A Poor Man''s Method of Smelting Gold | Sciencing
May 22, 2018#0183;#32;To cheaply smelt your own gold you need to have access to a high temperature furnace. For a doityourselfer this shouldn''t pose a huge challenge. The first thing to do is determine the amount of gold to smelt. This will inform the size of the furnace. Small tin coffee cans or large trash cans make for good starting points in this regard.