I Can't Believe This Worked So Well! | Vinegar Gold

I Can't Believe This Worked So Well! | Vinegar Gold

vinager was used by hanible to cross the Alps. after super Heating the rock it would be rapidly cooled using vinager, causing thermal shock and a small chemical reaction, that destroyed the host rock.

I'm using the same method to clean up this beautiful gold specimen I found metal detecting

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[jnorton]

absolutely brilliant and since i was going through the specimens i collected from being homeless and travelling round living in my car i tried it the Neighbours got pissed ; I found almost 2.47 ounces just in the quartz rocks, the Neighbours get a decent bottle of wine and a sorry, I get to laugh at those that sneered at me picking them up .

[piratescrew]

Also great to see the safety squint coming into play🔥💥☄️

[albertcab]

This system of softening quartz did not know.
Next time I'll try it and let you know how it went.
Greetings from Catalonia

[itatane]

I've said it before : the old timers generally speaking, were crafty buggers who knew what they were doing. They may not have given a crap about nature or their own health (Cyanide and Mercury, anyone?). But we can do similar things, building on the old knowledge, adding modern equipment and techniques to finesse the gold they left behind. Cheers Chris!

[gadzee]

I've been waiting for this video crazy how well.it worked. Firesetting is a ancient practice that has been found in very old mines the Romans also used it on a industrial scale. Just incase anyone get the idea for conglomerate be careful as riverrocks explode when heated

[ScottishGoldHunter]

The old timers definitely knew what they were doing Chris! Thanks for sharing⛏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[shahmohshafi]

I have used this technique n it is working like you said.keep it up.

[northwind]

It might be worth trying a sample where you use plain water after heating, instead of vinegar. You would likely get some thermal fracturing either way, but it would be interesting to see whether the acetic acid actually does anything. You could reheat your tailings after panning, treat them with vinegar, and pan to see if there is more fine gold released.

[frankhammer]

Hey Chris, nice work.
Ive been using a similar method, just not with vinegar.
And it has a rough element of 'assaying' the ore, to see if it's worth working

I've been collecting a bucket of sample quartz from reefs I find.
Then I cook the rocks for several hours in a kiln I made - get's to 500c or so,
so I want to make one bigger & hotter (of course)
I then shock the rocks with cold water from the hose
(I'll give vinegar a go next time, to see if there's a difference)

Next I take them out to a lonely place in the middle of no-where,
(so I don't shit my neighbors to tears with the noise, )
and crush the hell out of them in my dolly pot,
by using a concrete facing bit on my hammer drill.

I seive the contents of the dolly pot through a kitchen seive
anything that doesn't go through the seive,
goes back into the 'to be crushed' bucket
and I repeat till I run out of material to be crushed,
and end up with a bucket of pretty fine sand
( I gotta make a hammer mill to speed this bit up)

At this point I can weigh the bucket of crush to give me a 'Before Processing weight'
Then I run the crush through the blue bowl
to get to the gold, which gives me a very rough 'ore to gold' ratio
to see if the reef's worth working further

It's a work in progress, but I have found gold with this technique
Just not enough to shout yet

[jennodine]

Thank you for mentioning the heat generated by a wood burning fire isn’t hot enough to melt the gold. Great point.

[kathleenjensen]

You’re having way to much fun with this

[jodydorsett]

Forget how much the gold was worth, the proof of concept is priceless.

[ingo]

Hi. I tried it out myself with a MAPP gas torch and industrial produced vinegar (ca. 12.5 % acid) it worked out fine.

[mannyruseriousfriday]

great stuff Chris with the vinegar who would of thunk it!!!!i must say the old timers had the best the most original ideas ever i also watch a guy do the same thing heat up the quartz then just added water instead of vinegar it had the same effect on the quartz
that's why i say to my two sons if an old bloke has something to say just listen and learn helped one of my boys when he started working in the gold mines in WA
but his abstract way of speaking now from listening to the old timers well i should of warned him about that . he comes home with some colourful language some ripper stories but he forgets that he can not speak this way to his mum and dad gets him in trouble all the time
but he can call me Big Horse

[hasmeadali]

Well good morning Thanks for the smile on a gloomy morning.. truly appreciated that.much love always

[hardrockuniversity]

That works well on a small scale. You also have some very rich pieces. I was wondering if it was the vinegar or just the thermal shock. Have you tried it with plain water?

[piratescrew]

Thanks Chris. Great Idea to collect your ore in summer and burn and crush when it’s too cold to prospect, love ya stuff!

[ItachiUchiha-brig]

For everyone saying why use vinegar- it's true it did nothing to the gold except cleans and brightens it and that is the point because if it were a substance that can be mistaken for gold like pyrite, old brass, chalcopyrite or mica they would react with the vinegar changing the color atleast and can alter the color of impure gold.

[kompressahdnb]

love this one man. The slow mo moments are fantastic! This would make a nice series. Like mythbusters for prospecting!

[curlymaplebandit]

Hannibal used this when he crossed the Alps in 218 BC. Heat the limestone and pour vinegar on. Carved a path for his elephants to get down the other side.