Minelab Manticore, Minelab CTX3030 w 11" and 17" DD coils,
Minelab Excalibur II w 10" coil, Equinox 800 (4) w 11" and 15" coils,
Troy Shadow x2 w 7" coil, Pointers; Garrett Carrot, Pro Find 35,
Man, I just threw away a Samsung 7 I found in 3-4 ft of water. Hit it with my scoop and busted it up but fell apart in scoop. Don't tell me there's gold in there! Worried about the battery and all...so pitched it. Hmmm, just did the calculation and if 10,000 = 1 oz:. 12 cents of gold per phone...glad I threw it away...never mind.
Yes, indirectly. I started buying junk cells in bulk six years ago. Does not matter what the condition they are in they all have gold in them. Before I retired I recycled just over 42,000 cells. I did not want to be the one to work with all the gov't red tape or the acids (don't know which is worse) so I sold to two actual recyclers. One was 20 miles and I would deliver and get paid right away. The other is in FL and he would pick up the Fed-X charges.
I would only pay 50¢ each and then sell by the pound so on average they weigh 2.9oz each. I would only get from 75¢ to $1.00 each, so not a lot of profit each. I calculate that, on average, there is $1.15 worth of AU in each. So I calculate about 1100 cells will net one ounce of 24K gold.