My latest book is out today

[Marcel]

I am not sure, wheter this here is the right spot to make such anouncements. If not, just move the thread where it belongs..
I have made a short compilation on common and popular gold scrapping activities.
It adresses people who want to get a compact overview on what kind of business possibilities there are.
I briefly discuss around a dozen of objectives, such as e-waste, glassware, x-ray, batteries aso.
Most of the methods and items described will be known to regular reader of this forum here, but some may be new, since I worked them out by myself, such as a very easy way to obtain the gold and silver from CDs and DVDs, some exotic stuff like iridium from sparks aso.

I dont go too much indepth when it comes to chemical procedures etc. since that would have been too much for a small handbook.
Apart from the pure technical aspects, I also discuss financial and social issues related to gold scrapping and urban mining. I believe, that this kind of occupation will become more and more relevant for a global mass of people to whom it may offer an additional or even initial income. The new gold mines are no longer in Nevada or Alaska they are just in the middle of large cities. This is what urban mining reflects.
It was great fun for me making this one. If reader´s like it as well I may go for a second small book I did have to use information that is from public sources just like wiki or even this forum, bcause I can not reinvent the wheel and work out a new periodic system. But I made sure that I tested or doublechecked all info, recipes or tried them out by myself in my little hell´s kitchen. :mrgreen:
So if sometime sit takes too long to search yourself through Google and the internet, just to find some little piece of info on a certain gold scrap type, this may come in handy.
It´s written in my humble english, has 100 pages with around 30 b/w pictures and available through Amazon for 18,90 US$ http://goo.gl/NbSNw.
Of cause I want to thank the community here and Harold for creating and running this platform. Any critsism or helpful hint is welcome -just PM me..

Marcel



Table of contents
Prologue 6
About this book 7
Buying gold scrap 11
Your regional gold market 12
Golden rules 15
Collecting gold scrap 16
Recovering gold scrap 19
Tools 21
Gold from CDs 24
Gold from eye wear 27
Gold from glassware 28
Gold from jeweleries 29
Gold from diabetes test strips etc. 32
Gold from computers 35
Gold from mobile phones 46
Gold from microchips 47
Silver from X-ray films etc 52
Silver from batteries 55
Silver from CDs and DVDs 62
Silver and palladium from relays 64
Platinum from spark plugs 67
Platinum & palladium from cats 69
How to get a fair price 72
More urban mining 73
Harvesting a large city for values 73
Refining scrap gold 76
Tools and chemicals 78
About hydrochloric acid 80
About H2O2 81
How to make a simple electrolytic cell 82
Converting units 84
Length 85
Inch vs mm vs inch 85
Weight 86
Lbs vs kg 86
Ounce vs g 87
Troy ounce vs g 87
Volume of liquids 88
US gallon vs liter 88
Calculating gold plating 89
Surface of the plating 89
Volume of the plating 89
Mass of the plating 90
Temperature units 92
Purity of gold 94
Periodic System 96
Translating special terms 102
Useful links 108
Final conclusions 109

Gold from scrap: A handbook for the global urban miner
Authored by M A Buth

List Price: $18.90
5" x 8" (12.7 x 20.32 cm)
Black & White on White paper
100 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1482345339
ISBN-10: 1482345331

 

[goldsilverpro]

Marcel,

Congratulations on your book. I switched it to another category that is the catch-all for people selling anything on an ongoing basis.

 

[MMFJ]

Congrats on the book - looks like a nice piece of reference material.

Should you decide to release it digitally, let me know. I use a protection program that stops copying, printing, etc. and offers 'trial times', etc. (i.e., very configurable and useful) to keep down abuse on digital products. I'm happy to work with forum members on implementing it for your product(s). Gives you another delivery method and cuts way down on shipping costs!

 

[Anonymous]

Congrats on the book - looks like a nice piece of reference material.

Should you decide to release it digitally, let me know. I use a protection program that stops copying, printing, etc. and offers 'trial times', etc. (i.e., very configurable and useful) to keep down abuse on digital products. I'm happy to work with forum members on implementing it for your product(s). Gives you another delivery method and cuts way down on shipping costs!

Indeed a great method. I, too, have a few pdf programs that can be time sensitive, date sensitive, and even usage sensitive. You can let the highlights be viewable, but to continue, they would have to pay. Very easy to implement. You can even make more money by allowing affiliates to help distribute it too. You would have workers, but not having to pay them except for the time(s) they make a sale.

I, myself am interested in purchasing the book because it seems to be full of techniques and other information not discussed often to a point many people are doing it. For example, I didn't know that there is gold, or even silver on cd's/dvd's. I'd buy the book just for that information alone.

A paper copy is great (in case of power outages or downed computer), but a pdf file is just as great being as though you can distribute the content in a faster way, reducing costs on both ends of the deal. Now days, you can read pdf files on your phone, tablet and other devices.

Kevin