Jeff where in the heck have you been?? We started to send flowers but didn't have an address! We love ya here in SC and missed ya!! Stay safe my professional Friend! And don't wait 6 months to post another video, will love anything you post!!❤

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Appreciate it! I get so busy in the lab. I have to pull all nighters just to make the time to edit one out. Lol that's two Sunday nights in a row now with no sleep 😁

@squachek

5 күн бұрын

Fully agree!

$72,000 worth of gold right there in 3 small ingots. Amazing.

Wow! Another amazing video Jeff! Love to see your passion for minerals and sharing it with us! Must be great to combine work and passion. The only way to get things perfect 😊 Looking forward for more!

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Thanks, Franky! Doing something you love for a living certainly helps keep you going on the rough days. Thank you for watching!

Can't get enough of that ripple. It really makes it your work ✌️

@LithicMetals

17 күн бұрын

Thanks for saying so, Tony. I appreciate that!

That museum is awesome. Didn’t know about it. Greetings from Chicago.

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

It's definitely worth the trip! 😁

Beautiful pours! ❤️‍🔥 amazing pieces in the museum also 😮wow

Awesome video! I am a proud owner of one of your 1oz. Gold buttons and a 3oz. vial of silver crystals through KZOO...but I am unhappy with them...they fact shame me for not owning more of your artwork 😭😭😭 ...but that will change in the future 😁 ...keep on keepin' on

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

I really appreciate you adding some Lithic silver and gold to your collection! Thanks so much! 😁

The commentary reminds me of Bob Ross!😂

@OnlyMe-mt7zb

5 күн бұрын

I was gonna say the same thing

So cool to watch!!

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

😁

Geff, that brill, i myself live in the West of Scotland Uk and i must say i would love one of your Indian head coins.

@LithicMetals

24 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I'd be happy to make one for you 😁

Great to see how it looks 🖖🤟👊👋🫵👌👍✌️🫶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

@LithicMetals

19 сағат бұрын

💛... 😁

Beautiful. What a fantastic video! Thanks for making this.

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

And, thank you for watching, Michael! 😁

Missed you. Glad to see you back making me envious of all that yellow metal 👍

@LithicMetals

27 күн бұрын

Appreciate it! Definitely fun to play with 😁

Happy to see your videos. Inspirational.

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

I appreciate that, Steve!

It is a beautiful area up there. I lived in Houghton-Hancock for 15 years, went to MTU for a 4yr degree and stayed a bit longer. I lived on campus for over 7 years and one of the buildings housed the mineral museum before it was relocated to the place you visited. At the time I happened to also know the curator of the museum pretty well. :) I enjoy watching your work. Glad to see you posting again. Take care.

@LithicMetals

27 күн бұрын

It must of been difficult to leave. Such a wonderful area.

@obiwanbenobi4943

27 күн бұрын

@@LithicMetals It was a long trip to get to where most of my family is at - eventually I moved back.

💯 the viedo is phenomenal . The Education of the museum nice touch . 10 ozt. Bars 💯 art work man.

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Thanks, Bradley! 💛

Great video! Thanks for showing the natural deposits at the end. I'm glad you're making videos again.

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Thank you. And, thanks for watching!

To improve their mood some people do alcohol some people do drugs. Jeff does gold

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

😆

Great video!

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate you watching!! 💛

You’re like the Ultimate Lattè Foam Art Barista, for Gold

@LithicMetals

12 күн бұрын

💛

awesome as always bro!

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

😁

Thanks for video, specimens look amazing!!

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

I appreciate you watching! 😁

So beautiful Jeff. Great work

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate it!!

Excellent video, both parts. Beautiful pours and crazy looking museum pieces. Thanks for sharing 👍

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!! 😁

MORE VIDEOS PLEASE!!😢

How have I not come across you! Perfect voice for YT.....some great looking bars! Loved the walk through of the museum specimens!!! I want those : )

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

I do, too! Glad you found me. I appreciate you watching!! 😁

Awesome video man! this was fantastic!

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Thanks, Jay! 😁

MANY of my SCREENSAVER pics ARE from snapshots of your Lithic MASTERPIECES. STACKON...

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for sharing that with me!! 😁

Awesome video! Really loved the museum part as well, the size of some of those nuggets!!!

@LithicMetals

12 күн бұрын

Thanks, Mike! I'm glad you enjoyed it!! 😁

Absolutely beautiful pours Jeff! This was so much fun. The copper tour was awesome. Nice piece you found! I believe the globular piece in the museum was a Botryoidal Hematite. Keep up the amazing work!

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I think you're right!!

Awesome work, and... Wow, those museum specimens are something else.

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Another great video !!

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 😁

Bob Ross of gold 🪙

@LithicMetals

12 күн бұрын

😁

What happened to the silver harvesting? Could you explain more how the whole process works? Its fascinating! Thank you!!

that must of been around a 75k pay day! not too shabby

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

It was a sizable order! However, I only get paid to pour the bars... I don't get the gold for free

@1977JohnBoy

Ай бұрын

@@LithicMetals oh i had visions of you purifying it all like sreetips lol but yeah still a nice order!

That is some amazing stuff! Where is this museum at? Michigan? Upper peninsula?

@LithicMetals

27 күн бұрын

It's a great place to visit. Yes, it's in the UP. Houghton, Michigan

@LithicMetals do you plan on starting to put more content up? It's been a while and now 2 videos in the past month.... Miss your videos.

@LithicMetals

27 күн бұрын

I definitely plan to post more content, but it will likely continue to be sporadic. My main focus is the work in the lab. It doesn't leave me much time to edit content. 🙂

Super 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾😎

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Appreciate it! 😁

I like your channel a lot you are a cool and laid back dude thanks for sharing everything you do I love gold so awesome.

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Thanks, Shawn! I appreciate you watching!! 😁

So beautiful

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

💛

It’s nearly impossible to describe the beauty of seeing fresh poured gold in person 😎

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Indeed! 💛

Within 10 seconds you drop it out from the mould, it sets unbelievably fast.

@LithicMetals

25 күн бұрын

Once you see the ripples stop moving, it's frozen solid. 😁

@monk1100

24 күн бұрын

@@LithicMetals frozen solid lol, I would want to touch it till the next day, if your saying that. 😅 But I was intrigued by your video and have started a few more to view, as it just popped on my suggestions. Why, no idea.. but cool stuff. 👍

@miklemon2357

13 күн бұрын

@@monk1100 not saying otherwise, but have you done molds of gold? i have been curious about this as well

very enjoyable video thanks for sharing

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Thanks, Ray! I appreciate you watching!!

I love it Jeff!!

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

😁

Thats a lot of Cheaddar! I can't imagine traveling with that much gold on my person. Amazing that he/she is not stopped going through customs even though they have paperwork.

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

If they ask you if you have anything to declare... just say, yup! There's people that wear watches more expensive lol

@patricestange8151

Ай бұрын

@@LithicMetals that’s true, I bought one in Switzerland and declared it coming through customs

No way I was asking about where I can buy one of your bars to a guy only the other day

13:05 are dragons eggs, obviously!! 😉

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

💛

Sounds like a bob ross painting video for gold 😂😂..

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

💛

Try a clear splash shied it’s the heat drying your eyes out that irritates them with a clear shield you can see clearly and your eyes won’t be dry afterwards and by the way beautiful bars love the ripple effect you get

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

I'd have to differ with you on that. A clear shield just doesn't do the trick. Once the dish gets red hot, it is so bright. Without the tinted shield, it leaves you with a black fuzzy spot in the center of your vision. Thankfully, I learned my lesson halfway through the first bar I poured with that torch. But it left me with minor vision loss for a short while. Thanks for watching, Jim!

Very interesting

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

😁

Fabulous video, thank you for sharing. Hailing from the UK myself, did you get any info on shipping that quantity of gold back over the pond? How does that process work with customs? All the best my man! 🙏😊

@LithicMetals

23 күн бұрын

The owner carried it back with him on the plane. He had to declare it, of course. However, since there isn't a VAT tax on gold in the UK, there wasn't much to it. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching!

@brevobrevo

21 күн бұрын

@@LithicMetals appreciate the reply.

Where do I go to buy one of your gold bars? Seems like an awesome way to invest lol can watch it happen too is a plus!

Beautiful. Always a fan of your craftsmanship. Perhaps you were in India. I am a machineshop worker too. Done enough bench-fitting, grinding, milling and turning. I get really excited to see letter and number punches. Thought you could have 1 of those small kilns to melt your metals.

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I've yet to be able to travel to India. I appreciate you watching!! 😁

@dajjalmohammadmulhidpeer5198

Ай бұрын

@@LithicMetals Yes, you'd be surprised to see just how many fans you'd make if you shift your business to India. ♥️🙏👍

Hello Jeff, both parts of video are great... to be honest, the first part is somehow more magnetic...

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate it!!

❤

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

💛

Do you lose any weight when melting it in that fashion? I notice with silver, when I use a torch, I lose weight after I pour. There is white powder around the dish. It is silver powder which I sweep up but I'm curious if it happens with gold?

@LithicMetals

16 күн бұрын

I know exactly what you're talking about. If you look at that white powder under a magnifying glass, you'll see that it's tiny silver spheres. Thankfully, gold is nothing like silver in that regard. There are no oxides, and there's no splatter either. So when working with gold, you never get any measurable losses like you do with silver.

@mickeylickey123

16 күн бұрын

Ah, thank you for the info. Great video and beautiful bars. I'm thinking about trying some gold pouring, but I don't have any cheaper gold to try. It's all in coin form, and I don't want to devalue it it by turning it into a bar. Maples and eagles, ya know what I mean. Cheers.

You said you started with 10 ounces of gold but why did you not lose any weight after melting the gold?

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Hey, Cole. When you're melting pure gold, you don't have any measurable losses. I could re-pour it 100 times and still bot see any loss. Silver is a different story. Silver or even karat gold will form oxides when melted and exposed to oxygen. Silver likes to splatter a bit as well under the torch. You will indeed have losses with other metals than gold. Thanks for watching!

@cole7750

Ай бұрын

Ty I learned something very important. I didn’t know that and I’ve been dealing with g with a lot of our silver and having a hard time to get a precise weight on a bar after it’s been melted and poured. I’ve read different places to add anywhere from 3 all the way to 10% extra silver before melting to get the desired weight but still all over the place with post weights. Any suggestions?

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Silver is tough. When I was pouring 4oz and 10oz Ag bars, I would add apx 0.2oz to the pour. But as you said, it was still all over the place. If you're using a torch, use the lowest flame you can while still be proficient. Keep the flame steady over the molten silver to avoid losses from oxides. Nothing that you likely don't do already, but those are the best tips I can offer.

@cole7750

Ай бұрын

@@LithicMetals thanks I’ll give that a try. Keep up the good videos, and I haven’t seen you on KZread in a while I thought google magically unsubscribed me but then I got up today and there you were

Its pretty mind blowing that we are looking at over $70k sitting on the table

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Agreed. 😁

What is the residue on the first mold?

@LithicMetals

18 күн бұрын

I'm not exactly sure what you are referring to, but most likely, you were seeing water vapor coming off. The only other residue would just be carbon from the mold itself.

The bars look amazing . How did he transport it/take it back with him ?

@LithicMetals

Күн бұрын

He just carried the parcel on his person and declared it upon landing.

ouh sexy ! i'm kinda sad with my 1/10th oz gold coin ! but hey ! you have to start somewhere !

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Plenty of folks wish they just had a gram of gold. When panning for gold, I'm happy to just find a speck 😁

@noicue8078

Ай бұрын

The most important thing is that you started 👍

Jeff how do you recover silver from an aqua regia solution after recovering the 24k gold?

Hi, do you know you can make copper, silver, gold crystals at home by electrolisis. I just make some copper crystal and they are so good. Only copper sulfate solution copper electrodes 0.6 volt and wait for a week. Next time i will try even lower voltage 0.1 v and let it grow maby for months.

Wow. Do you find your own gold to make the bars or do you buy it in as beads?

@LithicMetals

7 күн бұрын

Much of the gold is from karat scrap that folks send in to be refined.

@CarCosmeticsChannel

7 күн бұрын

@@LithicMetals You've got the art of casting really well, you make it look easy but I'm sure it's very difficult.

m e s m e r i z i n g

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

💛

Lefty

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Yup!

Hey do poured silver bars come out nicer with oxy acetylene then from an electric furnace?

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

The final product is the same. However, there are pros and cons for both.

@goldsilverjunkie

Ай бұрын

@@LithicMetals I was thinking higher temperature means the metal will act more liquid and when poured into a mold, it will spread out evenly nicely. I’m just gonna have to try it out for myself.

Did they let him get out of the country with it ?

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Of course, but one has to declare what they have. Otherwise, there could be problems. He had all the receipts necessary.

@hugedell

Ай бұрын

@@LithicMetals what kind of receipts could he have you mean from you ? Like purchase ? Or origin of funds ?

Is this troy ounces?? of Gold

@maxcactus7

Ай бұрын

Yes.

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Always, when dealing with precious metals

I wonder how he got on at customs?

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Just fine. You simply have to declare what you have. There aren't any VAT on gold in the UK.

@pleasestandby5954

Ай бұрын

@@LithicMetals Nice! I assumed there would be some silly restriction

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

It only becomes a problem when you try to sneak it in or out of a country.

How about 5 or 10 grammars

Hey guys, why did he put the spear points point in different directions?

@stuffstuffy8585

Ай бұрын

I think it's based on how the ripple turned out, to match it so it looks aesthetically pleasing.

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Exactly right!

@dleetr

Ай бұрын

@@LithicMetals Be funny if it was the time of day the bar was poured.

@LithicMetals

Ай бұрын

Lol, that it would be 🙂

Are you single 😍

@LithicMetals

27 күн бұрын

I just asked my wife, and she said, "no". 😁

Trip looks awesome...those bars are beautiful. I wish you could ship here! 😢😢😢

@LithicMetals

12 күн бұрын

Thanks! I'm sure one day I'll be able to. 😁