Hello

[wanery]

I've lurked sround on and off for a couple of years, decided to join to see about feasability of recovering precious metals from a variety of scrap.
I am an old tech guy who threw away a LOT of boards/parts not realizing the gold was recoverable.
I currently have a can of jewlers sweeps ( gold, platinum, silver ), 113 gms of plated pins, edge connectors, cpus, .memory back to '386' days, 97% platinum wire and other misc. scrap. Not a lot of any one thing. Still trying to figure out what to do with it all.

Wan Man

 

[Nugget]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Master Nater]

welcome to the forum. hokes book will be right up your alley. it is available free here on the forum.

i suggest, taking your time getting to the platinum. refining platinum will be a lot more difficult and dangerous than you think. there are certainly more dangers than she notes in her book.

 

[wanery]

welcome to the forum. hokes book will be right up your alley. it is available free here on the forum.

i suggest, taking your time getting to the platinum. refining platinum will be a lot more difficult and dangerous than you think. there are certainly more dangers than she notes in her book.

Been reading Hoke's book on and off as well as lurking. I just have to re-read when I go back to it due to "memory evaporation" from the addition of age ! Slow process these days.
As regards the platinum, in the past I have sold the wire to a jewler for about 1/3 of spot. He rubbed it on a stone, added a chemical, and paid me on the spot. Unfortunately, he's no longer there.
Have to make decision to sell off scrap on ebay or try to extract myself. If I don't do something with it I'm pretty sure my kids will toss it when I'm gone. 1 prob is I'm an apartment dweller and can't really risk fumes.
Anyway, I'll keep reading.

Thanks, Chris