anyone ever find scrap at goodwill?

[ArsenRefineries]

This mug is ugly enough that I won't have any qualms about busting it apart to find out for sure I suppose an AP bath on the relevant pieces would be the way to go?

Likely a coating over the gold though. Some lye should remove it... Curious as to returns on dishes. Even enough there to warrant recovery? Chemicals cost more?

 

[Claudie]

I ran mine in Hcl/Bleach, came right off. I doubt that AP would do anything to it. Why would you suggest Lye ArsenRefineries?

 

[philddreamer]

Claudie, I think lye for removing the "coat" that's over the gold...

But I, like you, haven't had any problems, yet, with a coating; HCl/Cl & the gold comes right off.

 

[Claudie]

I haven't ran into any that had a coating over them yet.

 

[tranqmorne]

I have been looking at goodwills when i can but i have had better luck at a second hand store run by a assisted living community by my house.. seems less picked over.

 

[herbbartley]

I had a deal with our local Goodwill store for a while for the e-scrap. I got all their e-scrap for free but I had to take everything and I had to come at least once a week. I live in a small town and the volume of material was still huge. There were a lot of printers and giant crt tv's and crap but I repair some stuff. It just got to be too much to keep up with when I got a real job and I had to tell them that I could no longer be counted on to come regularly. I was unemployed when I made the deal.

 

[ilyaz]

I had a deal with our local Goodwill store for a while for the e-scrap. I got all their e-scrap for free but I had to take everything and I had to come at least once a week. I live in a small town and the volume of material was still huge. There were a lot of printers and giant crt tv's and crap but I repair some stuff. It just got to be too much to keep up with when I got a real job and I had to tell them that I could no longer be counted on to come regularly. I was unemployed when I made the deal.

I called my local Goodwill the other day to ask them about what they do with the computers they get. Turns out the "juiciest" stuff -- laptops and desktops -- get sold to the Dell Reconnect program. I asked them how much they are getting paid for them but got no response so far. Does Goodwill in your area do it? Do you know how much they are getting?

 

[philddreamer]

One day I went to get some coffee pots @ one the Goodwills in my area & they had 2 pallets, 6' high each of pc's!!!
I almost hit a line of parked cars trying to talk to the guy so I could buy them. He said, NO! These go to the main warehouse in Seattle, then to L.A., CA. That was the end of the conversation...

 

[darshevo]

We're 100% screwed here in Washington Phil. Goodwill is a certified e-cycle dropoff point. They get paid by the lb to handle CRTs, tvs, laptops and pc's. They won't let go of any of the PCs as it might cause them to lose their lucrative CRT subsidy. I too have tried to weasel my way in, but no dice

 

[1badcfh]

A friend of mine at work has been doing this for years and has been trying to get me to do it. I finally bought a grab bag for $10 at Goodwill and found some sterling and a 14k necklace...I got the itch. He told me I was super lucky because 3 out of 5 I have bought has brought in about 100 grams of gold. A bunch of cut up class rings was the main weight but I also found some 14k stuff as well, not to mention 3 onces of silver. So I now have a test kit, scale and jewlers loop 3 weeks into it and loving it. My friend asked me to go prospecting with him this weekend with a new dry washer but I'm kind of liking the picking through jewelry in the AC. It's hot as hell here in the Phoenix desert!

 

[ProSmelter]

hows this haul, took me 4 trips to various goodwill stores and 2 weeks, so say around 45 minutes alltogether........and I spent around 20 bucks!!!

 

[1badcfh]

Was it all marked or did you buy some knowing pretty much it was silver and confirm by testing it?

 

[micronationcreation]

I purchased a secondhand book online recently and this fell out,

its a solid 925 silver page marker made by tiffany & co :mrgreen:

 

[philddreamer]

How much does it weigh?

 

[micronationcreation]

It only weighs 6 grams,

I saw a rabbit shaped one on ebay, sellers asking for $100 lol

 

[goldsilverpro]

Don't put any chemicals on it. Being Tiffany would probably make it worth much more than the silver content, although I'm sure you realize that. I would certainly keep an eye on this auction.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTHENTIC-TIFFANY-CO-STERLING-SILVER-MUSICAL-CLEF-3-BOOKMARK-/330615653942?pt=Designer_Jewelry&hash=item4cfa3a8636

 

[micronationcreation]

Thanks GSP, i thought i did a thorough search. :roll:

 

[goob]

I found a 28 gram .925 bracelet in a bag of mixed costume jewelry I bought at a goodwill store yesterday for $1. There is occasionally some good stuff in goodwill stores, but usually that stuff gets pulled out to be sold auction style on their website. I've talked pretty extensively to one of the managers of a local goodwill store, and it seems that the really nice stuff gets through on occasion because sometimes the people doing the sorting are there for community service.

 

[triffid]

Some years back I was involved in some experiments at removing gold and silver from plated objects(gold and silver).I used only copper sulfate(blue crystals)which I could pick up cheaply from a feed store.I used a 12 volt battery charger.As a result I saw both gold and silver particles swirling in the blue solution.So I did something similar to what the guy with the 30 gallon cell did but I used no sulfuric acid.Later I learned that this is a way to refine copper.So anything plated over the copper comes off and settles to the bottom of your tank.I do like the barrel setup.I think real gold contacts could be used without corroding them.Gold plate over copper would come off.Lead contacts might work too???But I have not tried them.So I would use only copper sulfate(blue crystals which when added to water makes a strong blue solution).Much safer than having all that sulfuric acid in there.I liked the method of removing gold plate from glass and cermarics.I will have to try that sometime.

 

[triffid]

You can also see your layer of goodies building up at the bottom of your tank,barrel whatever as your pm mud builds up..