Do Your Buckets Of Black Sands Have Value? Assay For Gold At Home To Find Out!

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4 жыл бұрын

This method is easy to do and will determine if there is any gold or silver in your buckets of black sands/sulfides you have laying around. This could be free gold that is hard to recover by gold panning or gold that is locked up in sulfides or iron pyrite. First roast the black sands to oxidize any sulfides, then smelt to recover any gold or silver. Next process is cupelling the lead collector metal to reveal the gold and silver collected from the smelt. Once the amount of gold is determined then it is easy to tell if there is enough value to save those buckets!
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Пікірлер: 554

@MTGMitch 4 жыл бұрын

Are you a miner? No. Do you have a refinery? No Do you want to watch this video at 3am? Sure why not.

@StevenHanover 3 жыл бұрын

Lot of iron in the blue bloods? @everyone is mine crafter. Kitchen witches.

@youbannedmealready5825 3 жыл бұрын

Literally 2:57am lol

@anthonywheeler6133 3 жыл бұрын

Get a cast iron flat top griddle, maybe that’d hold up better.

@Freedom20244 3 жыл бұрын

I am watching it on 10:50

@Freedom20244 3 жыл бұрын

Not the video rhe time :v

@WowplayerMe 4 жыл бұрын

For me the piss off value to the wife is more valuable than any precious metal recovery.

@miker5893 3 жыл бұрын

yup. two days in the shop playin with fire

@RealLifeFinance 2 жыл бұрын

Bwahahaha

@SECRETCREEKPROSPECTING1776 7 ай бұрын

This was really helpful Jason. Time to ditch it. One thing I have learned is black sands works really well as step one in a rock tumbler to smooth the sharp edges on rocks. So one could sell the black sands as step one tumbling grit 😅

@jcpark7242 4 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised that $1 cookie sheet lasted as long as it did. 😳

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

We are too! Thanks for watching our video!

@karinanur7844 3 жыл бұрын

@@mbmmllc 60 gr Gold in 1 ton of black sand it is very big persent and absolutely impossible !!!!!

@outdoorfrenzy 2 жыл бұрын

Seriously!! When I saw it hadn’t buckled and was red in color I was impressed!! I had figured he would have had to go to the cast iron.

@madmike8325 2 жыл бұрын

Right! I was expecting it to warp and be scrap after a few minutes 😂

@jamesmurray116 2 жыл бұрын

😄

@sparky6086 3 жыл бұрын

Was totally expecting the cookie sheet to "springwarp" from the heat, throwing the sand everwhere!

@christianpervert525 3 жыл бұрын

You and the guy who mines platinum from the freeway should get together and have a beer.

@ciph4223 3 жыл бұрын

Dude MBMM and Cody’slab is the best combo

@blueridgeocean 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder does the states dot refine the dirt and dust from the freeway sweepers?

@JakHart 3 жыл бұрын

@@blueridgeocean it isn't cost effective, you have to hire people, and collection machines, and then processing machines as well. Although, right now there is a platinum/palladium shortage, so it could be worth it, eventually.

@yaykruser 3 жыл бұрын

Codyslab and The Cerro Gordo guy should make a video together extracting some silver from the mines!

@40astmdhm3 3 жыл бұрын

How dare you call Cody "that guy" I'm calling the feds

@cditzler6313 4 жыл бұрын

I never really got the cupel theory until just now very well at least that i could understand explained so thank you for that

@cditzler6313 4 жыл бұрын

plus on ads I hope you get a nice payout from this one that is 41:07 long I'll just let it run out

@robmckennie4203 3 жыл бұрын

Really good job on some of those shots, especially the cooling flux, it looks like you can see the convection cells moving around

@jackmclane1826 3 жыл бұрын

That cookie sheet was still more valuable than the gold content... ^^

@jasongrinnell1986 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@blueridgeocean 3 жыл бұрын

The ad revenue is still more valuable than the cookie sheet, fuel costs and gold recovered all together

@jackmclane1826 3 жыл бұрын

@@blueridgeocean Probably... ;)

@shalaska989 4 жыл бұрын

Love your no bullshit approach for giving information in video form!

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@ZE0XE0 4 жыл бұрын

The only trick may be if theres a way to separate out the gold bearing minerals more such as flotation or magnetic, or static, etc. If you could reduce those 38kg into 500g and maintain a large majority of the gold without expending too much money, it could be worth stockpiling until you have enough to process.

@RayMerrell68 4 жыл бұрын

3:37 Had to laugh there. As you were cooking it I was thinking "How does he stop the tray from being eaten?" Now I know :D

@geraldfrank6314 2 жыл бұрын

Well that proved your recovery methods are doing very well in getting the gold.

@kct9967 3 жыл бұрын

I remember back in the day, miners would also sell their black sand, they wouldn't get much, but it did add to the year end total.

@trevorwhat 4 жыл бұрын

The "boo boo" made the video more educational. Thanks for keeping that in. Great stuff, Jason.

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@markselten4985 4 жыл бұрын

@@mbmmllc I did also notice a lot of (admittedly) small bubbling on your first pour . Is that normal? Could the matt be caused by the smelt just needed more time to settle down and complete any reactions before you did pour? Thanks Jason for sharing the experience.

@smith0426 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't tried watching this sober, but this was great, well done and thank you!

@gabesmokeymartatom 2 жыл бұрын

just dont try DOING THIS with a buzz on.😂

@captainblood9162 4 жыл бұрын

I have much the same results from hard rock sulphide ore, not a lot of $ left in there, just put it through the mill again for re-grind. Always worth checking to see what your recovery is, goes to show how bloody good your table works! Enjoy your vids, cheers!

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Great point! Thanks for watching!

@CanadairCL44 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video, the cooling process was fascinating to watch!

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@russsherwood5978 4 жыл бұрын

just subbed and thumbs - up, that sounds like the gold off our beaches that are in the black sands, be strong, be safe, and be blessed

@zamistro 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe you could make a "cookie sheet" out of the same steel that you made the cone mold from. Also, if the economy really does tank as bad as some people think it could you may find yourself out on your driveway with a broom and dustpan.

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

haha, agreed

@genli5603 4 жыл бұрын

Old griddle will do

@earthknight60 3 жыл бұрын

Cost more in paying for the energy to process it than you'd get from the metals.

@reportofficer2524 2 жыл бұрын

@zamistro Hahahahah !!! That's a really cool one !!

@Methoverbitches 2 жыл бұрын

So exactly as it has 😂

@harryniedecken5321 3 ай бұрын

When you are finished extracting the gold, consider to refine the black sand into artisan quality iron for blacksmith use,

@scavengermining3155 4 жыл бұрын

Love these videos! I no longer have my jaw, but I still keep up with you. Maybe some day.

@sailingsolar 4 жыл бұрын

"Hope you learned something." Lol! I learned something, alright. Thanks.

@mahatmadoo2566 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks for going through all that effort.

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@garyssprinklerrepair 2 жыл бұрын

This video helped answer many questions I had, thank you. 👊

@AdamsWorlds 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet vid, lovely to hear yeah kid getting excited about first pour! Future smelter in the making right there :D

@pick4u2 2 жыл бұрын

always learn from your vids, rock on brother man

@renagillum8439 3 жыл бұрын

Always great stuff love watching

@Druid_Plow 3 жыл бұрын

Well you could have just done .06x38 to get your 2.28 figure, converting both figures up to tons was just extra steps. Those patterns as the slag cools is pretty cool to watch.

@rexhavoc5643 2 жыл бұрын

Black sand makes great traction grit. And, you can recover it with a magnet and reuse indefinitely.

@davidoberle9023 4 жыл бұрын

I make the same noises your son does when i see metal being poured. Something so satisfying about it.

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Haha, he had a good time, mostly played iPad in the truck though :)

@dalekundtz4603 2 жыл бұрын

And keeping the Mrs. happy is what it is all about..lol. stay safe. Stay healthy. Hope 2022 is a great year for you! 🍾🍾🎊🎉

@ChatterontheWire 4 жыл бұрын

everyone always asks "What are you going to do with that?", my response, "What are you, my wife?!?!" My hording is aluminum, brass and copper ingots, but same conversation across the board it looks like!

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, why don't they just leave us alone??

@user-ou8nx6vo7z 4 жыл бұрын

@@mbmmllc subbed for this comment lol

@-Nick-T 3 жыл бұрын

i got poor returns on my ingots.

@spacecasejlp5373 4 жыл бұрын

Cheapest, yet effective forge I've ever seen.

@zacharymerrill8359 2 жыл бұрын

When the metal is cooling you can see the molecular shapes with all those lines that’s awesome

@jamesfenton7338 3 жыл бұрын

The tailings make great roadway material, fines help hold a road together. I would like to get into this at some point, and I will have the best gravel road on earth.

@WestCoastGoldProspecting Жыл бұрын

Good job Jason, this was cool to watch.

@shaneyork300 3 жыл бұрын

That probably answers alot of questions! Have a Great Day!!

@kirbytrooper 3 жыл бұрын

your theory makes total sense about your collector metal

@edwardwhynott1139 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool gives me something to do with my sulphides thanks for the great video.

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help

@garydunn9418 3 жыл бұрын

Gold leaves the black sand during roasting via aerosol. Yep.Thank you so much for these videos.Its just pure awesome!

@dogodogo5891 3 ай бұрын

tell me more how did you know?

@garydunn9418 3 ай бұрын

@@dogodogo5891 I could look up some studies if you like.I looked into various reports. In one instance , it was when the miner, tore down the flue or teared down a wall, they would find gold fuse in the material after years.

@blackgriffinxx 4 жыл бұрын

cast iron griddle got a few on sale from Walmart . Was not that good till i took a grinder to them. To smooth them out right. Season it and it work great now.

@BeinBerean 3 жыл бұрын

7:27 ... "*GASP* It's ... it's EWUPTING!!!" That's awesome, cute kid! Thank you for the info Mt. Baker!

@jeffcoate1885 4 жыл бұрын

Jason is a stud! Love all the videos buddy thank you!

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff!

@alexnutu1125 3 жыл бұрын

You got great content your the Real Parker Schnebly man way better than gold rush, cause it’s all genuine!

@binaryblade2 2 жыл бұрын

I like how it spontaneously forms veins.

@jimbishop4714 3 жыл бұрын

One one of the GPAA videos a man was giving his processed black sand to a neighbor who wanted it to add iron to her rose garden.

@ez1913 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining some of the science for new viewers.

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@joel383 4 жыл бұрын

I'm digging all the videos bro!

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@davidvilla3243 3 жыл бұрын

I was told when roasting black sands to add salt to the mix---Is this a-go with this process? Thanks for the advise. DAvid out

@darrenstensland5301 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and instructive video. If the assay said there was enough gold to warrant more processing, would you use a shaker table, or something like what you showed here to extract it?

@LanceUppercut4U 3 жыл бұрын

I suspect someone has already suggested amongst all the other comments but, I would use an old cast iron barbecue plate instead of the cookie tray for any future trials. Large surface area and as durable as a pan.

@stevewoods8116 2 жыл бұрын

Love your content!

@BillMulholland1 2 жыл бұрын

Your not the only person I fallow on KZfaq who’s kids make a cameo appearance. I think it’s great 😄🍻👍

@TomAnderson. 2 жыл бұрын

You can use a grilling plate next time, they are built with the same material as a cooking pan and have same surface as a cookie sheet.

@fredflint8399 4 жыл бұрын

For the amount of energy and work put into your efforts the profit margin was too low to perform this task often. I did like the video it was very informative. Thank you for your efforts. It was enough for a sub!

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Yes this was just an example, but you can imagine if your black sands have more gold it would be worth it :)

@illmsg77 3 жыл бұрын

Cool video man!!!

@acme663ryo 4 жыл бұрын

I love that your kid is there with you.

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

He thought it was cool!

@seanmiller678 4 жыл бұрын

Cool to see this is in my state!

@sadnessinside123 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Learned a lot. Really appreciate the hard work put into your videos. Thank you.

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@hueyh9773 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video keep up the good work

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@tadvanallen 4 жыл бұрын

Your Shaker Table works to good!

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

I love it!

@TechGorilla1987 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoy your videos. Stay well!

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@maxkeese7102 3 жыл бұрын

Seems totally worth it

@AyouGuysProspectingTM 3 жыл бұрын

That was som awesome information was cool to watch cool down

@elenidemos 4 жыл бұрын

Have you thought of using a black iron wok instead of the cookie tray or cast iron pan. You can move the "sand" by flicking it, kind of like stir frying & woks (black iron) tend to handle heat better then cookie trays.

@scottrose5012 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing that was very educational. Something I don't understand very well is after you have the lead with the gold and silver in it and you heat it up again how are you removing the lead, are you using a bone ash crucible to suck the lead out? Maybe you can explain that a little for all us amateurs, thank you so much for your time in answering this question.

@Monkeylots 3 жыл бұрын

Looking at the numbers I got to say that it was not cost effective but a good learning video :)

@robertbotello1817 4 жыл бұрын

GOOD INFORMATION

@davidskaar3232 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting process

@ginadarrenjones1627 4 жыл бұрын

Great instructional videes, where do you get the larger graphite molds, seems there is nothing but the smaller ones available.

@Pankajjoshi-sm6wj 2 жыл бұрын

Really a good job

@slakgnat 4 жыл бұрын

nice explinations :)

@ghostindamachine 4 жыл бұрын

Super interesting!

@HolzMichel 4 жыл бұрын

after roasting, those cons would have been a good run for some aqua-regia...grind them down to 1000 mesh and soak em and then you know for sure what you got.

@paulhenry4205 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It was very interesting and I really liked your “furnace” 👍🏻👍🏻

@TitusKrakenDesigns 3 жыл бұрын

and now wifey is happy with the new neckless and no more mud at the entrance :D

@therrienmichael08 4 жыл бұрын

I've always wanted to see something like this.

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@troyrice266 4 жыл бұрын

You could substitute the aluminum cookie sheet for a cast iron griddle

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Good idea, thx

@punkinhaidmartin 2 жыл бұрын

Seems to me that you could make a deal with a local cement plant to use their exhaust for roasting sulfides with heat that they're done with.

@neenoonoo2564 2 жыл бұрын

Good job 👍🏼

@gtzkrxkxktxlhcxlclhbhckckf5230 2 жыл бұрын

I love this video BTW you are my hero

@dattabhamburdekar884 3 жыл бұрын

Ur experiment very good bro.... Because remening dust is also valuable.....

@elizabethwatson71 3 жыл бұрын

You can find a cast iron griddle, then you can have the surface area to work with again.

@alyxiastarling7990 4 жыл бұрын

natural magnetite is actually a steel. A steel/gold alloy probably has to get hotter to drop out the gold into the collector metal than you got it. Have you ever shot the slag with the XRF?

@dogodogo5891 3 жыл бұрын

so basically AuFe304 or Fe3AuO4 lol that's very strange but very interesting! do you got any references i would like to learn more, thanks!

@joshuamoses1370 3 жыл бұрын

Hi from Kansas from Joshua Moses love your videos

@chriscarley9951 3 жыл бұрын

How do you feel about mixing lead shot in through the whole charge distributed evenly?

@rastamanralph6670 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers.it's very interesting.I've been getting a devil forge and I'm going to be smelting soon.I've subscribed👍😉

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@StevenHanover 3 жыл бұрын

What's a devil forge?

@rastamanralph6670 3 жыл бұрын

@@StevenHanover It's a propane powered forge made by devil forge and are one of or not the best small forge money can buy. Big stackd channel uses them and that's where I got the idea from.

@StevenHanover 3 жыл бұрын

@@rastamanralph6670 how many monies do we save up for one of them, like ebay, amazon, home depot can buy tools to make one? Simple handle cement kiln is 74 bucks on ebay right now. What is a general amount of black sands and flux for appropriate sized graphite crucible when utilizing oxygen propane blue flame? Will trace stackd channel suggested thx! It's the blue harvest moon soon...

@rastamanralph6670 3 жыл бұрын

@@StevenHanover I paid £188 for mine on eBay and it includes the forge,the gas burner and the regulator. When you get it you have to mix the bag of clay dust with water and paint it on the insulation then dry it and your good to go. It was the medium size one I got to fit a 3 kg crucible in but don't know about the flux because I just got it for smelting beer cans.

@ohiovalleymetals9605 3 жыл бұрын

I love watching the Flux cooling down

@Baronstone 2 жыл бұрын

The easiest way to recover that gold is to wait until you have a ton or more, then set up a small leech field type system and recover the gold that way. It takes way less effort and you recover ALL of the possible gold from those low quality materials. You do it in small batches like that so that it can fit inside of the containment system you build. Granted this is only worth it if you end up with a few tons of that type of material every year from a mining operation, but it would work and be a heck of a lot cheaper to do than to crush it, roast it, and process it in a furnace.

@joel5372 4 жыл бұрын

:) , i see many ur vid now about melting the semi cons... i think u really enjoy it now...

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, its fun

@patrickc.allenlive4373 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@madmike8325 2 жыл бұрын

Making memories that boy will one day tell his grandkids about 😂

@ursamines7643 4 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@expatatat 4 жыл бұрын

You need to return that cookie sheet to the thrift store.

@jeffwells641 3 жыл бұрын

I can just imagine: "I only cooked with it twice, I swear!"

@nickb5410 4 жыл бұрын

Another excellent and informative video. I've learned alot from you. Thank you. You might see if your scale weighs in grains and do your math with grains when you have sub-gram inputs... and only if you need to be more precise. Well done.

@mbmmllc 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip! I have a super accurate scale on order so check that out in up coming vids