From Rock to Copper Metal

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Komentáře • 2,5K

  • @Raz.C
    @Raz.C Před 5 lety +122

    Can you imagine what it was like in this world _before_ the first intentional copper smelt? I've heard it theorised that the first smelter/ blacksmith would probably have started their career by cleaning out the ash from "last night's" fire and noticing that there was a very hard, somewhat malleable and likely shiny (dull lustre) lump of "stuff" in the pile of ash. They probably then uttered the rallying cry of every scientist throughout the ages: "That's odd..."

    • @vartikchauhan5493
      @vartikchauhan5493 Před rokem +7

      You put it so well...
      Haha

    • @t84t748748t6
      @t84t748748t6 Před 8 měsíci +1

      i can understand a simpel man finding pretty green stone's and than just for the heck of it toss in the fire and watch if it does anything

    • @chupacabra304
      @chupacabra304 Před 8 měsíci

      @@t84t748748t6”whadaya know, I’ve discovered copper” 😅

    • @holden3315
      @holden3315 Před 6 měsíci

      Take it easy fruitcake.😂

    • @midgetman4206
      @midgetman4206 Před 3 měsíci

      @@t84t748748t6 More likely is that they used large stones to surround the fire (sometimes dropping them into the hot embers). Some would contain those precious metals.

  • @bolastube
    @bolastube Před 5 lety +1408

    How did the ancient humans actually started metalworking? "Look at these green rock Bob, I bet if we crush half a ton of them, put them in pee, wait until thunder hits it, wait until water evaporate, go to volcano and melt the powder we can make a great arrowhead of it." - "Sure thing Jeff, i thought about it too!"

    • @philtheboi358
      @philtheboi358 Před 5 lety +150

      They discovered fire before metal working

    • @yungdaddycal6611
      @yungdaddycal6611 Před 5 lety +51

      bobby ruest they had crude versions of clay furnaces

    • @TwisterMonkey
      @TwisterMonkey Před 5 lety +49

      @bobby ruest coal burns at up to 2000°C not 1100 which is more than enough to melt copper

    • @koriko88
      @koriko88 Před 5 lety +138

      Trial and error. They didn't have the knowledge that we have today because they were the ones making the discoveries, but they do have our same level of intelligence. The natural environment is what they had to work with, so they had plenty of experience and knew that doing different things occasionally results in amazing results. We can assume that some of them were *very* intelligent, akin to our best thinkers today, and probably led the way in terms of advancements like smelting, toolmaking, etc.

    • @hemidart7
      @hemidart7 Před 5 lety +5

      ​@bobby ruest you don't know what your talking about you are right on one thing tho char coal thats wood coal burns at about a 1000 but there are other coals and the rest you just said is incorrect

  • @d4shu939
    @d4shu939 Před 5 lety +363

    The new minecraft update looks incredible

    • @kadea2nd984
      @kadea2nd984 Před 4 lety

      yes

    • @mr-moon-man7974
      @mr-moon-man7974 Před 4 lety +2

      NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION

    • @gyzardo3648
      @gyzardo3648 Před 4 lety +1

      The Spanish Inquisition what’s your main weapon?

    • @mr-moon-man7974
      @mr-moon-man7974 Před 4 lety +1

      Guillotine 👍

    • @gyzardo3648
      @gyzardo3648 Před 4 lety

      The Spanish Inquisition wrong it should be fear, fear and surprise TWO! Your two main weapons are fear surprise and an almost ruthless efficiency THREE! Your three main weapons are fear surprise ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to the pope oh DAM

  • @allysloper1882
    @allysloper1882 Před 5 lety +197

    You say the copper age was a "brief period" from roughly 5000 to 3000 BC, that's about the same ammount of time as it is between the foundation of the Roman empire and now

    • @stevenhs8821
      @stevenhs8821 Před 5 lety +23

      And yet it is a brief period of time.

    • @AlainCh2.
      @AlainCh2. Před 5 lety +12

      Bronze age 5000 - 1100 (bc) Egyptian, Minoic, Assirus, Ittity, all these Cultures are from that age.

    • @jokangpua2152
      @jokangpua2152 Před 5 lety +9

      Brief - primarily coz the Global popular Historical Education system almost NEVER mentions Copper Age. Almost. Thus, brief.

    • @joshswimmerly7110
      @joshswimmerly7110 Před 5 lety +4

      Compared to the time scales he is referring to, yes. It is a brief period. Do you folks really not get context?

    • @Nocturnalzyx
      @Nocturnalzyx Před 4 lety +1

      All of human history is just a mere blink in comparison to the cosmic timescale

  • @Rocky1115
    @Rocky1115 Před 5 lety +1230

    Man, that rock dude's hair was majestic.

  • @artisankatstudios7902
    @artisankatstudios7902 Před 5 lety +706

    As an experienced rock hunter: Always stay together, wear a hardhat when there is any chance of anything falling on your head (ALWAYS) and don't go into abandoned mines and start digging.

    • @salmjak
      @salmjak Před 5 lety +68

      Artisankat Studios I’ve just started watching this guy and I’m stunned why he doesn’t bother buying a hard hat.

    • @brianmccarrier1605
      @brianmccarrier1605 Před 5 lety +7

      Well... he got one of those right.

    • @WowYaska
      @WowYaska Před 5 lety +6

      How did they smelt it back in the day?

    • @artisankatstudios7902
      @artisankatstudios7902 Před 5 lety +23

      @@WowYaska Probably very badly, with a lot of zinc smoke. Hopefully they new to stay out of the direction the smoke was blowing. It's possible to die from just 1 period of smelting if you inhale it :/ They would make a furnace of clay and a probably a clay crucible.

    • @merlin5by533
      @merlin5by533 Před 5 lety +30

      @@WowYaska They would melt it, in a forge, pour off the dross, or knock it off with a rock hammer, then melt it again, knock it off, and again,and it gradually emerged purified. I have done this myself.

  • @jonbarbour6771
    @jonbarbour6771 Před 5 lety +93

    This video would be even more interesting if you explored low tech methods to extract the copper or even if you discussed how you think they may have done it. They didn't have a science lab to make their copper tools. ;)

  • @4n2earth22
    @4n2earth22 Před 5 lety +35

    "Scratch" must be some really awesome stuff. It seems to be the raw ingredient for just about everything. I mean, like, EVERYTHING!!

  • @Jonny2myren
    @Jonny2myren Před 5 lety +1297

    "Alright guys, today I'm gonna show you how to make a muffin pan. It's completely unrelated to me being shouted at by my mom for ruining her muffin pan..."

  • @dash4800
    @dash4800 Před 5 lety +963

    More interested in how they did it 2000 years ago

    • @Jacob_Crowthorne
      @Jacob_Crowthorne Před 5 lety +125

      DEFINITELY! That's what I thought the video was going to show!

    • @YskarAlbumLuna
      @YskarAlbumLuna Před 5 lety +30

      aliens

    • @Jacob_Crowthorne
      @Jacob_Crowthorne Před 5 lety +25

      @@YskarAlbumLuna Errr...No.

    • @YskarAlbumLuna
      @YskarAlbumLuna Před 5 lety +8

      lol it could be tho, there's a lot of possibilities, we'll know someday i guess. I try to keep my mind open to anything.

    • @Jacob_Crowthorne
      @Jacob_Crowthorne Před 5 lety +30

      @@YskarAlbumLuna No, because mankind did do it 2000 years ago! So good luck with that then...

  • @mr-moon-man7974
    @mr-moon-man7974 Před 4 lety +203

    Andy: **spends 535 dollars to get some copper**
    **gets 2.50$ back from the ore**
    *STONKS*

  • @edgeeffect
    @edgeeffect Před 5 lety +30

    WOW! I've held plenty of pieces of Malachite and Azurite in my hands over the years... but to see them occurring in the field in the form of huge blue cliffs is quite amazing.

  • @pyotrilyichtchaikovsky3733
    @pyotrilyichtchaikovsky3733 Před 5 lety +802

    so the cavemen just found some batteries and sulfuric acid

    • @isisdean1807
      @isisdean1807 Před 5 lety +49

      How did they make the first computer and remember you have to have a computer to program a computer

    • @isisdean1807
      @isisdean1807 Před 5 lety +7

      All the technology we have is very advanced actually and was no easy task

    • @centralintelligenceagency1999
      @centralintelligenceagency1999 Před 5 lety

      Brutha

    • @pyotrilyichtchaikovsky3733
      @pyotrilyichtchaikovsky3733 Před 5 lety +13

      Isis Dean search up alan turing

    • @redomer91
      @redomer91 Před 5 lety +19

      I am pretty sure they simply used much purer copper and/ or used other, most likely less efficent, extraction methods. Note that he says that he uses "the best way" and not the way of caveman.

  • @hzpc
    @hzpc Před 5 lety +269

    You're getting so much better at producing those materials! Keep up the good work. Always looking forward you your videos!

    • @twokharacters
      @twokharacters Před 5 lety +1

      I was going to comment the same thing. Also, I can't believe this channel hasn't hit a million yet. Soon..

    • @KitSunZoro
      @KitSunZoro Před 5 lety +2

      @sheldon pereira the thing with copper is that it turns green as it oxidize so finding red copper on the surface might not be possible. He could easily go into the plastic age and make a plastic camera.

  • @Yoshikaable
    @Yoshikaable Před 5 lety +91

    You need to use a mask to handle grinding of the silica! To anyone who reads this, please use protective gear for your lungs when grinding!!

  • @bettygreenhansen
    @bettygreenhansen Před 3 lety +19

    “My mom is going to be so mad when she sees what I did to her muffin pan!”
    🤣🤣🤣

  • @mj6463
    @mj6463 Před 5 lety +90

    So glad your getting a more sizable amount it makes the end result a lot cooler

  • @Napsteraspx
    @Napsteraspx Před 5 lety +14

    "OOO ITS SHINY" - a big part of human history, tbh

  • @ashleywolf5522
    @ashleywolf5522 Před 5 lety +36

    "So many holes, I don’t know which one to go into”. Yeap, thats what he said.

  • @OhNoNotFrank
    @OhNoNotFrank Před 5 lety +55

    Cayotes, rattlesnakes... Big deal.
    In Norway we've got sheep!!

    • @bezzie9
      @bezzie9 Před 5 lety

      Lol

    • @ace127
      @ace127 Před 5 lety

      In Florida we have everything it’s scary

    • @davidhomer78
      @davidhomer78 Před 5 lety

      Do your sheep have pointy teeth? Be very afraid.

    • @8BitsPerPlay
      @8BitsPerPlay Před 5 lety +2

      @@ace127 Yeah, I heard horror stories about those swamp kitties. What was the other name for them. Oh right, Alligators.

    • @candyflossinct
      @candyflossinct Před 5 lety

      Pssshwwwaahhh ... here in South Africa we have baboons that can come into our houses... And lions, elephants, zebras, rhinos, Eiland buck and many more in nature reserves.. lol and sheep and domestic livestock
      . Lol

  • @onodatboi9041
    @onodatboi9041 Před 5 lety +25

    Not sure if analytics tell you what parts were watched or what point they watched until but I hope you know that putting your ads at the beginning and splitting them into two parts doesn't stop me from skipping them.

  • @NKG416
    @NKG416 Před 5 lety +863

    GET IN TO THE COPPER!

  • @garybaxter7297
    @garybaxter7297 Před 5 lety +13

    If snakes are on your mind, stomp heavily around where you intend to work, the stomping will alert snakes as to something to big to eat approaches, the snake will either haul butt or sound off alerting you, so you can take safe steps. PEACE

    • @SitPls
      @SitPls Před 4 lety

      Great advice, thank you~

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  • @JoeJoeV12
    @JoeJoeV12 Před 5 lety +8

    I want you to know that the Tuskin Raider reference did not go unappreciated. 5:05

  • @Pwn3dbyth3n00b
    @Pwn3dbyth3n00b Před 5 lety +172

    So you found a plane ticket to and from, a car rental, and accounted for your time at min wage and only spent 535 dollars? You needa share your travel agent with me.

    • @americanengineering2063
      @americanengineering2063 Před 5 lety +5

      anyone else notice that youtubers get paid to make the most wasteful videos?

    • @coleschaefer6016
      @coleschaefer6016 Před 5 lety

      American Engineering so do tv shows

    • @americanengineering2063
      @americanengineering2063 Před 5 lety +1

      yeah. why are people so interested in junk.

    • @erwinli6962
      @erwinli6962 Před 5 lety +9

      American Engineering I don't think that this is a wasteful video. I don't think I'm the only person who finds these videos highly educational while still being interesting.

    • @americanengineering2063
      @americanengineering2063 Před 5 lety +1

      how do u plan to use this knowledge that this video has educated u with?

  • @TheOfficialCzex
    @TheOfficialCzex Před 5 lety +7

    The bucket animation was just adorable. Love it.

  • @Askjeffwilliams
    @Askjeffwilliams Před 5 lety +82

    smelting it is so much easier

    • @markbowling3859
      @markbowling3859 Před 5 lety +14

      They didn't have the right kind of raw material. With thin coatings of mineral, leaching is the most economical and fastest way. Otherwise you have to chip off all the little bits of mineral one rock at a time vs. soaking and dissolving mineral while you can use the time for other activities.

    • @marcmoulding5346
      @marcmoulding5346 Před 3 lety +5

      @@markbowling3859 cant you just scrape the slag/dross?

    • @NikolaNevenov86
      @NikolaNevenov86 Před 2 lety +8

      yeah I've seen some east asian dudes make some bronze age smelting with clay ovens and hand powered blowers to keep the wooden fire going. And they got almost all the copper just by crushing the rocks and just dumped it in to the oven. about 24h, and they already had drops of copper at the bottom of the oven. Then they took that and placed those in these stone cups that they reheated until they had them smelted. Overall no more than two days of work. This coating shit no doubt catches all the copper, but it too the guy a week or two to get the copper out.

    • @jacobbevers8171
      @jacobbevers8171 Před 2 lety +10

      You people have no idea who Jeff Williams is obviously. He’s smarter than most of anyone who comments on here

    • @isyt1
      @isyt1 Před 2 lety +3

      Whoever smelt it, dealt it

  • @bojackson3073
    @bojackson3073 Před 5 lety +44

    Copper
    Made: $2.50
    Spent: $550
    Video
    Made: $1,500
    Spent: $0

    • @tunnar79
      @tunnar79 Před 4 lety +5

      A lot of work hours go into creating a video as well.Definitely not a 0$ spent case.

    • @kaptenkukang
      @kaptenkukang Před 4 lety

      Stonks

    • @loadingle6893
      @loadingle6893 Před 3 lety

      Travel expense,gas, and other things come into play as well

  • @just-a-silly-goofy-guy
    @just-a-silly-goofy-guy Před 5 lety +317

    From coal to diamond next

    • @Demonai_Warrior
      @Demonai_Warrior Před 5 lety

      Eyy kremit, I luv u

    • @leotheviking9796
      @leotheviking9796 Před 5 lety

      Yes please!

    • @probablyscience4112
      @probablyscience4112 Před 5 lety +21

      Not possible. Coal and diamonds are are made from the same base material but are created by two completely different processes. One cannot form the other.

    • @nicolebeck5730
      @nicolebeck5730 Před 5 lety +19

      Coal also has too many impurities to be compressed into diamond. Graphite though, TECHNICALLY possible, but with billion dollar equipment.

    • @arisaka101
      @arisaka101 Před 5 lety +38

      That puts a lot of pressure on him

  • @ibycus314
    @ibycus314 Před 5 lety +104

    You need to somehow assess the purity of your ‘muffin’... maybe send it to Cody and get him to use his X-ray spectrometer on it?

    • @HyperIonMake
      @HyperIonMake Před 5 lety +7

      He can asssume its pure enough for his purposes. He isnt looking for pure copper, he is looking for a workable metal. It just so happens copper is one of the easiest to extract.

    • @gasfiltered
      @gasfiltered Před 5 lety +2

      X-ray florescence isn't exactly a highly accurate method of assay. It will give you roughly what's in a sample and a very rough approximation of the ratios, but it should never, ever be used to determine purity. At the very least you need a gas chromatograph for that. The X-ray guns are a quick and dirty SWAG.

    • @Prometheus720
      @Prometheus720 Před 5 lety +2

      Well the quickest way is to just compare densities. What else would be in there? Sulfur, lead, iron/carbon (steel), and whatever was in the original ore. Silicates? I don't know.
      It would probably be lighter than pure copper, but maybe not. Anyway, pretty easy to do a quick and dirty density test.

    • @zombesn
      @zombesn Před 5 lety

      @@Prometheus720 that would be like the worst purity test lol

    • @andrewsharp4950
      @andrewsharp4950 Před 5 lety

      @@zombesn that would be like the purity tests the ancients knew to do. It would be a start. That's also why Andy pulled off the slag from the top when it was melted, though the pour looked like it might have had a chunk of impurities on the bottom.

  • @worldtraveler930
    @worldtraveler930 Před 5 lety +17

    5:30 "I am worried about snakes"
    I would be more concerned about finding a mountain lion in their.

    • @FriedrichHerschel
      @FriedrichHerschel Před 5 lety +4

      there*

    • @Ontarianmm
      @Ontarianmm Před 5 lety +2

      The lions would make themselves very known. They don't tend to attack groups so there is that at least.

    • @buckarootexan8875
      @buckarootexan8875 Před 5 lety +4

      @@Ontarianmm I live in the middle of nowhere and yes.. they make themselves known
      ...very known..
      Woke up at 2:43 am to hear what sounded like a messed up speaker.

  • @yellowboy1866
    @yellowboy1866 Před 5 lety +3

    It doesn't matter how much it costs, it's just can you refine it or not. You have proved that you can.

  • @Notorious-AP
    @Notorious-AP Před 5 lety +382

    From stick to Ak47

    • @ieuanhunt552
      @ieuanhunt552 Před 5 lety +26

      It won't be too long before he's making a Nuke. Or a Space Station.

    • @haroniqbal1944
      @haroniqbal1944 Před 5 lety +2

      stick wins

    • @GIAGreenFire
      @GIAGreenFire Před 5 lety +14

      "Today I show you how you can make a teleporter from scratch."

    • @evanbarnes9984
      @evanbarnes9984 Před 5 lety +6

      Why should the end point be an assault weapon? What about something benevolent, like from stick to EKG?

    • @mrmonsterhunter808
      @mrmonsterhunter808 Před 5 lety +2

      +Evan Barnes Because guns are cool

  • @SoldierofLiberation
    @SoldierofLiberation Před 5 lety +64

    Need to see the more primitive way, you know just incase of time travel

    • @marcuslunner2387
      @marcuslunner2387 Před 5 lety +1

      check out the primitive channels such as survival skill primitive.

  • @MOSMASTERING
    @MOSMASTERING Před 5 lety +103

    "Using accurate classical 9000BC techniques that our ancient human ancestors used to extract and purify the copper - one of the first metals our species ever purified.."
    ...uses a plastic bucket to collect the rocks, throws them into a 4x4 Off Road Jeep, drives home to electrically grind the ore into a pure sulphuric acid solution and connect to a battery and strain through coffee filters and sulphuric acid onto a metal muffin tray..
    Uhhhmm... I spotted a mistake... Real accurate, except for the one anachronism where you are wearing a modern watch in this video.
    Otherwise I would have been totally bought it.. I was fooled up until then!

    • @q_eredaane4906
      @q_eredaane4906 Před 5 lety +4

      I dont really get where he said "this is how they did it 3-5k years ago"
      I know its a channel concept, but where does it say that?? I can only read in the description how he did it

    • @entcraft44
      @entcraft44 Před 5 lety +4

      @Please Complete All Fields He did certainly not use the same chemical process. Electricity hasn't been around that long, and while sulfuric acid was already discovered a very long time ago, it could not have been manufactured in the required amounts. Instead, they probably reduced the copper ores by repeatedly baking/smelting the ores in a furnace.

    • @competetodefeat4610
      @competetodefeat4610 Před 5 lety +2

      Yeah the fact this guy is using modern tools with modern knowledge and still has this much trouble working with metals is just... wow.

    • @chadcastagana9181
      @chadcastagana9181 Před 4 lety

      6,000 BC

    • @carlcushmanhybels8159
      @carlcushmanhybels8159 Před 4 lety +3

      @@entcraft44 He did if briefly explain why the modern refining methods: The modern ore is too low grade to use ancient methods designed for high grade ore.

  • @Lightwish01
    @Lightwish01 Před 5 lety +4

    First timer to this channel ever and I must say that I liked this video quite a bit. The challenging content and plan you set out when making this video is both interesting and engaging the way you filmed it. I must admit I have always wondered just how one would find a metal and then separate from rock to pour into a pure metal tool mould. Copper being a semi valuable metal, depending on how much you can find and use is a fantastic choice for this video. Anyways well done and I think I am even going to subscribe in case your other videos are just as interesting as this one is!

  • @YuriPRIMErpg
    @YuriPRIMErpg Před 5 lety +72

    When I saw the dude who took a look at your rocks, all I could think for the rest of the video was "Now that's commitment to one's hairdo"

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 Před 5 lety +4

      Guy on Ancient Aliens has weird hairdo
      Guy who collects copper rocks has weird hairdo.
      CONFIRMED metalsmithing is ancient alien technology!

    • @franklinbolton8730
      @franklinbolton8730 Před 5 lety +2

      He must have a duel against Yugi later

    • @shirleya-z794
      @shirleya-z794 Před 4 lety

      I had to read to the comments until I found one on his hairdo!

  • @alanmcrae8594
    @alanmcrae8594 Před 5 lety +9

    Awesome! I love that you are willing to explore the entire process from beginning to end. We all take this stuff for granted, but you show us how hard it is to do on a diy scale. Thanks for sharing your journey of exploration with us.

  • @treehousesmotors2562
    @treehousesmotors2562 Před 5 lety +1

    That rock dude was really ROCKing his hairstyle

  • @gmeast
    @gmeast Před 4 lety +4

    Very inspiring. It's amazing that early man figured these things out in the first place. I thought copper and iron extraction was 'round about' until I read about Titanium. ... not only things like metals, but look up how chocolate came about and what a complex process it actually is. Who was smoking what when someone said " ... let's make some chocolate".?

  • @chok2345
    @chok2345 Před 5 lety +15

    Great job!! So much more organized and clean than usual. No big messes

  • @calebball1527
    @calebball1527 Před 5 lety +15

    "I wasn't talking to you, Alexa!" 😂😂😂

  • @aliminingcompany
    @aliminingcompany Před 3 lety

    Mining is a passion, good to see something worthy watching! Thank u from a miner from Pakistan

  • @sudhirpatel7620
    @sudhirpatel7620 Před 4 lety +2

    So how did people 5,500 years ago make copper pots and ornaments without any technology?

  • @pushparadhakrishnan7343
    @pushparadhakrishnan7343 Před 5 lety +95

    How did you make sulfuric acid?

    • @chrisbalfour466
      @chrisbalfour466 Před 5 lety +25

      Some auto parts stores sell it. There's a half dozen ways to make it from scratch, and it's basically ancient tech. It's also a good idea to make pH paper beforehand. Grow some red cabbage, extract the pigment onto slips of paper and voila.

    • @theterribleanimator1793
      @theterribleanimator1793 Před 5 lety +7

      @@chrisbalfour466 a fellow amateour chemist i see.

    • @perrydowd9285
      @perrydowd9285 Před 5 lety +9

      Burn sulphur in a vessel & bubble the evolved Sulphur Trioxide gas through water. It's a crude method & it generates a lot of heat.
      S8 + 12O2 > 8SO3^
      SO3 + H2O > H2SO4

    • @livedandletdie
      @livedandletdie Před 5 lety

      Hydrogen Peroxide and Elemental Sulfur works, it's slow and need a closed container, Sulfur oxides are after all gases.

    • @pushparadhakrishnan7343
      @pushparadhakrishnan7343 Před 5 lety

      I know how to make it- many ways like pyrite and stuff-but I was wondering how they got it,and if they made it then why not record it

  • @paulagebhardt6018
    @paulagebhardt6018 Před 5 lety +50

    That geologists hair though.

  • @Weyird
    @Weyird Před 5 lety +1

    For most of the video I was thinking I'd like to see the ancient method of making it, but at the end you say that you'll demonstrate that in the future. So I'm glad about that. It'll be interesting to have seen both.

  • @tooharshoutdoors9838
    @tooharshoutdoors9838 Před 2 lety +1

    Just discovered your series and love it. Excellent job, please keep at it.

  • @ThomasTheFapEngine
    @ThomasTheFapEngine Před 5 lety +3

    It's always really cool to see you going from not knowing what you're doing to mostly knowing what you're doing, even if your methods (mostly airplane tickets) aren't very cost effective ;) Love your videos, keep em up

  • @dtxchino981
    @dtxchino981 Před 5 lety +18

    U love this channel I watch this over Netflix keep this up

  • @rienzitrento8397
    @rienzitrento8397 Před 3 lety +2

    Really interesting,thanks for showing the whole mechanics of doing the process

  • @SushanShantaDas02
    @SushanShantaDas02 Před 4 lety

    Process is so refinary and firmed. Thank You.

  • @bamboonium8140
    @bamboonium8140 Před 5 lety +15

    Make some medieval steel weaponry please

  • @shiron222
    @shiron222 Před 5 lety +136

    *insert Minecraft joke about digging straight down here*

    • @tkgwildfire5339
      @tkgwildfire5339 Před 5 lety +7

      Was digging for some iron when broke some stone. To my surprise, the cave started to cave in around me. I rushed to put a torch on the ground and it saved me from the cave in. There was a lot of gravel.

    • @sciblastofficial9833
      @sciblastofficial9833 Před 5 lety +1

      Dude, the mine was a horizontal mine I believe
      That dude must be smart lmao

    • @Blewlongmun
      @Blewlongmun Před 5 lety +1

      @Creations and circuits You just haven't modded it my friend. Copper has been common in the modding community since like 2014

  • @howtoteachscience
    @howtoteachscience Před 5 lety

    Extracting and smelting metals is so fascinating. So many people today learn about the past and just hear about each "age" not knowing how it was done. The Periodic Table of Elements Coloring Book is mine. I wish I had known about this channel before I wrote it.

  • @GillianKnives
    @GillianKnives Před 5 lety

    This is one of the coolest videos I have seen in a long time.

  • @devinbattaglia6432
    @devinbattaglia6432 Před 5 lety +18

    I want to see you try to make a foot powered lathe. (Treadle lathe) It’s supposed to be a pretty simple design and it would be cool to see you attempt that

  • @jackus217
    @jackus217 Před 5 lety +3

    This was a really good video, the flow of the scenes and ideas was great and the information was quite interesting. Just a side note another way to extract the copper is by adding bicarbonate of soda after the copper is dissolved, you can then filter out the copper carbonate and just melt it down much faster but just not as pure

  • @jayduck9
    @jayduck9 Před 5 lety +1

    So glad I found this.

  • @FrauWNiemand
    @FrauWNiemand Před 5 lety +2

    Geez, you have such beautiful ore rich places in US. I studied Geology in Germany and we never visited such places full of metal. I guess it is because in Germany the rock is empty, we got all we could get and they even started to reuse the waste rock from heaps to get all rest of usable metal out of it.

    • @freetrailer4poor
      @freetrailer4poor Před 5 lety +1

      Sweden use to have a lot of copper mines, they once had their currency based on it. But I think in the USA they have hugh open pit mines in Arizona and places so there really is no need to play with these places. Just imagine the demand for copper shells in WWI, WWII.

  • @HaxxorElite
    @HaxxorElite Před 5 lety +5

    Congrats on 900k!

  • @jessemarques9577
    @jessemarques9577 Před 5 lety +129

    Is no one going to talk about that guys hair?

    • @Pfsif
      @Pfsif Před 5 lety +4

      It's EPIC!

    • @captainhoratiobungleiii7147
      @captainhoratiobungleiii7147 Před 5 lety +1

      It was incredible!

    • @stevesrt8
      @stevesrt8 Před 5 lety +4

      He might be a bit of a stoner

    • @marcoyepez574
      @marcoyepez574 Před 5 lety +1

      Hell yeah bro Dave the rock guy used to be my history teacher back in high school I’m from that time. Give a guess to what car he drives

    • @EctoGamer
      @EctoGamer Před 5 lety +3

      sadly every one is talking about his hair

  • @franklinbolton8730
    @franklinbolton8730 Před 5 lety

    Probably the best Hardcore Ironman video in all of Runescape.

  • @frederickhoeppner7283
    @frederickhoeppner7283 Před 4 lety +1

    That was a great looking mine you all went to ! Wow a lot of wonderful color ! Nice job recovering some copper , keep up the nice work on maken videos !

  • @willichtenstein7071
    @willichtenstein7071 Před 5 lety +12

    That ingot of copper would have been extremely valuable in ancient times. It could be a short sword, a bunch of arrow heads, religious idol, symbol of status, a piece of armor, or a tool like a hatchet, shovel or farm hoe.

    • @willichtenstein7071
      @willichtenstein7071 Před 5 lety +4

      Yeah, labor was cheap, but materials were expensive. A lack of technology to harvest and process metals made acquisition slow and time consuming. Like the video said, ancient times would only mine from rocks rich in copper ore that were easier to extract.

    • @roodlyfbuts8006
      @roodlyfbuts8006 Před 5 lety

      There are CZcamsrs that make everything from scratch. If I was one of them, copper would be extremely valuable. To me that's a big part of electronics. The furthest I've seen someone make it in their series is very small amounts of cast iron that they plan on making into a small knife😂

    • @marcosmota1094
      @marcosmota1094 Před 5 lety

      @@ricksmith1673 Are you really an "MD" and asking that question? Just the arrow heads could mean surviving or winning a battle, or three years worth of big game meat. Try reaching any major organs in a buck or wild pig...

    • @Darticus42
      @Darticus42 Před 5 lety +1

      Marcos Mota why the hell would you expect a doctor of medicine to be knowledgeable in all things ancient materials. Even something that is obvious in retrospect might be hard to realize by making that connection.

  • @bentice5911
    @bentice5911 Před 5 lety +12

    Man it’s so cool! Your making it exactly like they used to make it! If they had all of those technologies you use like beakers, I love this series but I wish you did literally EVERYTHING from scratch, only using the tools you made yourself.

  • @veecee3669
    @veecee3669 Před 5 lety +1

    I've just discovered your channel; it's terrific and I've subscribed, thank you!

  • @SapioiT
    @SapioiT Před 5 lety +21

    Where the hell am I supposed to find sulfuric acid in the middle of an abandoned island? (Not that I am on one.)
    It would still be nice if you would smelt the rock, instead... Even if just to show it happening and to compare the alloy yield compared to the pure yield.

    • @SUBARCTICPSYCHO
      @SUBARCTICPSYCHO Před 5 lety

      Sapioit That would all depend on whether the island had any copper ore on it.

    • @allangibson8494
      @allangibson8494 Před 5 lety

      You can make sulphuric acid by smelting copper sulphide ore.... (the fumes are NASTY).

    • @samclarke899
      @samclarke899 Před 5 lety

      Sounds like something someone on an abandoned island would say

    • @capnbilll2913
      @capnbilll2913 Před 5 lety

      Most islands are volcanic, sulfur deposits are common.

    • @allangibson8494
      @allangibson8494 Před 5 lety

      @@capnbilll2913 Depends on where you are in the world - and how old the island is. Sulphur is reactive and burns easily so finding it on an island that has vegetation would be rare.

  • @tobiascoates9727
    @tobiascoates9727 Před 5 lety +27

    wow, the "guy who knows rocks" had a serious hairstyle

  • @travis5376
    @travis5376 Před 5 lety +7

    For your next attempt, you could try northern Michigan for copper ore, copper was a major export in the 1800’s

    • @RRaucina
      @RRaucina Před 5 lety +5

      The Michigan mines produced pure copper sheets and lumps with no refining needed. Incredible

    • @randyshanks1108
      @randyshanks1108 Před 5 lety

      It’s called Copper Harbor for a reason. From what I understand, you can find small copper nuggets on the beach/shallows.

  • @Pherecydes
    @Pherecydes Před rokem

    Awesome. Really gives you a sense of just how far we've come as a civilization. Materials that used to take hundreds of man-hours to produce are just dirt cheap now and taken for granted.

  • @tomweidler8910
    @tomweidler8910 Před 5 lety +1

    AWESOME 😎👍👍
    The adventure made your smelting of copper, priceless. And made you awesome indeed for sharing this great video. Keep up the good work. Sincerely Tom Weidler in Las Vegas Nevada

  • @MB-rh6ro
    @MB-rh6ro Před 5 lety +33

    from plastic to c4

    • @hugehappygrin
      @hugehappygrin Před 5 lety +2

      @MB294 Even though C-4 is called "plastique", it's not made from plastic.

    • @MB-rh6ro
      @MB-rh6ro Před 5 lety +1

      @@hugehappygrin it was a joke

  • @samsngdevice5103
    @samsngdevice5103 Před 5 lety +6

    THE MUFFIN PANS
    Should be presprayed with PAM cooking spray.. 🏠

  • @malisengjabum5959
    @malisengjabum5959 Před 5 lety

    Thank you so much for showing this. Very informative.

  • @twillhizzle44
    @twillhizzle44 Před 11 měsíci

    Man, 5 minutes in and this video made me miss Ft. Irwin. I used to sleep in my snake and scorpion proof (ie zipped completely up) sleeping bag.. with my discman.. on rocks throughout those wadies. OPFOR was pretty fun back in the day.. I miss that place.. and time.. not the 145° quite as much.. but even that made one feel alive.. close to death.. but alive.. thanks for bringing back to the fore!

  • @alicetiner
    @alicetiner Před 5 lety +6

    3:38 Maaaaaaayyynnnn I feel like I'm in real life MINECRAFT!

  • @battalion151R
    @battalion151R Před 2 lety +2

    There was a huge copper "mine", in the Great Lakes, used by the Native Americans and early explorers. I don't know what the purity of the ore was, but it seemed to be a pretty popular place.

  • @69mrnikolai
    @69mrnikolai Před 3 lety

    its amazing that im watching this through what was once rocks and dirt

  • @dbpooper7512
    @dbpooper7512 Před 5 lety

    OMG the rock store guy is a ROCKABILLY! Gotta respect that level of dedication to a pun.

  • @olliala-mursula813
    @olliala-mursula813 Před 5 lety +2

    For the next metal extraction you might want to check out bioleaching. It's more cost effective with low purity ores.

  • @Fusiongearz
    @Fusiongearz Před 5 lety +5

    your mom should be mad how you used that pick lol

  • @seyoum1000
    @seyoum1000 Před 5 lety

    Thanks dear you helped me to remember what i have learned before a few years back.

  • @Time-cc2qb
    @Time-cc2qb Před 3 lety +2

    If Dr stone had an CZcams channel

  • @dwaynewladyka577
    @dwaynewladyka577 Před 5 lety +3

    This was another great video. I love your determination and how you explain the process of what you are doing in detail. Keep up the great work. It would be pretty cool if you could do more collaborations in the future. Perhaps you could do a collaboration with Nile Red?

  • @yellowishsmiley4800
    @yellowishsmiley4800 Před 5 lety +45

    Ultimate primitive survival extreme making copper tools (not clickbait)

  • @joshuatanase3718
    @joshuatanase3718 Před rokem +2

    The mine they went to is called "Copper World Mine". Coordinates 35°30'18.68"N 115°36'11.38"W.

  • @user-yg9qi9bl9m
    @user-yg9qi9bl9m Před 2 lety

    Thank you very much. You worked so hard to teach us.

  • @mtrcycls
    @mtrcycls Před 5 lety +3

    "If I left you with a hatchet in the woods.. how long before you could send me an email?"

  • @kylefitz.2639
    @kylefitz.2639 Před 5 lety +5

    _"...Unfortunately, the directions to it were a bit vague, and took us on a bit of a wild goose chase..."_
    *_Mojave, ... Mo' problems_*

  • @johncamp7679
    @johncamp7679 Před 3 lety

    That’s still really cool. I naturally have a fondness for copper.

  • @chrisstadnichuk4382
    @chrisstadnichuk4382 Před 5 lety

    I just came across this CZcams channel it's pretty amazing

  • @bjarnes.4423
    @bjarnes.4423 Před 5 lety +20

    Collab with Cody to enhance your refining results?

    • @ocloud7389
      @ocloud7389 Před 5 lety +2

      But never the king of random they used to be good but now everything is click bait and has shitty animations at the start

  • @Vermilicious
    @Vermilicious Před 5 lety +7

    I wonder why the mine was abandoned, considering the ore was right at the surface in plain sight. Copper is a fairly valuable material.

  • @trebacca9
    @trebacca9 Před 5 lety

    This is so huge though, he can now make metal. Copper work-hardens too, so he can get decently hard metal just by hammering it. This opens the door to nails, fasteners, fittings, and so much more. Future projects can include copper, maybe bronze if he refines some tin. Then we'll be really getting somewhere.

  • @thedrandlawenforcementguyf7082

    Just became a patron thanks for the great content keep it up

  • @SezarOroo
    @SezarOroo Před 2 lety +5

    My main issue with this except for the fact I got tired only from watching the entire process, is the fact that I kept imagining myself trying to create copper the same method you did (assuming I had the equipment) is a police drug bust into my home and me screaming "please officer, I'm only creating copper!".

  • @S1nserelyHannah
    @S1nserelyHannah Před 5 lety +3

    WHAT IF YOUR LASS PASS GETS HACKED !!!!!!!😱

  • @Spark-Hole
    @Spark-Hole Před rokem

    You are among the most valuable people of the world. Awesome!

  • @planbuilduse5994
    @planbuilduse5994 Před 5 lety +1

    Whoa! Cool video! Thanks for the upload.