Where to find FREE SILVER in scrap electronics! 

What concentration of hidrogen peroxide do you use?

Yup, I agree. If you watch more than a couple of my videos you'll see that is usually one of the first things I mention is that scrap is the lowest value of an item. I have a whole video on cell phones and laptops for scrappers showing them that it is more profitable to sell than scrap. Its one of those things that you would think would be common sense to check the value of something before you scrap it so you tend to forget to mention it once in a while. Thanks

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Hi and thanks for watching! Check out the videos on my channel. I all ready have a video or two on that. Thanks!!

Most likely, this video was done a few years ago and like everything else, we continue to learn!

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+Rob Morrone Great question, I don't know, never scrapped one that old before. Try googling the year make and model and see what you can find.

Hi and thanks for watching! The big money there is going to be in the copper yolk on the tube and the degaussing wire that goes around the tv tube. Remotes I just break open with a hemmer, trying to not spend too much time on them. They can be good for the low grade pile but sometimes they have gold plate or silver mylars. The VCR portion will have some aluminum, some lite iron, a few copper bearing motors, even a relay or two with some copper and silver in them. That's about all. Best of luck to you!

Hi and thanks for watching!! Great questions!! I have actually not yet come across any pewter and it is not on my scrap yards metals list so I am not much help there. As for the silver, anything solid silver will say sterling, ster, .925 or have a lions head stamped on it somewhere. Plated objects usually say that they are plated or say SP on them. Other objects that you suspect might be silver will need to be tested and unfortunately that stuf is best learned by research. Coins have specific years that they are silver or partially silver. To get silver plate off the best way I have heard of is reveres electroplating. Hope that helps a little

+Ira Kozak If they are the ones I am thinking of, the ends are brass and that's about it. But I do not know a whole lot about them.

Not sure, can you post a link to a google image of one? Thanks

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Interesting, I have found only a few instances where that is the case. In many cases I find a silver button with a copper cap on the back but the copper is usually the thin piece. I have processed about a pound of silver contacts so far, removing the base metals either attached to the silver with an acid peroxide bath and then smelting into ingots. They are consistantly assayed at 80% or more purity by my local jeweler. Where are you getting your contacts from? Thanks!

yeah those are little button switches. Sometimes they have a small disc that is gold plated. I have not seen any that are silver though.

Its usually 80% silver. I was throwing it out for years too!! Now I have a few lbs of it!! lol.. Better to learn about it then not. Thanks for watching!

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Buddy Smith hI And thanks for watching! There are two ways that I know of, and each depends on your comfort level with acids and how much caution you are prepared to take. The best and fastest and most dangerous way is to simply remove all the other metals with nitric acid as seen in drew metalsmiths videos. The slower method (may take weeks) and safer method is to use HCL and peroxide in a 50:50 mix. Both will remove all the base metals but the only way to purify the silver is with additional steps using nitric acid.

I honestly have not kept complete records. I do not sell any precious metals I keep them all. Last year, if I had to guess I would say maybe 2 -3 ounces of gold and a lb or two of silver. The trouble with the gold is that I often throw it in with each batch I do purification runs. Thanks!

I hear you....I just keep reminding myself that the silver I find is free!!

+Colten Mortensen Hi and thanks for watching! I my humble opinion, if its free, its worth scrapping. I have a video coming out within the week about scrapping flat screens. There is not a whole lot in them, keep in mind the fact that the newer the item, the less value it has and flat screens are the newest in television tech so they tend to not have much. That being said, it is also true that higher end flat screens will have more or better materials. Lowe end ones will use more steel where Sony and other more expensive ones will use more aluminum and also have more gold plating in them. As for earth elements, there are 118 can you be more specific?

o Lemurs A lot? no... but a little anyway. The name of the game in precious metals recovery from electronics is volume of things to scrap. While one tv may not yield much, several will. Thanks!

Sure, let me review this video and check for things I may have missed and will put that together. It may be a little while though as winter is here in full force in Maine and my garage is unheated....lol

+Chad Haling Best way to contact me is through My RU-vid channel page, under the "about" tab, and send me a message.

+Papi Lipe Coming up!

AWESOME!!!

+Papi Lipe After the Xbox 360, can you please scrap an Xbox 360 controller?

There is no quick an easy. Finding sources of scrap varies greatly depending on your local area. Populations, industry, socioeconomic factors, they all play into it. The best advice I can give is to put ads on craigslist and as many free ad spots in your area as possible. Thanks!