I'm 38 just picked up prospecting about 3 years ago. Awesome hobby. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Love and positivity to you and your family

Good presentation!

Good video as always, thanks again Chris...!

Howdy Chris I just subscribed👍🏻👍🏻thanks for the very informative video thank you.

finished the geology section I read a page or 2 here and there helps a lot have a good day boss

I just started smelting my gold lode concentrates not as easy as it looks any demos on that would be appreciated.love your real no BS info.thanks

Wow Sir Thank you..

I have autism and my dream is to become a great prospector like yourself. I find it to be the most interesting job out there and one where i will never stop learning. I hope youre well during these tough times friend

I also hope to get your book :))

Hi Chris hope your keeping well thanks for the video p.s iv found my first few little nuggets now and 1 specimen from Victoria Australia :)

While I have never poured metal bars, I have never liked the appearance of the typical KZfaq poured metal bars. Good information!

Thanks for showing us how to do a good job! It would be great if you had someone behind the camera that could look over your shoulder (safely) while you go through the process so we could have a close-up view of what you’re doing. I’d love to have seen that bar as it came out of the mold!

I would have like to see the silver you used to make the bars where did you get the silver from.? Thank you for what you do.

Chris Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I’m retired now, and after about 3years have found a hobby I enjoy. I purchased new a kiln with a crucible (electric) and have tried melting down afew old silver coins. The instructions for the kiln didn’t explain anything other than the operation. I watched a few KZfaq’s and attempted a melt. I used borax (2 tablespoons) with the silver and slowly increased the temp since it was new. I set it for 1000 degrees, and gave it ten minutes more after the temperature was reached. I poured, and the ingot came out uneven and discolored. With some slag on top. I watched a few more videos, to see what went wrong. I’m assuming I didn’t have the correct ratio of borax. 1. Is borax the best to use? 2 what is the ratio? I attempted to our again, and it came out worse the silver was uneven and didn’t fill cleanly. The top looked like it was climbing the walls. It looked worse than the first So I guess my question is 1 what should my temp on the kiln be? 2 what is the ratio of borax to silver? 3 why didn’t the bottom pour evenly into the mold? 4 why did it splatter? 6. How do I get the excess out of the crucible? Any help is greatly appreciated Thanks Rookie John

Great video! Did you make your own furnace? Is that propane you are using? Are there electric furnaces that are worthwhile or is propane the way to go? I'm subscribing to see what else you have coming! Thanks again!

Cool

I want to put it back. I'd mimic a cherished specimen rock as an improved version for enhanced visual display, ease of cleaning, marketable targets etc.. It would be nice to pour some into crystals, lace, wire etc. Then use jewelers torch to set into a highly mineralized specimen.

Yeah brah. I’ll chill and get my questions in order and get back to ya

Chris Is there an email you a few questions? I’m new to the silver smelting and having rookie problems Thanks

In One of your videos you mentioned that you respond to comments... so here goes! I've been prospecting off and on for several years now. Slowly collecting equipment for every aspect of ... finding to smelting. My question is about smelting... . I'm using a RioGrande CS2 tabletop kiln with programmable settings, 8wx7d that said my environment will be a controlled one. My concentrates, how clean do they need to be? I'm in Colorado, my dirt is quite near the gold mines in the Cripple Creek/Victor area, with that said, is there a flux you'd recommend for my smelting? One that's already prepackaged. Several sites are throwing out technical names of each component aling with recipies.. Too too much info for me to digest! Crucible size, am I silly to think I could do much at a time or? I've had a fairly proper collection and fire assay done, results were 1.2 oz of Au and Pt per ton. If this is more than you'd like to take ok n perhaps you could refer me to another source. A lot of the info I'm finding online is pretty technical and is starting to get too confusing. ... Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Have a blessed day and hope to hear back

Interesting video, where do you get the silver to melt?

Chris... Great information! However, I just about jump out of my seat when you yell "Hey I'm Chris Ralph." Keep up the educational videos....

You might consider a color other than green. I'd also suggest if you want to be safe, set up somewhere that you don't have large rocks to stumble around on.

Is it absolutely necessary to use flux when melting 999 silver? I see other videos and your the only one who mentions using flux with 999 silver. Most of the other guys usually must polish the finished bar and noticed yours didn't need it. Is that a product of using flux?

Gotta say you and I got some very similar look there no shit. I’m a Mackey. Mamma was a Finn though

I hope that was not toilet paper you used to light the furnace!!! I would have payed you $100 for that amount of toilet paper!! LOL! Great video can't wait to see the future smelting vids!!!

Man that silver bar has a shape like the bread my mama used to bake..... But more valuable and better looking of course ....... Thanks brother now I need to find some silver since the price and even gold is shooting up......Hard to find any silver to buy, the US federal reserve is sold out....They have zero silver coins for sale ......

I have some criticism that I hope will improve your content as it is really good. People are primarily visual and the presentation lacked detail. Example, heating the mold, do you put it in the furnace or over the the top? You know and I know but your other viewers may not. Visually you want them to make great pours but to do that they need a great example of how that is done and I encourage you to make changes to become a better teacher and mentor. I have learn a lot from you and I know I will learn even more.

What is Flux?

What flux did you use?

Like your pouring episode. Aside from raising the white board. Also try a different angle so other colors than black appear more bold. Great videos, I really like your Chanel. P. S. Even though I have been watching a short time. I noticed in this video that sometimes you skim over instead of going more in depth. Like getting to the proper temps. Still a fan.

You should set up a camera closer so that you can actually see the pour. Also can't see the bar when you were working on it.

Hi Chris are you to process rock material to finishing product ?

I didn’t hear anything about the temperature to melt the silver or the temperature to keep the mold at.

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Hey Chris. Is there a way to contact you. I have a few questions and Id love to pick your brain when you get a minute

you need a darker marker to write with great video though

So what was the temp you ended up pouring at

Misleading headline, it is a silver bar but not nice

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What’s up blood. Go Raiders Madden brah. Your backyard the light ambience reminds me of my cousins in Danville and you seem like a Livermore cat to me. Madden in Dublin and yo the Mack born and raised Merritt Hospital Pill Hill blood. Anyfuck don’t mean to freak anyone out though I have freaked on some hoe cakes back in the day I like smoking reefer playing disc golf with Pepe and painting and gonna get me a detector. Got the mind lab 600 gonna return go I wanna go for the gold in Reno northern Nevada saw a video you up in dem parts. But the Monster Mind lab for my parts is to sensitive for my terrain. I know you recommend the fisher gold pro with the African men but I looking for something a little bit fancier and cool looking led screen s o is there a pulse induction detector fir gold at 1000.00 bucks for northern Nevada desert here. Of course I don’t expect a response sorry for being a knucklehead but I having difficulty with grammar and my head was rocked in civilian and army life. Deus Dues. Is there stuff legit. I’ll research more and then maybe I’ll get my shit straight good day sir

I enjoyed the video but I’m sorry... that was not a high quality bar, that thing was ugly 🤣

What a good place to roast your weiners!

You're making a video on "how to" pour high quality bars, yet the bar you just made is hideous. You didn't even level your mold, nor did you even fill it. And looks like you're using way too much flux. Not sure what Planet you're living on but you shouldn't be teaching people how to do things wrong.

Is he a rookie? That has to be one of the worst pours I've ever seen. Not kidding.

So you spend the first part of your video rubbishing the efforts of other silver pourers and proclaiming that your methods will produce better bars - but I couldn't tell if it was a good bar or not - we didn't get to see it close up!! Then watching you stumbling around on that uneven stoney surface - and picking up a brick with a hot mold on top with a pair of tongs....really?! And where were your safety glasses? Not a great video I'm afraid - very amateurish and not a good example to set for anyone just setting out melting/pouring metals.

Your video quality is terrible. Can't see anything really, and choose a better color marker. You poke fun of those who don't prep properly when pouring bars, but then----ya didn't do a good job prepping your camera set up, etc. errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr