Silver Recovery from Relay Contacts

Found an old batch of 15g relay contacts and decided to quickly recover silver from them. Turned to be at about 20% of the total weight which is not bad! Enjoy the video!

[@johntrueblood8234]

Thank you for the context of how and why you were doing what you were doing....

[@smokeshishqc2287]

Very good video 👍 I collect relay contact from "old" car starter as I work in a garage where we install them. So far in 3 months I managed to collect 150g of it. I know around 30% of them are full silver instead of silver plating and tiny amount is gold plated. Can't wait to process them cuz I know I'll get a nice little chunky bar out of it 😎

[@escrapchannel]

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[@whateversmurfette]

Than you! I've only processed items for gold so far, and I have saved up a good amount of these relay contacts myself. I'll definitely be using this method.

[@escrapchannel]

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[@tyleranderson-]

Love the vids Really great way to wake up and start my day.

[@escrapchannel]

Thanks!

[@bradlang9494]

Really good video, very informative thank you. I have some contacts and wanted to know whether to dissolve silver and base metals with just nitric acid and recover with HCL . Your method is much more efficient. Thanks again for the demonstration.

[@escrapchannel]

Thanks! 👍

[@DrBLIN]

Нормально с не большого количества контактов получилось серебра 👍👍, лайк в поддержку

[@escrapchannel]

Спасибо!

[@prospectorpete]

awesome video, thanks for teaching me something new

[@escrapchannel]

Welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@kiriltzenev5955]

The cheapest and fastest way to disolve copper from silver contacts is n molten ammonium nitrate

[@escrapchannel]

Hi! That’s how I ‘clean’ melts from time to time. Thanks!

[@bymancini1]

Awesome but I think in this button you have a lot of Palladium

[@escrapchannel]

Same feeling here ... It was crazy difficult to melt it ...!

[@RoeMantic]

I dont know why but i like silver the most!

[@escrapchannel]

Silver is the new gold 😀

[@TakoeXobby]

The method works, but it takes a long time. Quickly unsolder with a burner. 465

[@escrapchannel]

You are right! Can be quicker! 👍

[@bannykiat-ong7371]

I'm a scraper my self, can you make a video regarding trucks electrical parts were silver and gold can be extracted thanks

[@escrapchannel]

Hi, to be honest I have never had the chance to get truck parts to scrap. If I get such - for sure!

[@michaelcannon3172]

Hi escrap. Watched your video on stripping gold from old watch cases. I am unable to buy Sulphuric 95% in the UK without a licence. Is there another chemical i could use instead. I am restoring 1950s/60s watches that have a thin layer of gold plate left on . I then replate them. I am enjoying your videos.

[@escrapchannel]

Hi, unfortunately I am not aware of other method to remove gold and preserve the watch case. Some people boil sulphuric acid that is for car batteries until water evaporates and acid concentrates. This is a very dangerous process as fumes are toxic and small drops of acid can harm eyes etc. So, definitely not recommended!

[@michaelcannon3172]

@@escrapchannel Thank you for your reply.👍

[@bobsunkees3392]

Muraic and bleach there are various videos and ways to remove only the gold.if you want to plate with gold look up electric plating that part is simple. Ps talk to your plumber for sulfuric acid..

[@escrapchannel]

@bobsunkees3392 Hi, muriatic acid and bleach works fine when gold plating is very thin, like RAM fingers, PCB boards gold plating, mobile phone boards, etc. when gold plating is thick like watch cases it will take ages to strip gold, so method is not always perfect. This video is to demonstrate options we have only. I do not dispose acids in the sewage, so no issues.

[@bobsunkees3392]

@@escrapchannel look up streeps on line how to process gold with house hold chemicals.

[@NOFX0890]

Interesting..... thanks man. No PM's went into solution? New sub

[@escrapchannel]

Hi, palladium went into the solution! There was palladium in the contacts, but when I am back to my lab in 2022 I will make this video :)

[@robertheslin4743]

Test your waist solution for silver, the nitric ate half your silver, aqua Regis was a bad choice for this

[@escrapchannel]

Hi, it is not possible to have silver in solution with so much hydrochloric acid. Apologies but I totally disagree with you.

[@user-nz3hz4gx6u]

Хороший результат 👍👍👍🎃

[@escrapchannel]

Спасибо!

[@JohnnySwedishScrapper]

nice ;) i have alot and are gona collect more ;)

[@escrapchannel]

👍

[@Sergey-Master-LOMaster]

Good video... Like

[@escrapchannel]

Thanks!

[@wilsonherrington4772]

Do you take silver contacts to recover. And will you process them and send back a portion of silver

[@escrapchannel]

Hi, I live in Bulgaria and such a shipment of material and silver is difficult to be done and far from cost effective unfortunately.

[@wilsonherrington4772]

@@escrapchannel yes hard to find someone in the states that does ghis

[@keytefirerefining1355]

The contacts have dangerous metals in they should be refined before melting

[@escrapchannel]

100% silver, no cadmium in these. All good!

[@Zlo-USSR]

Люблю серебро!

[@escrapchannel]

There is also Palladium ... but video is for the next year :)

[@WizardofGOP]

Isn't silver at 83.4¢ US per gram. So we're looking at a little over $2.00. Is that right or am I missing something?

[@escrapchannel]

You are absolutely right! I am trying to show the truth on scrapping ... A lot at fun but can't make living of it. Any job is better paid per hour :)

[@WizardofGOP]

@@escrapchannel Huh? I made $65 having a lot of fun tearing apart a motor. Every little extra helps. Going after the silver wasn't worth it financially, but what a great experiment to do with the kids (outdoors with great ventilation, melting stuff is a lot of fun, too). If you turn down $65 and enjoy tearing into things, well, not everybody can handle a broken nail or boo-boo they might get along the way. Beats seeing everything go to the dump, too.

[@mysterybuyer3738]

Silver is a lot more than that when you go to actually buy it.

[@muriaticacid7004]

Thumbs Up

[@escrapchannel]

Thanks!

[@davidbrown-eh1sq]

why nitric why not hydrogen peroxide?

[@escrapchannel]

That’s what I have and used to use 😀