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Turning old jewelry into pure gold bars

2019-05-29 Science & Technology
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Follow-up video on NileBlue (my second channel): https://youtu.be/NuYDQtev1bE A few months ago, one of my patrons sent me a bunch of old gold jewelry for me to refine. I originally thought that it was going to just be some gold plated stuff, but it turned out to be quite a bit of gold. I was able to purify out all of the gold and then melt them down into some small 24K pure gold bars. Procedure references: • Paint can idea: https://youtu.be/2bTesd75Wic • indeedItdoes: https://youtu.be/1gjJNZtrUHo • CodysLab: https://www.youtube.com/user/theCodyReeder (Both the main procedure and the silver recovery. I can't find the video where he recovered the silver from the chloride though.) Pre-order the NileRed BZ Reaction Kit - https://inqfactory.com/nilered ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merch - https://nilered.tv/store ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join the community: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/nilered Discord - https://discord.com/invite/3BT6UHf NileRed Newsletter - https://nile.red/home#newsletter You can also find me here: Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/NileRed2 Instagram - https://m.instagram.com/nile.red Twitter - https://mobile.twitter.com/NileRed2 Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA Chapters: 00:00 - Where I Got The Jewelry 00:54 - Inspecting The Jewelry 01:45 - Testing The Jewelry: How Pure is It? 04:33 - Purifying The Gold: Run 1 20:26 - Purifying The Gold: Run 2 22:37 - Combining All of The Gold 24:02 - One Big Chunk of Gold 24:48 - Pure Gold vs Hammer 26:44 - Making Pure Gold Bars 28:11 - Official Purity Test 29:33 - Final Result Music in credits (Walker by SORRYSINES): https://soundcloud.com/sorrysines/walker

Top Comments (10)

@NileRed 2019-05-30

Note: There have been some comments about the gold being stolen, but just to clear, I have verified that it wasn't.

73.6k 542 replies
@bradyshields3832 2020-08-19

did i just watch a 31 minute chemistry video at my free will

70.3k 650 replies
@CptSpears007 2019-11-19

This guy definitely knows how to get rid of a dead body

50.6k 370 replies
@sut_den624 2021-01-15

my man just said “I sell fentanyl laced candy to toddlers” in a polite way

22.3k 151 replies
@selinaj1089 2019-05-29

This is 4500$ worth of gold Nile: *stabs it aggressively*

21.4k 107 replies
@MandatoryFruit 2019-08-29

This man turned gold, into acid, and then turned that acid back into gold. It’s like Jesus flexing on us.

19.2k 130 replies
@louloudaki_ 2020-08-18

“if any of you guys are just interested in donating your gold to me though i am definitely open to it” what a quote honestly

8.6k 39 replies
@whotalkedmeintothis 2019-12-10

What many of us probably thought was gonna happen Step 1: melt the gold Step 2: mold it into bars The End

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@Nafregamisrocanob 2024-12-10

FYI- 5 years after the fact. Those half moon gold shapes that you said felt too light to be gold and held off including in your first batch are actually 18k gold Rolex watchband links. They come from a Rolex Presidential watch band that are made hollow to save weight and cost. I know this because I have one and recognized them immediately.

583 8 replies
@Myceliyummm 2026-01-17

Roughly $12,000 today. Crazy what 6 years can change in gold prices 😮

197 1 replies

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