Gold Recovery
2010
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 4 lbs of Mixed High Yield Plated Gold Boards for Precious Metals Recovery $40.00 Time Remaining: 24d 18h 56m Buy It Now for only: $40.00 |
 Gold Fingers Gold plated pins and Gold sim card scrap for gold recovery 4oz $25.00 Time Remaining: 6h 8m |
 Computer Circuit Board Scrap for Gold Recovery $10.49 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 15h 49m |
 1 lbs 14oz Scrap P3 Celeron Metal Plate CPU Gold Recovery QTY 36 CPUs $40.00 Time Remaining: 6d 20h 10m Buy It Now for only: $40.00 |
 SCRAP COMPUTER SOUND CARDS FOR GOLD RECOVERY $20.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 17h 34m |
 SCRAP COMPUTER MODEMS FOR GOLD RECOVERY $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 17h 34m |
 1 lb of High Yield Gold Ceramic Processors for Recovery $100.00 Time Remaining: 23d 23h 48m Buy It Now for only: $100.00 |
 Computer Processor Lot for Use or Gold Recovery $19.95 Time Remaining: 2d 2h 47m |
 2 lbs 10oz Scrap P3 Celeron Green Fiber CPU Gold Recovery QTY 133 CPUs $150.00 Time Remaining: 6d 20h 6m Buy It Now for only: $150.00 |
 SCRAP COMPUTER MEMORY FOR GOLD RECOVERY $47.66 (7 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 18h 40m |
 1 lbs scrap ceramic cpu processor High Grade gold recovery 454 gr $100.00 (8 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 4h 2m |
 1 lb of Gold Ceramic Processors for Recovery $75.00 Time Remaining: 23d 23h 57m Buy It Now for only: $75.00 |
 3 lbs RAM memory various types gold fingers scrap recovery $28.01 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 17m |
 Computer Circuit Board Scrap for Gold Recovery $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 15h 52m |
 30 lbs Lot of Motherboards For Gold Scrap Recovery $100.00 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 52m Buy It Now for only: $100.00 |
 30 Pin Memory for Use or Precious Metal Recovery $9.95 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 3h 6m |
 7lbs 7oz Scrap SDRam Computer Printer Server Memory 168pin 100pin Gold Recovery $150.00 Time Remaining: 6d 19h 57m Buy It Now for only: $150.00 |
 1lb Gold Silver recovery scrap high quality hard drive logic boards $15.00 Time Remaining: 6h 25m |
 689 grams 30 X 486 cpu scrap ceramic processor High Grade gold recovery intel $122.50 (22 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d |
 30 lbs of various boards cards for gold scrap recovery $90.00 Time Remaining: 2d 19h 37m Buy It Now for only: $90.00 |
 2956 GRAMS OF SCRAP GOLD RECOVERY 24k AND SOME PLATINUM $45.00 Time Remaining: 5h 52m |
 Computer Gold Recovery Scrap Memory Cards CPU and Pins $7.52 (7 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 23h 11m |
 23 lbs 6oz Scrap PC Apple Motherboard Lot Gold Recovery $100.00 Time Remaining: 6d 20h 15m Buy It Now for only: $100.00 |
 Intel Core 2 Duo microprocessor 15 pcs 78 lbs for gold recovery $17.50 (7 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 20h 37m |
 LOT OF 10 INTEL PENTIUM PRO PROCESSOR CPU CHIPS FOR GOLD RECOVERY 23 LBS $299.95 Time Remaining: 6d 22h 59m Buy It Now for only: $299.95 |
 5 Lbs Server Desktop and Laptop Memory PC100PC133DDR for Gold Recovery Scrap $41.00 (11 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 16h 56m |
 3 lbs Scrap CPUs for Gold Recovery $40.00 Time Remaining: 4d 22h |
 13 + lbs Computer Scrap Vintage Circuit Boards for Gold Recovery $79.99 Time Remaining: 13d 21h 46m Buy It Now for only: $79.99 |
 1 lbs scrap ceramic cpu processor High Grade gold recovery 454 gr $51.55 (11 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 1m |
 GOLD CPU WITH COMM BOARD GOLD RECOVERY 2 Gold CPU $9.99 Time Remaining: 18d 18h 28m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 CIRCUIT BOARDS VINTAGE BOARDS FOR SCRAP GOLD RECOVERY $9.99 Time Remaining: 2d 5h 45m |
 10+ lbs Computer Memory for Gold Precious Metal Recovery $130.00 Time Remaining: 4d 21h 22m |
 1 lbs scrap ceramic cpu processor High Grade gold recovery 454 gr $141.00 Time Remaining: 9d 22h 34m Buy It Now for only: $141.00 |
 Gold Coated HP Board for Scrap Cpu Processor Recovery Old With Lots of Gold $1.25 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 5h 49m |
 10 Pentium Pro Cpu Chips for Scrap Gold Processor Recovery $226.50 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 6h 9m |
 9 lbs of Silver Edged Memory for Recovery $108.00 Time Remaining: 26d 1h 17m Buy It Now for only: $108.00 |
 LOT OF 5 INTEL PENTIUM PRO CPU HIGH YEILD PROCESSOR FOR SCRAP GOLD RECOVERY CHIP $130.00 Time Remaining: 3d 5h 15m |
 60 pounds of Scrap Memory for Gold Silver Recovery $995.00 Time Remaining: 2d 22h 23m Buy It Now for only: $995.00 |
 CPUS for gold scrap recovery 1 pound 4 ounces $5.50 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 22m |
 Lot of 40 cpu for scrap gold metal recovery Intel pentium mmx 3 AMD SOCKETA $10.27 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 6h 43m |
 4 FOR 1 PRICE RECOVERY GUIDES Complete Gold Recovery Guide All Steps $20.00 Time Remaining: 23d 19h 22m Buy It Now for only: $20.00 |
 34 POUNDS OF SCRAP MOTHERBOARDS AND MISC BOARDS FOR GOLD RECOVERY $85.99 Time Remaining: 2d 23h 24m |
 Scrap Gold Recovery 2 Pentium Pro CPU high yeild gold $19.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 20h 22m |
 Best Deal 2 Different Methods Of Gold Recovery Guides Your Choice For 1 Price $9.00 Time Remaining: 23d 18h 15m Buy It Now for only: $9.00 |
 2 Gorgeous Gold Plated Copper for Scrap Metal Cpu Processor Pin Style Recovery $12.50 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 5h 53m |
 Complete Gold Recovery Not Aqua Regia Nitric Acid All Steps Guide $6.50 Time Remaining: 26d 10h 51m Buy It Now for only: $6.50 |
 1 of Gold Plated Electronic Parts for Scrap Cpu Processor Pin Style Recovery $12.50 (7 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 6h 24m |
 2+ Scrap Gold Coated Connector Pins for Cpu Processor Recovery Easy to Refine $19.69 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 5h 44m |
 10 Intel CPU Processor FREE US S H4 scrap gold recovery $17.49 Time Remaining: 9d 7h 20m Buy It Now for only: $17.49 |
 1 Scrap Gold Pins for Cpu Processor Recovery Easy to Refine 70s 80s Era $71.00 (9 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 6h 30m |
 Half LB of Intel CPU processor 4 scrap gold recovery finger FREE S H $39.95 Time Remaining: 24d 12h 21m Buy It Now for only: $39.95 |
 5 Gorgeous Gold Plated Copper for Scrap Metal Cpu Processor Pin Style Recovery $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 6h 39m |
 1 LB 16 Oz Scrap CPUs for Gold Recovery $39.95 Time Remaining: 22h 48m |
 25 POUNDS OF GOLD CONNECTORS 748 PCS FOR GOLD RECOVERY $55.00 Time Remaining: 26d 9h 48m Buy It Now for only: $55.00 |
 8 Gold Coated Boards for Scrap Cpu Processor Style Recovery $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 6h 13m |
 61 pounds of finger cards for gold scrap recovery $6.01 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 18m |
 30 LBS of HIGH YELD thin GOLD Etch Recovery Scanner PDA Boards $1,001.99 Time Remaining: 24d 20h 46m Buy It Now for only: $1,001.99 |
 Intel Xeon microprocessor 63 pcsfor gold recovery 303 lbs $3.25 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 19h 53m |
 Lot of 149 Pentium CPU Memory RAM For Metal Gold Recovery or Use $199.95 Time Remaining: 24d 20h 14m Buy It Now for only: $199.95 |
 14 Scrap Ceramic Sun Cpu for Processor Recovery Lots of Heavy Gold Pins $3.34 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 5h 35m |
 32 Old Gold Cpu Chips 1970s Vintage Scrap Memory Board for Processor Recovery $0.99 Time Remaining: 3d 6h 2m |
 1500IU 2C 30 HP 2 pcs Gold Transistor for Gold Recovery Used $19.99 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 19m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 147 Gold Capped Processor Chips on 6 Cpu Boards 1970s Era Scrap for Recovery $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 6h 53m |
 Processors and parts for Gold Recovery $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 16h 19m |
 TI S1076 6008 DMD Vintage Collector Ceramic Cpu scrap Gold recovery or not $76.89 Time Remaining: 28d 21h 7m Buy It Now for only: $76.89 |
 1 OZ SCRAP CPU PROCESSOR PINS 4 GOLD RECOVERY PINS FROM CPU ONLY MUST SEE $29.99 Time Remaining: 16h 48m |
 AMD CPU Processor Gold Recovery Scrap Fast USA Shipper $9.95 Time Remaining: 1d 20h 24m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 198 Pounds of Ceramic Scrap CPU for Gold Recovery HIGH YIELDS $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 20h 33m |
 99 Pounds of Highest Quality Ceramic Scrap CPU for Gold Recovery HIGH YIELDS $15.00 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 20h 38m |
 Computer Memory 5 lb Scrap Cache RAM Other Memory Goldfingers Gold Recovery $99.95 Time Remaining: 26d 8h 2m Buy It Now for only: $99.95 |
 29 LBS 32 PIECE CYRIX MII CPU Scrap Gold Recovery ONLY $0.99 Time Remaining: 5d 23h 17m |
 5 Intel Pentium Pro Processors Gold Recovery $130.00 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 5d 4h 41m |
 10 lbs Slot 1 CPU Processors Pentium 2 3 celeron athlon for Gold Recovery $179.00 Time Remaining: 19d 18h 4m Buy It Now for only: $179.00 |
 1 lbs scrap ceramic cpu processor High Grade gold recovery 454 gr $100.00 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 1h 10m |
 1 lbs scrap ceramic cpu processor High Grade gold recovery 454 gr $89.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 1m Buy It Now for only: $89.00 |
 6 pounds of mother boards for scrap gold recovery 4 motherboards $5.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 16h 4m |
 5 OZ SCRAP CPU PROCESSOR PINS 4 GOLD RECOVERY PINS FROM CPU ONLY MUST SEE $149.99 Time Remaining: 16h 48m |
 Lot of 15 Processors CPU for Gold Scrap Recovery $59.95 Time Remaining: 19d 2h 53m Buy It Now for only: $59.95 |
 72 Pin Memory for Use or Precious Metal Recovery $9.95 Time Remaining: 2d 3h 3m |
 1 pound 454 grams scrap cpu processor High Grade gold recovery platinum silver $23.75 Time Remaining: 14d 19h 30m Buy It Now for only: $23.75 |
 Lot of 100 Intel older Pentium 4 478 20 GHZ CPU for gold scrap recovery $26.00 (7 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 3h 55m |
 Intel Xeon microprocessor 72 pcsfor gold recovery 348 lbs $1.04 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 19h 59m |
 30 lbs of Motherboards for Gold Scrap Recovery $100.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 58m Buy It Now for only: $100.00 |
 1 pound 9 oz memory for gold scrap recovery $7.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 12m |
 Lot of 100 Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 478 20 GHZ + CPU for gold scrap recovery $22.50 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 4h 3m |
 4LB Gold Scrap Recovery Circuit Board + Gold Under Surface Safe Keypad 1812g Old $82.75 Time Remaining: 29d 11h 33m Buy It Now for only: $82.75 |
 Lot of 100 Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 478 20 GHZ + CPU for gold scrap recovery $20.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 4h 5m |
 10 pcs Cyrix MII Ceramic Scrap Gold Recovery $189.99 Time Remaining: 13d 21h 25m Buy It Now for only: $189.99 |
 9 386 486 Fiber Cpu for Scrap Gold Processor Recovery $0.99 Time Remaining: 3d 6h 7m |
 3 Scrap Ceramic Cpu Processors Lots of Heavy Gold Coated Pins Vintage Recovery $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 6h 19m |
 1 lbs 454 grams scrap High Grade Hard Drive Platters Gold Platinum recovery $16.50 Time Remaining: 14d 19h 33m Buy It Now for only: $16.50 |
 Vintage CPU Circuit boards Gold Recovery Collection $9.99 Time Remaining: 3d 22h 1m |
 Vintage CPU AMD K5 PR166 for Gold Precious Metal Recovery 64 7 $20.00 Time Remaining: 1d 3h 22m Buy It Now for only: $35.00 |
 PC Parts GOLD Recovery Smelt or Rescue $27.00 Time Remaining: 16d 21h 1m Buy It Now for only: $27.00 |
 435 Lb Lot Gold Scrap Recovery Desktop Motherboards with Pins and Fingers $0.99 Time Remaining: 5d 21h 21m |
 27pc Scrap gold fingers 4 gold recovery Mid grade $26.49 Time Remaining: 15d 23h 58m Buy It Now for only: $26.49 |
 Lot of 100 Intel Celeron 478 CPU gold scrap recovery $1.26 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 4h |
 Lot of 16 Pentium 4 Processors Mixed Types Gold Pins Recovery $50.00 Time Remaining: 1d 4h 58m Buy It Now for only: $100.00 |
 Computer Memory 1 lb Scrap Cache Memory Goldfingers Gold Recovery High Yeild $39.95 Time Remaining: 26d 7h 4m Buy It Now for only: $39.95 |
 10lbs motherboards scrap gold precious metal recovery $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 1h 29m |
Gold Recovery
Gold from Electronic, Telecommunication & Computer Scrap Part 3
Thursday, August 14, 2009
Gold from Electronic, Telecommunication & Computer Scrap Part 3
RecyclingSecrets.com
by Michael Meuser
This is the 3rd in an ongoing series of articles about my experience in the electronic salvage, recycling and gold recovery business. At first, I was going to write this up as an ebook and sell it, but I decided - given the tough economic times we all face - to give it away in installments. New installments, resources, how-to articles and news can be found at www.RecyclingSecrets.com.
In the last post I talked about looking at the material and bringing back some samples so I could begin to develop a market for the salvage - note that selling for reuse almost always brings in more revenue than recycling for the metal value.
In this post I'll talk a bit about getting equipment and marketing.
Once I saw the material, I knew that I needed a real truck. I had brought back quite a few large batteries. Each 2 volt cell weighed approximately 500 pounds and was about a foot square and 2 feet tall. I lived in a rural area where a lot of folks ran alternative energy systems so I put an ad in the local free advertising paper looking to sell the batteries or trade for a large flatbed truck.
I got a response almost immediately. A fellow had a nice old GMC 5 ton flatbed. It didn't run well, but he was willing to trade it for a set of batteries. Recall that I bid so low on the batteries that I hoped that i wouldn't get them - well, I'm sure glad I did - they turned out to be a "goldmine." It took about $200 to get the truck running well and I thought, "now I'm in business."
I thought I could rent a forklift in Nevada and along with the truck, haul all the stuff back to California. NOT! Turned out the only forklift was a giant weighing 14,000 pounds and was 150 miles away. It took me 5 hours to haul it all the way to the station and 7 hours to get it back once I was loaded. Not good.
So... my next task was to get a forklift. That first load with the a5 ton truck was almost entirely batteries - 10 sets in all. I found an alternative energy dealer who would buy them for $500 per set so I made the deal and headed to a forklift dealer with cash in hand. I bought a very nice forklift that weighed about 5,000 pounds trailer and all. Good thing to was that it was guaranteed for a year and had a 75% buy back policy. My cost was $4,000.
Now I had a forklift and a market for at least some of the batteries - I had about 200 sets altogether.
I still didn't really have a market for much of the rest of the equipment. There was copper cable and wire of all sizes and some hundreds of feet in length, large radio bays made of extruded aluminum, racks, racks, and more racks, generators, alternators, rectifiers and a lot of gold plated connectors and attenuators.
I stripped down several of the radio bays, taking out all the gold bearing stuff and headed to the bay area. I was dissapointed with the price for "unclean" aluminum, but one dealer told me that an overseas buyer might be interested. Within days I had several dealers calling me and wanting to see the material. It turned out that I was offered $10,000 per load of racks, one load per station. I hesitated and it paid off. I told him I'd have to think about it and get other bids. He asked what it would take to decide right now and I said "$10,000 up front in addition to the $10,000 for each station would do it." He bit and I walked away with $10,000 cash.
By now I realized that I could not haul enough fast enough even with my 5 ton truck so I ran another ad looking for a semi to lease with or without driver (I had a commercial license so I could drive it if need be) and yard space. Within a week I had found a fellow with 40 foot flatbed rigs, himself and son as drivers and a 5 acre yard that I could use fully if I'd give him the job to haul everything from the stations. He charged me $500 per load flat and it took 2 loads per station. I didn't even have to be there to unload. He kept all the overseas material separate and was paid by the overseas buyer to load it into shipping containers. The rest was arranged in neat rows and stacks waiting for me.
I should back up a bit. The 5 ton truck turned out to be very useful. It was my work truck. With it I could pull the forklift and move things around and load up my drivers plus I could use it to distribute the large ex-agricultural bins I purchased as containers for the smaller salvaged items.
Of course, I kept all the gold bearing stuff and didn't ship it.
More to come. New articles will be listed at www.RecyclingSecrets.com (news, tools, and resources are also available here) and also at www.recyclingsecrets.blogspot.com.
About the Author
I got into the recycling and salvage business in the early 80s. The housing boom and recession at that time and loss of a job made me look for a new way to support my family. I found a small pamphlet titled, surplus and salvage and began applying the principles that I found within. My salvage work ranged from autos and trucks, building materials, metals to electronics and gold. A year ago or so I began to write an ebook about the electronic salvage and gold recovery experience. I was going to sell the book, but writing an entire book proved daunting so I've started to write it in short articles that I give away free. I know that these are hard times and I don't want to burden you with any more expense. I hope that my experience will prove to be encouraging and useful to you.
