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Name: King
***: n/b
Age: Mid-20s
Location: Colorado
Profession: Casino/Gambling tech
Hobbies: Gaming, writing, smithing, drawing
Interests: Far far too many to list here, but includes medieval history, gardening, blacksmithing, painting, and reading
How long have you been refining gold or have an interest in precious metals? : Less than a year, very new to this
What are you looking for in our community? : A place where I can pick the brains of others more experienced than myself to refine my processes.
How did you discover our Forum? : Googling information about gold refinement processes
Welcome.

Here are some study material for you.

We ask our new members to do 3 things.
1. Read C.M. Hokes book on refining jewelers scrap, it gives an easy introduction to the most important chemistry regarding refining.
It is free here on the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=19798
2. Then read the safety section of the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/safety.47/
3. And then read about "Dealing with waste" in the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/dealing-with-waste.10539/

Suggested reading:
https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/the-library.101/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/when-in-doubt-cement-it-out.30236/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threa...le-read-this-before-you-post-about-ore.33333/


Forum rules is here.
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/gold-refining-forum-rules.31182/
 
Name : Dhairya
*** : F
Age :53
Location : Florida
Profession : underemployed/unemployed because identity fraud uses college degrees and keeps me from working
Hobbies : listening to music, reading books, cooking, acrylic painting
Interests : gardening, science fiction, computer programming, ecology
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : complete beginner to e-waste recovery
What are you looking for in our community? : information to create income for survival
How did you discover our Forum? : Kindle book
 
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Name : Dhairya
*** : F
Age :53
Location : Florida
Profession : underemployed/unemployed because identity fraud uses college degrees and keeps me from working
Hobbies : listening to music, reading books, cooking
Interests : gardening, science fiction, computer programming
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : complete beginner to e-waste recovery
What are you looking for in our community? : information to create income for survival
How did you discover our Forum? : Kindle book
Welcome to us.
Sadly the refining of e-waste is no quick fix for amateurs.
It is hard even for the pros.
The biggest hurdle is to get a steady supply of material to refine.

Anyway here is something to study before you begin:

We ask our new members to do 3 things.
1. Read C.M. Hokes book on refining jewelers scrap, it gives an easy introduction to the most important chemistry regarding refining.
It is free here on the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=19798
2. Then read the safety section of the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/safety.47/
3. And then read about "Dealing with waste" in the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/dealing-with-waste.10539/

Suggested reading:
https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/the-library.101/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/when-in-doubt-cement-it-out.30236/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threa...le-read-this-before-you-post-about-ore.33333/


Forum rules is here.
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/gold-refining-forum-rules.31182/
 
Thank you for your reply and the resources. I have been storing old motherboards and scrap for a few years, so have some trial pieces to use.

I haven't given up on working information technology, but I am aware that I have been blocked from jobs by a group of hackers. But I am not motivated to break the law or my moral compass for money. I'm not naïve enough to think "get rich quick" is possible. I am no stranger to financial struggle because identity fraud started when I was in elementary school. Someone older always used my SSN, but I can't get anyone to investigate or protect me. Organized crime that just won't get investigated. No surprises there.

Have a great day.
 
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Name : Hazem
*** :m
Age :38
Location 🇪🇬
Profession :i'm a chemist in water treatmen station
Hobbies : swimming and swimming
Interests : many things
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : before two weeks ago when someone gave me sample to recover gold from it, since then my brain don't want to stop
What are you looking for in our community? : information
How did you discover our Forum? : when i was searching about C. M. hokes book i found your link
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Where can i introduce my problems?
 
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Name : Hazem
*** :m
Age :38
Location 🇪🇬
Profession :i'm a chemist in water treatmen station
Hobbies : swimming and swimming
Interests : many things
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : before two weeks ago when someone gave me sample to recover gold from it, since then my brain don't want to stop
What are you looking for in our community? : information
How did you discover our Forum? : when i was searching about C. M. hokes book i found your link
Welcome to us.
 
OH GOD
Stop what you are doing and wait for moderators to give you links to go through and study.

Edit: that cant be acid right?

OH GOD
Stop what you are doing and wait for moderators to give you links to go through and study.

Edit: that cant be acid right?

OH GOD
Stop what you are doing and wait for moderators to give you links to go through and study.

Edit: that cant be acid right?
This is
OH GOD
Stop what you are doing and wait for moderators to give you links to go through and study.

Edit: that cant be acid right?
Ok i will, thanks
And
This is my first impact with field, two weaks ago.
 
Thank you yggdrasil

Where can I introduce my problems?
It is impossible to say where, until you have said what it is.

Here is an overview of sections and sub forums:
https://goldrefiningforum.com/


Here are for your studies:

We ask our new members to do 3 things.
1. Read C.M. Hokes book on refining jewelers scrap, it gives an easy introduction to the most important chemistry regarding refining.
It is free here on the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=19798
2. Then read the safety section of the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/safety.47/
3. And then read about "Dealing with waste" in the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/dealing-with-waste.10539/

Suggested reading:
https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/the-library.101/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/when-in-doubt-cement-it-out.30236/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threa...le-read-this-before-you-post-about-ore.33333/


Forum rules is here.
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/gold-refining-forum-rules.31182/
 
OH GOD
Stop what you are doing and wait for moderators to give you links to go through and study.

Edit: that cant be acid right?
We hope though that you have asked for help before you have created too much of a mess.
 
ame : Tom Minor
*** : Male
Age : 75
Location : Dayton, OH
Profession : retired H. S. chemistry teacher
Hobbies : Gardening, working around the house with my wife
Interests : Church, Bible, Jesus, spiritual life
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : about 3 months
What are you looking for in our community? : see gold to start with, but having trouble getting much product.
How did you discover our Forum? : a lot of research and videos and found this in the process.
 
ame : Tom Minor
*** : Male
Age : 75
Location : Dayton, OH
Profession : retired H. S. chemistry teacher
Hobbies : Gardening, working around the house with my wife
Interests : Church, Bible, Jesus, spiritual life
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : about 3 months
What are you looking for in our community? : see gold to start with, but having trouble getting much product.
How did you discover our Forum? : a lot of research and videos and found this in the process.
Welcome to us:
We have some standard links we recommend, in your case they me a bit overkill.
Anyway there are much interesting information anyway.

We ask our new members to do 3 things.
1. Read C.M. Hokes book on refining jewelers scrap, it gives an easy introduction to the most important chemistry regarding refining.
It is free here on the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=19798
2. Then read the safety section of the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/safety.47/
3. And then read about "Dealing with waste" in the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/dealing-with-waste.10539/

Suggested reading:
https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/the-library.101/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/when-in-doubt-cement-it-out.30236/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threa...le-read-this-before-you-post-about-ore.33333/


Forum rules is here.
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/gold-refining-forum-rules.31182/
 
Name : Marcus
*** : Male
Age : 38
Location : Virginia
Profession : Entrepreneur
Hobbies : This is my newest!
Interests : Fishing
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : 6 months
What are you looking for in our community? : Answers to questions like “what have I done?” And “now that I have made this mistake, how can I fix it?”
How did you discover our Forum? :Researching how to fix a mistake (google)
 
Welcome to us.
Can you try the intro again?
Or are you the user Jo418?
Or maybe the intro is correct but you have just inserted it into Jo's quote?
 
Name : Dawn Kallsen
*** : Female
Age : 46
Location : Louisiana
Profession : Bondsman
Hobbies : Staying busy
Interests : To many to list
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : Few months
What are you looking for in our community? : Information, advice, and knowledge
How did you discover our Forum? : web search
 
Name : Dawn Kallsen
*** : Female
Age : 46
Location : Louisiana
Profession : Bondsman
Hobbies : Staying busy
Interests : To many to list
How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : Few months
What are you looking for in our community? : Information, advice, and knowledge
How did you discover our Forum? : web search
Welcome to us.

Her are some study material for the time being.

We ask our new members to do 3 things.
1. Read C.M. Hokes book on refining jewelers scrap, it gives an easy introduction to the most important chemistry regarding refining.
It is free here on the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=19798
2. Then read the safety section of the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/safety.47/
3. And then read about "Dealing with waste" in the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/dealing-with-waste.10539/

Suggested reading:
https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/the-library.101/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/when-in-doubt-cement-it-out.30236/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threa...le-read-this-before-you-post-about-ore.33333/


Forum rules is here.
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/gold-refining-forum-rules.31182/
 
Name : Arnold

*** : Male

Age : <50

Location : Central Indiana

Profession : Automotive Parts distribution

Hobbies : Gold panning, 3d printing, hiking.

Interests : Computers, gaming, chemistry

How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : 2 years

What are you looking for in our community? : Guidance

How did you discover our Forum? : Fbook group ewasterefiningpreciousmetals

I have always enjoyed electronics and watched Yt videos about scrap recovery. I had a bunch of collected electronics and needed to clean it all out (was having a remodel and didn’t need any of it anymore) so I started tearing them all down to collect the components that had any bits of gold in or on them. I am getting close to trying to do the AP method and a pdf I saw had a watermark for this forum.

Ps I also have gone panning for gold various places in Indiana and have also bought a couple bags of paydirt just cuz. Currently have 3.63 grams saved up.
 

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Name : Arnold

*** : Male

Age : <50

Location : Central Indiana

Profession : Automotive Parts distribution

Hobbies : Gold panning, 3d printing, hiking.

Interests : Computers, gaming, chemistry

How long have you been refining gold or have interest in precious metals? : 2 years

What are you looking for in our community? : Guidance

How did you discover our Forum? : Fbook group ewasterefiningpreciousmetals

I have always enjoyed electronics and watched Yt videos about scrap recovery. I had a bunch of collected electronics and needed to clean it all out (was having a remodel and didn’t need any of it anymore) so I started tearing them all down to collect the components that had any bits of gold in or on them. I am getting close to trying to do the AP method and a pdf I saw had a watermark for this forum.

Ps I also have gone panning for gold various places in Indiana and have also bought a couple bags of paydirt just cuz. Currently have 3.63 grams saved up.
Welcome.
Youtube have for the most part misleading and downright dangerous videos.
There are a few exceptions.
Much better to read and study the books on the topic.
Heads up on AP, it is actually a Cupric Chloride etch and really do not need Peroxide at all, only HCl and air bubbling.

Here are some links to study:
We ask our new members to do 3 things.
1. Read C.M. Hokes book on refining jewelers scrap, it gives an easy introduction to the most important chemistry regarding refining.
It is free here on the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=19798
2. Then read the safety section of the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/safety.47/
3. And then read about "Dealing with waste" in the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/dealing-with-waste.10539/

Suggested reading:
https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/the-library.101/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/when-in-doubt-cement-it-out.30236/
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threa...le-read-this-before-you-post-about-ore.33333/


Forum rules is here.
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/gold-refining-forum-rules.31182/
 
Welcome.
Youtube have for the most part misleading and downright dangerous videos.
There are a few exceptions.
Much better to read and study the books on the topic.
Heads up on AP, it is actually a Cupric Chloride etch and really do not need Peroxide at all, only HCl and air bubbling.
Yeah, I didn't know that until I joined up. I see people in groups saying CuCl2 process and would like a step by step to preparing it cheapest way possible. I have a 6 gram piece of natural (I think) copper that was in a paydirt bag I bought a year ago that I thought I could use in the process somehow. I have muriatic acid, nitric acid, test strips, testing acid, SMB and a hot stir plate and beakers and a gravity funnel. What else should I have on hand? I want to process the placer gold I've acquired and about 1kg of mixed pins and fingers and ic chips including green and gold corner bga's. I also have questions about what to do with some 75% vinegar my wife mistakenly ordered to kill weeds. It says it will freeze below 70° f and store it above that temperature but that's not gonna happen. Can I use any of it in these processes? I was thinking maybe use it to clean up geodes or ore that I have that has a bunch of sulfides and quartz? If not I assume hazardous waste facilities will take it for a fee.
Here are some links to study:
We ask our new members to do 3 things.
1. Read C.M. Hokes book on refining jewelers scrap, it gives an easy introduction to the most important chemistry regarding refining.
It is free here on the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=19798
That document is how I found this site- the document I found via a fb group had this watermark on it.
2. Then read the safety section of the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/forums/safety.47/
I read it and will follow it.
3. And then read about "Dealing with waste" in the forum: https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/dealing-with-waste.10539/
Good info there- I knew much of it.
 

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