Maggies1dad
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Good morning to all !
I am a new member to your forum and my user name is Maggies1dad. I am a 71 year old senior who has recently gotten interested in recovering gold from scrapped computer components. After going through open heart surgery this past February to have my defective aortic heart valve replaced with an organic pig valve, I am no longer to be as active as I once was which is why I have decided to get myself involved in a hobby that will not require any extreme exertion upon my heart, but a new hobby that will keep the old brain active.
Recently, I had purchased several computer panels from scrapped military computers and the panels or boards were loaded with gold plated pins. Several days ago, I spent several hours pulling the pins out of the board and once done, I had realized that I ended up pulling a total of 4800 pins ! Anyway, when carefully looking at the gold plated pins, I could see a thin layer of silver solder upon each pin and the solder was located half way into the length of each pin where the pins had been affixed to the top side of the panel as well as the pins had passed through small holes in the board so that the pins could project out of the back side of the board.
Realizing that the gold plated pins are partially coated with silver solder, I am wondering if any of you fine gentlemen can give me a helping hand by passing on some good information to me about how I can chemically remove or recover the gold from the gold plated pins, perhaps by using a chemical electrolyte with a 12 volt power source, that will remove the gold plating that is on the pins without the silver solder getting into the gold solution ? In other words, is there a method to recover the gold without the silver solder interfering with the process ?
In closing, I thank you a million in advance for any helpful information that you may pass onto me ! With this said, I send my best regards to all and wish for you all a great day !
I am a new member to your forum and my user name is Maggies1dad. I am a 71 year old senior who has recently gotten interested in recovering gold from scrapped computer components. After going through open heart surgery this past February to have my defective aortic heart valve replaced with an organic pig valve, I am no longer to be as active as I once was which is why I have decided to get myself involved in a hobby that will not require any extreme exertion upon my heart, but a new hobby that will keep the old brain active.
Recently, I had purchased several computer panels from scrapped military computers and the panels or boards were loaded with gold plated pins. Several days ago, I spent several hours pulling the pins out of the board and once done, I had realized that I ended up pulling a total of 4800 pins ! Anyway, when carefully looking at the gold plated pins, I could see a thin layer of silver solder upon each pin and the solder was located half way into the length of each pin where the pins had been affixed to the top side of the panel as well as the pins had passed through small holes in the board so that the pins could project out of the back side of the board.
Realizing that the gold plated pins are partially coated with silver solder, I am wondering if any of you fine gentlemen can give me a helping hand by passing on some good information to me about how I can chemically remove or recover the gold from the gold plated pins, perhaps by using a chemical electrolyte with a 12 volt power source, that will remove the gold plating that is on the pins without the silver solder getting into the gold solution ? In other words, is there a method to recover the gold without the silver solder interfering with the process ?
In closing, I thank you a million in advance for any helpful information that you may pass onto me ! With this said, I send my best regards to all and wish for you all a great day !