How to Recover Gold with A/P Acid peroxide method for gold fingers and gold plated boards easily.

[@MysticRey2414]

Thank you. Simplest gold recovery video I’ve seen yet and I’ve watched a ton. Very pleased with your video

[@stephensummitt6645]

I used this method and have recovered quite a bit of gold. I use a candle warmer to speed up the process. Cleaning it up has been time consuming because most of the gold flakes like to float at the top. I recommend let it settle before pouring it out. Great video and thank you for the directions..

[@michaelhart5143]

Dope video yo subscribed🎉

[@kpopRC]

cool. still proably a good idea to get a resperator. regardless of you running your vapour out the door. just lookin out for ya! interesting video.

[@Abstract415]

Moose you're my hero! Seriously, you break it down so anyone can understand the process & have answered many questions I have had through your videos. Thanks and keep up the good work. You truly are performing a public service here, so many others would have to of found this out through trial & error, spilling acid, burning themselves & being involved in dangerous processes and you have saved me at least from a lot of that type of grief. Thanks again Mr. Moose, you're the greatest!

[@moosescrapper5928]

Glad I could help! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@TheFalconJetDriver]

I took your advice and did not try this at my home, I went to my neighbors to conduct the experiment.🤪

[@bryangarrison9447]

LOL!

[@scrapthatwithmatt9520]

TheFalconJetDriver 😂👍🏽

[@r-arts5628]

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[@mountainchild9322]

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[@moosescrapper5928]

I do this as a hobby so I find it worth it. For the average person, there really is not a whole lot of effort into it. Your costs can be less than $10. I think that it can be absolutely worth the effort.

[@nicolaevasile9997]

bun film moose din comentarii am inteles solutia acid clorhidric 5 parti peroxid 1 este foarte buna nu dizolva aur care este sfatul tau ....multumesc anticipat

[@Lccastaldo]

Wow! 😁 Now I know what to do with all those circuit boards.... Thank you! Aren't chemistry and metallurgy great?

[@moosescrapper5928]

To the best of my knowledge, most gold recovery operations do not use AG to recover the foils from fingers. There is the possibility of ending up with more base metals than otherwise. Processing with A/P is also a whole lot cheaper as well. And safer lol!! Thanks for watching!

[@gregorycain8566]

I liked seeing the whole process from start to finish in a single video. Glad you shared~ Keep up the good work!

[@moosescrapper5928]

Thanks for watching! The type is regular 3% H2O2. Found at any drug store or pharmacy. The volume ration is 2:1 acid:peroxide. Thanks

[@dannyalbert8000]

Can a river sand contain a gold.

[@JoeyFuknD]

Watched the video with my 10 year old daughter (who loves a good science project!) we really enjoyed it! Thanks for the video!!!!

[@desmondbradley7954]

Issue #1, you never add water to acid, never ever. Peroxide is mostly water. Adding water to acid can cause explosions due to sudden heat generation. Always add the peroxide first, then slowly add the acid. It does not matter if you know the strength of the acid you are using. Always SAFETY First!!! This may not happen with the dilute concentrations you are using here, but why even take a risk that you could cause fires and or explosions if the acid you bought happened to be a lot stronger by accident of the manufacturer. This I remember from 9th-grade Chemistry taught by Mr. McClure ;)

[@StevenHanover]

My great grandfather name was Jasper McClure. Not sure who he was maybe different guy. Anyway, is it possible to dissolve a whole bag of pennies and then collect the copper somehow. I hear 1987 or older pennies every 1000 of them is worth 300 dollar in value? Smelting the final stage...?

[@buggsy5]

@@StevenHanover Yes, you could dissolve the pennies in acid and the selectively precipitate the copper. But the chemicals would cost more than the total amount that you could get for the copper. It was never true that US pennies were worth that much. At today's copper spot price, the 1983 and before pennies have a melt value of about $0.02 - in other words, double face value. So 1000 pennies would have a melt value of roughly $20.00. That is why there are so many copper pennies still in circulation, it just doesn't pay to melt them down as scrap.

[@SP-rj9zg]

FINALLY! Someone said it! Thank you!

[@DorsetMushroomHunter]

​@@SP-rj9zgffs pouring water into 32% HCl is perfectly safe.

[@wadeo4263]

I watched a video on how to gather gold foils and I read your comment and it's lucky I did,not that vinegar and salt can go boom,thanks

[@colleenhicks614]

Thank you for making the video. I needed to know how to do it. Thanks do much

[@petros66133]

how many % is HCl and how many % is H2O2? thanks :)

[@my2centz196]

I'd imagine the hydrochloric acid is probably around 30% and the hydrogen peroxide looks to be 3% however I've only tried 35% myself although I plan on trying the 3% to see if I can save.

[@woodworkingandepoxy643]

He literally says it in the video

[@charlestoweh1613]

31% and 3%

[@moehall6797]

HiMoose, I don't have any questions. I just wanted to say than for the bid, the info, and the technique because it has helped me a lot since I had a lot of old comp hardware that piled up. I had been curious over the last couple of years and wondered if the rumours about gold in comps was actually true. It is true and your method is the easiest, safest and best way to recover that lovely gold. Once again thank you and keep those vids coming!!!!!!

[@firespawn0006]

I liked it. Very informative

[@janetnwonderland]

I am fascinated. I had no idea that people were able to recover gold from finger boards and other objects. I probably would not be interested in doing something of this nature myself, but I sure live watching the videos on it. I thought it was a rather informative video. Will be watching more.

[@mikepezz3553]

Hey moose is it ok to use air bubbler and AP

[@moosescrapper5928]

hi and thanks for watching. This is both! It can be a fairly inexpensive hobby, and it can be a decent money maker. I do this as a hobby. To make good money you would need a large volume of material to process, and i do mean large. I typically only run these processes twice a year when i have enough material to get a nice ingot at the end. You can get yourself set up to process a lot of differnt types of gold scrap for less than $150 and to break even would only need 3 grams of gold.

[@MrJohnboyBurns]

Nice job sir thank you!

[@matthewbishop6385]

Hey there, just to let you know that I appreciate the time you have given. Some people are just not from the states, sorry about that. The video has helped me. Thanks

[@47burke]

Hey Moose. I live in the U.K, Muratic acid is called Hydrocloric acid over here. It only comes in pure form for a large price and lots of red tape, or you can find it in Patio cleaner at a lower grade 27%approx. Would this make a difference to make an A/P solution ? or is a trial and error situation??????????????????? p.s You are a legend

[@moosescrapper5928]

+47burke That should work just fine

[@poosmate]

Oh excellent! I can get chemicals without the worry of the SAS smashing through my windows n doors! Thanks 47burke! Poo

[@healthbeauty7853]

alot of acids have been restricted due to the acid attacks, but you can make hydrocloric acid by combining sodium bisulfate and salt.

[@wadeo4263]

Good video mate,it was verry helpful,thanks for sharing your knowledge on how to get the foils without using nitric acid.

[@backwoodsbill3625]

You make it look easy. Thank you for taking the time to post it. I am interested in scrapping gold and silver.

[@toma5783]

I enjoyed watching your videos. They were very educational. I especially like the part at the end where you talk about other videos and how others go about doing what you're doing differently. I love the way you are sharing with the world how to make money, whatever the amount. Keep up the good work!

[@JohnnyAyala-ok5xj]

Moose, I want to thank you. I've been saving so much E- waste so one day I could do this myself. Thank you for the information in your video 👍. Sincerely Texas.

[@moosescrapper5928]

Thank you or watching and props to you for getting your ten year old involved in science!!! Awesome! You can never start too young!

[@moosescrapper5928]

AWESOME! Just remember, gold is very valuable in very small ammounts. When recovering gold from ewaste, it really does take a lot of things to make just a little gold. Also the older the better! Thanks!

[@patricktrudeau2680]

Thanks Moose. I am starting to recover gold from RAM sticks and experimenting with stripping the boards. I've been using sheers to trim the fingers and I hope the blisters are worth it. I've been lucky in getting my scrap for free so any yield will be great. Keep up the videos.

[@phoenixrestorations315]

Great channel. would this same process work for gold plated cups and plates? and what about silver? I mean will the acid eat silver or could it be used on silver plated items too?

[@moosescrapper5928]

Hi there, this process would not work for cups and plates, I have a seperate video for that. That type of material has the gold directly on the porcelain. This materail, there is a layer of nickel and copper under the foils, thats what this process does is remove the foils. This process should work on silver as well, like silver/tin fingered ram etc. Just keep in mind that silver is only worth about $17 an ounce, and it takes a lot of material to make an ounce, in that instance, it may not be worth it.

[@phoenixrestorations315]

Moose Scrapper Ok I watched that one too and i think it is awesome. Have you tried either method with those gold plated sports cards, dollar bills or stamps? they look like they are covered in gold so it may be worth a try. also will the acid bleach process work for silver plated cups and how would i precipitate the silver out?

[@MASTERSAIS]

thanks for the info love how you explain everything unlike some videos that just show you what to do with only music in the audio. you explain everything and why things are done in certain ways

[@goofyboots4life]

Great video man. You explain your steps well and your delivery is genuine. Keep on keepin on.

[@moosescrapper5928]

Thanks!

[@Natnatv333]

Good video! Very informative and helpful, like your sense of humor!

[@moosescrapper5928]

Mike the scrapper from Greece!! With a name like that you have some pretty big shoes to fill! lol Thank you for watching and the total days i had the fingers in the solution was 3.

[@donlafarge4105]

Thanks Moose, these are very clear and concise videos and I have learned a lot from them even though I,ve been scrapping many years.Thanks again.Jim.

[@davidhoover8877]

Thanks for being so informative. Clearly this is mainly a hobby for most because after all the time that is invested in this process a person could work for min. wage and make this small amount of money. Plus you stated its a mixture of 10, 12, 14kt so I can't see this being lucrative for myself. If I had time to burn then maybe so. Thanks once again for giving an estimate on the weight, it looked like 20 grams.

[@moosescrapper5928]

Great!!! One quick word of advice, try to read before asking questions, they can be a bit......um...easily frustrated is the most polite way I can put, with people who they feel do not do enough research before asking questions. I have found that the site has the answer to ALL of my questions, I just need to keep looking. Thanks!

[@avantijr.304]

Hello first of all congratulations for the good job ur doing, ur experiment is very simple and clearly understandable from now on am one amongst ur fans am Samuel in East africa Tanzania

[@georgeyounger3861]

Thank you for making gold recovery more simpler

[@ervinabdic3888]

great vid man loved it. i actually went home and grabbed three old computers and stripped them clean much appreciated :)!

[@georgerichardson964]

Watched it a few times and love how you correct your mistakes via a comment. As for all these owning negative people just ignore them !!!!!!!! They all think their experts.

[@moosescrapper5928]

Hey, everyone makes mistakes. The worst mistake is not being able to admit you made one and learn from it. Thanks for watching!

[@moosescrapper5928]

Thats a great resource for scrap! Thanks for watching!

[@danthompson1m]

This was great. Thanks for sharing. You were a good teacher here, without assuming any prior knowledge.

[@Maepis]

Great video. Gives me and my dad something to work on now. Thanks for taking the time to provide this.

[@yarintaylor5040]

Great job , easy to follow instructions and clearly spoken !

[@BigBellyEd]

Super cool video! One of the best out there for this process!

[@moosescrapper5928]

Thanks for the compliments! I will make that video as soon as I get some of those tv's!

[@johnforker3113]

That was fascinating! Home chemistry. Not sure where you amass large quantities of finger boards but this is fun stuff.

[@bryanholder1329]

I love the gold snow globe. Also a good idea for a way to hide your gold flakes in plane sight for those who stock pile it for a long time. Just make sure your gold snow globe has a theme to explain the reasoning for the gold and not white flakes. hahaha good luck.

[@TheWickedclown101]

Im loving this channel

[@moosescrapper5928]

I thin kthat reading Hoke is possibly the most helpful thing you can do to help establish a strong base knowledge for gold recovery. As for the watch pieces that are magnetic, put it is HCL and put the HCL pyrex on a hot plate until the temp is just under boiling. Depending on how much base metal there is this could take a few hours.

[@ΠαναγιωτηςΣαριδακης-ω8ν]

congratulations with TWO HUNDRED ML HYDROCHLORIC ACID and OXYGEN ONE HUNDRED MY CAN I TAKE OUT THE PINS I HAVE? I DON'T NEED ANY OTHER CHEMICAL CORRECTLY I DON'T KNOW ENGLISH IT TAKES THREE HOURS TO COME OUT CORRECTLY? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

[@ΠαναγιωτηςΣαριδακης-υ9η]

CONGRATULATIONS FTHLEMOS I AM NOT ASHAMED TO TELL YOU THAT I AM FROM GREECE WE ARE EIGHT HUNDRED YEARS OLD IN GROWTH AND HEALTH

[@00solman]

Just found you! Enjoying it! Thank you.

[@christopherthomas8237]

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!! THAT WAS TRULY ONE OF THE BEST VIDS FOR SCRAPPING GOLD I'VE EVER SEEN. LOL TOTALLY ENTERTAINED. AND THANKS IT WORKED THAT EASILY WHEN I DID IT. I JUST SUBSCRIBED TO YOUR CHANNEL

[@moosescrapper5928]

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING!!!!

[@moosescrapper5928]

Awesome!!! That is what I was looking for in a response!! Best of luck to you!

[@moosescrapper5928]

If you leave solder in there, you change the outcome of the solution. A nasty gel can form trapping fold foils making it MUCH more difficult to recover. I find that those piece are typically very thin and easy to cut with a pair of scissors. I just cut out the large gold parts. Now also remember that those pieces are most likely flash plated, so the gold there is going to be EXTREMELY thin. Thanks!

[@area46241]

Nice video Moose, you took some of the mystery out of the process. I'm looking forward to more of these you're a great teacher

[@chr0nicb0red0m]

Great video. I use tin snips for cutting the fingers off of bad modems and things, I've been doing that for years. Time to pull out the tub of fingers and start them soaking! Thanks!

[@ShotTower1]

Thanks very much, I am doing a lot of reearch and just picked up Hokes' book but it's always good to ask a few questions when confused. All the best :)

[@nloa6b]

Just a gram of gold that is a gram more than you had before you started.I like the way you don"t get all the fumes like with other acid ways.Your way is a little slow there is always a trade off .Will just have to do 2 to3 batches at a time.Thanks for the vid.

[@cryptic3130]

You say this isn't a instructional video but so far it looks like it maybe cuz ur a good communicator, greaylt video!

[@moosescrapper5928]

You can use a hot sand bath. It is a pan with about an inch of sand in it on a fire, gas grill, or something like those. Once the sand is about 450 degrees F you place the boards flat on the sand fo a minute or so. The sand will loosen the componants so that you can just scrape them away into another pan.

[@SuperPlat1num]

cool tutorial,,I was wanting to know how to recover foils

[@billybbob18]

I instinctively held my breath and squinted when you brought the camera close to the mixture. lol

[@moosescrapper5928]

lol

[@makism48]

nice and understandable methode...! please tell me finaly how many days you left the gold fingers in the solution..??? are they cleans completely from the gold...? THANKS VERY MUCH..! Mike the scraper from Greece..!

[@moosescrapper5928]

can't wait to see the pic!! and if you are getting nitric at $90 for 6 gallons you are getting an absolute steal!! You could turn around and resell for at least 6 times tha much

[@nonbankfiddle]

getting nitric acid is definitely something im worrying about, thanks for the info

[@moosescrapper5928]

That is fine, Originalfeets channel has a video on doing just that. The only issue is that you are pulling off the copper and nickel with it. The gold layer is extremely thin so what you have only maybe a 10th of it is gold. That makes it harder do find a value. Thanks

[@moosescrapper5928]

the boards start smoking because there are toxic chems that can be released. You can use a camp stove as well. It helps to build up a foil wall aroud the tray to prevent heat loss from wind.

[@westmibaddrivers2573]

When i first found this channel a year ago, I began saving.. Scrapping anything electronic. Copper, aluminum, Gold, circuit boards, planted finger connectors. Even a small jar of gold foiled Glucose strips, but they went to silver shortly after I started saving them.. now have a big jar of silver strips, but i need to spend a day removing the glue using goo gone. Thats how I did the gold strips. Someday I might process it. I have just over 12 ounces of small finger scrap, so I figure once the gold is removed I might end up with 1/3rd to 1/2 ounce of the good stuff.. Just gotta figure out the best way and where to do it.

[@moosescrapper5928]

I can't, I don't get nearly enough ewaste for it. You can make a living scrapping though and gold recovery can be part of that. THanks!

[@moosescrapper5928]

Good question! I don't know! lol I've never seen diabetic test stuff. Can you post a pic or video response with images of some? Thanks!

[@paulwarren6005]

Hey Moose; Great video! My Grandfather was right! If you live to be 100 you will learn something new each day!! Thanks for posting it!!

[@backstageproduction285]

Hi Moose Scraper.. I like the way you explain every step of the process.

[@classof65musiclover]

Hi Moose; Great video,never thought of muriatic for that. I think to be safe you should use a funnel when pouring acid at any time, especially ithe the large jug. Also a face shield or goggles may look silly but you only get two eyes protect them at all cost..Thanks bill

[@moosescrapper5928]

That is a very common question, unfortunately a hard one to answer. You need a good pound or trimmed finger boards to get anywhere from 1-3 grams depending on type, age, etc. Older stuff will have thicker plate. If you process every inch of the machine (hard to do) you can get a gram of gold out of maybe 4 pc's. If its an old 486 or earlier then you can get more than 1 gram out of just one pc.

[@wa4aos]

Well done video with narration and not sappy music..THANKS!!

[@camu7531]

I have found that around Christmas time people throw out their old computers after they purchase a new one.. Check on the bulk trash pick up days in your town and precede the truck!! This is the easiest way to go. I have gotten 100's of old computers this way. As the old saying goes: One man's trash is another man's treasure... DONT'T BE SHAMED!!! You are looking out for #1, YOU!! Carl

[@boodogtom7599]

Good video, thanks for making it. I just tossed out 4 old PC's and now I know better.

[@davidprater723]

That was cool, easy to follow. I saved it so i can refer to it when i am ready to try it. Show an easy way to test for gold silver etc. Thanks, again, ill be looking for your next one

[@cmodena7114]

I like your videos, easy to understand and I'm eventually try this. I need to get people to give me there old electronics first. I'd like to see you melt what you have collected into a weighable form of gold. I'd also like to see what happens when you go to sell your gold, and how to find someone trustworthy to sell your gold to, and test the gold before selling it. Great videos, hope to see more

[@StackAndPrepper]

Very informative. I like how you explain the fine details of everything. Thanks very much!

[@shandani7215]

Thanks man. Really great to know where gold is used in circuit boards and other electronic stuff. But the time and work involved extracting it is far too much. Can you make a living from it?

[@josephdertinger9857]

great video, we're trying to learn all we can, do you have any ratio's for recovery have you done pins yet??

[@AndrewCollins2]

I have gold plated glass and metal beads. What process should i use to get the gold off of those? Do you think it should be the A/P method? You are very informative and i am just starting to learn about this gold recovery.

[@algaletsky4625]

Very good vid! What concentration is the peroxide? The most commonly available is the 3% diluated solution. Is that stuff strong enough or i should find something more concentrated? Thanks

[@moosescrapper5928]

I think its a good idea to start off small to develop a comfort level with the process and chems being used. If you feel confident though and want to try all the clean gold fingers at once by all means go ahead and try, the gold wont dissappear! lol. I have not done very much in gold recovery beyond using HCL. That being said, you can recover the gold with HCL and heat, I am working on that one as well, unfortunately I broke my coffee pots, the box fell off the shelf so need to find more.

[@moosescrapper5928]

Sounds like a wicked smart man! Thanks for watching!

[@moosescrapper5928]

Right....thats what I say in the video, you are not left with pure gold... This is gold "recovery" not "refining". Two different proceses. First you recover the gold from electronics, then you refine it with HCL and bleach precipitated with SMB. At that point you have about 99% pure gold. Thanks for watching!

[@nolanfoster6782]

Could you refine the gold by either running the AP since refining is taking out base metals, or just cupell it with lead since the amount of copper is not too big?

[@paulkerr2298]

thanks for that Moose,,, iv got loads of PC bits as iv been fixing them for 15 years and never binned anything :) time to got the snips out and start collecting..... Thanx Again

[@moosescrapper5928]

Thanks! I would normally do that however i am around it so little, I let the reaction occur outdoors and when inside I always have a fan blowing the vapors away. But you are right, there should be goggles and mask. Thanks for watching!

[@moosescrapper5928]

Solder can funk up the solution and make the recovery process harder. There are also many different types of solder, when working with chemicals its good to know exactly what you are dealing with so you can predict outcomes, problems, and waste. Thanks!

[@moosescrapper5928]

If you are melting foils, you need to have a lot to make a small bead. How much are you trying to melt?

[@judddavis2909]

Hi . Is the gold that you end up with at the end ready to sell or is there another step ? Thanks . Good video !

[@denniskastner4047]

Moose Scrapper, this is a first for me and I was wondering where to get or how to make a/p. Thanks!

[@JnaneshShenoy]

ThanQ sir, that was realy helpful.. could you plz tel, how to melt those foils further?

[@gunbuy]

Thanks alot! Really interesting video

[@moosescrapper5928]

Thanks!! Is there a drastic difference between fingers from RAM and PCI cards?

[@craighansen7594]

Cool, like it that you are not using nitric acid. Still, how about an exhaust fan and some eye protection?