E-waste GOLD Recovery | Recycle Broken Electronics!

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  • Recycling my own electronic waste to recover gold.
    0:00 Intro
    1:22 Collect and sort components
    4:29 Separate gold plating from PCBs and other metals
    7:20 Dissolve gold
    8:33 Precipitate gold
    9:20 Solid gold
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  • @DoubleAvids
    @DoubleAvids 2 ปีที่แล้ว +499

    The real gold was the fun we had all along

    • @SnifferRiffle
      @SnifferRiffle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Spoken like a team player.

    • @Badenhawk
      @Badenhawk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And the friends we made along the way.

    • @AbrahamAbignale
      @AbrahamAbignale 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My man spittin facts right there

    • @oiurehj
      @oiurehj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And also the gold.

    • @MikeDoesStuff101
      @MikeDoesStuff101 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But what about the gold.

  • @michaelgillen3537
    @michaelgillen3537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    Really enjoyed the video. I think you should narrate your videos more often as you have a good sense of humour and are humble enough to not take things too seriously. Always enjoy your content!

    • @THusbands
      @THusbands 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He does on Patreon

    • @robertmuller1894
      @robertmuller1894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I actually enjoy non narrated videos more because I can relax well to the working sounds. Especially in the faster sections. :P

    • @Juan-jy3qw
      @Juan-jy3qw 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      L😊
      Pl​@@robertmuller1894

  • @KeytarArgonian
    @KeytarArgonian 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I worked in a massive E-waste company for about 10 years. High grade boards were absolutely the moneymaker, as well as gold contacts. But there’s were big beefy gold plugs. We had 2, and later 3 main contracts. One was office E-waste, the other was in dismantling decommissioned mobile technology, the infrastructure. Near a phone mast you will see a series of huge green cabinets. They are FULL of gold contacts. Later on we got a contract with BT, decommissioning all their old exchanges from decades ago that were just shuttered all over the country. It was full of gold and palladium. The company expanded so much we ended up with our own shredder warehouse with belts, vibrating tables, magnets etc and visual sorting system. It would recognise a piece of shredded material and jet it off into different boxes. I miss working there now. The owner started like you, scrapping electronics in his garage. He ended up with 2 Ferraris and a lambo 😅

  • @danthemakerman
    @danthemakerman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I didn't know how involved the process was, very cool thanks for sharing.

  • @Madlintelf
    @Madlintelf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    First I have to say thank you, as an IT professional I truly enjoyed you destroying all of those components :). My company has over 130 locations, 40K employees and we recycle all of our E-Waste. I got to visit the facility that processes it and the place was massive. At the heart they had a 3 story grinder/sorter, electronics go in, get ground up, then are sorted by floating them in higher and higher density liquids, they skim the floating material off the top and collect it.
    They process so much and the operation is so large, they turn a very decent profit. Yes some of the electronics are repurposed and sold to other companies but hard drives and memory storage devices are destroyed (I'm in healthcare, that's important).
    Really nice to see you do this project, it might not be profitable, but it's a learning experience and fun.
    Take care!

    • @peterchristensen2528
      @peterchristensen2528 ปีที่แล้ว

      What company?

    • @KeytarArgonian
      @KeytarArgonian 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I worked in a big E-waste company like this, we had a shredder shed just like this but instead of a water sorting solution we’d run the product through different processes, a shaking table, magnets and eventually a rig that visually identified what passed through it and would jet/zap anything on the belt into its correct table. Sometimes the odd bit would get through so there was always one guy last on the belt to do some picking of whatever made it through. Whenever we did hard drives I had to make sure to get photo and weight proof that they had been destroyed. Was a fun job, I miss it now.

  • @TheMastercanine
    @TheMastercanine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love the more laid back talking head and voice over. Much better than awkward ad reads any day! I love your videos and always watch them when they come to my feed! Keep up the great work!

  • @mikemuscatiello8787
    @mikemuscatiello8787 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Wow! That was a lot of work for a little pay off. I’ve always thought about doing this but I’m glad you did it first and shared your curiosity with the rest of the world. Great job!

  • @oteboy
    @oteboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Outstanding. I think most of us have always wondered how much gold could be recovered from waste like this, and also how much work it would be. Love your vids.

  • @ericcartrette6118
    @ericcartrette6118 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I was a little surprised by just how little gold you got out of that. But I'd love to see you process the rest of it.

    • @Spiralem
      @Spiralem 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's how little gold you need to protect those pins from corrosion

    • @cyqry
      @cyqry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember NileRed doing a similar video where he processed computer parts to get all the gold out of it and had a similarly tiny amount. Apparently its very common for pawn and gold-trade shops to actually refuse hardware due to how little they get out of it.

    • @AEcclesiates
      @AEcclesiates 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@cyqry it was not a similar amount if you compare the amount of parts

    • @SonsOftheApostle
      @SonsOftheApostle 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are right budd

  • @zestoslife
    @zestoslife 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video, loved the golden color of the dissolved gold. Glad you got a nice bead of gold from the hard work.

  • @chrisgenovese8188
    @chrisgenovese8188 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live for new experiences. Thanks for sharing yours! Cool to see you mix it up.

  • @davidgillies620
    @davidgillies620 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    The thickness of gold on edge connectors has gone down by a factor of over ten in the past few decades as process technologies have improved.

    • @thisolesignguy2733
      @thisolesignguy2733 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      oooh I should salvage commodore 64s and IBM 8088s from the dump!!!

    • @davidgillies620
      @davidgillies620 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Suros A skip full of 10BASE-T cards is more like it.

    • @OKBushcraft
      @OKBushcraft 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow, and from an old fossil's viewpoint...Look, something shiny just floated by....🤓
      I'm too out dated to get this. It sure is interesting though.

    • @xasdrubalex
      @xasdrubalex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@thisolesignguy2733 there is more value in the complete Atari thing than the gold inside for sure

  • @hermanosamuel8744
    @hermanosamuel8744 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another fantastic video. I always appreciate your genuineness, and attitude. Thanks you.

  • @joaopassaro6231
    @joaopassaro6231 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've seen several videos of this type before and yours was the best by far.

  • @saadus7269
    @saadus7269 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    finally a video with voiceover, i've been waiting for this for so long

  • @jdmccorful
    @jdmccorful 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice job doing the recovery. Thanks for the look.

  • @seanholmes1642
    @seanholmes1642 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks I have always been intrigued by this! I have done plating before(damaged my wife’s kitchen) but never reclamation very honest you have saved me much time and purchas of chemicals by watching this I will move on to my other crazy ideas hence the donation for saving me time tears and money. Be lucky mi amigo,😅

  • @emarion
    @emarion 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are an awesome teacher. Thank you for what you do. Never stop.

  • @jonathanramiro100yearsago
    @jonathanramiro100yearsago 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is great,now i can do something with old broken electronics from my office,reducing dump money and getting something and possibly extra payment

    • @DanielBulyovcsity
      @DanielBulyovcsity 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Evaluate if the sourcing of chemicals and time spent reclaiming will be covered by the price of gold

    • @jonathanramiro100yearsago
      @jonathanramiro100yearsago 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DanielBulyovcsity good thing i don't have to do that,my dad have a lot of chemical like that including nitroglycerin

  • @daniel.amokachi
    @daniel.amokachi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This guy is very humble and honest. Keep it up bro.

  • @psylegio
    @psylegio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, that was amazing. I guess the manufacturers do know how to make efficient use of a very small amount.

  • @amerkhan4763
    @amerkhan4763 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice work man. I do enjoy your out-of-the-box content.

  • @enricopasetti6684
    @enricopasetti6684 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thumbs up.
    Testing a new process for the sake of a new eperience. That's the Blackbeard style.

  • @crandallwoodworking2988
    @crandallwoodworking2988 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was awesome to watch. Thanks for sharing the experience!

  • @neilfriesland634
    @neilfriesland634 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent job. I appreciate your willingness to try that.

  • @Danbatio
    @Danbatio 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good work and thanks for the fun. I like to keep some distance to chemicals so I glad you do the work.

  • @Thumper1968
    @Thumper1968 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool stuff. Thanks for sharing and explaining everything.

  • @JericoHerculesProspectingLLC
    @JericoHerculesProspectingLLC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    New sub, I have watched hundreds of e waste to gold videos and yours was awesome

  • @ProjectDIYOz
    @ProjectDIYOz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome mate, thanks for the video. Fantastic as always. Keep up the great work!

  • @graffiti73
    @graffiti73 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You have a golden pea, Very cool 😁 Really enjoyed watching the process

  • @marqbarq5977
    @marqbarq5977 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So much work for such a tiny blob of gold, but it was a joy to watch.

  • @Traderjoe
    @Traderjoe 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are far smarter than you give yourself credit for! Very good video!

  • @johannesthe5th154
    @johannesthe5th154 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Nice video 👍
    Looking forward for the next one.
    Just wanna mention out some points.
    Adding the SMB to the gold solution is an exothermic reaction. You might have a boil over effect because this. My advice. Use a taller beaker.
    Also. The SMB reaction is kinda slow when the gold concentration is low. I noticed that the colour of the waste changed after you filtered it. Definitely a loss of gold there.
    My advice. Let is set over night. It will collect in the bottom of the beaker. Then filtration is not necessary. You can siphon of the liquid. Then test the waste with Stannous. (Tin2 chloride) so you are sure that everything is precipitated 👍

    • @user-qu9uq4zp3s
      @user-qu9uq4zp3s 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      СОГЛАСЕН!!!!!
      ПОТЕРИ там были!!!!!

  • @AUMINER1
    @AUMINER1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow! super cool that you got pure gold from recycling ! love it!

  • @peem1244
    @peem1244 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had a hunch you were a magician! You could make a wallhanging/framed picture with the remaining components. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and keep up the good work. :)

  • @555-xd1fo
    @555-xd1fo หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ‏‪0:29‬‏ the dream of anyone interested in electronics

  • @scardoesart
    @scardoesart 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was really fascinating stuff, even though it didn't produce much it was still a good experiment to learn how things work

  • @billbailey3980
    @billbailey3980 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for doing this. Really good to see how much waste went in versus the labor and the result. I can now stop dreaming about all the e-waste that has collected at my house. ;-)

    • @motivationstation1462
      @motivationstation1462 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      im now discouraged i was thinking of doing this

    • @joestalin2375
      @joestalin2375 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@motivationstation1462
      He had losses because of haste let the material soak and vibrate for a week then siphon the fluid out .

  • @emildandrea
    @emildandrea 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome, very informative and you saved me a heap of trouble!

  • @josephcormier5974
    @josephcormier5974 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job every little bit adds up so don't be discouraged you did very well for your first time let's see how you do on the rest two thumbs my friend

  • @hassanal-mosawi4235
    @hassanal-mosawi4235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for sharing that, it was fun watching!

  • @marty01957
    @marty01957 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really fun video, BBP! Thanks!

  • @danielstellmon5330
    @danielstellmon5330 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad you did it for fun. I had fun watching.

  • @vickipease6653
    @vickipease6653 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wicked cool! Absolutely love your videos!

  • @jakebrakejunky10-4
    @jakebrakejunky10-4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have always been interested in doing that as well. I have a ton of e-waste ive collected over the years. Maybe once I retire in will look into doing this so i will have all the time I need to do it. Would definitely like to see the rest of it processed.

  • @jasonford6607
    @jasonford6607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lot of aluminum/copper/brass in the rest of the "junk". Also worth $$. And a lot less processing! Love your channel!

  • @CreativeDailyWorks
    @CreativeDailyWorks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow amazing skills. Great job as always sir.

  • @franciscogimenez4178
    @franciscogimenez4178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video man, really glad to see the little gold pebel.

  • @HenryShiley
    @HenryShiley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    More interested in the copper separation, which is the bulk of the weight of the PCBs. Not to mention using that to cast brass/bronze parts for machining later. ;)

  • @mikepoint4983
    @mikepoint4983 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a cool video , and all the way you broke it down was fun to watch

  • @ramananmon1158
    @ramananmon1158 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your hardwork is really gold😍😍😍😍

  • @PoorMiners321
    @PoorMiners321 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    yes, bill all to this guy, another knowledge, lots of e-waste,thanks for sharing great video sir..

  • @call5sam
    @call5sam 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Make a go of the other components. Great content! Keep 'em coming!

  • @MrDiegoMieres
    @MrDiegoMieres 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The coolest guy in Internet. Very fun video!

  • @pmewUK
    @pmewUK 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely fascinating. Thanks 😊

  • @andymiller5611
    @andymiller5611 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very enjoyable and interesting video! I also like the narration - maybe you should incorporate more of it in your videos! As always, excellent work and keep it up! 🤘

  • @viktormironov3065
    @viktormironov3065 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's been very interesting to watch the video! Thank You very much!

  • @davidefogagnolo
    @davidefogagnolo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As an italian I love all the stuff from chinese stores, Lidl or Brico that you use, it's super recognizable lol

  • @YooProjects
    @YooProjects 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super collection my friend:)) Great video. New subject! I like it

  • @GrahamDallas
    @GrahamDallas 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant, really enjoyed this.

  • @abrahamcontreras9950
    @abrahamcontreras9950 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very intriguing and it'd be nice to see another video of you trying to do the same with the other scrap parts

  • @a0lxwzz
    @a0lxwzz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Chemist here, that was a fantastic process to watch!

  • @sperber-knives
    @sperber-knives 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video! Like it a lot when you talk to the camera 😎👍

  • @shanemcguire170
    @shanemcguire170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Suggestion: You might want to watch Sreetips and see how he does this. He has done this type of recovery a couple of times on this channel. You get a piece of gold about the size of a Green Pea.

    • @lazyjackass77
      @lazyjackass77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I also recommend Sreetips. Best all around precious metals recovery channel on TH-cam by far.

    • @jasonjennings8465
      @jasonjennings8465 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Watching how to melt the gold without torching it all away would have probably helped the yield for sure.

    • @lazyjackass77
      @lazyjackass77 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jasonjennings8465 there are also platinum group metals and silver inside the other components, as well as gold inside the chips themselves

    • @deskmat9874
      @deskmat9874 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's not even worth pursuing this guy in the video gathered electronic scrap for 10 years

  • @tattoos1988
    @tattoos1988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for sharing the process it was fascinating to watch it may be a little bit of gold but imagine if you did it all the time at the end of the week those little bits could add up to some serious money lol all the best

  • @patrickmorrissey2271
    @patrickmorrissey2271 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Haha! Very nice. Great job.
    Yeah, the cost of the chemicals alone, far exceeded your gold value....
    Still, it's super cool, to have that piece of gold, that you yourself, pulled out of old electronics....... The value of THAT, is priceless..... You DID it. No one can ever say, you couldn't do it... You did it....

  • @buffalobrando1288
    @buffalobrando1288 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was wild! Really cool video!

  • @bobjoncas2814
    @bobjoncas2814 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    ...looks like fun, good one, keep safe and have a great weekend..

  • @timtheflyguy
    @timtheflyguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are a Genius……..how do you know all of this…….Bravo!!

  • @robertmanley7556
    @robertmanley7556 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool to see !! I enjoyed it !! 👍👍

  • @Magius42
    @Magius42 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your work.

  • @noicue8078
    @noicue8078 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. 👍

  • @Chewy_GarageBandDad
    @Chewy_GarageBandDad ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank God a channel that speaks.

  • @RandomRestoration
    @RandomRestoration 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i really like your job and your method
    i have learned many things from you

  • @jeremyadam6947
    @jeremyadam6947 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video and great effort!

  • @geoffgolding3750
    @geoffgolding3750 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really interesting never new you could do that in a home environment

  • @The93Momo93
    @The93Momo93 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    pretty neat experiment, it's nice you managed to have fun :D

  • @bernardleighan3218
    @bernardleighan3218 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool experiment, glad I have not tried this. Please keep up the good work. God Bless.

  • @habbyhouse
    @habbyhouse 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved the video and subscribed.

  • @robertgrell486
    @robertgrell486 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good idea, recycling electronic parts 👍😉

  • @chinchenping
    @chinchenping 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    very interresting process!

  • @fredcrews7401
    @fredcrews7401 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was fascinating. Thank you 😊😊

  • @boumaarafboumaaraf8604
    @boumaarafboumaaraf8604 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank's bro .good job.

  • @washtap
    @washtap 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was fun. Thanks!

  • @henkvandebeek7921
    @henkvandebeek7921 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video and glad you did it

  • @bmha120
    @bmha120 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very enjoying to watch

  • @Stribogful
    @Stribogful 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You’re the the good perfomancer😊💪

  • @paulquinn4704
    @paulquinn4704 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was great, I can now bin all those bits I have been keeping for years 🤪

  • @Slayes_07
    @Slayes_07 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Realmente me encantó el proceso 😮

  • @jackdelancey248
    @jackdelancey248 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Enjoyable to watch 👍

  • @a.7642
    @a.7642 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you refine the silver, you can alloy it with the gold to make something called electrum. It's also known as green gold. It's really unique looking. You won't have enough for a ring, but maybe a small earring.

  • @angel2of7death
    @angel2of7death 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome experiment!

  • @YT_Abhishek
    @YT_Abhishek 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice & interesting experiment 👍🏻

  • @xPhillMcDx
    @xPhillMcDx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow - totally unexpected video but so excellent!

  • @KevinRay_man
    @KevinRay_man 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was so cool. Respect.

  • @derrickcordick1315
    @derrickcordick1315 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was awesome to watch

  • @davidchaney4193
    @davidchaney4193 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video man.

  • @flyod26
    @flyod26 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super Cool! Thanks!

  • @brightside5626
    @brightside5626 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It opens my mind

  • @josephabraham9081
    @josephabraham9081 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro this video is so awesome and entertaining to watch u did a wonderful job. But i can't imagine the patience and pain of the whole process of collection cutting removing and sorting 😵😵😵😵 it must be a hell lot of work right brooooo a big HATS OFF FOR THAT WORK BEHIND THE VIDEO