Good Deal Or Way To Much!!!

[silversaddle1]

Mod, don't get me wrong, I hope you get every bit of 3 ounces out of your scrap! Nobody here roots against another forum member. Post your results!

 

[Harold_V]

Mod, don't get me wrong, I hope you get every bit of 3 ounces out of your scrap! Nobody here roots against another forum member. Post your results!

Yep! I, too, hope to read that you achieve your expected goal, but let me give you a little (friendly) tip. Always set your sight a little below your calculated yields. That way you won't be disappointed when the results are not as you had hoped, and that is typically the end result. And, should the yield happen to be higher, it will come as a pleasant surprise, unlike the disappointment of coming up short. That's especially true if you deal with material where some of the value has been lost to wear, such as gold filled objects.

When I was actively refining, gold that was returned to my customer was NEVER listed as actual weight. I did two things that assured that my customers never got the impression they were cheated. One of them was to use a small scale that I knew read a grain or two low. Actual weight was a little higher. The other was to round down the amount I printed on the label. So then, if the customer was to weigh his packet of returned gold shot and it was marked 2.32 ounces, he most likely discovered that what he got back was really 2.329 ounces, maybe even 2.33. My logic was that no one objects to receiving more than expected, but if you short a customer a grain, your credibility becomes suspect.

My theory proved to be correct when, one day, one of my customers called me to tell me that the amount of gold he received exceeded the amount marked on the package. My response to him was to have a great day, and enjoy the small overage, as it was rightfully his.

Harold

 

[modtheworld44]

Update for yall


I got a total of 1lb 8ozs of trimmed gold fingers from this lot,I run them today and dropped the gold out.I'll have the results tomorrow,looks promising to say the least.Heres some more boards and goodies from this lot,the bars from these boards weigh 9.4ozs.Thanks in advance.



modtheworld44

 

[modtheworld44]

Update for all

I got 3.7grams from the gold fingers,which is pretty good considering that most of them were the kind with large gaps between the fingers.If you go back to the picture of the boards on my tail gate and click it to enlarge you'll see what I mean.Let me know if that's low by yalls standards.Thanks in advance.



modtheworld44

 

[glorycloud]

3.7 grams of gold from a pound and a half of fingers is a very nice yield - 2.46 grams per pound!
I would be happy with that result all day long!! 8)

 

[etack]

I don't know about you,but I would rather make a salary than an hourly wage.If ten dollars an hour is good for you then great,but I would rather make more than that on average.Thanks in advance.

I hope not. He won't unless someone lost an eagle or two... Or three.

I bought 100# of those boards today for $40.00. I din't set the price. I also have hundreds of pounds of the connectors that come off those boards and they run .70g-.90g# for the most part and one style 1.25g#. Good luck on breaking even.

Eric

etack

No offense, but if that is all the gold that you got from telecom grade connectors then I would say you need to go back and find were you left the rest of your gold.

modtheworld44

well if you feel like buying any I have about 200# I will sell to you. I get a lot of scrap. I test it and I decide to run it or not.

Eric

 

[bswartzwelder]

Looks like you'll be busy for quite a while. Good luck. Did you mention where the auction was?

 

[Mcnew32(Ag)]

Looks like a decent lot but i agree with everyone else on this one. Just the labor alone would have cost you that much in breaking down everything. Plus the cost of chemicals, electricity and other small factors. When you pay for stuff like that you have to include additional costs like that.

 

[Long Shot]

I like Harold's response -give em' a little more and they will be happy, cheat em' by a dime and they will be your worst enemy or bad advertisement. Wise words.