E-waste GOLD Recovery | Recycle Broken Electronics!

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  • Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
  • 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 роки тому +496

    The real gold was the fun we had all along

    • @SnifferRiffle
      @SnifferRiffle 2 роки тому +16

      Spoken like a team player.

    • @Badenhawk
      @Badenhawk 2 роки тому +9

      And the friends we made along the way.

    • @AbrahamAbignale
      @AbrahamAbignale 2 роки тому +3

      My man spittin facts right there

    • @oiurehj
      @oiurehj 2 роки тому +3

      And also the gold.

    • @MikeDoesStuff101
      @MikeDoesStuff101 7 місяців тому

      But what about the gold.

  • @michaelgillen3537
    @michaelgillen3537 2 роки тому +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 роки тому

      He does on Patreon

    • @robertmuller1894
      @robertmuller1894 2 роки тому +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 місяці тому

      L😊
      Pl​@@robertmuller1894

  • @Madlintelf
    @Madlintelf 2 роки тому +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 Рік тому

      What company?

    • @KeytarArgonian
      @KeytarArgonian 3 місяці тому +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.

  • @danthemakerman
    @danthemakerman 2 роки тому +53

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

  • @mikemuscatiello8787
    @mikemuscatiello8787 2 роки тому +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!

  • @TheMastercanine
    @TheMastercanine 2 роки тому +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!

  • @oteboy
    @oteboy 2 роки тому +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.

  • @KeytarArgonian
    @KeytarArgonian 3 місяці тому +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 😅

  • @ericcartrette6118
    @ericcartrette6118 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +8

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

    • @cyqry
      @cyqry 2 роки тому +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 2 місяці тому +2

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

    • @SonsOftheApostle
      @SonsOftheApostle 2 місяці тому

      You are right budd

  • @saadus7269
    @saadus7269 2 роки тому +6

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

  • @chrisgenovese8188
    @chrisgenovese8188 2 роки тому

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

  • @zestoslife
    @zestoslife 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @joaopassaro6231
    @joaopassaro6231 2 роки тому

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

  • @jdmccorful
    @jdmccorful 2 роки тому

    Nice job doing the recovery. Thanks for the look.

  • @hermanosamuel8744
    @hermanosamuel8744 2 роки тому

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

  • @emarion
    @emarion 2 роки тому

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

  • @amerkhan4763
    @amerkhan4763 2 роки тому

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

  • @psylegio
    @psylegio 2 роки тому +5

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

  • @davidgillies620
    @davidgillies620 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +4

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

    • @davidgillies620
      @davidgillies620 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @OKBushcraft
      @OKBushcraft 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +7

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

  • @crandallwoodworking2988
    @crandallwoodworking2988 2 роки тому

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

  • @ProjectDIYOz
    @ProjectDIYOz 2 роки тому

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

  • @AUMINER1
    @AUMINER1 2 роки тому

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

  • @marqbarq5977
    @marqbarq5977 2 роки тому

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

  • @neilfriesland634
    @neilfriesland634 2 роки тому

    Excellent job. I appreciate your willingness to try that.

  • @Danbatio
    @Danbatio 2 роки тому

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

  • @graffiti73
    @graffiti73 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @Thumper1968
    @Thumper1968 2 роки тому

    Very cool stuff. Thanks for sharing and explaining everything.

  • @hassanal-mosawi4235
    @hassanal-mosawi4235 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for sharing that, it was fun watching!

  • @Traderjoe
    @Traderjoe 2 роки тому

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

  • @enricopasetti6684
    @enricopasetti6684 2 роки тому

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

  • @JericoHerculesProspectingLLC
    @JericoHerculesProspectingLLC 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @scardoesart
    @scardoesart 2 роки тому

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

  • @danielstellmon5330
    @danielstellmon5330 2 роки тому

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

  • @andymiller5611
    @andymiller5611 2 роки тому

    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! 🤘

  • @call5sam
    @call5sam 2 роки тому

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

  • @franciscogimenez4178
    @franciscogimenez4178 2 роки тому

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

  • @a0lxwzz
    @a0lxwzz 2 роки тому +1

    Chemist here, that was a fantastic process to watch!

  • @CreativeDailyWorks
    @CreativeDailyWorks 2 роки тому

    Wow amazing skills. Great job as always sir.

  • @josephcormier5974
    @josephcormier5974 2 роки тому

    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

  • @mikepoint4983
    @mikepoint4983 2 роки тому

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

  • @daniel.amokachi
    @daniel.amokachi 2 роки тому +7

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

  • @ramananmon1158
    @ramananmon1158 2 роки тому

    Your hardwork is really gold😍😍😍😍

  • @billbailey3980
    @billbailey3980 3 місяці тому +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 місяці тому +1

      im now discouraged i was thinking of doing this

    • @joestalin2375
      @joestalin2375 2 місяці тому

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

  • @vickipease6653
    @vickipease6653 2 роки тому

    Wicked cool! Absolutely love your videos!

  • @GrahamDallas
    @GrahamDallas 2 роки тому

    Brilliant, really enjoyed this.

  • @jonathanramiro100yearsago
    @jonathanramiro100yearsago 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +4

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

    • @jonathanramiro100yearsago
      @jonathanramiro100yearsago 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @jakebrakejunky10-4
    @jakebrakejunky10-4 2 роки тому

    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.

  • @johannesthe5th154
    @johannesthe5th154 2 роки тому +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 місяців тому +1

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

  • @emildandrea
    @emildandrea 3 місяці тому

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

  • @pmewUK
    @pmewUK 2 роки тому

    Absolutely fascinating. Thanks 😊

  • @peem1244
    @peem1244 2 роки тому

    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. :)

  • @tattoos1988
    @tattoos1988 2 роки тому +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

  • @shanemcguire170
    @shanemcguire170 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +1

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

    • @jasonjennings8465
      @jasonjennings8465 2 роки тому

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

    • @lazyjackass77
      @lazyjackass77 2 роки тому

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

    • @deskmat9874
      @deskmat9874 2 місяці тому

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

  • @555-xd1fo
    @555-xd1fo Місяць тому +1

    ‏‪0:29‬‏ the dream of anyone interested in electronics

  • @brightside5626
    @brightside5626 2 роки тому

    It opens my mind

  • @MrDiegoMieres
    @MrDiegoMieres 2 роки тому

    The coolest guy in Internet. Very fun video!

  • @marty01957
    @marty01957 2 роки тому

    Really fun video, BBP! Thanks!

  • @HenryShiley
    @HenryShiley 2 роки тому +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. ;)

  • @timtheflyguy
    @timtheflyguy 2 роки тому

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

  • @habbyhouse
    @habbyhouse 2 роки тому

    Loved the video and subscribed.

  • @Slayes_07
    @Slayes_07 2 роки тому

    Realmente me encantó el proceso 😮

  • @buffalobrando1288
    @buffalobrando1288 2 роки тому

    That was wild! Really cool video!

  • @jasonford6607
    @jasonford6607 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @The93Momo93
    @The93Momo93 2 роки тому

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

  • @Chewy_GarageBandDad
    @Chewy_GarageBandDad Рік тому

    Thank God a channel that speaks.

  • @Magius42
    @Magius42 2 роки тому

    Love your work.

  • @jackdelancey248
    @jackdelancey248 2 роки тому

    Enjoyable to watch 👍

  • @YooProjects
    @YooProjects 2 роки тому

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

  • @RandomRestoration
    @RandomRestoration 2 роки тому

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

  • @geoffgolding3750
    @geoffgolding3750 2 роки тому

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

  • @robertgrell486
    @robertgrell486 2 роки тому

    Good idea, recycling electronic parts 👍😉

  • @sperber-knives
    @sperber-knives 2 роки тому

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

  • @Smallathe
    @Smallathe 2 роки тому

    Cool project!

  • @boumaarafboumaaraf8604
    @boumaarafboumaaraf8604 Місяць тому +1

    Thank's bro .good job.

  • @paulquinn4704
    @paulquinn4704 2 роки тому

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

  • @PoorMiners321
    @PoorMiners321 2 роки тому

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

  • @washtap
    @washtap 2 роки тому

    That was fun. Thanks!

  • @Stribogful
    @Stribogful 2 роки тому

    You’re the the good perfomancer😊💪

  • @fredcrews7401
    @fredcrews7401 2 роки тому

    That was fascinating. Thank you 😊😊

  • @jeremyadam6947
    @jeremyadam6947 2 роки тому

    Nice video and great effort!

  • @viktormironov3065
    @viktormironov3065 2 роки тому

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

  • @abrahamcontreras9950
    @abrahamcontreras9950 11 місяців тому

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

  • @hamidalikiani8543
    @hamidalikiani8543 2 роки тому

    you are the best and I love you vids thanx for sharing

  • @MakeGold
    @MakeGold 2 роки тому +6

    😱😱👍👉Electronics has a lot of gold for you to find. Good idea.😱😱

  • @davidchaney4193
    @davidchaney4193 2 роки тому

    Great video man.

  • @bernardleighan3218
    @bernardleighan3218 2 роки тому

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

  • @seanholmes1642
    @seanholmes1642 21 день тому

    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,😅

  • @robertmanley7556
    @robertmanley7556 2 роки тому

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

  • @henkvandebeek7921
    @henkvandebeek7921 2 роки тому

    Great video and glad you did it

  • @angel2of7death
    @angel2of7death 2 роки тому

    awesome experiment!

  • @claudiolebandit9408
    @claudiolebandit9408 2 роки тому

    Nice vid man

  • @davidefogagnolo
    @davidefogagnolo 2 роки тому

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

  • @bmha120
    @bmha120 2 роки тому

    Very enjoying to watch

  • @KevinRay_man
    @KevinRay_man 2 роки тому

    That was so cool. Respect.

  • @ivoneman1855
    @ivoneman1855 2 роки тому

    Thx for the explain that, that make your video more interesting 👍

  • @YT_Abhishek
    @YT_Abhishek 2 роки тому

    Very nice & interesting experiment 👍🏻

  • @flyod26
    @flyod26 2 роки тому

    Super Cool! Thanks!

  • @guataco
    @guataco 2 роки тому

    Really cool. A lot of effort. Very good video.
    Is the liquid gold useful for gold plating?

  • @testizoizo7373
    @testizoizo7373 2 роки тому

    Thx for the share ✌️

  • @chinchenping
    @chinchenping 2 роки тому

    very interresting process!