Where Did I Get My Mercury?

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  • čas přidán 20. 10. 2016
  • In this video I show where my mercury came from.
    See me extracting mercury from the ore here: • Video
    I forgot to mention that I only recently got the mercury back from a family member who was keeping it so little kid me didn't play with it too much.
    Help me make videos by donating here: / codyslab

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  • @Youngbl33zy
    @Youngbl33zy Před 6 lety +3538

    If there’s ever an abandoned anything anywhere I swear there’s gonna be beer cans

  • @theCodyReeder
    @theCodyReeder  Před 7 lety +661

    At the end of this video I was using a UV lamp to test for the presence of mercury since mercury vapor is very good at stopping the light produced by the lamp; During that I discovered that Cinnabar is flammable! It burns almost like sulfur, which makes sense being that upon heating cinnabar releases mercury and sulfur vapor.

    • @Noob-rr6fx
      @Noob-rr6fx Před 7 lety +3

      burns*

    • @johnathonwaymire9483
      @johnathonwaymire9483 Před 7 lety +1

      +Noob ?

    • @bensullivan420
      @bensullivan420 Před 7 lety +2

      Hey cody, could you link me to a video with your audible discount or free trial code or whatever it was, if it's still valid? I have a book that im reading but would like to listen to, and I'm pretty sure Audible has it! Or if you cant remember a video, could you just give me the code its self?? and by the way, don't drink any more cyanide....

    • @thetraitor3852
      @thetraitor3852 Před 7 lety +2

      they did a similar presentation of uv light and mercury vapor on periodic videos

    • @adobe825
      @adobe825 Před 7 lety

      Cody'sLab Burns*

  • @cqwiii
    @cqwiii Před 7 lety +1931

    "What do you need hundreds of pounds of mercury for though?"
    "idk. suppose my grandson with flush a toilet with it some day."

    • @blowngasket299
      @blowngasket299 Před 4 lety +9

      lmao

    • @bioemiliano
      @bioemiliano Před 4 lety +10

      @A friend Do you know that the roman empire dissolved before Colon discovered San Salvador and the Americas for the hispanics?

    • @Skorpychan
      @Skorpychan Před 4 lety +19

      @A friend I did similar in Dwarf Fortress. Cinnabar mugs to trade to the elves!
      In the occasional years I traded with them, and didn't just wipe out their entire caravan with a flooding trade depot.

    • @Skorpychan
      @Skorpychan Před 4 lety

      @Martin Conta Gets Banned True, red mercury is an important thing for blocking nuclear proliferation.

    • @zwattable
      @zwattable Před 3 lety +10

      @@warvideos2108 first, im not saying other dude is right, but you must be confused. Roman CATHOLIC ships. 13-1600ish kind of time frame. Not Roman Romans. Dumbass

  • @peters7691
    @peters7691 Před 5 lety +762

    I could listen to this dude talk about rocks all day

  • @neilolif
    @neilolif Před 4 lety +458

    "Where did I get my mercury?"
    Well that's an interesting story for me. I was metal detecting in the Sierras near an old hydraulic mine and I located a rusted "tank" that at first seemed like an old propane tank until I looked closer.
    It turns out that this "tank" was an Almaden Quicksilver Mines 76 pound mercury carboy. And it also turns out that it was the miners recovery flask! It contained three pounds of mercury and approximately 0.65 troy ounces of gold!
    I used the nitric acid process to recover it. Amazing find from my point of view!

    • @_tea_6502
      @_tea_6502 Před 4 lety +4

      Nice story.

    • @k3nz1e73
      @k3nz1e73 Před 3 lety +7

      Can I have ? I’m veru trust worthy?

    • @Systolic_Gaming
      @Systolic_Gaming Před 2 lety +10

      1000 bucks in a random tank? Nice.

    • @neilolif
      @neilolif Před 2 lety +3

      @@Systolic_Gaming I was metal detecting at an old Placer mine.., Miners left their cleanup in the 1880s.
      Cool cash.., Cool relic.

    • @jimsteen911
      @jimsteen911 Před 2 lety

      For the win! A $grand for your trouble, not bad dude

  • @jegr3398
    @jegr3398 Před 3 lety +191

    No matter where you go, no matter how far out in the wilderness, no matter how remote a place it is, you can find beer cans there.

  • @melody3741
    @melody3741 Před 7 lety +1868

    if you made a bracelet out of cinnabar would it be a heavy metal rock band?

  • @jaridkeen123
    @jaridkeen123 Před 5 lety +937

    All the trees are dead around that area, that's probably not a good sign

    • @TheDizzy101hrv
      @TheDizzy101hrv Před 3 lety +417

      A good sign if you're looking for mercury

    • @86moosseboy75
      @86moosseboy75 Před 3 lety +147

      there not dead ist probably cold outside because he is wearing a long_sleeve

    • @hello-ji7qj
      @hello-ji7qj Před 3 lety +108

      You can see they've been burned in a fire at 1:41. It only needs to burn the cambium to kill the tree.

    • @mactavishmods
      @mactavishmods Před 3 lety +16

      *Stranger things intensifies*

    • @SirSpiro
      @SirSpiro Před 3 lety +9

      @@86moosseboy75 they're burnt

  • @lorddias
    @lorddias Před 7 lety +902

    Cody saying "I don't know how it works". I never thought I'd see the day lol.

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder  Před 7 lety +231

      Oh I say that all the time, but its usually followed with "yet". :)

    • @erikpettersson91
      @erikpettersson91 Před 7 lety +3

      cody where did you get your crucibles for your furnace and are they made from clay and would i be able to use a ceramic mug?
      And can you make a video about different acids and what they can be used for?

    • @crimsonmoon9404
      @crimsonmoon9404 Před 7 lety +4

      hey cody could you get a load of sluphur, make sulphuric acid and try to mine with it?

    • @latexslimjim2241
      @latexslimjim2241 Před 7 lety +2

      u should try to build one or get this one to work

    • @maomekat7969
      @maomekat7969 Před 6 lety +1

      David Epler yes yet like most of us educated experienced science guys he could make an excellent & mostly correct explanation

  • @erik8467
    @erik8467 Před 7 lety +457

    "where do I get my uranium from"
    "where do I get my Nukes from"
    "where do I get my guns from"
    "where did I get my robot army from"

    • @6sicSIX
      @6sicSIX Před 4 lety +18

      A comment that Cody can't legally like 😅

    • @onlyfilmsfr
      @onlyfilmsfr Před 3 lety

      😂😂😂

    • @Hi-uw5qy
      @Hi-uw5qy Před 3 lety +1

      Or from where I get my weed from

    • @aerogfs
      @aerogfs Před 3 lety +4

      Guns from the nearest walmart obviously... the others maybe from home depot...

    • @alexm7023
      @alexm7023 Před 3 lety

      vespene gas and mineral

  • @Cez305
    @Cez305 Před 6 lety +1312

    Most CZcamsr's: "Where did I get my money?"
    Cody's Lab: "Where did I get my mercury" hahahah
    Love it 😂

  • @evilwarcow
    @evilwarcow Před 6 lety +900

    Those who bug you about getting yer Mercury. Tell e'm to mine their own business.

  • @Vibinator
    @Vibinator Před 7 lety +3065

    hey cody, Did you hear about the chemist who froze himself to absolute zero? He's 0K now

  • @kidgokuxl
    @kidgokuxl Před 7 lety +48

    I was moved while watching your video Cody. My family in the past were mercury miners. Pretty much 2 generations a long time ago died from mercury poisoning. I've been to a few sites where my ansetors lived, and the smelter you showed was a little primitive but still a lot was still the same. My family back then were used as slaves pretty much to dig the cinnabar and refine it. Everytime when we would go prosect for gold in the rivers in California sometimes we would get mercury in the sluice box it remind me my family might have produced it. I have saved a good portion just for personal reasons. Good video Cody.

  • @TECHnoman753
    @TECHnoman753 Před 5 lety +117

    I feel like as soon has he started talking about his collection of Mercury he got intensely serious like it was his pride and joy XD
    "my precious~"

    • @madmad8582
      @madmad8582 Před 2 lety +3

      one day it will be a very big thing it can be used to create Antigravity yeah with Mercury of all things

    • @blackwidows570
      @blackwidows570 Před 2 lety +1

      @@madmad8582 what do you know about mercury tech?

  • @bibby4791
    @bibby4791 Před 7 lety +946

    cinnibar sounds like a breakfast cereal

  • @legionxiii8055
    @legionxiii8055 Před 7 lety +39

    Thank you, Cody, for not recording vertically.

  • @drewphillips
    @drewphillips Před 7 lety +205

    Happy to see Cody finally getting all this well deserved success!!! ALMOST A MILLION!!!!!!

    • @lucantoine6776
      @lucantoine6776 Před 2 lety +2

      Drew what’s up

    • @lucantoine6776
      @lucantoine6776 Před 2 lety

      I love emergency intercum

    • @jeffmoncalieri7491
      @jeffmoncalieri7491 Před 2 lety

      @@lucantoine6776 what does that mean? Thanks.

    • @lucantoine6776
      @lucantoine6776 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jeffmoncalieri7491 sorry it’s a lil joke with drew phillips podcast Emergency Intercom (the real name)

    • @jamesb.9155
      @jamesb.9155 Před 2 lety

      My question is: How did he get 2?

  • @TechnoRaabe
    @TechnoRaabe Před 4 lety +201

    This is obviously a modded version. There's no mercury ore in vanilla.

    • @jakecrowley6
      @jakecrowley6 Před 4 lety +9

      it's actually cinnabar ore

    • @peepeeeinmythroat2760
      @peepeeeinmythroat2760 Před 4 lety +4

      Jake Crowley r/whooooosh

    • @outv3rse
      @outv3rse Před 4 lety +2

      @@peepeeeinmythroat2760 never said it was not mine craft so no r/woosh

    • @munjee2
      @munjee2 Před 4 lety +1

      @@outv3rse what ?

    • @Gogglesofkrome
      @Gogglesofkrome Před 4 lety +23

      @@peepeeeinmythroat2760 people who post reddit cancer outside of the reddit containment zone need to go r/wooosh out of a plane at terminal velocity without a parachute.

  • @forcivilizaton5021
    @forcivilizaton5021 Před 2 lety +4

    As an amateur hobby geologist and explorer of how humanity created our civilization, by far it was you who got me going down my path. Cody, thank you very much for loving rocks and loving the history of our modern civilization.

  • @DusanFajler
    @DusanFajler Před 7 lety +75

    "I am someone who is experienced with working with mercury"
    -Dips hand in mercury
    Love it!

    • @Test7017
      @Test7017 Před 4 lety +2

      Why what's it feel like?

    • @baph1612
      @baph1612 Před 4 lety +4

      I think it’s okay to stick your hand in mercury for a bit without any cuts

    • @Test7017
      @Test7017 Před 4 lety

      @@baph1612 be bold

    • @JEAthePrince
      @JEAthePrince Před 4 lety +1

      @@baph1612 depends on the type. A woman dropped a drop of mercury on her glove and it slid off, but it was enough to completely paralyze her cause its molecular structure or something was like penetrable. Just one drop killed her
      I think the video is on chubbyemu or some channel similar to that title

    • @coldcoffeegaming2798
      @coldcoffeegaming2798 Před 3 lety +7

      @@JEAthePrince Elemental mercury is dangerous because of the vapors it produces. Organic mercury compounds are incredibly toxic, and I believe what you're referring to was the dimethyl mercury poisoning incident.

  • @askhowiknow5527
    @askhowiknow5527 Před 7 lety +264

    Kippers and canned tuna. That's where I get mine. :'(

    • @The5thorseman
      @The5thorseman Před 7 lety +18

      Why not?

    • @Birbucifer
      @Birbucifer Před 7 lety +4

      +Huh Huh What?

    • @FlatBroke612
      @FlatBroke612 Před 7 lety +1

      Have you heard of fluoridation son?

    • @DialgoPrima
      @DialgoPrima Před 7 lety +39

      +FlatBroke612 THEY'RE PUTTING CHEMICALS IN THE WATER THAT'RE TURNING THE FRICKEN FROGS GAY

    • @xcp4518
      @xcp4518 Před 7 lety +3

      DialgoPrima I T S T H E G L O B A L I S T S

  • @agentbertram4769
    @agentbertram4769 Před 3 lety +16

    I have never failed to be infected by Cody's enthusiasm. Great stuff! Never stop.

  • @ImplantedMemories
    @ImplantedMemories Před 4 lety +21

    7:55 😀 Old machine is soo happy to meet you

    • @EdwardTriesToScience
      @EdwardTriesToScience Před 3 lety

      For anyone who doesn't get it, pause the video and look closely, it's a smiley face

    • @earth2k66
      @earth2k66 Před 3 lety

      The human brain tries to detect facial patterns in everything possible!!
      This is a great enhancement we have thanks to evolution!!

    • @jemsurfer3905
      @jemsurfer3905 Před 3 lety

      @@earth2k66 pretty awful when you're trying to sleep and keep seeing faces in the room tho

    • @earth2k66
      @earth2k66 Před 3 lety

      @@jemsurfer3905 This so relatable, In my old house, the ceiling has flower-like carvings around the Lights and Fans.
      In my bedroom when the lights are dimmed the shadows are cast in such a way that makes the flower carving look like a "Sad old Lady". Whenever any strong light (street lights or lightning bolts) gets through the window the Sad shadow pattern changes into a Horrifying Grin.
      I had a very hard time as a kid to convince myself that it was just a trick of the light and nothing else.

  • @1ch190
    @1ch190 Před 7 lety +93

    Thank you for answering the curious people =P
    Great video!

  • @DestructoDot
    @DestructoDot Před 7 lety +9

    You are a tough man. the passed 2 years I did logging work, and i now work in a warehouse. The stuff you do for /FUN/ are more instense than all of that. You sir, are one tough cookie.

  • @LR11Gaming
    @LR11Gaming Před 7 lety +124

    dude you are extremely intelligent. keep it up. I could watch your videos for days. they are so interesting. even though I don't understand that much science, it keeps my interest.

  • @brockfrreminz6659
    @brockfrreminz6659 Před 2 lety +11

    When I was in 7-8th grade there was a kid at my school who’s mom apparently worked at a drugstore or something and he just happened to be around when they were discarding a few hundred oldschool thermometers. He took the time to break all of them and pour the Mercury into a 20oz. Fruitopia bottle (dang, I miss fruitopia :( Anyways. We were old enough to know it was dangerous so we kept our distance. But it’s probably the most deceptive thing I’ve ever held. That bottle prolly weighed 10+ lb’s

  • @adamrosenhamer3762
    @adamrosenhamer3762 Před 7 lety +563

    cody you should try and make one of those for the mining series. that would be cool

    • @MemeArchiveAbyss
      @MemeArchiveAbyss Před 7 lety +5

      He stopped doing them for some reason

    • @shalormckee2784
      @shalormckee2784 Před 7 lety +5

      Maybe cuz of school?

    • @FH_Forge
      @FH_Forge Před 7 lety +21

      they take a butload of work. That's why he doesn't upload them often

    • @zakutheferret8182
      @zakutheferret8182 Před 7 lety +22

      he had to stop, the mine is severely haunted. he talks about it in one of the mining videos, one of the spirits actually pushed him and he came within about 3 inches of falling down a 100 ft, jagged rock-filled vertical mineshaft. watch the video it's interesting.

    • @anomalocarisgaming8205
      @anomalocarisgaming8205 Před 7 lety +10

      Haanken Thorax troll lol

  • @KeystoneScience
    @KeystoneScience Před 7 lety +139

    Great job Cody!! I was wondering where you got your mercury just yesterday :D

    • @peterlean6631
      @peterlean6631 Před 2 lety +2

      You can get it from Hg wells..... takes a bit of pumping though.

    • @Tom_Bee_
      @Tom_Bee_ Před 2 lety

      @@peterlean6631 oof!

  • @johnr.timmers2297
    @johnr.timmers2297 Před 6 lety +10

    I love the geology talk. I'm currently a geology major and it's awesome to hear someone with the same understandings and interests as me! You just got a new subscriber

  • @bruciebruce32
    @bruciebruce32 Před 3 lety +20

    I saw the title and saw the thumbnail and thought to myself “dang, this man found his car in a cave”

    • @jmccormick1490
      @jmccormick1490 Před 3 lety +2

      Gonna find me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road

  • @toorandomenvi
    @toorandomenvi Před 7 lety +55

    honestly i love you channel soo much ... bees videos brought me in and made me interested into everything around it (but really i sticked around bcos of mining and smelting videos its soo exciting to watch )

    • @argetlamzn
      @argetlamzn Před 7 lety

      Vojta Hamala same reason I started watching! Yay bees and science!

    • @ultrahevybeat
      @ultrahevybeat Před 7 lety +3

      Vojta Hamala this comment wins comment of the video. for your way of not making CZcams cancserus by thanking the creator of the video

    • @toorandomenvi
      @toorandomenvi Před 7 lety +1

      gary buttville if honesty is what it takes then idk why arent ppl doing it more often

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke Před 7 lety +32

    Amazing that the mercury still is actually still there, here in the UK if something like that was abandoned, you can bet that it'd be vandalised, destroyed and the metal stolen for scrap, shame it's so rusty though, could probably still have been serviceable, but the firebox would make a nice outdoor woodstove at least... :)

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder  Před 7 lety +37

      It took me a day to find it even with instructions on how to find it from someone that had been there, thats why it hasn't been destroyed yet.

    • @randomrealistictone2231
      @randomrealistictone2231 Před 7 lety +2

      Be careful !
      You will probably end up like that youtuber that went to area 51

    • @DrakenMusic
      @DrakenMusic Před 7 lety +1

      Will you build something like it, or was it just out of curiosity?

    • @ryanthood
      @ryanthood Před 7 lety +14

      Of course, the population density is much higher in the UK than in rural Utah. Few people have probably come across this site.

    • @NishantSarkar
      @NishantSarkar Před 7 lety

      Found the american

  • @JLoganS13
    @JLoganS13 Před 7 lety +6

    I almost fell out of my chair at 2:03 "...and I actually don't know how it works."

  • @rc602
    @rc602 Před 2 lety +2

    Must be awesome to be so smart. Your content is both educational and entertaining. Thanks for making it Cody. God bless you and God bless your family.

  • @royjonesrampage6684
    @royjonesrampage6684 Před 7 lety +130

    your videos are so interesting!

  • @yugene-lee
    @yugene-lee Před 7 lety +137

    10:50 SON OF A DENTIST!

    • @yugene-lee
      @yugene-lee Před 7 lety +11

      more like YOU LITTLE SON OF A DENTIST! actually

  • @didyouknow6804
    @didyouknow6804 Před 6 lety

    You are one cool dude Cody, glad I found your channel...
    Thank you for all the fun and knowledge!

  • @natertater4024
    @natertater4024 Před 6 lety

    this is the first video I watched from your channel. it was my deal breaker. you had me at hello buddy ! just got done watching the latest video of you making steel from rock. big thumbs up Cody. I enjoy your series pal !

  • @RevJR
    @RevJR Před 7 lety +17

    The next Fallout game is just gonna be Fallout: Cody's Back Yard...

  • @aldoguzman97
    @aldoguzman97 Před 7 lety +200

    Why did I just barely get the notification for this video?

    • @a7jsdp0z672nf
      @a7jsdp0z672nf Před 7 lety +14

      The new YT notification system. Click the bell next to his subscribe button if you want notifications from this channel.

    • @404killer
      @404killer Před 7 lety +4

      Explain, idiot.

    • @a7jsdp0z672nf
      @a7jsdp0z672nf Před 7 lety +1

      HeavenHammer Me?

    • @combedpubes
      @combedpubes Před 7 lety +2

      When you say notifications do you mean it not coming up in your subscription list or like a text message telling you there's a new video on this channel?

    • @aldoguzman97
      @aldoguzman97 Před 7 lety

      ios notification.

  • @cannaroe1213
    @cannaroe1213 Před 4 lety +79

    People when Cody dips his hand in mercury: 😴
    People when Cody grabs rusty iron: 😱

  • @OwensGarage
    @OwensGarage Před 2 lety +2

    That’s cool! I’m an hvac tech and I replace a lot of old mercury thermostats. I always take them apart and keep the little glass mercury switch because I think they’re cool. My dad also has a few flasks of scientific grade mercury that they were getting rid of at a school he taught at. Cool stuff, just gotta take reasonable precautions with it.

  • @USWaterRockets
    @USWaterRockets Před 7 lety +994

    Cody, are you going to hand out Cinnabars for Halloween? They sound like a delicious treat.

    • @squishlez
      @squishlez Před 7 lety +21

      they really do

    • @kchstudiophx9843
      @kchstudiophx9843 Před 7 lety +22

      I would like to get a sample from his mine.

    • @USWaterRockets
      @USWaterRockets Před 7 lety +60

      Yukikaze Flyes If you weren't supposed to eat it then it would have been called something like "Mercurystone", "Poisonrock" or "Tofutti".

    • @dacasman
      @dacasman Před 7 lety +14

      thought that said cannabis at first.

    • @sc0tte1-416
      @sc0tte1-416 Před 7 lety +15

      Yes but they are bad for the little kiddies teeth.

  • @EstelonAgarwaen
    @EstelonAgarwaen Před 7 lety +303

    He is OffTheRanch xD

  • @scrappydoo7887
    @scrappydoo7887 Před 3 lety +1

    Ah Cody I do miss these kinds of videos 🙂 it's always good to see a bit of back story

  • @Smokie181
    @Smokie181 Před 7 lety +23

    Came to see where you got your mercury but got a 11 min lecture on the formation of rocks and ores, mercury distilling machines, identifying ore in rocks. Must say it was pretty interesting though.

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 Před 5 lety

      Fuck yeah! We love to talk chemistry, geology here.

  • @fredlllll
    @fredlllll Před 7 lety +152

    pleaaase make an exploration episode of that mine X3

  • @iPineapplePants
    @iPineapplePants Před 7 lety +4

    i have never really been interested in geology or chemistry, in fact chemistry is the toughest aspect of science in school for me. probably all of the arithmatic. but this video was really interesting for me as i am a huge fan of history. and the way you were dissecting that mercury distillation appuratus was very fascinating as it reminded me of the archeology involved in a lot of historical research. i love your videos even though these arent topics i spend a lot of time with. i hope to see you continue to show how these sciences are around us every day even when we arent aware of them personally.

  • @yourneighbour5738
    @yourneighbour5738 Před 6 lety +80

    Next Video: Making gold ingots from cat shit

  • @DFDuck55
    @DFDuck55 Před 5 lety +2

    I once found a large cinnabar deposit here in Northern California, on the east side of Table Mountain, just north of the Oroville Dam (an earthfill dam, and the tallest dam in the U.S.) On the north side of Table Mountain is a working diamond mine. Friends asked me why I didn't stake a claim on it. I was a gold miner with no interest in mining cinnabar. -- In the mid to late 1800's miners would build mercury traps across rivers to catch the gold. You can still easily find pockets of mercury along the banks of the rivers. A lot of old miners died burning the quicksilver off their gold in their cabins. Smarter ones would put their amalgamated gold in a hollowed potato, set it on a shovel in their camp fire, and take a walk "up wind" for awhile.

  • @ManyManyPandas
    @ManyManyPandas Před 7 lety +4

    Thank you for telling us in the form of a video!!!! I actually was wondering so much where you got that much Hg!

  • @T--xo2uq
    @T--xo2uq Před 7 lety +17

    i looked on amazon for cinnabar... what i found was candles.
    Candles make vapor that you breathe.

  • @gBaldaconi
    @gBaldaconi Před 3 lety +1

    there he goes again, tricking me into learning while loving it

  • @sebastienlebatteux185
    @sebastienlebatteux185 Před 4 lety +1

    I love the first part of these videos, where you describe how you re going to extract an element from the environement. Cause yeah you know the exhaust pipe containes platinum so I'm gonna go brush the highway.

  • @3ArtDigital
    @3ArtDigital Před 7 lety +40

    can you make a video about extracting mercury from those ores ?

    • @bensullivan420
      @bensullivan420 Před 7 lety +2

      he already did.

    • @patbutchergodess
      @patbutchergodess Před 7 lety

      3ArtDigital great suggestion I'd love to see that

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder  Před 7 lety +23

      check the description.

    • @thetraitor3852
      @thetraitor3852 Před 7 lety +1

      He probably will.
      and since he can also already use cyanide to extract gold, he will probably make a large quantity of it from his mine.

    • @elatu
      @elatu Před 5 lety +1

      @@theCodyReeder the link isn't working. What hapenned??

  • @CRTukkerr
    @CRTukkerr Před 7 lety +911

    Those trees seems to be dead around that furnace

    • @abyssstrider2547
      @abyssstrider2547 Před 7 lety +124

      CRTukker you live in tropical area? if you do that explains alot

    • @jamesflores9456
      @jamesflores9456 Před 6 lety +28

      i live in a tropical area was confused for a second

    • @broedrooster
      @broedrooster Před 6 lety +50

      Nice profile picture lmao, thought it was my comment

    • @springbreeze2992
      @springbreeze2992 Před 6 lety +106

      CRTukker he meant that in tropical area, trees seem lively and the leaves are vibrant, while you don't know that in cold countries like that in the video, the trees and plantations are like dead ones, but they are just like that during winter, leaves will bloom in spring

    • @DexiVisuals
      @DexiVisuals Před 6 lety +6

      Frost Huldra there's different types of pines than the one your thinking of

  • @TheVeggieBurger
    @TheVeggieBurger Před 7 lety

    Dope video. Thanks for taking the time to show and explain that mercy distillery thing. (:

  • @scriptmonkeys123
    @scriptmonkeys123 Před 6 lety +69

    Q: Where do you get your mercury?
    A: HG Wells

  • @globalcritics9076
    @globalcritics9076 Před 7 lety +58

    Is this the new Elder Scroll?

  • @anonymouse7074
    @anonymouse7074 Před 7 lety +23

    You guys do know that because of his CZcams channel, Cody can get nearly any job in his field.

    • @poptoe11
      @poptoe11 Před 7 lety

      yess

    • @GouStoulos
      @GouStoulos Před 7 lety

      so? good for him :D

    • @AWSMcube
      @AWSMcube Před 7 lety +4

      f266101463 I don't know if they'd trust a guy who ingested cyanide on purpose. If Cody DIDN'T mention that he has ingested cyanide, he'd be set.

    • @XXscreams
      @XXscreams Před 7 lety +17

      Well, it also show that he know his shit so well that he is ready to ingest a dangerous poison, knowing he'll be fine.
      As a boss, i would be impressed..

    • @Afrofoodie
      @Afrofoodie Před 7 lety +1

      Sorry if this is an obvious answer but why does his youtube allow him to get any job in his field?

  • @hoshi1274
    @hoshi1274 Před 7 lety

    This is very interesting. I personally love chemistry. I hope you continue to make videos like this one

  • @markhodgson3045
    @markhodgson3045 Před 5 lety

    Really enjoy your you tube videos so varied in subject matter

  • @dougyanez1710
    @dougyanez1710 Před 7 lety +3

    Cody, buy yourself a high quality LED penlight like a streamlight stylus pro. Slip it into your back pocket and you'll forget it's there until you need it. The batteries last and you'll find yourself using it more often than a pocket knife. It's one of the handiest things I carry.

  • @claycollins8973
    @claycollins8973 Před 7 lety +504

    Hey can you do a bottle flipping video using mercury as your liquid? I commented on a video suggesting that, and with mercury being such a dense liquid, it would virtually be impossible to not land it, since mercury would serve as the ultimate ballast. I had so many people asking why i think mercury would change anything vs water and Gatorade. Then I also had other people try to say that it wouldn't work etc

    • @seifeseifeseife
      @seifeseifeseife Před 7 lety +4

      Wouldnt it actually be easier?

    • @goatosis8186
      @goatosis8186 Před 7 lety +74

      C. Kyle That's what he just said 😶

    • @seifeseifeseife
      @seifeseifeseife Před 7 lety +11

      Dova Goat
      Whoops, i didnt see the "not"

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder  Před 7 lety +150

      So my current plan is to get a halfway decent high speed camera and then do it in slowmo.

    • @claycollins8973
      @claycollins8973 Před 7 lety +22

      Nice! Can't wait, can't wait to prove to everyone that mercury would make bottle flipping so much easier!

  • @s16100
    @s16100 Před 6 lety

    I got my mercury collection from old Bailey and Hagan boiler controls that were taken out of service. I love mercury! :)

  • @justinkyledavidson
    @justinkyledavidson Před 6 lety

    Your channel is so amazing. keep it up!

  • @Verlisify
    @Verlisify Před 7 lety +261

    Interesting I thought the Mercury was for processing the gold from the mine, not a byproduct of it

    • @kevintejada3138
      @kevintejada3138 Před 7 lety

      Verlisify hello

    • @randompanda876
      @randompanda876 Před 7 lety +14

      Verlisify mercury is used in illegal mining operations to concentrate the gold, but usually it is sluiced out

    • @imchris5000
      @imchris5000 Před 7 lety +6

      mercury is used in gold panning but this is mining

    • @joeKisonue
      @joeKisonue Před 6 lety +2

      Verlisify yeah they used it on a large slide after hammer mills.

    • @RichardsWorld
      @RichardsWorld Před 6 lety +1

      I think this would be to recycle the Mercury.

  • @bryanroberts
    @bryanroberts Před 7 lety +15

    Thanks Cody! Now build one so we can see it work! You know you want too! lol

  • @BaddaBigBoom
    @BaddaBigBoom Před 6 lety

    Fascinating as always.

  • @MikeBaxterABC
    @MikeBaxterABC Před 7 lety

    Interesting piece!! :) ... as I mentioned in another comment I had quite bit of Mercury i saved from various projects when I worked in power plants and construction ... I ended up giving all my mercury to a professional Gunsmith.

  • @DeanLorman
    @DeanLorman Před 7 lety +49

    We have a huge old mercury mine up here that burned hot leaving pools of mercury right on the surface.Fort St. James,BC,Canada.

    • @robertgift
      @robertgift Před 7 lety +23

      Hope they harvest the mercury and clean it up. We don't want Hg vapor in the air.

    • @Pac0Master
      @Pac0Master Před 7 lety

      Id like to take some of it, but I'm living on the East side.

    • @DeanLorman
      @DeanLorman Před 7 lety +1

      Too bad I am in Canada.

    • @Pac0Master
      @Pac0Master Před 7 lety +1

      Dean Lorman yeah same, but from Quebec haha.
      BC is a bit far :3

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 Před 6 lety

      I am in Quebec. BC is too far. Would love to have 2 L of Hg.

  • @easyhowtovids1082
    @easyhowtovids1082 Před 7 lety +353

    Next up: Taking a bath in Mercury!

  • @Digitalhunny
    @Digitalhunny Před 7 lety

    Thank you for doing this video it was interesting to hear all about it!

  • @creekwalker62
    @creekwalker62 Před 6 lety

    I always wondered where Mercury came from. Thanks for posting.

  • @6977warrior1
    @6977warrior1 Před 6 lety +9

    I have about 8 lbs of pure liquid mercury in my possession. My father used to repair thermometers for huge furnaces and I took it all when we cleaned out his house after he passed away last year. A small bottle is very heavy.

    • @crustycobs2669
      @crustycobs2669 Před 5 lety +5

      Mercury is extremely toxic, causes mental retardation and death even from a small exposure, be careful with it!

    • @squidwardDK
      @squidwardDK Před 5 lety +5

      It is toxic. If you inhale the vapours. Playing with metallic mercury (maybe thrilled by the myth that it "isn't harmful"), spilling some of it, or breaking a thermometer, then maybe trying to vacuum it up - these are classical ways of getting exposed to a lot of mercury. There are case stories of families who got mercury poisoning after living a few weeks in a house with rather small amounts of mercury spill. The fact that you misspell dimethylmercury hints that you know very little about it. Did you know that in your body, some of the metallic mercury will inevitably be turned into organic mercury (and also vice versa). Gut bacteria can do this. Once it is in your system, it does not remain metallic mercury.

    • @thedankside2552
      @thedankside2552 Před 5 lety

      squidwardDK obviously it isn’t safe to play with mercury, but elemental mercury can be stored well relatively easily the only real danger are the vapors and as long as your container is air tight(I suggest putting your airtight mercury container inside another airtight container).

  • @shaunblunden294
    @shaunblunden294 Před 7 lety +5

    Looks like im early. I love your videos Cody.

  • @russellthorburn9297
    @russellthorburn9297 Před 4 lety

    5:12 Thank you for using the word "hypothesis" and not using the word "theory". One of my pet peeves is when people use those words incorrectly. Great channel!

  • @wilsonmarinmontoya4318

    Muchas gracias por sus enseñanzas sobre geología y química.

  • @Sparrow420
    @Sparrow420 Před 5 lety +58

    "I forgot to mention that I only recently got the mercury back from a family member who was keeping it so little kid me didn't play with it too much.
    "
    Why does it not surprise me.

  • @bpf0078
    @bpf0078 Před 7 lety +104

    You have to wait until the 10:30 mark, then it's a few seconds of explanation.

    • @972pa.
      @972pa. Před 6 lety +1

      thanks!

    • @wb6608
      @wb6608 Před 6 lety +7

      10 minutes of playing with rocks before he reveals that he just bought liquid mercury from a dentist...

    • @cinquine1
      @cinquine1 Před 6 lety +6

      I mean, he clearly says most of his mercury came from that still (or near it anyway).

  • @Masteradamant
    @Masteradamant Před 6 lety

    This was mad lit dude. Props

  • @gummikalli2
    @gummikalli2 Před 5 lety

    I really love your videos. Smart as you are... And you are crazy smart... You could do with learning a little about cameras and audio. Not stopping your fans from watching obviously, but it would bring your videos up to the next level.

  • @madworldsmileyface
    @madworldsmileyface Před 7 lety +331

    I thought you got it from Flint, Michigan's water supply.

    • @BlareWolfgang
      @BlareWolfgang Před 7 lety +9

      Too soon...

    • @thrundawolf187
      @thrundawolf187 Před 7 lety +55

      That's lead

    • @jennaorlowski9228
      @jennaorlowski9228 Před 6 lety +16

      Underskor thats lead

    • @enixine1266
      @enixine1266 Před 6 lety +4

      Underskor I don't know if I understood your comment correctly but it seems to be saying flint is Michigan's water supply or you could be saying flint Michigan's water supply but I live in Michigan and my water is just fine

    • @kelaya3418
      @kelaya3418 Před 6 lety +5

      jason todd if you don't live under a rock then flint the city in Michigan has tainted water!

  • @krazykrispy21
    @krazykrispy21 Před 7 lety +29

    In your mining mercury video, you said that you didn't have access to very much mercury, so that's why you had to crush and roast the cinnabar to get it yourself. How and when did you find or gain access to your grandfather's mercury?

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder  Před 7 lety +117

      Ah yes not sure if I mentioned this in a video, but when I was a kid my dad caught me playing with it and freaked out so he sent it to my aunt for safe keeping. I only recently got it back.

  • @vinnystvincent9788
    @vinnystvincent9788 Před 6 lety +1

    Nice tutorial!
    Great work!

  • @riskiyew
    @riskiyew Před 2 lety

    This kind of is why i got suscribed, love it

  • @electronicsNmore
    @electronicsNmore Před 7 lety +289

    Dental amalgams. I remember back in the 90's when I told my dentist to remove all my amalgams and replace them with composite fillings. The dentist thought I was crazy. Meanwhile, most dentists no longer use the mercury amalgam fillings. You should have asked if he had an amalgamator. Could be very useful for you.

    • @yvrelna
      @yvrelna Před 7 lety +114

      electronicsNmore Your dentist is right that you're crazy. As long as the amalgam filling isn't having any other issues (e.g. leaks, decay, cracks), there is really no medical reason to replace dental amalgams. Some people may have cosmetic reasons to replace fillings that are in frontal teeth with a less visible tooth-colored filling, but the drawbacks have to be considered carefully.
      It's actually been shown that replacing dental amalgam actually releases some mercury vapor (the dangerous type of mercury), so keeping the amalgam is actually safer than replacing them if you're concerned about mercury. In any case, unless you have mercury allergy, the amount of mercury released from amalgam during its lifetime and on replacement is much smaller than the dosage that you would need to be concerned about even if all your teeth are amalgam fillings.
      Additionally, every time dentists opens up a filling, they always have to drill down through parts of the healthy teeth as well. This is why it's bad to unnecessarily reopen a filling, as it weakens the healthy teeth structure every time they do it.
      If you have a dentist that told you to replace a well functioning amalgam fillings, they are not acting in your best interest.

    • @electronicsNmore
      @electronicsNmore Před 7 lety +17

      yvrelna
      I know all about dental work. I have 2 friends that are dentists. I even have dental related videos on my channel. The best thing you can do for your health, is to remove the fillings. The dentist was wrong. Mercury has no place in the human body. Chewing on food gives off mercury vapor. When drilling away the old amalgams, it is done with suction very close to the tooth to remove any vapors, and you also breathe through your nose while it's done. Look at my teeth and let me know if you still think I'm crazy. Plenty of composite fillings, but no amalgams, caps, crowns or veneers.
      i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t507/lookingfordbn/SNV31573_zpsszsc1qrc.jpg

    • @gabrielgallo513
      @gabrielgallo513 Před 6 lety +2

      electronicsNmore
      I had that type of amalgam in 4 tooths. 3 or 4 years ago my dentist replace those for composite. I am fine.

    • @ianucci
      @ianucci Před 6 lety +15

      "most dentists no longer use the mercury amalgam fillings" this is news to me, maybe thats the case in the states.

    • @SgtLion
      @SgtLion Před 6 lety +23

      Mercury fillings are proven to have no adverse health effects. Mercury only presents a serious health risk in elemental form, which won't be happening unless you start pouring weird industrial chemicals into your mouth.

  • @MrSupful
    @MrSupful Před 7 lety +81

    Really expected you'd try making a mercury still. Next video?

    • @5roundsrapid263
      @5roundsrapid263 Před 7 lety +6

      MrSupful Just build a whiskey still. You'll only get a hangover instead of dementia.

    • @Charlieswag9000
      @Charlieswag9000 Před 7 lety

      i mean as long as you get rid of the heads from the distillery you aren't gonna get a hangover and you can even double or triple distill it until its so pure

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder  Před 7 lety +30

      I wanted to have a look at an actual still before I built one.

    • @MrSupful
      @MrSupful Před 7 lety

      ***** Hi, crazy.

    • @yourneighbour5738
      @yourneighbour5738 Před 6 lety +2

      Next video: How to get gold out of cat shit

  • @dirtbikedude58
    @dirtbikedude58 Před 2 lety

    It would be awesome to see you explore the mine! Keep up the good vids! 👍

  • @therealluke7821
    @therealluke7821 Před 7 lety

    Very good video your good at explaining all science excellent job keep making awesome videos thanks I liked the end of this video

  • @GrandNecro
    @GrandNecro Před 7 lety +185

    when are you going to show us some of those Cody'sAb?

    • @mellamoroberto4408
      @mellamoroberto4408 Před 7 lety +4

      GrandNecro that is amazing

    • @jesses1589
      @jesses1589 Před 7 lety +6

      +Skeleton You're creating lies, I'm not sure who is worse....you or Hillary.

    • @Gramercyconor
      @Gramercyconor Před 7 lety +1

      Who is worst ted Cruz or Obama or burnie sanders

    • @matbakarich9046
      @matbakarich9046 Před 7 lety +1

      Are you volunteering to be his test subject? I'm sure we can find you someone to talk to if you have questions about how you got this way.

    • @yognut72
      @yognut72 Před 7 lety +17

      how about you fuck off you homophobe.

  • @floridaarmyvet3613
    @floridaarmyvet3613 Před 7 lety +50

    get the hopper working so we can see you make mercury from scratch!

    • @sandramorrison99
      @sandramorrison99 Před 5 lety

      Oh- HOT DAMN!
      My son is Stff Srgt 1st cls, FT Bragg! 19+
      I love YOUR MIND! My comment was pretty out THERE!
      Its bout 10 above yers!

  • @thehomeplatespecial597

    you have a rich legacy. thank you for sharing.

  • @VoidloniXaarii
    @VoidloniXaarii Před 7 lety +1

    lots of admiration for your knowledge of physics and for your independent mindedness. Great to see such free people out there, knowing so many things. I'm amazed the evil overlords aren't doing some things to try to censor or somehow regulate somebody so independently minded and resourceful. Just wanted to express my respect and admiration.

  • @Name-jn1su
    @Name-jn1su Před 7 lety +4

    why does anyone dislike your videos

  • @locouk
    @locouk Před 7 lety +4

    That's interesting, would you be allowed to use some mined cinnabar in the old mercury still for a video demo for us?
    It would be great to see what the yield of mercury to rock is obtainable.

  • @Player_Review
    @Player_Review Před 7 lety

    I've been in several of these mines in Utah and you definitely need a good light. There are sudden dropoffs all over the place in them.

  • @jareds7969
    @jareds7969 Před 6 lety

    Dude, this is awesome!!! I wish I had a mine behind my house.