160 pounds of gold pins!

[silversaddle1]

Thought you guys would like to see this. That's 160 pounds of clean pins and plated electronic scrap! We are getting an accurate weight count on all our stockpiles and this tub was the first one done. Many more to go.

 

[Barren Realms 007]

Oh that is nice looking, can I come play in it. 8)

 

[silversaddle1]

Oh that is nice looking, can I come play in it. 8)

Sure! You can climb it and plant a flag on top! :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[EDI Refining]

These for sale? Or you processin yourself ?

 

[silversaddle1]

These for sale? Or you processin yourself ?

Neither right now. Someday I'm gonna learn to do it. Until then, keep piling the stuff up. This is the tip of the sword! (Well maybe a third of it!) :lol: :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Could anyone please recommend an efficient method to separate the gold pins from the CPU's?

 

[goldenchild]

Looks like youre gonna need a fairly large stripping cell to process these. Where did you get all the material?

 

[Chumbawamba]

I commend you on such a clean kitchen. Your wife is gonna be pissed when she comes home and finds a big pile of **** on her immaculate countertop

 

[goldenchild]

I commend you on such a clean kitchen. Your wife is gonna be pissed when she comes home and finds a big pile of **** on her immaculate countertop

As stated on many other threads... She will change her tune once shes holding the gold in her hand

 

[rewalston]

I commend you on such a clean kitchen. Your wife is gonna be pissed when she comes home and finds a big pile of **** on her immaculate countertop

As stated on many other threads... She will change her tune once shes holding the gold in her hand

Oh if only I could get to that point...my wife is getting tired of stepping on motherboards and cards that have fallen out of my stock pile. I keep telling her that once I get there I'll make her a golden bandaid....ooooh if looks could kill

Rusty

 

[HAuCl4]

What is the estimated amount of gold from a pile like that?

 

[Barren Realms 007]

12-13 oz.

 

[goldenchild]

12-13 oz.

I would say closer to 5-10oz

 

[glorycloud]

Geee, at either estimate it's a nice savings account!! 8)

Let's see 5 oz at $1181 an ounce = $5905 and 10 oz = $11,810!!
13 oz = $15,353!!

Congrats SS!!!

 

[HAuCl4]

What would be the fastest way to recover and refine gold from that pile?.

 

[qst42know]

I suspect cyanide would be what the pros would use.

 

[samuel-a]

I suspect cyanide would be what the pros would use.

Actually, the pro's will, probably melt it into a refiner's bar...

 

[qst42know]

Why melt when all the value is on the outside readily accessed?

Karat scraps yes, but in this case there is no point in blending it with base metals.

Cyanide or a sulfuric stripping cell with a tumbler.

What do the pro's have to say?

 

[butcher]

I am no pro, but for home refiner make nitric acid with them, using sodium nitrate, 60% sulfuric acid, distill nitric, use boiling water to keep copper sulfate salts soluble and filter gold foils. reuse copper sulfate, no byproducts.

here's how this hillbilly doe's it.
http://www.goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=6199

 

[Anonymous]

but for home refiner make nitric acid with them, using sodium nitrate, 60% sulfuric acid, distill nitric, use boiling water to keep copper sulfate salts soluble and filter gold foils.

Several problems with that,first the time it would take to make enough acid to process 160lbs of pins would be almost inconcievable,second,running a boiling acid through any traditional filter is almost not possible.They tear and rip apart too easily,especially with nitric and sulfuric acids.However if you can find a synthetic filter you may be ok.
I would have suggested seperating those really thin plates,however 160lbs would take you an aweful long time.I always keep my material seperated by surface to mass size,and material containing silver goes into a seperate pile.
You have many choices to choose from,but it depends on your experience and tools.The easiest way would be nitric.I get 55 gallons for $210(about $3.80 a gallon),If you can get it at that price I would suggest doing them all in nitric.You can always deplate them in a cell,but of course there's the energy and time consumed to do them all.Unless you have a tumbler they will have to be constantly attended to,not to mention how many times you will have to change the acid.My cell is about 20 gallons with a tumbler and a drain spout about 3 inches from the bottom.This way I can run countless pounds of material,let it settle over night,drain the (relatively)clean acid on top,put it to the side,then rinse my gold into another vessel for washing.Then you can put the acid back in the cell and keep going.I currently use a 4 gallon container for my tumbler and can effectively process about 10lbs at once.
The least expensive method for most people is either the cell or AP.