Scrapping For Gold! Breaking Down E-Waste

Ion todays video I tare down some industrial lighting management equipment in search of golf finger electronic boards. We also recover a bunch of transformers in the process. Thanks for watching . #recycling #scrapping #scrap #copperwire #aluminum #diy #projectshopfl #copperking #generator #trailer #trailers #light #power #steel #transformers #e-waste #electronic
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[@thubprint]

Heyyyy, we’ve both got the gold itch in late summer! 😁

[@roadiez1]

It looks way more than you found in the creek! Didn't get that wet either(But can't beat the father/son time!)...

[@thubprint]

@@roadiez1 oh definitely!

[@andrewhowe7398]

I feel scammed 😮

[@ProjectShopFl]

Nice! I'm gonna hoard my gold for now. lol

[@scottm344]

E waste might be a way for you to expand man. Watch ewaste Ben from Australia and you'll see how much money can be made from it, especially if your able to start doing a bunch of pickups and I'd say in Florida all those schools, colleges and banks and offices and your work ethic you could do really well.

[@Opinionatedguy1989]

I second that. Shark scrapper is also good for him to talk to as he is local to project shop.

[@gregfridholm2136]

Sometimes expanding is a bad idea. Focus on what makes the easiest money and scale up on that!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@mehere6865]

E-waste Ben is definitely the person to watch on you tube regarding board salvage. the more chips the better.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@famousamoso7]

I love how every video starts with "Today on project shop, we are trying to clean up the shop today". :D 1 day there is going to be a video where it starts with "The shop is finally cleaned up"

[@joshp6061]

Nah that’s never gonna happen 😂

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

Cleaning up shop means we are bringing more in!

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂 Ok, now I have to make it my mission to clean the shop. lol

[@empirefinds]

Now that would be a funny twist

[@CanadianTreasureHunter]

Gold finger boards are good & back plane boards that the finger boards plug into are OK The rest is copper recovery shred, low grade boards, Prices back plane boards $3.45 Pound + Gold Finger Board $4.90 Pound Yours could be a little lower as they have Lots of Mosfets? Low grade green boards are $0.40 Per Pounds, Best plan would be grind them all up & shaker table them for Copper + Gold & other metals, Very hard to make wages not like your copper hauls

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info, I am gonna save them up for a future project.

[@scrapman502]

make sure you save those IC chips and LED's from the boards as well. They also contain gold wires inside them. You'll have to incinerate the IC's to get it out, and you'll need a lot of Ic's to make it worth doing. Once you get a few pounds of IC's together, you'll have a bit of gold you can hold in your hand.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I am gonna start stock piling boards

[@noNo-ps2xu]

27:57 😂 is that a desert eagle? Looks like you will never be caught lackin amazing video stay well

[@ProjectShopFl]

Yes, that's my .50 Desert Eagle. 😎 lol Thanks for watching 👊👍

[@rileymason3606]

Also mount baker mining and metal for grinders and shaker tables

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I love Jasons videos

[@twilkinson960]

Desktop computer cases, even if they are empty, sell for about two or three times what regular shred sells for. Just found that out the other day.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Really, where are you selling?

[@twilkinson960]

Trademark metals hear in east Tampa when I just have junk. I hate messing with steel but it builds up. CMS is currently closed while they rebuild the street. One thing I don't like about Trademark is that they always transfer everything into their containers.@@ProjectShopFl

[@twilkinson960]

I'm saving up copper and a few other things until CMS opens back up. Maybe better prices by then.@@ProjectShopFlThe prices over here are much less than the east coast.

[@greekgods3399]

love it

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you 👊

[@nikkolaus]

Buy Samsung SD cards.. They may be slightly on the more expensive side, but theyre bulletproof and work every time. I've run only Samsung 4k-compliant MicroSD cards in all my dash cams since 2016 and never had an issue.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info, I think I have been using scan disc cards from Best Buy. I will definitely look in to this. 👍

[@68Eric86]

The chips and other components are where the precious metals are. I think you are right in keeping them. There is a rare earth mineral refinery being built in Amarillo, TX, the first one of its kind in the US. Could have an impact on the recycling of circuit boards???

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@YzerWings]

You can clip those gold fingers and bulk sell those. Also the IC chips will have some gold. It does take a lot of chemicals, so may not be worth the money.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I'm gonna be stock piling the boards.

[@joshp6061]

A simple rule is the more chips the higher the grade. It’s definitely not a universal rule there’s other valuable pieces on boards like gold crystal oscillators and MLCCs but you can start with that

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@thadofalltrades]

Getting a hammer table would be cool

[@ProjectShopFl]

Been dreaming of getting on or making one.

[@morami1122]

cant wait to see the stator wrecker and the granulator fully set up!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Me too! lol Thanks for watching.

[@kevinbarnes8596]

A hammer mill and a shaker table would be a great addition to your shop and you can make a killing

[@ProjectShopFl]

Been wanting one for a while.

[@whiz31]

Those boards had what was called s100 connectors on there. That type of connector is circa 1980 to early 90s. Those connectors are gold plated. The best thing to do is to saw them off the board, and save them for later. Secondary processors will buy them like that. It's probably not worth your time and would involve chemicals to properly process. I did a lot of that E' scrapping though, and those transformers usually get one good whack for my hammer and everything will fall apart and you'll get a nice coil of number 2 copper and chunk of steel.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info.

[@ewaste-jd-preciousmetals3723]

Wow nice load of scrap.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👊

[@cuscrapping]

Looking forward to the livestream tonight!! You have some good value in those circuit boards...gold finger cards, backplane boards, some telcom boards. I heard from Shark that you have made initial contact...he is a great source of info for ewaste. I am willing to help as well. I really enjoy the ewaste side of the business and have made really decent money doing it. I can't wait to see this stator wrecker!!! See you tonight on live!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, sorry I had to postpone the stream

[@cuscrapping]

@@ProjectShopFl No worries! We all have stuff to deal with besides KZbin. 👍👊

[@iandrew6347]

Morning Sir from the U.K. just drinking ☕️☕️ watching your video

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for watching 👊

[@jr-a-cat]

Get a hold of Shark Scraper LLC up in Jacksonville he dose video's on all those kind of boards . Dealing with Boardsort is easy if you get it wrong they will up grade or down grade

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info.

[@jameswillis1788]

That long skinny thing is your power converter like the old föourscent lights

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@jameswillis1788]

@@ProjectShopFl You are welcome

[@rileymason3606]

Man you got a gold mine there. If you had the time ,you can cut the gold fingers off the boards and put them in a bucket with peroxide vinegar and salt ( watch shretips) for 30 days and sell gold flakes . I'm a microscrapper but can't afford the operation I want to have . Or look for a board buyer and or refiner

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I think I will just save them for a future video.

[@joob-jj6uv]

Low grade in Wa state I get 15 cents per pound. Mid grade Ive gotten 1.59 to 2.59. Time at 5:15 is low grade. 5:50 looks like a mid grade. E-Waste Ben has some videos about this since that is his style of scrap. Im not worried about the time or low amount per hour on microscrapping , I will pull off relays, transformers and the aluminum etc. 10:38 definatley mid grade. 11:55 low grade nothing really on it. But I'm just a hobby scrapper so ya know. Oh and those transformers with the steel plates, a nice machete and hammer works wonders. Canadian Treasure Hunter showed it on his channel.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@joek511]

Gold finger boards are mid to high grade. Been scraping elctronics for over 10 years. The gold finger on thoes boards, 2 to 5 dollars wotrth of gold. the chips also containg gold. Nice stuf. Power supply boards , lots of transformers, not worth much. Back pane boards, where the gold fingers plug in. Hard to tell, some have a whole lot of gold, others not much, some none at all. You mentioned board sort. Good people. We send / have sent piles of stuff. they pay more if it's sorted. At 18 minutes The gold finger boards with lots of IC chips, high grade. Other boards are mid grade / top left. Not sure what they are paying right now but they are a good company to deal with.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info.

[@joek511]

@@ProjectShopFl Your welcome. We sent 70lb boxes via UPS and we mixed it up. For example : RAM , Hard drive boards. Highest value then made up the rest with mid grade. On averge about $700 per shipping cost was about 10%. We might get a load of computers for 200 and make about 1500 - 2k. off the copper, Aluminum, steel and so on. It takes time but it's worth the effort

[@robertlivingstone3947]

very interesting video good job

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👊

[@reggielewis8458]

@shark scrapper deals with e-watse all the time. He has a channel as well plus he's a fellow Florida resisdent. He deals with board sort often might be worth linking up with...

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@rickstewart9716]

Another great video can't wait for your live!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, hope you enjoyed it.

[@silverlicious2086]

That e-waste stuff is really tedious. I've heard the computer "Chips" and the "gold fingers" are the valuable things to recover. Maybe the small nuggets of copper too. Very time consuming. The rest probably shred.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I'm just to gone stockpile them till I get a bunch.

[@taunusrunner3767]

the backplans are medium grade, i pay about 5 dollar/kilo in germany

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👊

[@johndaley9188]

Pulling chips and using a guillotine to cut the fingers off!!! Tedious.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I'd like to shred them one day.

[@charlespaschal25]

High Grade Boards can be worth $3-$4/Pound if you can find a precious metal recycling company.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@keithlanken9715]

Boards are graded on a "garbage to good" scale as I call it. Garbage being base metal bearing and good being precious metal bearing. Garbage are the brown boards as you can see a lot of transformers,aluminum, iron and plastic. I get about twenty cents per pound for them. Boards with ic chips is where the money starts to come in. Pricing can range from $.60/lb up to $7.00/lb.or more. Part of my last sale I had 267lb of nice old telecom boards that fetched $6.85/lb. Just like copper and steel, it's all about quantity or weight. If you don't get boards often then find a buyer and send em out. If you are going to be getting more and you have room LOL just start filling up a gaylord. Check with your yard, might be able to toss in brown boards with shredder.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info! Seems like you need tonnage to make decent money.

[@whitelupus_gaming628]

All of the little capacitors on those boards are alluminum

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@MrTomb1976]

That Ford that you pulled off at around the 10-minute mark you flipped it over and said about the goldfinger's, that's a backplane board they're going for $3.45 a pound where I sell them at

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info.

[@taunusrunner3767]

nice ... i buy these gold finger boards in germany for 10 dollar/ kilogram

[@ProjectShopFl]

Wow! Thanks for sharing.

[@meetthebutcher]

those board stand offs ore a lot of the time nickel coated brass , bust them off with a nut driver or air chisel, ads sweet up what don't stick to a magnet ( every once in a while I come across aluminum stand offs but most are nickel coated brass ) they really ad up if you are processing a lot of boards in cases

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@judybeckner9047]

Contacts are not worth much, keep all the gold fingers and brass and someday you might make some money. The copper you get is more valuable. Shark scrapper and ewaste Ben are great to explain the boards and components. This is microscrapping for sure. You have to really like micro scrapping to stay with it. I do it for fun when I can but to make any kind of money you have to go with volume.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks Judy, I think I will focus on copper but if I come across ewaste I will just stock pile it.

[@judybeckner9047]

Smart move

[@billymoad]

Some the chips on the boards have gold inside them

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info 👍

[@taunusrunner3767]

the switshes have sikver contacts low grade the brass clips with the contact are about 20 dollar/kilo in germany

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@rockman531]

Hi Derek, See you tonight at 8. Will send separate email about computer boards. Thumbs up! Jim in Phoenix.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Ok thanks👊

[@jameswillis1788]

You’ll have some gold plating to. Those connector pins for example

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info.

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

Those lights at the end look just like the 1500 watters I’ve been getting. 8 pounds of copper each. Although the transformer looks different

[@ProjectShopFl]

They were sport lighters. 👍

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

@@ProjectShopFl nice! Video of that coming soon? And 1500 watts?!

[@ProjectShopFl]

@@ScrapFatherScrapSon Yes soon, it was only a few but I think they were 1500 watts

[@garybattle1293]

You need to find I'm one that takes Eva waste and Bind out how much it you can make on. The gold, i'm sure you'll be able to make some good money on that

[@ProjectShopFl]

I will save them till I get a bunch then figure what to do with it.

[@bigcountryscrapper6885]

Great video

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks 👊👍

[@JohnDisque]

I found the boards to be a complete, tedious waste of time. It's too much work for too little money and a hammer mill isn't going to separate the gold but.... I was scrapping old washers, dryers, microwaves, etc.. so with junk you're gonna get junk boards. Computers are a different story but still.... it's too tedious for garbage money. If you have a buyer for as-is boards sell them and get back to the big stuff. There's buyers for the ic-chips if you want to snatch them (they're the flat, black, rectangle and square things with all the legs) but just sell them with the boards - it's what they want anyway. Micro-scrapping sucks and with it comes micro-money. Time is money - we all know that but sometimes we need a reminder. Peace

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I agree. Unless you have tonnage coming in it seems way too tedious compared to dealing with copper.

[@thadofalltrades]

I would find a local board buyer you can drop stuff off at. There's one in Palm Bay

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I will look in to it.

[@bigeroc9]

Man the stators are awesome

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@badbadgerz]

Holy shit!! Is that a Desert Eagle just chilling on the desk?? 😂

[@ProjectShopFl]

Yes! 💪 We are all about safety over here at Project Shop!

[@darenfry3725]

Ewaste Ben Australia. Watch his videos or Evan get in contact. Ask him to do a beginners video for you. What worth saving what’s not

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@rictus7222]

I watch this Australian E-Waste scrapper I think he's the best source of information for you he's called eWaste Ben definitely worth checking out if you're getting interested in that niche of scrapping. The guy makes thousands of dollars when he cashes in talking 5 and 10K

[@ProjectShopFl]

I am subbed to eWaste ben. I think I will just hold them for a while

[@harryverboom4032]

In the states its much harder to sell boards compared to holland we have so much buyers here and prices are skyhigh even lowgrade boards go for 1.50 euro per kg Gold plated pins 35 euro/kg Gold finger board 10euro/kg Mid grade 4.50euro/kg I think it wil come to the states with big buyers so just hold on to it because there is serious money in boards

[@joshp6061]

Those seem like good prices but I’ve no clue what the €/kg to $/lb ratio is

[@harryverboom4032]

@@joshp6061 1 euro is 1.08 dollar 1 pound is about 0.45 kg Now u can do the math

[@ProjectShopFl]

Wow, I might just hold them I'm sure they will only gain in value.

[@sandisherck4636]

Save it or sell it to someone who will process it. But it may not be profitable for you to waste your time with. It is still gold man!

[@ProjectShopFl]

I might just save them

[@davidhack4488]

End piece gold plated

[@ProjectShopFl]

👍

[@kenord3437]

That brass looking fitting has probably been cadmium plated

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@jameswillis1788]

It’s been my experience that when you have odd screws that shows someone has worked on it

[@ProjectShopFl]

I come across that a lot. lol

[@MrTomb1976]

Those types of boards are mainly what i deal with, i can give you values and some ideas of where to sell them for best price

[@ProjectShopFl]

Ok, Any info would be appreciated 👍

[@cappaman2058]

I believe on the electronic stuff and all the gold is just plated and that you need chemicals to remove the gold. There’s a couple videos out there

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I think I will hold them for a while.

[@lanitaorjeraldlewisdillorl2258]

Older computer stuff has a lot better gold recovery & other precious metals on them. Those earlier lighting boards are most likely collectable by people who love the older stuff like what you have there.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@johndaley9188]

If your yard will take them as shred, do it. Pull as much copper as you care to.

[@paulcoenen7918]

Shred??? I get .20/pound just for low grade .

[@ProjectShopFl]

I'm gonna save them for a future video

[@charlesyates6687]

I saw a guy take a barrel full of e boards in and he said he goot 20c per lbs for them . Hardly seems worth it to me .

[@paulcoenen7918]

A lot better than shred. Now days shred just gets a free ride to the yard for me😊

[@ProjectShopFl]

I'm thinking there same

[@michaelmiller6013]

There will be many aluminum disappointments and the gold is way too thin to be worth the time or chemicals. Just dump it and put your time into the heavier stuff

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@MeatyFeet1]

I’ve alway just sold them as board after taken off easy copper

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for sharing, I will be keeping them for a future project.

[@gregfridholm2136]

Get the gold. Or send it to Board Sort. Color of board means nothing. Paint. Your decision should be based upon time availble vs knowledge of chemistry. And volume. MBMMLLC would best answer your question.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@albertpaulo6079]

If you want more of those bens go to cattle farms

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@jerrysadventures8952]

you got goldfinger on boards thats money

[@ProjectShopFl]

I hope so. lol

[@CadeNemanic-kh8wm]

That gold finger card is 4 dollars a lb

[@ProjectShopFl]

I'm gonna need a ton of them. lol

[@kevinbarnes8596]

You need to locate a good buyer for your green boards

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! I will look in to a buyer.

[@garyammerman2153]

Get ahold of "Shark Scrapper" there in FL and he may buy or give you advice on local buyers.....don't waste to much time as that's low value stuff compared to what you normally process.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@cditzler6313]

for fun get a 5g bucket go home depot get a couple gals pool cleaner muriatic acid and get a qt of peroxide put everything with gold foils in bucket dump the pool acid to cover everything and put some peroxide in cover it and forget about it then someday you run across it and open it you will see all the foils floating around just for fun because you need a lot to get some

[@ProjectShopFl]

Im gonna hoard them for now. lol

[@CadeNemanic-kh8wm]

If u do it right pack it up ship to boardsort u got 1k or more

[@ProjectShopFl]

Wow! That would be awesome!

[@jameswillis1788]

It’s all about the ROI or return on investment

[@ProjectShopFl]

I paid .05 lb for the hole bin

[@jameswillis1788]

@@ProjectShopFl sounds good

[@laisuresboringadventures7052]

Do u watch moose the scraper he dose stuff with gold fingers and e waste break off the gold finger bars and save them in a plastic bag or container

[@ProjectShopFl]

I've seen his channel. I'll probably just sell them off.

[@billymoad]

Yes they are gold plated and no don't want to grind the boards up because some of the chips are worth more than gold bud

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@billymoad]

And they reuse most the chips that they recover also Bud

[@jacobbuckley8232]

Where in Florida are you? Im in Venice.

[@ProjectShopFl]

West Palm Beach

[@jerrykroskie7782]

have you ever tried gas powered cement saw on stators

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂 No, but that is interesting to me because I use to cut concrete for a living. We mainly used hydraulic saws.

[@jameswillis1788]

The one that everything plugs into is the motherboard

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@jameswillis1788]

@@ProjectShopFl You are welcome

[@DavidGillooly]

Don't get too excited about all that "gold". To extract any gold it takes a chemical process and tons of material. They pay by the pound. I'd suggest you ask your local junk yards and fellow scrapers if there are printed circuit board (PCB) buyers in your area. Yes thay are worth scrapping if yiou have a buyer.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@garybattle1293]

You need to take to a place that has e waste

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@msmoorad123]

the companies that pay the best for ewaste are both located in N Ohio. pity you're so far from them- shipping will eat a lot of the profit you could have made.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@keithlevoir608]

Watch ewaste Ben give you some idea

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion, I am subbed to him.

[@keithlevoir608]

@@ProjectShopFl 😁

[@billymoad]

Watch ewasteben bud

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@dmccmd]

Early Gang 😎

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊👍

[@johndaley9188]

Gold value there? Yes, but to whom. Recovery, to make it worth it, you need way more than what you have. Then what. Where's your continued source. Copper is your gig. Pull the xformers/coils off the boards, save the rest and find "someone" to buy. Good luck with that. It will be just like trying to sell generators, nobody wants to pay.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I am gonna hoard them for now. lol

[@copperkingrecycling634]

😂

[@ProjectShopFl]

👍

[@kevinraines4318]

you are not going to make a $1000 per hour on the ewaste like on the copper king 🤣

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂

[@gwynrhys13]

It not easy recovering gold with all the nasty chemicals put the word out your selling boards or fingers let someone else deal with that shit don't get GOLD FEVER

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂 Thanks for the suggestion

[@johnprice2194]

😭 *promo sm*

[@ProjectShopFl]

ok lol

[@ProjectShopFl]

Ok, lol

[@drzarkloff506]

I think that it's a waste of your time to process e-scrap. You're better off to sell it to someone like myself who is more of a hobbyist.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@jerremm]

None of what you have there in boards is worth more than scrap steel price.

[@michaelmay6859]

Wrong. Peripheral boards and backplane boards can be worth a lot more than shred.

[@cuscrapping]

You are SO wrong!!! There is some really good value there!!

[@paulcoenen7918]

You need a different yard if you're not getting at least .20 per pound just for low grade.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I will be saving them to possibly bring them up one day.