dumpster diving

johnny309 · Mar 27, 2014

guess in the range of 2....maybe 2.5% by weight....depends on the wear...

necromancer · Mar 27, 2014

:?: 18 grams of gold from 2 pounds :?:

Capteo · Mar 27, 2014

Awesome find Necro!

I feel like I would have to shoot my pride in order to make a find that good!
Something about putting my body in a garbage can feels wrong, haha.

Mind over matter... One day perhaps, one day~

Keep up the good work!

pgms4me · Mar 27, 2014

The guess sounds a bit high. I have come across those blade connector pins on several types of 70's-80's boards. The motorola ones I did were gold plating on nickel,with a brass base. they seemed to be in the vicinity of 30-40 microinches in gold thickness. the best type of those i did were exactly the same looking except it was gold on copper from mil spec boards. they were up near 80 microinches. these are pretty thick in the base metal and there is not a lot of surface area per pound. I think you would do well to get 5 grams per pound.

necromancer · Mar 27, 2014

Capteo said:
Awesome find Necro!

I feel like I would have to shoot my pride in order to make a find that good!
Something about putting my body in a garbage can feels wrong, haha.

Mind over matter... One day perhaps, one day~

Keep up the good work!

rule #1
never jump in if there is any chance of kitchen scraps or animal intestines being in there !!

over the years you get to know who has the better stuff, lots of places have 3 trash bins
1 = cardboard only
2 = most recyclables (anything from screws to stainless steel pots to brand new 15 inch woofers & $1,600 chandeliers)
3 = landfill (this you do not go near)

necromancer · Mar 27, 2014

pgms4me said:
The guess sounds a bit high. I have come across those blade connector pins on several types of 70's-80's boards. The motorola ones I did were gold plating on nickel,with a brass base. they seemed to be in the vicinity of 30-40 microinches in gold thickness. the best type of those i did were exactly the same looking except it was gold on copper from mil spec boards. they were up near 80 microinches. these are pretty thick in the base metal and there is not a lot of surface area per pound. I think you would do well to get 5 grams per pound.

i am happy with that 8)

i spent $10 in gas, had fun & found some gold, who could ask for more