27 pounds. For you number guys
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Good to know. Now I just need another 26 lbs and I'll be all set. Like that'll ever happen. Better insure that package!
silversaddle1
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denim said:
Save 'em up. it'll happen!
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Let's see..... If I am seeing the picture correctly most, if not all, of those fingers are of the slot card variety. I get about a pound/year of that type so might take me awhile :shock: Thanks for the encouragement however.
silversaddle1
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There is every type of finger produced for the last 40 years in that box. It takes me about a year to fill one up on average. I wonder how many tons of boards it takes to fill a box..... The world may never know! :lol:
So if you shake it real good and get them to settle a little more you can probably get close to 30. :lol: Nice to know.
Dave
Dave
silversaddle1
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snoman701 said:
The silver was stamped out on the original steel dies that were made in the 50's. Thanks for asking!
As far as the fingers. No, they are going into the stash for now. And yes, I shook them, pounded on them, and shook them some more to get the 27#. The other boxes only have around 24# in them.
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:shock:silversaddle1 said:
jason_recliner said:
Jason he does handle tons of scrap annually if not monthly which is why when silversaddle or anachronism and a few select others advise to sell or refine I tend to listen, they have seen nearly everything we are likely to encounter in e scrap.
jason_recliner
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G'day Nick. Long time no speak.
I know he does, and I don't disagree in the slightest. He also said it takes a year to fill one, then only afterwards pointed out that there are [an undisclosed number] more. Now I wonder just how many boxes there are. :lol:
I know he does, and I don't disagree in the slightest. He also said it takes a year to fill one, then only afterwards pointed out that there are [an undisclosed number] more. Now I wonder just how many boxes there are. :lol:
Pension fund I guess Jason, he views the easily recovered high yield scrap as a bonus and makes his money trading and refining the rest, similar to the stock pot for others.
We used to get 100s of kilos of fingers at a time many years ago when one of our customers was taking a lot of scrap from the Scottish manufacturers of computer components, all gone now, it was moved to Eastern Europe due to cheaper labour :shock:
We used to get 100s of kilos of fingers at a time many years ago when one of our customers was taking a lot of scrap from the Scottish manufacturers of computer components, all gone now, it was moved to Eastern Europe due to cheaper labour :shock:
silversaddle1
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Yes, tons a month. It's all we can do some months to keep up. We sell everything except the processors, memory, gold fingers, gold pins and HDD control boards. All those we save back untill we can get a better price for them. You can sure bargin better if you have 1000 pounds of gold memory Vs. 3 pounds! 
Yes, I did say boxes!
Yes, I did say boxes!
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snoman701 said:
Sell them for $850 per tonne.
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snoman701 said:
nah, complete.
silversaddle1
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Our local scrap yard buys them as old sheet/cast aluminum @ around .53 cents a pound. We do crush them to an extent before delivering them. Last round we took in two gaylords full and we have already crushed enough to fill another one. We've been busy!
silversaddle1
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Our shop is a level 3 disaster right now. We hardly have room to work, and the warehouse (horse barn :lol: ) is full too. I should post a pic.
