How to get Gold from Quartz Hack!

This is an interesting trick on how to get gold and other metals out of quartz rock here in Minnesota. Its free as long as you provide the quartz. It requires fire and panning!

[mattclark]

Soooo, just a warning, if your samples have arsenopyrite in them this is a really bad idea. Arsenopyrite is arsenic iron sulfide and when you get it hot the arsenic can release in the air in deadly amounts. The amounts in this video are probably not an issue, but a larger scale could make for a very bad day.

[GoldHunter-]

Wow! Great information I’m in Oregon and also a Goldtuber. I’m going to try this out and give you full credit for the idea along with a big shout out. Subscribed!

[trademark-fxux]

At 9:55 looks like all the gold in the quartz mixed in with the water then got dumped into the pond . Just a thought, but it may have been a nice yield, did you see how yellow that water turned upon quenching . Next time pour the yellow water into a bucket just in case .that looked like a nice amount of pure gold dust .

[prospectorpete]

Youre right about the people in the Victorian Goldfields roasting quarts. And what they then did was pour water over the hot rocks to make them fracture. Roasting them served two purposes, not only did it make the rocks easier to crush but it also oxidised the sulfides and released the gold

[breckfreeride]

It would also bake the sulfides and unlock any gold in the pyrite

[frankhammer]

WARNING! If you're goung to crush rocks, WEAR BREATHING PROTECTION!
Silicosis is NOT a fun thing to get!
Crushing or cutting rock is how you get it!
And the main ingredient in quartz is - you guessed it - Silica!

You really need to crush that stuff down to a super-fine powder, like talcum powder
Cook the rocks first, like they used to do in Broadford, Victoria, Australia
Where they had rock kilns actually built into the side of the roads for easier transport & loading

As for the crishing, If you need to go super-cheap,
an inverted star picket rammer and a star picket works reasonably well,
it just takes a while and a lot of effort
(look up fencing tools, you'll get what I'm talking about if they're called something different in your neck of the woods)

A reasonably efficient 'el-cheapo' rock crusher, is a dolly pot and a battery operated hammer drill with a 'facing bit', is the easiest way to crush the rocks without losing any of the crush

I've tried both - trust me, go with the hammer drill

I'm making my own wheel-barrow mounted jaw crusher for this very reason,
and planning on making a portable flail mill to get the stuff crushed finer
But now you've got me thinking about a portable 'bush quartz kiln'

Hmmm, I need another project to add to my list of crazy ideas 🤪🤔

[enderkittygaming]

Meanwhile, I boil the quartz and the dump them into cold water...thermal shock blows them apart pretty effectively. It can be repeated a few time for really small pieces.

[Andykerrfield]

Nice video, I'm currently trying this with Scottish quartz beach stones (reddish with black swirls running through) Before crushing and powdering I had a good look with a jewellers magnifier to make sure I saw shiny and so far it looks promising.
Good luck with your exploring 👍

[rawkinj]

Saw someone doing the same thing in a Paint Can ( with the handle) it worked just like that! Thanks so much this is awesome ! I'm from New Brunswick Canada but live in Montreal and cannot go back because of Covid!!! But when I do go back i'm going back right on the coast, giant basalt cliffs with quartz veins galore. I have great quartz geodes, 1 to 12 inch fossils, amethyst, arrow heads, Gonna go collect some quartz and I may not post again because i've become rich too and have gone off to some island looking for lost treasures bare chested in my jean shorts! Cheers and Rawk on!

[johncrane]

i live in colorado and i can use this information for panning quartz in my area. thank you for this video and i did subscribe. thank you again.

[gunslinger]

I almost saw a chupacabra in Minnesota once

[Bartollo]

The dude must have gotten rich!
He hasn't made a video for three years.

[emandejnozka]

I use a6 inch piece of 2” schedule 40 pipe welded to a 1/2 inch steel plate with an 8” piece of axil shaft piston to slam with a 10 pound hammer as a sample crusher. Very portable and easy to use for field samples.

[fredrossman]

I like your idea of heating the rocks so they break up easy. I am out here in washington st. and have some pure white rocks that have a speck of gold here and there. I have a cast iron mortar and pestle that's good for small amounts.
turn your pan around so the stuff hangs in the steps the next time.

[davidstone]

That looked fun and interesting for sure...I learned something new and that’s definitely the BEST part. Can’t wait to see your expression when the corner of your pan glitters like gold!

[bigggdoggg]

If you didn't find a speck of gold then just sell the quartz online because they are crystals and people will buy them. 🤠💯

[LixaFuturelic]

Thanks!!! appreciate a lot, and so nice seeing the fire and activities :)

[davidlaurins]

When panning you should be trying to wash the material off the top, you have a little bit to much of a pouring out action. Thanks for the good video !

[coreymacgregor]

Cool video. Like others said, gotta season your pan, plus you need to classify or crush more. But having fun is the ides. Thanks so much

[jennodine]

I’m sorry your pan was empty at the end, but congrats for a successful hack. Thank you so much for sharing.