Just so you know. Those gloves are rubber to stop cuts or puncture wounds. They are not chemical resistant. You need to buy the long red pvc gauntlets to be safe. Also an airfed mask or extraction is best to reduce inhalation as it is a very dangerous gas. Glasses/face shield are best to stop burns to the face.

@Swingin_wit_Willy

Жыл бұрын

I'm with you mate, I wouldn't be suckin in those fumes personally. Nasty toxic stuff. I'd rather live longer and find more gold.

Peter & Pete Clearly you don't know what natural gold looks like in its natural form I can tell you from personal experience as a gold claim owner that is most definitely a real gold nugget

Omg do you have the my adventure channel now?

Beauty

It seems odd that you would use a base instead of a strong acid like hydrochloric acid to dissolve rock. Also you've got to be careful what metals you put in contact with either a strong acid or a strong base. For instance lye can completely destroy aluminum That's why you never want to put aluminum into the dishwasher as most dishwashing soaps contain sodium hydroxide. When doing things like this it's probably wiser to use glass, Pyrex or plastic

thank you for your video, as well as your completely understandable safety precautions,now all I have to do is find the gold nuggets, sincerely, thunterjack

@Swingin_wit_Willy

Жыл бұрын

Please also wear a mask when using caustic soda, the fumes are extremely toxic. Face shield and chemical resistant gloves are a must... Rubber is not suitable.

I'm jealous.

I have a rare specimen with copper vein running over iron and iron running through rock. Is there any way to dissolve just the rock?

@stephenRexregumhoos

6 ай бұрын

Hydrochloric acid ought to do it. You need aqua regia to dissolve copper. It is highly effective at dissolving calcium carbonates though.

Is that real??

Hi all i found a nugget . How can test if its copper or gold?! Plz advise

@TheFrankCatena

5 жыл бұрын

You would be able to tell by the color alone.

Hydrocloric works well to mate just takes a bit longer 👍

Just cover the stone with cloth and crush it with hammer. Simple

@Swingin_wit_Willy

Жыл бұрын

This then damages the nugget and will drop its value as it will no longer look as good, having a hammered flat spot... collectors don't like that. Less damage more profit.

Well wont b using caustic acid soon

Caustic fumes you still alive?

@dogodogo5891

10 ай бұрын

caustic fumes are dangerous if you smell directly just like other dangerous reagent if you on open area then its no different than faint chlorine atleast it just corrosive property not like toxic n poisonous no2 from aqua regia

What a waste. Most mineral Gold mixed specimens sell for the same price as pure Gold. You just lost money!

in my opinion I don't think you have gold!