver.

@Dragon90815a 3 жыл бұрын

And how much did it cost to extract it?

@DeliciousDeBlair 4 жыл бұрын

Wow ! I had a WHOLE BUNCH of those in the past! Not sure what happened to them, but I had over 100 lbs of them originally. ~( ,m,)~

@davidskaar3232 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting

@TaintedMojo 4 жыл бұрын

What do you do with the saturated cupels?

@ManMountainMetals 4 жыл бұрын

@J D powder them, mix with carbon, heat to 1600 degrees, lead sinks to bottom. 1 video back.

@The_Shoebill3D 4 жыл бұрын

Throw them at neighbors

@joesask857 4 жыл бұрын

cool man

@Drewsroofingandhomerepair 3 жыл бұрын

Is the Q Paul able to be used more than one time

@mbmmllc 3 жыл бұрын

Nope, just one time. Then they are waste

@downyourtube 3 жыл бұрын

In old homes the windows had lead bar counterweights hidden within the frame works. I wonder if there is any silver in them?

@sueyoung2115 3 жыл бұрын

Hush whisper, I once had a conversation with an old fellow who liked to metal detect old buildings. He told me that during the civil war, in the us, the plantation owners sometimes made "dore' " bars of their precious metal items to keep them from being stolen . They were cast into... Window weights! So, always check them.

@downyourtube 3 жыл бұрын

@@sueyoung2115 I will and thank you. If I find anything You'll be hearing from me. Thanks!