What do you do with these things...

Originally Posted by TechJeff

Actually, you are supposed to throw it all in a box and ship it to me. I will provide free shipping even.

Seriously though, some of that stuff has value and I note with interest the replies here and hope to learn a thing or two.

Jeff

Jeff Are you buying those ribbons?

Lol, no, just poking a bit of fun at some of the higher value items here that he does not know what to do with.

The modem card has gold fingers- that makes it valuable right there.

The laser barrels have gold plating on them from the CD drives.

And on a side note…

I am involved in an experiment to figure out just how much gold is on the average laser barrel. Going to take ten of them weigh them pre salvage, reverse electroplate them, rinse and dry them, then weigh them again. I expect that it will take quite a number to produce any real gold by weigh- but you never know.

Looking into ways to get inside the barrel too! It is likely plated inside and out, right?

One other thing if I may? SOME of the ribbons copper thin ribbons I have encountered ARE gold plated on the end where they connect to the drive. I will take a photo tonight after I get home. SCSI drives often have a connection to one end of the drive that has a significant area that's gold. That makes me wonder if MORE of the cables I ASSUME are copper might be gold plated?$?$?$

I REALLY need to do more research here, but just have not had the time. Internet goes in today at my new house, so I will upload that photo of the ribbon with the gold plating on the ends tonight.

Jeff