Hello and welcome to my channel. For some unknown reason, the comments were unintentionally turned off for this video. They are turned back on so that comments can now be made. I read all comments and try to answer all questions. Thank you!

@mcjdubpower

3 ай бұрын

Gud vids 💯💥, great KZreadr. Hello Mr and Mrs Sreetips 🦵

@ExtractingMetals

3 ай бұрын

I felt obligated to make you aware of it because comments and viewer engagement are a big part of the Algorithm.

@ericbochardt2989

3 ай бұрын

I really enjoy your proficiency in your trade, just a pleasure to watch the results, the way the law of nature is perfectly consistent points to something greater is just amazing

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, I look forward to answering questions and replying to comments. Was very disappointed to see them turned off!

@user-uj5ym3vz8c

3 ай бұрын

I love watching your videos nothing better you're an amazing teacher and now it all makes sense with the book and your videos it is getting me to where I need to be thank you

It's times like these when I question my KZread algorithm enough to wonder how I got here but also praise it for guiding me to this absolute gem. I'm just so blown away right now.

@cruelcimmcia859

Ай бұрын

It’s almost like it believes we can achieve this.

@dogfoot1874

25 күн бұрын

You can't make silver am I incorrect?

@hrkristoffer

20 күн бұрын

Me too how to make dopamine I guess or meths

@Nick1921945

16 күн бұрын

Yes thank you for telling everyone

@sreetips

16 күн бұрын

I did it in my garage, so it is achievable.

"Money doesn't grow on trees Billy" "No it's grown in a lab mom!"

@yourfactstory

11 күн бұрын

You are wrong Steven... ...Yes money growing from trees , what's about fruits, vegetables, cereals,weeds etc.. ?? All came from trees!

@animalnt

11 күн бұрын

@@yourfactstory Vegetables don't grow on trees retard

@arcadealchemist

9 күн бұрын

​@@yourfactstory cash is now plastic

@MollyHJohns

9 күн бұрын

Cereals, weeds... why not add some more like potatotes too 😂ww

@yourfactstory

8 күн бұрын

@@MollyHJohns Yes !!! all you can grow can be $$ Wake Up Smart Boy!

HOLY SHEEP DIP!!! I got three kids headed to college in the next four years. I was out of my mind with worry on how to help pay for it. I literally hurt myself tripping over the gold bearing computers, TVs and electronics that people in my hood throw away daily. i just wasn't aware of how to purify properly. THANKS BOSS

@EchoesInTheMind

2 ай бұрын

check out $PORK... put like 100 bucks and you can thank me in a few months. You are a good father! take care.

@gatofury2000

2 ай бұрын

Have u made a setup yet?

@tomasz8614

Ай бұрын

americans💀

@sreetips

Ай бұрын

Humans

@sebjulien3

Ай бұрын

@@tomasz8614 Imbeciles...

seen a lot of metal smelting videos but never seen such a beautiful electrolysis crystal growing, it is first time im seeing a metal so fluffy. keep it up.

The wristwatch was a great idea. Time lapse recording without a frame of reference doesn't tell how long the reaction actually takes.

I've just spent hours reading your comments and obviously watching your videos. I'm a retired Marine Engineer and always remembered about the hulls sacrificial anode outside and the other erroneous fact that there's enough gold in a square mile of sea water, enough to make a wedding ring anyways. When I was a wee lad I used to read the alchemy sections from a huge set of Calf bound encyclopedia Brittannica that the British museum stored at my Parents property during WW2, weird how things are connected in life. Hope your gold and silver brings you as much joy as I had reading about alchemy, especially as all the ssssss's were replaced by ffffs, fo much fun, methinkf i did fpent too much time at fea under the red hot fun..

@sreetips

Ай бұрын

There’s gold in your back yard. But it’s so tiny an amount that it’s just not worth going after it. I think those anodes were zinc.

@exgenica

Ай бұрын

@@sreetips said, "I think those anodes were zinc." In most cases these days. Zinc has desirable electrical characteristics, it's relatively cheap, and easy to cast into shapes/sizes needed for a sacrificial anode on various boats, and it's easy to tell when it should be replaced.

@cannibalwarlord1884

Ай бұрын

Rah

@Wolftatze

Ай бұрын

Fun fact: the fs that replaced the s are probably from an old german way of writing. I remember seeing this in old church books over here.

@1dcondave

Ай бұрын

@@Wolftatze interesting... I had thought that it was because when making the old lead-type characters that the "f" was simply easier to make than the "s." I'm learning all kinds of stuff on KZread today!

It's little things, like using a cold spoon to check for steam that set you apart from the rest. Excellent video once more. Thank you.

00:09 Harvesting high-purity silver from the silver cell 02:16 Importance of having a fuse in the silver cell operation 04:23 Electrolysis process to yield pure elemental silver metal. 06:21 Preparing additional electrolyte with pure silver Crystal 09:10 Harvesting and handling pure silver crystals. 12:32 Rinsing off electrolyte from pure silver crystals 15:42 Rebooting the silver cell with a new electrolyte 17:38 Pure silver crystals formed after 30 minutes. Crafted by Merlin AI.

@josephmedina6403

16 күн бұрын

That sounds like a hell of a process!

When testing for dissolved silver, I (again) recommend you use potassium iodide instead of hydrochloric acid as it is more sensitive and the distinctive yellow color is better visible in trace amounts.

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

Good input, thank you.

@apveening

3 ай бұрын

@@sreetips You're more than welcome. It is also something I think more of your viewers will appreciate.

@stompingpeak2043

3 ай бұрын

​@@apveeningyeah but that blue looks really cool. It won't look like he's doing a chemical fermentation process on his urine this way

@apveening

3 ай бұрын

@@stompingpeak2043 That blue is copper, when you see that, you normally don't test for silver.

@Gnolomweb

2 ай бұрын

@@apveening the blue was blue on my screen. maybe rest your computer?

This process of producing pure silver crystal is mesmerizing 😮 When you poured off the silver nitrate electrolyte, my eyes beheld a most magical site! I can't wait to watch the melt. I hope you get it poured like the last one. Where the very top of the bar gently rocks back and forth before solidifying, leaving those awesome pour lines! You are the man!

@101doreen

3 ай бұрын

This is my comment, exactly. I experienced the same.

Thank you sir I always enjoy the silver cell clean up as it's one of my favorite metals six stars brother

For those of you that have never used nitric acid and silver like this the photo does not do justice to that blue color it’s a blue you have never seen before it’s amazing!

@guachingman

3 ай бұрын

you make me want to use nitric acid now

@kimchiman1000

5 күн бұрын

Poppa Smurf blue

I’m really wanting to try some silver recovery. All the info is a valuable resource. We all thank you Sreetips

I was watching Full Metal Alchemist and I somehow ended up here. But I am not complaining that is some beautiful silver you’ve made there and I had no idea you can create it in such a way.

@PoochMG

2 ай бұрын

lol go from anime full metal alchemist to real life full metal alchemist. youtube algorithm ftw

@ichromelg1467

11 күн бұрын

dude i started watching it yesterday, finished it the next day it being today, now i;m here. crazy how life works.

Hello Mr. SREETIPS! Good job, well done one more time, it is (video) again educational. Thank you!🙂

Pure awesome! Thanks for inspiring to re-learn chemistry.

Hello Mrs and Mr Sreetips. Have a nice weekend. God bless both of you. Silver is "Gold" after all clips' you have produced 🙏🔥

Great content. You always peak my interest. All the best to u and the Mrs.

Full is an understatement Sreetips 🤠 That is a very harvest. Nice Work 👍 Thank you for sharing with us. I was wondering when you were going to upload a video.

Its a beautiful thing you are the GOAT,of youtube fine metal recovery

I feel like it’s Christmas when new sreetips videos are uploaded. Thank you for sharing the knowledge you know with us. I’ve learned a lot in school before I graduated but man you never fail to teach me something new.

I love how Sreetips is doing huge numbers in PMs now and he's still rockin the old caserol dishes ❤

Another great video. You and the misses have to go looking for sterling and other silver almost every day. I know there’s a lot of work that goes into your videos that isn’t in your videos. Love your content two big 👍👍

I am in a state of wow, old friend. You must have slept along side the cell so it could continue to do it's job eh. I sure don't get over here as much as I would like to or should my friend. I sure enjoyed working with the crystal silver. It melted beautifly and quicker than regular casting shot does. Short as they are I always enjoy my visits with SREETIPS. Thanks a bunch and I hope to be back soon, old friend.

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

Good to hear from you Dean. Take care.

Hi Mr. sreetips. I have found all your videos very interesting. But I particularly liked the “Refining scrap precious metals from The jewellers buffing wheel “ even your methods were mentioned by Mount Baker Mining & Minerals MBMM. He fascinates me too. Thanks

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Never have i enjoyed chemistry/alchemy so much! Thank you sir.

Brilliant explanation, You have a great setup!

I would love to harden that crystallized silver and display it like an Amethyst geode. Great video!

I was using this method and used a glass beaker to watch the crystal silver growing.good work streets

I keep saying I'm gonna do this... But we all know I'm content to just watch you. Love your work, bud!

I wanna see how you harvest those slime filters and what method to pull the different metals out.

I dont know why this popped up on my youtube but holy shit i cant stop watching. I want one of these in my garage.

Wow at the end you can see the reaction happening around the edge looking through the plastic nice

I'm soo glad there's a new video today. I was starting to get withdrawal symptoms😂😂😂😂

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Sreetips, I love your videos. Thank you.

I wish I had someone like this to apprentice under so I could be a crystal-growing chemist!

Always love the way silver crystal looks

Sir you are educating me on a subject worth learning about, and have earned my respect. Thank you from a new subscriber!

@sreetips

5 күн бұрын

Welcome to my channel!

Beautiful silver

Very interesting, no, fascinating 😂 You should play classical music and see how the crystals grow. You’ll probably get some amazing patterns. Would love to see that on your next run.

Very interesting sir I'm impressed with your progress and the knowledge of your work.

@sreetips

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Very informative video, thank you.

I think ya got my entire networth in a bowl there bud lol.

I'm guessing chemical or mechanical engineer. Good stuff man. I love gazing into the blue crystal bowl 🤩 also the condensor spoon trick 👌🏻

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

Retired Naval Engineer.

Genuinely fascinating. no idea how you made it to my page but im glad you did.

@sreetips

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Such a beautiful harvest of silver crystals. It’s stunning when you pull the lid to reveal the pure silver crystals and pour off the electrolyte. 👍🏻

Could you create a playlist that has the silver process from the start to finish please? I’m a whole lot confused about where you started and ended.

This should be common high school chemistry projects that run every semester. Actual realized “value” to the intellectual “value” of education.

@Sunshine-lo6vd

11 күн бұрын

Definitely didn’t teach this in my chemistry classes 😢

@theyellowarchitect4504

7 күн бұрын

Like physics' electrical experiments, or construction work (laying bricks or stones to make a tiny wall), or teaching how to exercise each muscle, or how credit cards work? Reminder that "Education" is designed mainly for obedience conditioning, so your suggestion won't happen anytime soon

@KGTiberius

7 күн бұрын

@@theyellowarchitect4504 Apathy is the true enemy of education. We can take part in our teachers and educational boards. We can realize common sense. It is when we don’t attend or care that Karen(s) take over. Or… Mrumph… 🤷🏼‍♂️ like, whatever… somebody else’s problem.

I watched you weighing your silver and you were right about the weight of 1.3 kg. of silver. I noticed a lot of comments saying it was 1.032 but it is 1.3 on the scale not 1,03. I'm in Canada and worked witth scales in metric since 1980. Thanks for the input you put into the video.

@sreetips

Ай бұрын

I wasn’t sure, I’d have to look.

if you showed this to alchemists from the 1600s they would say: "yeAAAsss bro!" - We were right

@theyellowarchitect4504

7 күн бұрын

Alchemists already knew this process lol, it wasnt something new for them. They were far more advanced than this guy (see philosopher stone, animal stone, universal medicine etc)

Now you just need to figure out how to turn lead into gold and you will be the envy of thousands of alchemists throughout the centuries!

As someone that's used methamphetamine for 18 years (1 year clean currently) as I watch this process can't help to grin and giggle to myself "we'll take this over and set it on some low heat..and dry this off" (15.34) You're incredibly talented and I watched from start to finish. Very interesting.

@sreetips

Ай бұрын

Meth wasn’t your problem. Your problem was in your mind, in the inability to leave it alone.

@tad_pale

Ай бұрын

@@sreetips I agree with you 100% I'm obsessive by nature and lacked direction.

@sreetips

Ай бұрын

Me too!

@tad_pale

Ай бұрын

@@sreetips you're extremely intelligent, you videos hold my attention from start to finish, that's very rare 🙏🏻

@sreetips

Ай бұрын

Thank you

A relaxing Wow factor mad happening here. Thank you.

Free pouring from the big beaker to the dump bucket is wild - no filter and nothing to stop ounces of silver just getting dumped out accidentally lol idk

@bradlesc1000

8 күн бұрын

fuckin flawless

Another great video thank you 😊

Nice work... Amazing....

Hi sreetips love the videos mate here from Australia, quick question so the granulated silver is from refining carat scrap?

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

Correct. I use sterling silver to refine gold. I recover the silver and run it through my silver cell. Then put it away and forget about it.

You should add a little beaker from the Muppets in the background shot. He could be your assistant. Meep meep

I want my own vat of silver crystalline...

Fascinating 😊

mr sreetips may i ask how you keep the copper down below the threshold where it starts to settle out into the silver crystals? is that why you create more silver nitrate solution when doing a second run to help dilute the already copper imbued silver nitrate solution and keep it below that threshold? and more importantly what do you do with the solution youve used twice, do you keep diluting it or do you use some chemist magic to drop the silver out of solution keeping the copper behind to dispose of?

@sreetips

Ай бұрын

I never use the electrolyte more than twice. I add fresh silver nitrate for the second run. I cement the silver out of the used electrolyte on copper.

Brilliant and beautiful! ❤

I wonder if you can accelerate your crystal growth by adding a real "earth ground" connected to the basket (if you don't have one already)? I think it would allow a more direct path to ground (earth ground) which would allow for more/larger/constant electron flow from + to earth ground. If you already are connecting your stainless basket to an earth ground, my apologies. You may already have a ground rod as part of your main power panel. Many main power panels have a copper ground rod driven into the ground or set into the foundation of the house and connected by thick bare copper wire to the power panel. If you have this already, you can simply tap into that ground rod, or add a new one close to your silver cell. I wonder if this would be a good experiment to try, with before & after tests. Maybe this will accelerate the growth or increase the size of your silver crystals. I'm assuming you've already found the voltage "sweet spot", but when using a real earth ground, you might be able to increase the voltage and/or amperage to get better results?

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

That’s sounds interesting. Might make more current flow and speed it up even faster.

That's a beautiful process

Breaking BADass of, Ag. whaaat thanks for the passing of the Au. Love learning from you. Because this is gold... If you want to learn.

Another comment mentioned a different chemical for silver nitrate testing. I wonder if there might not be a test strip you could use?

Great stuff. Thankyou.

Hope your family, and wife are doing well, you too. 🤙🏾

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

We are doing very well, thank you.

cool video, lots of fun chemistry techniques im learning as a chemistry major in use here

thanks for sharing this. someone shared this with me and I really like that you addressed all of the electrochemistry basics in your explanation. Could you share how you know it is 999 Fine Silver?

@sreetips

2 ай бұрын

I’ve had the silver analyzed several times. I use strict controls to ensure high purity for each batch. The samples I sent in came back three nines every time, except once. I ran a batch of silver crystal back through the cell a second time and sent it in for ICP analysis. That came back greater than five nines fine. That’s better than 99,999 parts per one hundred thousand pure silver.

@abizersodawalla

2 ай бұрын

@@sreetipsyour controls really are in place and that's great to hear. If I do end up doing a study of my own - I'll keep you posted on my progress. Thanks so much for the knowledge share.

Such a Beautiful sight ✨

Never seen silver crystals before 😮Amazing video 👍

Interesting, very cool. Thanks for the info

Wonder how the crystals would form if you played music to them or put ultrasonic vibrations through the electrolyte as you were growing the crystals.. love the vid mate

Love the videos man don’t know much about it but I find it interesting

Beautiful silver crystals!!! Will you be melting some of them into a four 9’s fine silver bar?

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

I could do that, if I decide to sell some silver. But right now, I’m buying silver, not selling.

New subscriber very informative I enjoyed watching

@sreetips

Ай бұрын

Welcome!

Could a process like this work for iron as well? I just watched a video on how some of the most expensive Japanese swords in the world are made and they basically need pure iron, but they use a kilm instead. Might be worth making and contacting Japanese sword makers, just a random idea. Very cool and well explained video!

Found your videos out of pure curiosity and didn't realize you could grow silver. After all the ingredients used to grow the crystals and the electricity, is this profitable or just a fun hobby?

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

This is my hobby. And yes, it is highly profitable. But I dont take paper dollars. I get paid in silver (and gold). If I get any paper then I immediately convert it to metal. Don’t want to get stuck holding a stack of worthless paper.

This is a great video thank you!

sorry for stupid question im not chemist, but did he grow silver from just the chemicals or he purified some silver from lets say 2kg impure to 1.3kg pure silver? is this profitable? thanks in advance

@sreetips

4 күн бұрын

I’m not a chemist either. I use sterling to refine gold. Silver is a by-product of my gold refining. I recover the silver and run it through my silver cell. For every 100g of impure silver I add to the anode basket, I’ll harvest 98g of high purity silver from the cell. No new silver is being created out of thin air.

Hey Sreet, I think I already know the answer, and it's probably yes, but will this method work with silver plated stuff instead of using the pure silver bar and other reclaimed metals like you are using? I have some old silverware that is a mix of silver plated copper and likely sterling silver as well.

@sreetips

Ай бұрын

For electrolytic refining to be a success, the anode material must be fairly high purity to begin with. Plated would quickly foul the cell and produce no good result.

if you had a glass/transparent lid for the cell ...could set up a time lapse, as the crystal/plating out process would be fascinating to watch in time lapse. youtube gold right there.

@sreetips

2 ай бұрын

It gets obscured by condensate.

I follow you from Aswan, I am Egyptian Thank you for everything you provide. You are honest and provide every detail I want to discuss with you something similar to this You are currently working on a metal farming operation . I want to say whether metal or metal oxides grow in soil through it Substitute the solution dissolved in it Someone I spoke to before I followed you, and I saw what was mentioned above, he said that there are types of soil that contain all types of minerals. What do you think of this?

@oooomn2057

3 ай бұрын

My name is Omnia

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

Omnia, I don’t have experience working with soil.

@fieryvale

3 ай бұрын

Different soils will contain different amounts of metals, minerals, and organic matter. The best soil for growing plants will contain trace amounts of various metals, and small amounts of minerals of various kinds, but will be mostly organic matter. As far as "metal farming" - I'm not sure what you mean. It is impossible to grow metal like you grow plants. The only way that metal is present is if it has been introduced, or if it's been there since the Creation.

thanks for another good episode. what would you do with the last basket with the impure silver? add it to the cementing container? each time i see a piece of those silvers fall to the cementing bucket or on the table i feel someone is grabbing my neck. lol i had another question while watching but i can't remember what it was. i'll ask it if i remember. anyway. good luck and have fun making fun episodes for us.

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

Any leftover impure silver in the anode basket filter will get dissolved in nitric when I process the anode slimes.

@milkom666

3 ай бұрын

@@sreetips wow, that was a fast response. thank you. looking forward to more videos.

@Shane4theSavior

26 күн бұрын

At what cost ?

@sreetips

26 күн бұрын

Since this is my hobby, I’ve never tried to calculate expenses for each batch. I just have a ton of impure silver from my gold refining that needs to be run through my silver cell.

Great video ! Thanks!! Take care!!!

been watching your videos now for a while. this was an interesting batch. you said it looked like wool, i was going to comment on some sort of moss. it also seemed quieter. usually it still sounds like youre scraping metal. this almost seemed " fluffy"

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

It’s different for each refining. Some parameter is altered slightly and these differences are the result.

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

But it’s still high purity silver, just a different texture.

Waste management is of utmost importance if you are in to this. Greetings from an M. Sc. of chemistry!

@sreetips

2 ай бұрын

I spent about 20% of my time treating the waste. And even though I don’t have all that much (this is my hobby and I don’t refine other peoples stuff), it’s still a giant pain. But worth the peace of mind.

Hey super cool video I can say I am truly intrigued on this entire process and I am really wanting to try to do this stuff myself. I plan on pouring over your videos and trying to pick up on learning this, do you possibly have any suggestions on books I can read or other forms of information I can acquire for someone who has absolutely 0 background in chemistry? Amazing stuff man.

@_Not_Retarded

Ай бұрын

Im pretty sure you have to know chemistry

@sreetips

Ай бұрын

I learned on the goldrefiningforum.com

@sreetips

Ай бұрын

I got a D in the only chemistry class I ever took fifty years ago in high school. You don’t have to be a chemist to refine gold and silver, but it helps if you are.

@Friends.With.Ghosts

Ай бұрын

@@_Not_Retarded I am pretty sure anyone with the right mentality some book reading and educational videos like this can learn how to do something bro. Just because I'm not a chemist doesn't mean I can't learn how to do something. Your deciding your going to fail before even trying.

@Friends.With.Ghosts

Ай бұрын

@@sreetips Appreciate it I'll check it out

What's the orange fumes from dissolving silver in acid on the heat. I've seen many different orange fumes from dissolving stuff in acid. But it always seem to be a different type of chemical.

i think if you can develop silver by that, you can also do it with gold maybe in a different way.. its like you compress the time forming of silver. and ist really amazing.

ive only done a bit of copper electroforming. i had a question about if there's a point where too much copper will go into the silver electrolyte solution and impede the process and if so is it possible/easy to remove it ?

@sreetips

19 күн бұрын

I’ve been told that 60g/liter copper concentration and it could begin to co-deposit with the silver.

“Jesse, we need to cook….silver!”🥸

@roberthendry3992

7 күн бұрын

Breaking Glad o.o

@roberthendry3992

7 күн бұрын

"Yeah Mr. White! Yeah alchemy!" 😂

Gooood evening from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great night!

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

Goooood evening!

Wow. Interesting operation. Looks dangerous 😂

So out of curiosity could you do this with copper plated silver or would the solution become to saturated with copper? Been debating buying silver plated items for cheap to try to refine the silver, I know it's not a lot but I can get it cheap. 🤷

@michaelnewton8515

2 ай бұрын

Silver plated copper*

@sreetips

2 ай бұрын

If it ends up costing more than the value of the silver that you recover, which it probably will, then I’d say it’s not worth it. Solid sterling is out there. With the spot price of silver so grossly and artificially undervalued, people don’t want silver (this is exactly what banksters want, to keep you interested in dollars) people will sell you their silver, at a discount! So I’m buying as much silver, now, while it’s out of favor, as I can get my hands on. I pass on silver plate. Why bother when there’s so much sterling to get. It’s a silver-buyers paradise out there.

May I ask what concentration nitric acid you’re using to make the electrolyte?

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

The label on the bottle say 68% to 70%

I have a quick question, if you dissolve copper in the nitric acid solution, the electrolyte will crystalize copper instead of silver, knowing in advance that the anode has both copper and silver and gold for example.

@sreetips

28 күн бұрын

As long as condition are properly maintained in the cell, only the silver will deposit on the cathode. The copper will remain in solution in the electrolyte. The gold, being insoluble, will get trapped in the anode filter, and I can recover it later when I process the filters.

@pick_pick_pick

28 күн бұрын

@@sreetips

Yeah! Awesome job yea! But I got a question. What is the difference between silver crystal and cement silver? Why bother to go through all that trouble for silver variants?

@sreetips

3 ай бұрын

The pure silver’s value is easily determinable. The cement silver has questionable purity and value.

@astralman863

3 ай бұрын

@@sreetips ah okay, that makes sense, i thought the purity is the same