How to get Gold from Quartz Hack!

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.

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 🤪🤔

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, agates..... 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!

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

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

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!

This is exactly what I needed to see. I'm from southern Ontario and I expect to have the same results as you, but hey, why not... Thanks for posting 👍

Love your video your enthusiasm made my day thanks for the great video!

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

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!

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.

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.

I almost saw a chupacabra in Minnesota once

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 !

That was so cool thank you for taking the time to show us.🇬🇧

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.

Great video. You are a kind soul. Please keep up the good work. 🙂

Interesting !good luck on your next venture!

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

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