Image 1 — All Poured .999 Fine Silver - FINALLY XRF Tested
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All Poured .999 Fine Silver - FINALLY XRF Tested

After some great difficulty, I FINALLY found a NEW awesome local coin shop about 20 minutes from me who has an XRF gun... I now have standing arrangement with him to bring all my poured silver in for testing and everything I have made up to this point, has now been tested. Before you tell me about all the other tests it's my experience that people are familiar with the xrf test, they want to test that does zero damage, and that's what they considered the gold standard, even if it actually isn't. People around them can generally find an xrf gun just like I did, it's more difficult to find a sigma. At least that's my experience so it was important to me to find somebody with an xrf gun so I could verify ALL my work (now and future) and also know what the results will show.

I'M HAPPY TO SAY I DIDN'T FUKKK ANYTHING UP AND GOT THE ALL CLEAR FROM THE BEST LOCAL COIN/ JEWELRY STORE / BULLION DEALER I'VE EVER SEEN... THE CLEANEST STORE AND NICEST GUYS.

It's a pleasure when you can do business with pleasurable people. I bought some extra silver to go into tomorrow's pour which will be hearts... two sizes. The molds are already prepared.

I should be able to post some new content tomorrow.

u/BlazeBullionBotique — 7 days ago

Latest Pour - Skulls

Used a hand stamp at the bottom this time, then I'll add laser engraved hallmarking to be put above the stamp.

Back for another try with the new 5ozt/2ozt heart molds tomorrow!

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u/BlazeBullionBotique — 17 days ago

Happy Anniversary Honey...

I spoil her like crazy, but at 19 years married, to a gorgeous lady 27 years younger than me... She deserves it!

Can't wait till our 20th next year. But next year... I gotta come up with something great!

u/BlazeBullionBotique — 26 days ago

Colorized Silver?

Well, I now have the ability to produce colorized silver locally if I choose... This is of course not silver, just an example of what is possible.

Sadly, when you colorized silver you actually decrease its value because you are introducing contaminants to the silver. So, if you take silver to a dealer or a place that buys silver to melt, you will find that they will penalize you for colorized silver many times.

That said, some people do not care or want personalized product and have no intentions of selling it anyways and that's where colorized silver can come in.

For hallmarking... it would look great, but would effectively hurt the melt value where laser etching does not hurt the value, as it doesn't introduce any contaminants to the silver... That said it also does not increase the value by laser hallmarking versus traditional stamping.

u/BlazeBullionBotique — 28 days ago

Fresh Poured .999 Silver. Untouched. Not Cleaned/Polished Yet... 1st Heart Pour!

My First 5ozt Heart... Very thick compared to the 3ozt skull.

Now to clean them up, little sparex bath... Dremel w/ brass brush attachment massage, then some hand polishing and into the rock tumbler for some rock n roll.

u/BlazeBullionBotique — 29 days ago

New Wavy Heart Molds 3ozt & 5ozt...

New Graphite Wavy Heart Molds 3ozt & 5ozt freshly coated with Boron Nitride ultra high purity, high temperature, dry lubricant and release agent alongside some sweet .9999 Scottsdale silver shot... with my circuit breaker popping from the electric furnace problem now fully solved... I'm ready for tomorrow's test pour.

Gonna pour some gorgeous pieces for the wife's private collection!

u/BlazeBullionBotique — 1 month ago

Couple New Poured Pieces... Not Polished or Cleaned Up Yet....

Just outta the cooling tank. Not cleaned up or polished yet.... I bought 3 new molds that are on the way for my next pour!

u/BlazeBullionBotique — 1 month ago
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Can anyone tell me about this units reliability/give recommendation?

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Electric furnaces are a pain in the ass especially the Chinese ones...

This one's about three times the cost and manufactured in Italy. Has anybody ever purchased one of these or can you tell me about its reliability and long-term durability?

Ventura-Melt 100 Ounce Electric Melting Furnaces-120V or 230V

u/BlazeBullionBotique — 2 months ago

10ozt - PAMP Lady of Justice in .999 Fine Silver!

Happy Monday Everyone!

An absolutely GORGEOUS piece... Our Lady of Justice!

10 Sweet as Fuck Troy Ounces of .999 Fine Silver from PAMP with AMAZING DETAILS!

This piece looks even better in person!

u/BlazeBullionBotique — 2 months ago