refining gold

[whitesid]

has anyone ever tried refining gold form electronics or old jewelry?

[jewelerdave]

Well you know I have
Jewelry is the best yield, electronics is a waste of money unless you get it for free, Best to sell it off on Ebay,

Selling gold plated items on Ebay is the best way to go. you can sell stuff that may yield only 50 cents a pound in gold for $10 to $20 per pound. Thats $16000 to $32000 per ounce. Now that is treasure!

sadly I have warned many about this, but no one believes it until they either pay too much or process it and wonder where all the gold is.

[treasureace14]

i was gunna try getting some outta a comp chip.

[charliesbugs]

What amount of heat would it take to melt 1/4 teaspoon of small gold. Will a torch and ladle work ?

[goldsilverpro]

There have been 12,486 articles written on the subject at:

http://goldrefiningforum.com/

[whitesid]

There have been 12,486 articles written on the subject at:

http://goldrefiningforum.com/

im already a member in that site , but thanks

[Shortstack]

What amount of heat would it take to melt 1/4 teaspoon of small gold. Will a torch and ladle work ?

Temperature control is very important in refining gold. There's not a lot of difference in the temps of "melted" and "vaporized". There are hundreds if not thousands of tips for refining gold to be found on the net. Research more until you find a method you can handle safely AND economically.

[whiteknight38]

There are great video tutorials on refining fingers in the afore mentioned goldrefiningforum.com and I may take the plunge after a while, should I ever gather up enough material. I understand that it takes up to a pound of fingers to get a gram or three of refined gold, depending on their quality.
The procedure does seem complicated, and labour intensive, however.

I was just wondering if anyone had looked into this guys ebay product? An ebook sold under the title "Scrap gold recovery from circuit board fingers." Current Item number as of Aug 21, 08 - 220271721298

Quote from listing, "Simple process - remove fingers from circuit board and put them in a cup - add a simple chemical (made for another use) - let it sit 20 minutes - strain through a coffee filter and you have gold!!! Repeat process once or twice if necessary to purify further. If you want nuggets just melt it.

A property unique to circuit board fingers allows the gold to be recovered with super high yield without using dangerous chemicals like nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, cyanide, mercury or aqua regia."

My instinct says "scam" except that he appears to have sold a lot of these ebooks, and his feedback isn't bad.