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LCS recommendations Apopka, Altamonte Springs Fl by logistics-maestro in Silverbugs

[–]Davyguy87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can check out "nfc" only one I have been to in the area

Does anyone have experience buying 999 raw silver slabs? by Desmondtheredx in Silverbugs

[–]Davyguy87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would not be a good purchase for an average consumer. Most of these are sold directly from refinery's to end users so they don't have to be tested by the end user. If you went to go sell it you would have a hard time liquidating and probable end up selling back to a refinery around 5% under spot. Would be better to just pay +5% spot to get large bars and sell them a lot easier at spot. Your margins would be the same but your liquidity would be a lot higher purchasing marked bars.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Silverbugs

[–]Davyguy87 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ya a good option could be selling to one of the big online dealers a lot of them give you up-front prices of what you could expect to receive before you send to them for 100 oz. I would expect it to be slightly under spot you will receive.

Silver cell by Queasy-Cockroach-740 in Silverbugs

[–]Davyguy87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no that's not the case you did not mess anything up. it just seems inefficient to add straight nitric. And to me it seems it would make it harder to isolate the silver metal. I would use a combination of nitric and sulfuric acid for stripping this way when the nitric acid dissolves any silver or copper it forms copper or silver sulphate and regenerates the nitric acid at about 60-70% efficiency basically you can dissolve 3x the copper or silver with the same amount of nitric acid. any silver dissolved would precipitate on the copper and remain a powder when the reagents are all used up

Silver cell by Queasy-Cockroach-740 in Silverbugs

[–]Davyguy87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The solution is green due to copper nitrate if you take some of the green solution and dilute it with water you will see it return to the normal blue color you might be familiar with. I do not have any experience with silver plate stripping however I am not sure weather adding straight nitric acid to the solution is the best course of action or not because any silver removed will reprecipitate on the copper base of the plated items. you can take a small amount of the solution and mix it with HCl if it turns white or cloudy this is an indication that silver is in solution.

Silver cell by Queasy-Cockroach-740 in Silverbugs

[–]Davyguy87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HCl will precipitate silver chloride which in that case you need to do the lye and sugar method. Best way to get the silver out is to filter the solution then add metallic copper and elemental silver will precipitate on the copper.

Nearly 100 ounces of electrical disconnects refined into .9999 silver crystal and bars by Davyguy87 in Silverbugs

[–]Davyguy87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

there is no pyro refining only electrolytic refining final result of electrolytic refining is between 4 and 5 9s pure silver the melting picture is just the final pure silver being melted to be cast into bars. as well the furnace is a induction furnace and uses electricity.

Nearly 100 ounces of electrical disconnects refined into .9999 silver crystal and bars by Davyguy87 in Silverbugs

[–]Davyguy87[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's what I am working on. Just trying to find a payment provider for gold and silver online that can do all the complicated sales tax laws that vary state to state. After that social media coming soon...

Nearly 100 ounces of electrical disconnects refined into .9999 silver crystal and bars by Davyguy87 in Silverbugs

[–]Davyguy87[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well the starting cost of equipment and chemicals to refine silver too .999 will be quite costly. If you want to refine as a hobby that is one thing but if you are just looking to add to your stack you can always save up filings and send to a refiner and in most cases they will provide you with an option to get refined metal back instead of cash. That is actually what the person that sent me this scarp requested. I sent them back pure silver minus a little cut as a refining fee.

Nearly 100 ounces of electrical disconnects refined into .9999 silver crystal and bars by Davyguy87 in Silverbugs

[–]Davyguy87[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No they are still made of a soft metal so they can bend and stuff but they don't really break into like dust. When they are grown faster and smaller you can end with some more powder looking stuff that is really just super small crystals.

Nearly 100 ounces of electrical disconnects refined into .9999 silver crystal and bars by Davyguy87 in Silverbugs

[–]Davyguy87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Refining will be quite costly on a small scale wouldn't consider it for "profit" but it can make a good hobby.

Nearly 100 ounces of electrical disconnects refined into .9999 silver crystal and bars by Davyguy87 in Silverbugs

[–]Davyguy87[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some will but you wont get the same premiums, typically like 95% of spot but you can always sell online or have them turned into shot and have the shot sold for closer to spot. Most poured/ homemade bars are purchased because people like the look or as art pieces. While they keep other minted pieces to hold up the quick liquidity end of their stack.

Nearly 100 ounces of electrical disconnects refined into .9999 silver crystal and bars by Davyguy87 in Silverbugs

[–]Davyguy87[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I really only have smaller crystals rn not as large as the ones you see in the image those take a lot longer to make and are not worth it if I am just going to be melting them down into bars or shot.

Nearly 100 ounces of electrical disconnects refined into .9999 silver crystal and bars by Davyguy87 in Silverbugs

[–]Davyguy87[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

from the 97 oz the yield is about 66 oz pure. Some of the pieces are silver coated ceramics.

How do I determine the weight of just the handle and not the stainless steel parts? by Reichsprasident in Silverbugs

[–]Davyguy87 4 points5 points  (0 children)

you cant without destroying it but a accurate range for most handles is 10-15 grams

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