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[CaptnCaveman]

Name : Brad
Sex : Male
Age : 30's
Location : St. Louis, MO
Profession : Cable/Telecom Engineer, Programmer
Hobbies : Working with my hands
Interrests : Science, Space, Games
How long have you been refining gold? : Im a noob
What are you looking for in our community? : guidence and knowhow
How did you discover our Forum? : Google Search.
Other : I'm collecting electronic equipment and intend to scrap all I can. Reading Hoke's book. I like to work hard and see the fruits of my labor which is why this interests me so much. Thanks everyone

 

[chilliplow]

Name : Clay
Sex : Male
Age : 30's
Location : NE MS
Profession : IT Guy
Hobbies : Fishing and Learning
Interests : Learning all I can and trying to retain the knowledge. 8)
How long have you been refining gold? : 0 days
What are you looking for in our community? : I have access to scrap electronics with precious metals. I hate to dispose of them when they contain value. I want to learn if it's worth my time to gather up the stuff and try to get the value out of the scrap.
How did you discovered our Forum? : Google

 

[ericrm]

Name :Eric
Sex :m
Age :30
Location :qc
Profession :buying / selling scrap
Hobbies :gold recovery
Interrests :many thing that i have put aside for the time i start my own business
How long have you been refining gold? :1-2 month
What are you looking for in our community? :tips, advice, how to, learn stuff, sell/buy scrap, i would say friend but im mostly a lonely guy, also i enjoy seing poeple that make mistake like me...it make me feel a bit less dumb...
How did you discovered our Forum? :i think i was looking over the internet for price,
Other :i realy enjoy this forum ,it is always nice to come and see new stuff.also id like to add that up to date my favorite chemical reaction in refining is to start with a thick brown ap turning to a beatifull light blue sloly adding water(i do it slowly it amaze me...)

well that me ,better late than never

 

[jjhall68]

Name : John
Sex : Male
Age : 43
Location : NW Washington
Profession : Industrial Heat treating and Inspection
Hobbies : Everything outdoors; Prospecting, Rockhounding, Hunt, Fish, Crab
Interrests : Spending time with my wife and kids doing everything above, plus Forging and casting with my son
How long have you been refining gold? : I have been accumulating scrap and blacksands for a few years while I read everything I could find.
What are you looking for in our community? : Knowledge, I have spent many hours reading on here and read Hoke's book twice, This site is amazing.
How did you discovered our Forum? : From the link on Lasersteves site
Other : I can't say how much I appreciate this site. I wish I had found it years ago.

 

[philddreamer]

Welcome John!

Phil

 

[HigginsMechanical]

Welcome In guys
Present your self to the rest of the community, feel free to add things

Name: Don
Sex: Male and Married
Age: 47 as of this post.
Profession: Commercial HVAC Contracting since I was 12 yrs old.
Hobbies: This one should about do it, along with theology and religion.
Interests: Catholic Deacon
How long have you been refining gold? : I've been studying, learning, buying my own scrap and setting up the lab and "business" sides for about 4 months. I should be refining and producing my first gold ingots by February of 2012...
What are you looking for in our community? : Knowledge and developing friendships and connections
How did you discover our forum? : By accident while researching on the internet!

Other: My uncle has always been a collector of many different types of things. He got me interested in coins when I was young. He also used to buy and save gold and silver scrap jewelry. He's in an assisted living facility now and I have the responsibility to prudently liquidate his assets to pay for his continued care. I came across this forum this past June while trying to find a reasonable source for his scrap pm's, and, in need of an intellectually stimulating hobby myself, I began the pursuit to refine. I hope to refine his scrap and make additional money for him, as I also continue to learn and play.

Probably should have done this earlier! Hey All! :lol:

 

[KJ Dave]

Hi Everyone
Name : Dave ... they Call me KJ Dave
Sex : Male
Age : 61 and entering my second childhood.
Location : San Jose Ca
Profession : Cal Pac roofing (owner), Premerica Financial services (My next big adventure), Karaoke DJ (my evening job),
Hobbies : Gold mining, Poker, Entertaining (singer)
Interrests : Gold processing and refining, Music
How long have you been refining gold? : 2 months
What are you looking for in our community? : how to do things the right way the first time, chemicals are nothing to play around without the right knowledge and traning. So far i have used Amalgamite and crucipls. just bought the shore starter kit, and watched JD do his thing. I discovered right then and there i needed some expert guidance, so here i am, i will lurk around till i read Hoges i think he called it (Bible) ...ps do you have a link to where i can print it.
How did you discovered our Forum? :JD insisted i come here for learning (he was spot on there)

 

[Geo]

Hi Everyone
Name : Dave ... they Call me KJ Dave
Sex : Male
Age : 61 and entering my second childhood.
Location : San Jose Ca
Profession : Cal Pac roofing (owner), Premerica Financial services (My next big adventure), Karaoke DJ (my evening job),
Hobbies : Gold mining, Poker, Entertaining (singer)
Interrests : Gold processing and refining, Music
How long have you been refining gold? : 2 months
What are you looking for in our community? : how to do things the right way the first time, chemicals are nothing to play around without the right knowledge and traning. So far i have used Amalgamite and crucipls. just bought the shore starter kit, and watched JD do his thing. I discovered right then and there i needed some expert guidance, so here i am, i will lurk around till i read Hoges i think he called it (Bible) ...ps do you have a link to where i can print it.
How did you discovered our Forum? :JD insisted i come here for learning (he was spot on there)

try this. http://tinyurl.com/mfnyhs

 

[harrisvh]

Name : David
Sex : Male
Age : 35
Location : Nottingham UK
Profession : Chemistry Teacher
Hobbies and interests : Fishing, crabbing, swimming reading.
How long have you been refining gold? : Not refined any gold, just read about it is all.
What are you looking for in our community? : Knowledge, I just like reading and learning new things.
How did you discovered our Forum? : Google
Other : I've been a lurker for a while just reading. Maybe one day i'll post something I might consider worth reading, until then i'll keep on the sidelines. I might be a Chemistry teacher but I have a lot to learn here. Thank you everyone for providing such great information

 

[27182]

Name : Fire ****** Eric
Sex : No thanks, I'll just read the posts for now.
Age : 40-ish
Location : Gulf Coast, Texas
Profession : Education (not Chemistry)
Hobbies : Tinkering
Interrests : Electronics scrapping, among others, especially electrowinning
How long have you been refining gold? : Zero minutes of experience refining gold.
What are you looking for in our community? : Advice, knowledge, pitch in if I can
How did you discovered our Forum? : Google
Other : I'm fairly handy with electronics. I can help people identify IC's and other circuit and electronic parts. I can also offer help with circuits or sourcing repair parts for equipment. Both of the aforementioned I'll be happy to do.

 

[zuberb]

Name : Bryan
Sex : M
Age : 38
Location : Columbus, GA
Profession : Military Contractor
Hobbies : Guitar, computer tinkering, fitness
Interests : Anything that teaches me something new.
How long have you been refining gold? : Haven't really started yet. Did a 50ml test with AR using the Subzero kit and couldn't get it to precipitate. I'll get back to that solution once I learn enough to fix my mistake.
What are you looking for in our community? : Just new knowledge and a hobby
How did you discovered our Forum? : Found it through a Google search while researching about gold in computer waste.
Other :

 

[Jason1]

Name : Jay
Sex : Male
Age : 31
Location : Gaffney, SC
Profession : Assistant Pastor at a local Independent Baptist Church
Hobbies : Lately, this whole refining thing.
Interests : Bible study, Church, Lost Folks, etc.
How long have you been refining gold? : About 2 Months
What are you looking for in our community? : Just what I've found...Friendly folks discussing something they enjoy doing.
How did you discover our Forum? : Google
Other : That's pretty much it.

 

[Bryan110]

Name : Bryan
Sex : male
Age : 41
Location : Auckland New Zealand
Profession : National Sale Manager
Hobbies : Painting absolute amature..
Interrests : Silver refining
How long have you been refining gold? : Never have, more drawn to Silver
What are you looking for in our community? : Knowledge, friendship and to give back to other newcomers in the future what seems to be on offer to me.
How did you discovered our Forum? : Lots of Google searches that finally lead me to a You tube clip by Lasersteve Thank you Steve!!
Other :

 

[Tewks]

Name : Bryan Tewksbury "Tewks"
Sex : M
Age : almost 4 years in to 25
Location : San Marcos, TX
Profession : IT
Hobbies : Professional packrat, computer gaming, building, fixing and destroying (not usually in reverse order)
Interests : Anything technically or scientifically challenging
How long have you been refining gold? : Been collecting gold since my first cavity, never refined before
What are you looking for in our community? : Friends and resources in the metal recovery field
How did you discovered our Forum? : goldnscrap.com
Other : I'm an ex-Army MI (enlisted) professional. I work for Clear Channel in their IT department. I'm always collecting lots of e scrap from clients and friends (and craigslist). Living in a college town is paradise for a packrat like me.

 

[txashaun]

Name : Shaun
Sex : Male
Age : 28
Location : texas
Profession : lab tech at a refinery
How long have you been refining gold? : 5 years
What are you looking for in our community? : different ideas and new ways of processing materials
How did you discovered our Forum? : google

Hello everyone! i actually came across this site while searching for help on how to process "spent" aqua regia for the other metals that may be in it. i.e. plat, rhodium, palladium and such

 

[Palladium]

Welcome to the forum Shaun. You should be able to find any information you need here on the forum. If not just ask.

 

[avrgeg46]

My first post,

Well I have to say that my eyes are blurry, and I am overwhelmed by all the info I have been reading. Only been a member for a couple of days but I did finally figure out how to download hokes handbooks. Computer literacy isn't one of my better skills. The handbooks are great and I want to say thanks for the time and effort you all have put into this site for the benefit of others. Say's a lot about the kind of people we have here. I am looking forward to getting to know all of you. I have already been trying to learn a few things on my own and as usual, i am definetly learning about the things that can go wrong. As far as safety goes I am pretty good about sticking to good practices and personal protective equipment. I am familiar with msds and hazmat from my firefighter days. So as this nubee stumbles along down gold strike rd, i will surely have a few questions along the way. Right now a very good frined has a pile of everything you can imagine. computer scrap, barrels of ore, assay sample the were never assayed, mines that he doesn't even know where they are!. To make a long story short, My friends father past away a few months back and left him with butt loaqds of equipment and everything else he had accumulated over the years of his life. His father was the secretive type and we always helped him when he would ask but he never really told us enough of what we were doing to really understand any of it. Now there are people coming over telling us that they were partners with his father and they are going to help us get rid of all the stuff and we can become partners too. I am sure you know where that is going so with that said, we just figured we will see what we can do with all this stuff and who knows ? Maybe it can be a worth while project. Again thank you all for all you efforts and someday in the near future hopefully I to will beable to speak some words of wisdom and help some along on thier way. I ill be talkin to you all soon!

 

[Frenchmen]

Name: Martin
Sex : Male
Age : 21
Location : In the middle of Germany
Profession : Student (engineering)
Hobbies : photography
Interests : PM actually Silver :lol:
What are you looking for in our community? : Some ideas, how to set up my own plant. Also nice people with the same interest.
How did you discovered our Forum? : Google
Other : My english is not the best, only school english. I hope i improve it. :roll:

I planed to refine silver plated flatware. At this time it is only for some extra money, while i am studying.

 

[jonesy101]

Here goes...

Name: David (Jones), Jonesy by my friends.
Sex : Male
Age : 40s
Location : Pretoria, SA
Profession : Teacher
Hobbies : Tennis, the cinema, the internet
Interests : see above
What are you looking for in our community? : Find out more about a hobby
How did you discovered our Forum? : Google

 

[carlm]

Name: Carl Mims
Sex: Male
Age: 61
Location: Central Alabama
Profession: Teacher:
Hobbies: Ham radio, bee keeping
Interest: prospecting and refining gold
What are you looking for: Learning how to work in the refining business.
How did you discover our forum: Google