Hand pours
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Here is one of my old school pours I purchased two years ago for the sum of $73. M & B Mining of Las Vegas Nevada. Also known as the "Omega" bar due to the mining company's logo which in Greek means "All encompassing". I have another bar just like it but in 10 ounces. Hard to find these for sale, I try eBay from time to time but the auction prices are just crazy.
Welcome kitkat. I love them too!Kit-Kat said:ohhh, I love all these hand pours.
do you lose any silver when you polish them?
do you weigh them all, and is there a variation?
can you sell them on eBay - do you need any certification?
I must have a kit-kat bar!!
thanks, kit kat(new here!)
Try asking your questions in Maggie's subforum: http://forums.silverstackers.com/forum-45-maggie-s-corner.html
That where I got my hand poured bars and maybe you can get some more info there.
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Theyre awesome +1
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Regarding "Hand poured" bars - last week I was back at SBA buying a few more rounds to add to my small but increasing stack and I noticed they had hand poured bars - they actually showed me some being poured and they looked pretty good to me - so if you want any locally made ones speak to the guys there.
just poured and polished a 3oz kitkat.
refined from scrap using the nitric acid/copper method. wow, it's a lot of work trying to get the right weight. lots of sanding and polishing.
how are you guys getting that shiny finish out of the mold? mine come out a matt finish.
it's hard to take a good photo of the stuff too.
refined from scrap using the nitric acid/copper method. wow, it's a lot of work trying to get the right weight. lots of sanding and polishing.
how are you guys getting that shiny finish out of the mold? mine come out a matt finish.
it's hard to take a good photo of the stuff too.
A quick question for anyone with experience in hand pouring.
If I put a pre-dec coin in the bottom of a mold and then pour molten pre decs on top to make a poured bar would the predec coin lift during the pouring or would the poured silver get underneath the coin?
If it worked and I got a perfect bar with a predec coin sunken into the top would it just "pop" out if it was shocked hard enough?
The only reason I ask is because I want one of the old style ingots
Source:http://silverbullionguide.com/blog/silver-bullion-bars-and-ingots/ and I have a couple of kilos of 50% pre dec scraps.
I know that the predecs will be easier to sell as predec because they have been assayed by the government and they are easily divisible so this wouldn't be an exercise in profitability. Just a bit of fun but if I could have a pre dec coin inlaid into the bar it would show its origin off quite nicely.
I was sure that the back of the coin wouldn't "melt" into the molten silver as it wouldn't get hot enough and I was concerned that as the molten silver cooled it would contract enough to buckle or pop out the coin. In an ideal world the molten silver would flow into the reeded edge and hold the coin in place. If not I guess a silver anchor could be affixed to the back of the coin and the molten silver could cool around that to keep the coin in place.
Just wondered if anyone had some experience and failing that, I am happy to take guesses, educated or not.
If I put a pre-dec coin in the bottom of a mold and then pour molten pre decs on top to make a poured bar would the predec coin lift during the pouring or would the poured silver get underneath the coin?
If it worked and I got a perfect bar with a predec coin sunken into the top would it just "pop" out if it was shocked hard enough?
The only reason I ask is because I want one of the old style ingots
Source:http://silverbullionguide.com/blog/silver-bullion-bars-and-ingots/ and I have a couple of kilos of 50% pre dec scraps.
I know that the predecs will be easier to sell as predec because they have been assayed by the government and they are easily divisible so this wouldn't be an exercise in profitability. Just a bit of fun but if I could have a pre dec coin inlaid into the bar it would show its origin off quite nicely.
I was sure that the back of the coin wouldn't "melt" into the molten silver as it wouldn't get hot enough and I was concerned that as the molten silver cooled it would contract enough to buckle or pop out the coin. In an ideal world the molten silver would flow into the reeded edge and hold the coin in place. If not I guess a silver anchor could be affixed to the back of the coin and the molten silver could cool around that to keep the coin in place.
Just wondered if anyone had some experience and failing that, I am happy to take guesses, educated or not.