Delivery scams
This is just a warning to innocents out there. Please beware that the company Computer scrap champs in Turkey is a scam. There web site etc is very professional, but once you have paid they will send...
View ArticleAlibaba
Hi everyone. Did anyone ever successfully bought scrap from Alibaba? I heard lots of horror stories about scam and am unwilling to go through with the website. However, their prices are simply too...
View ArticleE Waste guide
Good morning, so I have a question well several really I have a rather large stock of Circuit Boards, Motherboards, CPU's, Hard-drives, Ram Sticks, etc I work IT And I also Dumpster Dive and have been...
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This Could Be Revealing
PC Power supply wire, two identical tokens, one in hydrochloric acid with the other in nitric, the major element is copper what do you suppose the other is. If the weak acid solutions do not freeze up...
View ArticleIndustrial counters.
I lucked across quite a few of these recently. Something I’ve never heard discussed so I thought I’d bring them to peoples attention. They would be easy to look past. Thick foils and nice contacts, not...
View ArticleMoved posts from Prospecting
I'm old enough to remember when scrap yards would clean off a small spot on an unknown metal then with a drop of nitric acid the nickle content would be revealed. As an example the Chevy small block...
View Article10+ grams of scrap palladium in hammond organ
All, After lurking on this forum for over 10 years, I finally have something worthy of a post. This week, I picked up an old Hammond H-300, and harvested 10.5 grams of palladium from just the busbars...
View ArticleGerman Mid-20th century military field phones
Has anyone had any luck with military field phones, and if so, is the amount of gold worth it?
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Was wondering about LED ballasts
I was wondering if anybody would know if LED ballasts would be better off being sold for scrap if they're used or selling for what they are because they were pulled from my working environment but most...
View ArticleHammond electronic organ, is this gold?
I fished an old Hammond organ out of a dumpster and started cutting it up for scrap. When I got to the keys, I noticed that each one appears to have a gold wire for a contact on the tips (these are...
View ArticleHow do you people find Karat scrap?
I just retired and I now need a hobby. Always been a tinkerer and saw some YouTube videos on gold refining. Been looking for karat scrap fairly extensively in my area (central Arizona) but it is scarce...
View ArticleRefiners pay so much less
When people try to get started in the business of buying and selling precious metal scrap, they run into two major problems: - You need to be able to accurately test it. - You have to be able to...
View ArticleYamaha organ bus bars
Yamaha organ bus bars Is it massive gold? What may the non-magnetic spring be made of?
View ArticleFree electronic scrap in Connecticut
I have some free electronic scrap located in Connecticut. I have more scrap then i can handle right now. mainly moniters, Tv flat screens, radios and PC power supplys. Let me know if your interested.
View ArticleWhere to find input?
I can't seem to find worthy input. There's so very much scamming that I've had to weed through. This industry is rife with some of the worst scamming attempts I've ever seen. That and then ebay has...
View ArticleBuying Wholesale Computer Scrap. Scam or Not?
I was looking into other sources of gold scrap, and I found on a certain wholesale site, gold pins from scrap computer parts for 1-3$ per Kg with a minimum order of 50kg. How much gold could I expect...
View ArticleHow to Find Electronic Scrap to Refine?
Hi everyone, I’ve started refining electronic scraps and have run out of things I already had on hand. Searching different places on the internet I’ve found loads of scrap for sale on ebay and what not...
View ArticleHot tip for anyone that wants some palladium
Note : todays date is 1-16-2024 and if anyone reading this happens to be in the San Luis Obispo area there is a Hammond H-300 organ on craigslist in the free section, just saying.
View Articlewhere does the refiner make money
hi all I am very curious, i am trying to set up a gold buying program and i can collect scrap. But i want to know there is a margin where the refiner makes money. Just show some light on this...
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