A GOLDEN Opportunity

[oldranger]

Ok I sucked you in with that cheesy headline

I read a magazine article recently about a guy
who treasure hunts all the time and one way is
Dumpster diving... ANWAY he mentioned that
thrown out PCs have gold in them... has anyone
ever heard of this and how much if any is in them

Just one of those questions i HAD to ask

Have Safe Happy Fun Hunts

Ron

Rangers
Lead
The
Way

 

[BigCatDaddy]

Yes, they do, but not enough to prove profitable for the average Joe. The investment for getting the equiptment to retrieve it is quite costly.

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Lots of those are sent to third world countries for them to retrieve those metals notably China .

 

[TURNMASTER]

It can be done. I know a guy who did it as a part of his recycling business, told me it took a lot of circut boards to get a little bit of gold and silver. If I recall, to be profitible, you have to reclaim all of the metals in the machine.

I am sure it is toxic if not done correctly.

Jeff

 

[oldranger]

Toxic and NOT CHEAP are the 2 words that stand out....

SOOOOOOOOOOO i guess ill settle for digging up a

2nd century Alf Landon for President button to
make me rich!!!!
OR i could recycle 100,000,000

Thanks for the info... as always MUCH appreciated

Ron

Rangers... When it has to be destroyed overnite or not at all....

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah they have gold in them. Some guys make their living recovering the gold in computers. They contain a small amount but at today's prices it adds up fast. Just a quarter ounce would net you $250 plus.

Bill

 

[TURNMASTER]

Yup, found a long thread on another forum and it can be Quite Toxic (read deadly). A guy would have to be serious to the point of making it a long term, for profit endeavor. As a hobby, save your time. On a small scale, IMO it wouldn't be worth the time involved in education, acquisition and disposal of toxic waste. Go nugget shooting or panning.

Now if a guy wanted to invest heavily in time, it could be very profitable in the short term. Less so if you have a conscience, as in you are not dumping your waste in the sewer or the local 100 acre woods. One of the indirect problems involved is that the small scale hobby guys cherry pick out the most profitable metals and leave the less valuable and other toxic stuff. Then the professional recyclers have a less valuable resource to work with, and without profits they will not survive and that leaves millions of tons of e-trash to go to landfills.

I think if you are serious, take your time to do it right and proper and if you have the resources, then you ought to be able to make it profitable in the long term. By resources I mean the incoming electronic scrap, the room to be a proper dismantler, the fortitude to take on the pit falls and the ability to gain an education about all of the processes involved.

Do it right.

HH
Jeff

 

[John-Edmonton]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdu5yS5q2so&feature=related

 

[John-Edmonton]

We can do much better detecting for gold in the right places then spending your time looking for discarded computers and refining the parts for metals. Metal detecting is a lot healthier too!

 

[oldranger]

Thnaks for all the great ( as usual) input from the folks
in the know... Ill just keeping and have fun

Myabe ill get lucky but if not Im still having fun
Like i said can eventually add up!!

Ron

Rangers Lead The Way

 

[metalhead]

I'm with ya' on that, Ron.I'll just recycle when I hit 100,000,000Happy Hunting!