Hello everyone,
Earlier today I posted this same question, but I think I put it in the wrong place. I don't yet know how to move my post, but I think it might belong in this area.
I came across this posting for a lot of old computers and computer parts. I was wondering if any eagle eyed e-scrap members here could tell me anything by just these pictures. In particular, I'd like to know if you are able to tell if any of these computers look like they may be housing some of those old sweet, gold covered, ceramic processors.
The guy said he is asking $1,000 dollars for everything in the locker. I wouldn't be in the market for that price, but I thought I might offer $350-400 for the whole lot. I usually like to pay somewhere around $0 for old computers and electronic scrap, but I think if I grab this stuff, I wouldn't need to look for anything else to scrap for the rest of the year.
I am just a new hobbiest in this field, and I am not concerned as much about profit and loss. I'd just like to get a hold of some gold bearing scrap so I can cherry pick bga's, ic's, fingers, pins, ect. I do not yet have a good eye for values/ yields & i'm not familiar with the units pictured, but I'm assuming a competent gold recovery specialist could squeeze a half ounce or more out of this scrap. What do you think? What do you see?
Earlier today I posted this same question, but I think I put it in the wrong place. I don't yet know how to move my post, but I think it might belong in this area.
I came across this posting for a lot of old computers and computer parts. I was wondering if any eagle eyed e-scrap members here could tell me anything by just these pictures. In particular, I'd like to know if you are able to tell if any of these computers look like they may be housing some of those old sweet, gold covered, ceramic processors.
The guy said he is asking $1,000 dollars for everything in the locker. I wouldn't be in the market for that price, but I thought I might offer $350-400 for the whole lot. I usually like to pay somewhere around $0 for old computers and electronic scrap, but I think if I grab this stuff, I wouldn't need to look for anything else to scrap for the rest of the year.
I am just a new hobbiest in this field, and I am not concerned as much about profit and loss. I'd just like to get a hold of some gold bearing scrap so I can cherry pick bga's, ic's, fingers, pins, ect. I do not yet have a good eye for values/ yields & i'm not familiar with the units pictured, but I'm assuming a competent gold recovery specialist could squeeze a half ounce or more out of this scrap. What do you think? What do you see?