Circuit Breakers Loaded With Silver!

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Alright everyone! This video is (NOT) about the value of any possible circuit breaker you have, and you know the breaker is worth more! If new, don’t sell or use old circuit breakers in your home! Anyway! This video is to demonstrate where silver can be found, it’s just a little precious metals video, to show the public, silver is in many house hold products and items and materials! Thank you all for your feedback and your support!

[@Daniel12.4Ministry]

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[@markmueller8006]

Cool thanks always wondered

[@randythomas3478]

Cool. In the near future we may need this knowledge! Thank you!

[@JFEnterprize]

Who makes that scale? And what other increments does it do? Fact it goes 3 decimal places I must have it 🎉😂❤

[@joneastman5627]

May I ask,how many hours of your time did this take you Sir?

[@therustyduck5400]

Thats Awesome, glad I found you. Had a stroke a few months back, and looking for ways to make some money out of my shed. This looks like a great hobby and good for the mind. Gonna check out the rest of your videos. See what I can learn. Keepin' busy in the shed is the plan.Thanks

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Greatly appreciate your support, and thank you for subscribing!

[@michaelbielikjr6295]

I hope you heal and recover quickly. God bless.

[@joestalin2375]

Yup stay busy and creative,heal fast !

[@coincollectingfun]

Crushed the like button! Excellent video and thank you so much for sharing!

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Greatly appreciated, thank you

[@TreasureTimeX]

hello, im an electrician and have hundreds of old circuit breakers sitting at home, thanks to you i surely not throw them directly into the garbage now ;-) atleast i keep the metals from inside with these silvercontacts :)

[@keithgilltrap2652]

I work on HVAC and I bring home breakers, contactors, motors, and tons of copper. I save it up and on a rainy Saturday i'll tear it all down for anything valuable. I'll never get rich from it but it's something I enjoy and it's free money. Great video that I'm glad I found even three years later.

[@dystopianapprentice]

The thing about precious metals is they always increase in value, especially when government inflates the currency. Your $13 piece of silver you collected 2 years after this video is now worth over $20 and will continue to rise. Bravo, I loved the video.

[@everyday80sdude86]

I started buying silver when it was in the $15 range. 👍🏻😉

[@thomaswolf6507]

Gold keeps hitting new all-time highs. The dollar is nearly dead.

[@williammiller6043]

Thanks for sharing

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Thank you so very much! Greatly appreciate your support! Your kindness means allot! Three Thumbs Up! 👍 👍👍

[@jimmoravec1326]

Cool I like this kind of stuff, scraping is fun I started scraping in my early teens and I bought my first car from my aluminum pile

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Sweet! Great story! Proves my point Thanks 🙏 for watching

[@cranegantry868]

Very nice, I love collecting precious metals and melting them. Something pleasant about it. Loved your video.

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Greatly appreciate your support, your kindness! Thank you for watching! Thank you again!

[@kibubkibub]

I have access to many breaker but that looks like a lot of work, my time worth much more than $13. Thanks for the great vid .

[@PINKFL0YD-s2h]

Totally agree with you about this

[@denialphasebitcoin5639]

Exactly

[@katsdaddy]

Beats sitting in front of the tv

[@ScottyCrawford]

PAY ATTENTION. He didn't say he made $13, he said: 1) He collected 16.5 kilograms of silver in THE TITLE OF THIS VIDEO. 2) He got paid $800 for just one 1-kilo bar that he made from the silver he collected. I'm just so sick of lazy people who criticize other people on the stupid internet, I could puke!

[@robertwakefield7677]

AND..,.....,..all of the propane, chemicals,etc......😢

[@anthonybrau7399]

Wow...had no idea that those breakers had silver. Great video Martin....THANKS!!!

[@Cartiersilverdc]

Smelting is done for love of the art not the money. Stop being trolls. It's a great hobby.

[@Watts1027]

@@Cartiersilverdc facts haters will always hate. He just made free money and is living rent free and people’s head.

[@joegonzales7509]

Enjoyed watching this 👍🏽

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Thank you, appreciated

[@Clark-Mills]

When I was young, in the early 70's, my dad would buy all sorts of mechanical junk (going for nothing, no bidders) at auction for me to pull apart. One thing I heard about but never got was a bunch of relays; he bought a crate of them for $1. After the auction a guy approached him and offered $100 for the box, which dad happily took. After the deal the guy said that the contacts on those relays were platinum.

[@carljam9067]

Dad was a VERY smart man!

[@kennardchristensen4303]

My wife gripes cause I don't throw nothing away, I salvage anything and everything, love doing it

[@danielhughes396]

I don't know why they don't get it. It's free money bro

[@ghettocowboy993]

Everything is useful

[@ghettocowboy993]

If you have a brain

[@Cjohn31]

I also do , it's a hobby not a money making thing for me and I learn alot.

[@joestalin2375]

​@@danielhughes396you're not supposed to love anything else,buy her something with the money?

[@anned8634]

With silver on Tungsten sponge, you melt the contacts with lead and that will draw the silver into the lead button and the Tungsten sponge will float on the lead/silver and leave very little silver on the Tungsten sponge. To remove the lead you use bone ash and the lead will be absorbed into the bone ash and the silver will make a bead that you can pick out. I got 3 55 gal drums of 100+amp industrial breakers and recovered over 6 pounds of silver from them. The company found out I had recovered them from the dump and never dumped anymore. That was no big lose to me as i recovered $1000s of scrap metals a year that they dumped over the years. I worked for them during the day and after work would stop at the dump and fill my truck with scrap and take it to the scrapyard and sell it.

[@travismiller5548]

Not worth exposing yourself to the cadmium

[@Dpowell28]

What has cadmium? Is there any PPE to protect from it?

[@LEBANON707]

Great smelting experience with a nice result & detailed instructions - TX

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

@@LEBANON707 your very welcome! Thank you 4 watching

[@chuck56176]

Great video! Nice silver button! Super videography!

[@NativeSon60]

Thanks for your positivity dude. More people should do interesting things like this. Im heading out to my Shed after Coffee.

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

@@NativeSon60 sweet dude! Freaking appreciate the love! Thank you very much for watching!

[@trapperthescrapper6232]

good man. it all adds up.also,thanks for all the good vibes at the end

[@vulcanbespock]

Super job!

[@chadwick634]

Well done Martin and thanks for the instructional video. 🤙

[@davidcarlisle3384]

Well it is pretty pure. I hit the like button my friend 👍😊.

[@tiffanybarnes5754]

Nice job I been saving gold and silver in the same fashion now I think i can smelt it out thanks

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

@@tiffanybarnes5754 your very welcome! Greatly appreciate your support and kind words! Thanks for watching!

[@thomaswolf6507]

Won't throw another breaker away now :P I'm a stacker getting into prospecting and refining. Well done.

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

You can do it! Greatly appreciate ya! Thank you

[@LarryLaird-if6sc]

Glad to be associated with you because you have a great attitude 😊

[@johnnydavenport2015]

I scrap out hundreds of breakers and save all the good parts .I have three large Folger coffee cans full of the silver buttons but they are still attached to the other materials.

[@robbackert2606]

Awesome video. Thank you so much for that. You've definitely inspired me...

[@NathanielA210]

Your awesome brother do what you do and God bless ya brother

[@DarrylDigger]

$13.00 bucks for ALL that work and resources/materials! Not to mention breathing in all the toxins. Great hobby!

[@sadnessinside123]

Great info. Great video

[@jeremybrooks5553]

I love it , it's fun , I do it year round , I strip large wire and collect circuit breakers and boards

[@Cjohn31]

I have a load of circuit boards about 20 percent de populated ( I'm sure you which percent I'm talking about) I was going to eventually separate all the metals from them but now I'm just wanting to get them gone ,any idea what I should do with em

[@tombo6003]

I had fun watching ! Thanks !

[@jennibartlett2029]

Fun watching, are you serious, I fail to see the fun factor, are you brain injured or born stupid, wtf!

[@OtisBradshaw-jt2fk]

Excellent video 👍 you taught me just what I needed to know ! You explained the process very well and it was easy to understand ! Can't wait to see what you go for next 😉

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Otis, thank you so very much! Man, I greatly appreciate your input, it brightened my day! Honestly! Thank you! Greatly appreciate your support and subscription! Three thumbs up 👍 👍👍

[@tiedtight6895]

I'm a HVAC contractor bro.. Great information...I'm on it💯💯💯

[@ryanfelix5843]

Thanks for the information!! Great video!!

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Thank you 4 watching

[@nealruth664]

Great video. Thanks, I'll never look at a old breaker the same.

[@tayninh69]

My wife also complains about the same thing.

[@Stinow]

AB SELECT START! Great video man :)

[@NexusNebulaGamings]

1st Time visited you Channel and i Love it

[@djdod2926]

go ahead bro, thanks for your Video, very nice😀😀

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Many many thanks

[@leannetregonning8606]

Thanks for your time and input 👍🏽

[@davehicks2139]

I liked it! good job!

[@lewislyon4726]

Awesome video!!!!

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Thanks!!

[@waynoswaynos]

Nice one friend, I've been collecting these but have not process them. That was a nice idea melting the button off of the metal part with the torch. I had a bit of a search and actually, tungsten can alloy with silver, but not easily. So maybe picking them out is not so important. Just scraping them to the high side of the melt dish and pouring them off would do the trick.

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

@@waynoswaynos you’re the best, thanks for the great words. I appreciate it. Also appreciate you watching and your feedback! I did pick allot out thru the process Off cam, it’s easy with it’s molten, you can see the ones that won’t melt but lose the silver coating in the process, so even the tungsten ones or the plated iron or plated steel ones, the plating is silver so your not ever losing! It’s always a net gain in silver!

[@N7VAN...]

Love the Detex station in your video!

[@willbart1236]

Three hours of labor. A bottle of propane- $7 All for $13 worth of silver. You’re killing it..

[@michaellind3653]

Yup, massive waste of time and effort when you could easily make $100+ for just going to work let alone working for yourself

[@BigCheech-wy9os]

Why you hating? The guy enjoys it who are you to judge him

[@richardmccallum2735]

@@BigCheech-wy9os damn rest a second and put it on your shoulder your jaws must be getting sore.

[@willylickit8694]

Fuckin people are harsh lol you wasted 16:42 watching the video to talk shit this is great

[@Jennifer-un7qo]

And yet, here you are. 9 subscribers, no videos. He has almost 10k subs, and over 200k views on this video alone. His profit just from this video is probably more than your monthly income. Youre killin it man....

[@joshfogelson7335]

Great job thank you very much

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Thank you for watching and greatly appreciate your support!

[@audegottoeaudegottoe363]

Have @Wonderful New Year's !//thanks

[@patriciamcclanahan2114]

Thanks for your knowledge

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Thank you, 4 watching

[@bnrdiscounts9293]

great job

[@FASKY2788]

Great Stuff, ThanX!

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

You're welcome! It was a blast to make!

[@Bigphil727cashisking]

Thank you

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

You're welcome

[@joeybrown2089]

Nice breaker clean-up.

[@theaussienurseflipper.8113]

Gr8 vid mate

[@bobsunkees3392]

If you are having fun with it and a little money 💰 do it I keep a bucket for small piece of copper etc and once I get it half full I have to go to the scrap yard. So keep doing your thing.

[@susangortva7939]

thank you. I shared this with my son.

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Wonderful! Thank you for watching! Greatly appreciated

[@bradthompson8194]

Now that is recycling , love it

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Appreciated! Thank you very much

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Much appreciated! Thank you

[@00buck2]

save the money you paid for propane and electricity and go buy a one Oz silver round.

[@SeanTyree-f4o]

Really not that much money using propane and electric to do that.

[@visionofwellboyofficial]

It's better than nothing or even worse, letting them end up in landfill.

[@BackPorchMods]

And just fun experience

[@MrSprintcat]

Really, the guy is having fun 😅😅😅

[@silver_salvage_savage]

I dissolved one troy ounce of contacts collected from relays I got at the junkyard. They worked out to be about %60 ish silver. Started with 31.1g contacts and yielded a 19.6g silver button.

[@travismiller5548]

Did you XRF? Were the contacts alloyed with cadmium? 😬

[@silver_salvage_savage]

@travismiller5548 did not xrf. Alloyed with something.....had a milky white sediment after I dissolved them. Could be tin oxide, though. I'm not positive. Definitely had some copper alloyed as well. I didn't melt the raw contacts as the small size made it an ideal size already. My understanding is when cadmium is heated/melted is when it gives off toxic fumes.

[@elmersizemore3574]

I Appreciate the tip God bless you keep on keeping on No matter what the haters say pay them no mind and just let there words run off you like water off a ducks back!

[@BigCheech-wy9os]

Dont listen to the Haters.. You keep doin you, If you enjoy doin it and you make a lil profit Have Fun!

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Awww man thank you for the love! Many haters! The video was made to just show people, that precious metals are were you least expected them to be! It’s not about getting rich, it’s about silver and gold and platinum and palladium! I was just helping! Now I made way more on video profits then the silver 20000% But I appreciate you and your support! You made my day, and I thank you 🙏!

[@tom-c1j2p]

lotta work but as a hobby, why not, good job !

[@michaellind3653]

seems like an absolute massive amount of effort and time for less than $15 of silver

[@ChrissyLarson]

Depends if your doing little breakers like he did it's some work. I get industrial breakers and starters for electric motors. There starters I get have 12 big points that weigh almost 2g each so I'm getting a ounce in about 6 min from the starters . The 600 and 1000w breakers have sometimes 3 but usually closer to 2oz per. So personally if I get 2 of each i can get 6 oz in under 45 min. And I'm in Canada our price is $31 per oz

[@michaellind3653]

@@ChrissyLarson how in hell are your price per ounce different from the international spot price? I'm honestly curious! Do you have a ton of taxes added in there some place?

[@TheogRahoomie]

@@michaellind3653no it’s cause the Canadian dollar is weaker than the USA. $1 Canadian dollar is less than an American dollar.

[@tyfreeze6600]

Not to mention destroying $500 worth of breakers. SMFH

[@donaldbedore3026]

Nice dude that's great

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Thank you for watching, greatly appreciate your support!

[@HappyGilmore-v6w]

It's a great thing that you do cause if you didn't it would end up in a landfill. I am a scrapper myself but I never new there was silver in breakers like that I have a ton of those things.

[@ScorpionMetals]

Good video. I scrap them on a regular

[@Rob-vi9vr]

Thank you very much for your presentation regards silver,, aswell it was a joy to watch as I noticed that you have fun and joy in your curiosity regards it,. Yes to gain some money but aswell the knowledge and understanding and pleasure in it,, that made me happy aswell

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@scott.c9587]

That's cool. Great video. Thank you for sharing

[@Thomas-em9du]

I'm in recovery too!!😊❤

[@tommyrichards3677]

Love this video!!! I just found you and hope to see more videos!!! Also liked how you incorporated the contra hack for infinite lives for 2players !!! ABAB SELECT START! Awesome ❤😂 thanks for the content.

[@JR-kk6ce]

Time is the one thing that can never be recovered. You can lose all your money and earn it back. However, not with time spent. When I was a child, all the futureists would tell us that in the future the measure of true wealth would be how much disposable time a person has. So, if the focus is to aquire knowledge, I would say your video was worth it. If it was too make a profit from the silver, I would say no. Still, friend, do whatever floats your boat. That's where the value really is at.

[@pons3050]

Thank you 😌

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

You’re welcome 😊

[@Gregory-w4y3l]

I love this information you gave me and on top of that it's a profit we'll earned.nevermind the haters there everywhere no matter what the hobby.ill be checking your video out.untill then keep keeping on.

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Greatly appreciate your response, Thank you for watching and your great comment! Hope you have a wonderful 2025! Thanks 4 subscribing!

[@ProspectorTripp]

Interesting way to recover the silver. It’s not pure Ag but still a fun project and worth recovering the alloyed silver. I recently scrapped house hold circuit breakers. I got 67g of contacts. I refined and got 20 grams pure silver.. roughly 1/3 the original weight. Good job sir thanks Peace Prospector Tripp

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

You did better then me! LOL 😆 but I’m impressed! Thank you very much for watching and your kind words! This was more of a show case, a how to or where silver is! Allot of people write terrible stuff, but don’t understand, I’m no professional! I’m just a man who lives the hobby, and wanted to share what I’m learning! Thank you again

[@ProspectorTripp]

@@GoldenpaydirtReviews understand.. I too am a professional Nonprofessional 😂

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Please PRESS THE LIKE BUTTON

[@billreith4176]

That's cool thank you

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

You are most welcome! Thank you for watching.

[@derrickturner8732]

This is totally awesome. I'm an electrician. Now I'm going to be a rich electrician

[@asiapartridge138]

Yeah you are not going to be rich lol newer breakers the contact is a silver alloy and youll need a skyscraper worth of breaker to get a decent amount of silver

[@Jack-n7c6p]

I love your videos

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Thank you jack! I’m coming back hardcore 2024! Rebrand and new things! Stay tuned! Again thank you so much

[@abelgonzales6405]

Great job good work,if silver hits over a thousand dollars a ounce,mmmmm

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

That would be cool

[@Strictlyfishin76]

This is awesome!!!!

[@66chubbs]

I just subscribed, shared and yes i am interested in a new hobby and i get to make a few bucks doing it...thanks for youe clips

[@ghettocowboy993]

Cool thankyou

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Your very very welcome

[@HighGradeTexan]

Got a buddy in Dallas does big electrical shut downs. He gets those huge disconnects with big ass tear drops of silver. He just melts the contacts into a bucket of water. Interesting look into that whole world

[@שלמהשלייפר]

Not everyone owns such a box of machinery needed to perform this, and I am sure that your time is also worth something. Wish you the best.

[@richpederson6691]

Great video 👍

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Thanks for the visit

[@anthonymarande8361]

rock on brother

[@JohnSeaward]

It's about learning how to salvage silver and the in expected places and at the time this video was done silver was a moderate price, but as of Oct/24 prices of silver have sky rocketed, along with all other precious metals, so with that said thank you for the video, editing is a pain lol, thanks for the information

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

You're very welcome! Silver is now super hot. It's crazy to think of all that silver sitting in those breakers.

[@ewastemike7700]

New sub here, i have about 250lbs of breakers. Just no time to play with. Great video.

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Thanks for the sub!

[@akexwilliams107]

Where you at? I’ve got time and a lot to add to them

[@georgeparrault9945]

Some May say $13 not much, But You did more than Sitting around watching TV.

[@kleetus92]

So.... how did we determine it's purity? Because it's shiny?

[@KurtOnoIR]

Lol yes I missed the part where it turned to pure silver. Must have happened in the crucible 😂

[@gregchewie3059]

I hope youre also collecting the copper & brass in all those breakers!!!

[@ryanjohnson3615]

Cool! I'm gonna be rich! My apartment building has a ton of these stuck in this weird metal medicine cabinet!

[@johnjohns2333]

Thank you very much for the info!

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

My pleasure!

[@SilverScorpion]

Super cool

[@ewastemike7700]

What up Silver :)

[@andrewvogel5344]

If it is not 100% silver and some of them are silver plated then it's not pure silver but use nitric acid and then once you have everything dissolved in nitric acid that has been diluted in distilled water you can stick a piece of copper in there and precipitate the silver as cement silver which is generally 98 to 99% pure after it all has submitted out on the copper filter it and rinse until all of it comes out clear and then take that and melt it it's far quicker and far more efficient to do it that way and in the end you end up with a far more pure product

[@johnhaaff5930]

Personally I am a fan of cupelletion, for anything 99.9% or under. A common earth metal like zinc, tin, or lead, and a bone ash cupelle some heat and you are done. To get 99.99% or better (medical grade), acids and pretty much a lab setting is the only way.

[@JamesWayne-kn1yg]

This process is highly inefficient.

[@scottdenley2022]

Nice

[@albing1397]

You should try to get a bunch of old Allen Bradley Bulletin 709 and 509 starters/contactors. They have easily removable contact sets that are heavy with silver.

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Okay! That’s my new goal! Thank you! For the feedback and 4 your support!

[@CliffordOliveiraJr]

The secret to making money scrapping is optimizing effort verses profit😮

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

You already know it!

[@Hill-13]

The contacts that look like waffles more than likely have tungsten in them, you can process them with nitric acid ( longer boil required) then cement out with copper

[@jerrymahilom-sw1hu]

Is it true that some contact of breaker is white gold? when you test in the stone test like gold it will not remove from the stone

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

I do not know! But I call that bluff! Too much money to add gold! I’m saying no! But I’ll check one day!