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Fossicking at home

oroplata		Posted : Thursday, 17 May 2012 11:26:07 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 16/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,040 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 211 time(s) in 152 post(s)		"Featherstone says estimates put the average haul of gold from a tonne of scrap cellphones to be 340 grams per tonne. This is compared to 170 grams from a tonne of raw gold ore." http://computerworld.co....the-phones-we-throw-away
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Thursday, 17 May 2012 2:27:26 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Thats interesting - I once decided to rescue the gold covered pieces from computers - time consuming but at the end of the day I still have quite a few pounds of what I assume to be gold plated or gold alloy pins, connections and so on...its looks like I am going to have to collect all the cell phones I can find. I did some research on recovering the gold but in the end gave up in disgust...I wonder who would buy the cell phones for the recovery of the gold? There must be someone who buys them and recovers the gold...you have my primitive brain whirling around now thinking of get rich quick schemes.

oroplata		Posted : Thursday, 17 May 2012 4:24:28 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 16/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,040 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 211 time(s) in 152 post(s)		The go-to forum for all aspects of golf refining (and other metals) is goldrefiningforum.com I highly recommend it. Just be careful, they are used to dealing with rather dangerous chemical, so noobs can get beat up if they say anything silly. Best to have a good read of the forum before posting.
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Metal Kiwi		Posted : Thursday, 17 May 2012 4:59:44 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,210 Location: Auckland Thanks: 498 times Was thanked: 484 time(s) in 322 post(s)		Originally Posted by: oroplata The go-to forum for all aspects of golf refining (and other metals) is goldrefiningforum.com I highly recommend it. Just be careful, they are used to dealing with rather dangerous chemical, so noobs can get beat up if they say anything silly. Best to have a good read of the forum before posting. Ha ha. :-) My anti virus software recommends not opening that page.
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Metal Mikey		Posted : Thursday, 17 May 2012 6:35:59 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 29/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 120 Location: Rangiora Thanks: 17 times Was thanked: 22 time(s) in 18 post(s)		I opened that website and judgeing by the discussion on profanities it looked pretty safe. Cheers Mike.

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simon		Posted : Friday, 22 June 2012 3:56:23 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 7/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 789 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 33 times Was thanked: 239 time(s) in 150 post(s)		i reckon there would be money in old phones too. i've seen the same programmes / articles on how much gold is in a tonne of phones. all you need is a supply of cheap labour in the 3rd world. they melt down the parts, breath in all the crap, and hand over the gold to someone to on sell at a big profit. that's the great thing about gold. no matter where it is used we can continually recover it. you have to wonder how many gold fillings disappear down at the morgue.
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gingerbreadman		Posted : Friday, 22 June 2012 9:42:31 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/07/2010(UTC) Posts: 473 Location: south of the black stump Thanks: 34 times Was thanked: 96 time(s) in 74 post(s)		Originally Posted by: simon i reckon there would be money in old phones too. i've seen the same programmes / articles on how much gold is in a tonne of phones. all you need is a supply of cheap labour in the 3rd world. they melt down the parts, breath in all the crap, and hand over the gold to someone to on sell at a big profit. that's the great thing about gold. no matter where it is used we can continually recover it. you have to wonder how many gold fillings disappear down at the morgue. maybe mr key need,s to put a sign up outside christmas island pointed to nz!