Found a local part time refiner near me!

Originally Posted by olddude

great hope it works out for you. reguardless of what is said most of us are looking for the same thing.

Thanks olddude,



I am definitely not jumping into anything without talking more first and visiting his business at least once.

Originally Posted by happyscraper

I might be wrong but I thing there are more pm's in e-waste than just the gold.

Depending on the item there is. Gold, silver, and a few others.

Originally Posted by Hiccup

I think you should give him everything you got, and pay him up front for his services.

I will take that as sarcasm. He charges a max of 25% when everything is said and done.

Originally Posted by jghilino

Well would a home refiner be able to effectively recover even 70% of the precious metals in mb's. I dont think so. Plus then you gotta give him a cut like 20% of whatever he gets. So your looking at 50% at best. Id give him a try but i think you would be better off sending to a licensed company that has all of the proper equipment and certifications to refine escrap. Honestly he just gonna dip the mbs in a solution and get some of the gold off. My question is what do the home refiners do with the boards after they have been dipped.

In all honestly, I dont know what his setup is. We have only talked for roughly 2 days. All I know, is that he is willing to work with me, answer any questions, etc. He used to do this full time, but now he is some systems engineer, and travels a lot (whether local or abroad, I dont know).

So far, he hasnt given any reason to doubt that he is on the up and up. But as with anything, you have to be cautious and do due dilligence.

Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER

Buyer beware with part time home refiners. I've been reading up on the topic and there is a lot of loss of pm's when you are not set up with the proper equiptment as well as a safety hazard. Keep in mind that to get a decent return on recovered gold,silver, platinum or whatever it takes a pretty decent size of material. If you have that spare material on hand then it may be worth it to you. But if it's everything you have weigh out what it's worth as is compared to what it may be after its refined. I would also ask some more questions like how much material it's going to take to get x amount of pm's in return. As far as I can tell that's not an easy question for any refiner to answer since an assay has to be done on a test amount. And that assay will only be accurate if it's the same material that is to be refined. If I am off base with what I have stated, hopefully one of the buyers here who deals with the refiners can correct what I have stated. Like I said I only started to research the topic but that is what I believe is the way it goes.

Will just have to see how things go.