80s and 90s laser disks

[nickvc]

Just a quick question about these do they have any values worth pursuing?
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[butcher]

I have no clue but I did google it.
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNQjMDGRVKSKJ4lGrJsqUMg3JlrLtQ%3A1568832360416&source=hp&ei=aHuCXY7EFunD0PEPmKClqAs&q=value+of+older+laser+disks&oq=value+of+older+laser+disks&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i160.3283.13823..14784...0.0..2.604.6634.0j12j7j2j2j3......0....1..gws-wiz.......35i39j0i67j0j0i131j0i20i263j0i131i67j0i10j0i22i30j33i22i29i30j33i10.XEQvKoEg_z8&ved=0ahUKEwiOmLX8g9vkAhXpITQIHRhQCbUQ4dUDCAg&uact=5

Acording to this a bit of sputtered gold or silver on some types.
but most like not worth recovery.


https://www.specialtymetals.com/blog/2014/5/14/can-you-recycle-valuable-silver-from-cds-dvds-and-the-drives-that-read-and-burn-them
http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/laserdisc_archive/how_laserdiscs_are_produced.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWC1Gyi26PA

 

[Deano]

I did a lot of work on these back in the day, they were worth doing by cyanide but you needed a lot of them, preferably in continuous supply, to be worth while.

I mainly worked with processing rejects but would expect that used disks would have similar returns.

The gold was the major value source but the silver added some extra returns.

Deano

 

[rickbb]

Before taking a walk down this path make sure the discs you have are sputtered in gold. The silver "looking" discs are most likely, (greater than 99% likely), to be aluminum. The mass produced for the home market discs are almost always Al, a few special releases, etc, were gold.

I worked in the disc production industry for 10 years and used Al and once in a blue moon gold. I never heard of anyone using silver.

The discs that targeted the professional market and were re-recordable were the ones with the most gold content. NASA used a boat load of them back in the day.