Some of y'all are fuckin dumb. There not wasting gold the overflow is waste known as slag which has virtually no value at all. That is a rather well done pour and a good lookin brick of gold. How do I know this?! I pour gold for a gold mine outside of Helena Montana.
That stuff that's over flowing isn't gold, it's the stuff they use to melt the gold. Can't remember what it is at this moment, ba you can always google it. Also, since the gold is heavier than the other stuff, the gold will stay in the mould. ^^
That Mould looks like its made from Cast iron coated with a refractory paint, but you can get carbon moulds, the crucible that the gold is melted in is graphite
It's some form of glas I think. The gold being heavier sinks to the bottom during the melting process and when they pour it, the gold is the last thing left.
Yeah, the slag is made up of Silica, Soda Ash, Borax, possibly potasium nitrate, or manganese, it depends what their trying to get out of the gold, Its powder when it goes into the furnace, once it melts it oxidises and soaks up the impurities into slag, and floats ontop of the gold, when its poured the Slag overflows out of the mould and leaves the gold behind
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scary822 2 days ago
Some of y'all are fuckin dumb. There not wasting gold the overflow is waste known as slag which has virtually no value at all. That is a rather well done pour and a good lookin brick of gold. How do I know this?! I pour gold for a gold mine outside of Helena Montana.
MontanaRam1500 2 months ago
7/22/11, gold is $1,602 per ounce.
If this is 24K gold, 17137 grams is worth $881,865.61 US dollars.
st8pl8guy 7 months ago
@st8pl8guy 0ne gold block weighs 50kg one ounce is around 1.344567 something like l=that of a gram so u do the math
suparama119 7 months ago
@suparama119
At 1:44, did you even see what the scale said?
st8pl8guy 7 months ago
That stuff that's over flowing isn't gold, it's the stuff they use to melt the gold. Can't remember what it is at this moment, ba you can always google it. Also, since the gold is heavier than the other stuff, the gold will stay in the mould. ^^
nirakh 1 year ago
@nirakh yes gold wont bind to the sildifing agent
suparama119 7 months ago
uummmmmm.....i think its full now??????
pkrprodigy777 1 year ago
Why over flow it so much?
svberry 1 year ago
these guys where probably drunk...fail
MrSkate4weed 2 years ago
wow,it looks like gold lava LOL
hell12aienmafirehell 2 years ago
Damn, this is cool. It kind of seems like they waisted some gold though maybe.
sandiegocalifas619 2 years ago
that will be arounf 80% pure, it is then shipped of to a mint were they make it 99.9% pure.
SgtAndrewM 2 years ago
That bar looked like crap, give it to me and start again! Your lucky I hide ugly gold behind my house, focus!
MikeofWyoming 2 years ago
mikeofwyoming
Health and safety inspectors would close down that foundry, in a heartbeat!!
themightymouth 2 years ago
Thats why they need to leave so I can do a total decontamination. I will remove all dirty gold from the building.
MikeofWyoming 2 years ago
Very good point: Then I will volunteer to help you!
themightymouth 2 years ago
It's too dangerous! I won't live knowing someone else had to risk dropping heavy gold ingots on their toes. I got this, thanks anyway.
MikeofWyoming 2 years ago
@MikeofWyoming LMAO> lol
jasperpaws24 1 year ago
COOL . so thats how a gold bar is made , i always wondered how you guys do it. good job
war45811 2 years ago
Hot hot hot, wouldnt want to put my hand in dare molten shit.....
coopmen 2 years ago
if i was them , instead of selling it off to another remelt , id put it on a lathe and get it all shiny and sell it to an investor for 10 times more
greeny707619 2 years ago
Nice vid. crazy how that one bar would put you in a really nice house and a new car
toob247 3 years ago
Why did the operator keep pouring even though the mold was full up? Thanks for sharing.
spitgalore 3 years ago
More slag would happen so they just re melt it after
hygocan 3 years ago
that was a shity gold bar in the end lol. wheres the ones u see off the movies that a sleek and shiny and have like numbers a shit on them lol?
david10291029 3 years ago
Still it would be at least 90% gold
rpjbirkin 3 years ago
normally they will be remelted again fromthat stage to get rid of more pollutents and metals and then you see the shiny gold, no difference though
Ganbareg 3 years ago
I agree, this gold is not pure at all...
salut151 3 years ago
Yeah, they send it to Perth and it gets remelted and from that they get one of those really "sleek and shiny ones with numbers on" Lol
nirakh 3 years ago
Fascinating!
So much slag.
Does anyone know what the mold is made of - special steel? Graphite? Ceramic?
Gold fever strikes.
pequiste 3 years ago
That Mould looks like its made from Cast iron coated with a refractory paint, but you can get carbon moulds, the crucible that the gold is melted in is graphite
rpjbirkin 3 years ago
off i mean
Ballpythondude420 3 years ago
It's some form of glas I think. The gold being heavier sinks to the bottom during the melting process and when they pour it, the gold is the last thing left.
Not 100% sure tho. Google it! :D
nirakh 3 years ago
Yeah, the slag is made up of Silica, Soda Ash, Borax, possibly potasium nitrate, or manganese, it depends what their trying to get out of the gold, Its powder when it goes into the furnace, once it melts it oxidises and soaks up the impurities into slag, and floats ontop of the gold, when its poured the Slag overflows out of the mould and leaves the gold behind
rpjbirkin 3 years ago
was the stuff running down just slag?
Ballpythondude420 3 years ago
Yeah, 17kg, worth ca Au$400.000!
nirakh 4 years ago
the scale? was it grams or was it oz?
FORMER0203USMC 4 years ago
Grams, it equals something like 564 Oz's
rpjbirkin 3 years ago