A scrappers guide to micro scrapping - precious metals from ewaste

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I love a bit of micro scrapping but what is worth taking from circuit boards and electronics?
Here I guide you through some of the best components to look out for when you are scrapping electronics and depopulating circuit boards.
Remember that precious metal recovery requires the use of dangerous acids.
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@bikiniboy1 Ай бұрын

This is the best video I have found yet. I am breaking down any electronic/electrical items to raise funds for the 3 Veterans organisations that support me. Veterans Outdoors, Endeavour Wheelchair Rugby Club, and Veterans Sailing with PYS all based in Plymouth. In the 1st year I have raised about £200 split 3 ways.

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

What an amazing thing to do. Congratulations, my friend. ⭐️ I'm glad you enjoyed the video. 👍

@amjmmint4786 5 күн бұрын

Thanks Scotsman, good reference material.

@ScrappingScotland 5 күн бұрын

Anytime, thanks for watching

@scrapitall200 Ай бұрын

You have a beautiful collection. A+ video brother, A+!! Very well done, explained and recorded. Thank you for the mention my friend!

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thank you brother, these are just the open boxes. I have so much more that is full. You're welcome, always got to get a Scrapitall mention in now and again 😀

@scrapitall200 Ай бұрын

@@ScrappingScotland that’s amazing brother. I sure do appreciate you!

@shaunburton1112 7 күн бұрын

great informative video, thanks bud

@ScrappingScotland 7 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching Shaun

@TB-Metals Ай бұрын

Best video I've seen on micro scrapping. Very helpful. I been looking for information on what to pull off boards. This is the best I've seen.

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thank you buddy for the kind comments. Glad you found this helpful

@ThatsRightRecycling Ай бұрын

Awesome collection you have Sir.

@josephburdell2041 Ай бұрын

Excellent explanation of ALL the ins and outs of things

@maxcloutier5285 Ай бұрын

Hi, good video. I am a hobby scrapper and do micro scrapping when Quebec winter is ruling the place and scrap is scarce. Here I share other video infos I found. The fuses would have their inner little wire made from silver. May be when the fuse is too hot, the silver melt and goes on the brass fuse ends ? Although their value is probably higher for copper, some videos have showned that musfet also contain gold. Finally, on the right side of the board you use at the beginning of the video, the metallic boxes are mostly of brass. I can see that while using the file on them. If not yellow and magnetic, they are iron. Some of them are partly brass, partly iron so they stick to the magnet. Rarely, they are of stainless steel or nickel plated copper. They adds up to the piles. By adding small brass pieces to the bigger ones I find (like the tap), I succeeded to have a 5.1 litter bucket that weight 90 pounds.

@bigcountryscrapper6885 Ай бұрын

Great video my friend

@scrapnjunk81 Ай бұрын

That was a great informative video. Love depopulating boards

@gregtolman9174 Ай бұрын

Very informative, thank you for this well done video.

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thank you, Greg. I appreciate you watching and commenting. Glad you liked this one.

@johnsharp8627 Ай бұрын

Very good presentation for micro-scrapping!

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching

@STRaceDevelopment Ай бұрын

these are valuable informations. thanks.

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

You are very welcome. Thank you for watching. I really appreciate it

@scrappingonthefly77 Ай бұрын

Great tutorial video !! Ive been micro scrapping some myself !

@Derbyhobbiescrapper Ай бұрын

Very helpfull video mate. Thanks

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thank you my friend

@patrickwilliams4613 Ай бұрын

Good video scrapping Scotland

@pwensley2 Ай бұрын

Loved this video

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Much appreciated Paul

@yelmotor_tr Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge about e mateials, be wortfull.

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thank you for tuning in

@offwithhishead2556 Ай бұрын

I'm just getting into board stripping, so this is real useful. Thanks mate.

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

@MetalsMattR Ай бұрын

Thanks for the great video

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thank you for tuning in 👍

@68Eric86 Ай бұрын

Great video! Love the way you have things sorted/ categorized. I have a very similar list.

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad you liked it

@nicejunk666 Ай бұрын

Great guide great job

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thanks buddy

@polyesterdreamboat Ай бұрын

This was a great video

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thank you for that kind comment. Glad you enjoyed it

@metalmind61 Ай бұрын

Nice video. See you keep the disc capacitors too. I also saw the Dusan vid where he had soviet era capacitors of a dull brown colour supposedly they should have silver or palladium content. He also found some large resistors with hidden gold inside the end caps though i guess those are going to be mostly very old tech as well. I keep everything now 😁

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Yeah I kept the resistors for a while but I never found one with gold caps so I don't bother with them anymore

@richardhulbert9480 Ай бұрын

I micro scrap as well as refine the gold and silver. Not getting rich but I have a nice workshop that my wife barely comes out to. Gives us both time alone.

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Everyone needs their scrap shed for a bit of therapeutic scrapping, my friend. It's good to hear yours is used for scrapping as well. 👍🔧🔨🪛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@Frenki-gy9zd 27 күн бұрын

Where do you get acid from?

@richardhulbert9480 27 күн бұрын

I have made my nitric by distilling sodium nitrate and sulfuric acid. But I recently bought 6 liters from xlexo. That was easier if more expensive.

@green_camping Ай бұрын

I salvage boards for components for my own use and for repairing other equipment and for electronics projects. I have been overlooking the tantalums and ceramic capacitors (basically all the SMD types) as cannot reuse them. You gave a good idea to save them at least for scrap. Cheers for that.

@ScrapperSam 17 күн бұрын

Nice video. I am only getting started in micro scrap. I have been saving motherboards for almost a year now.

@ScrappingScotland 17 күн бұрын

You'll have a pile of these components soon then 👍

@SollersSrappingandDiving Ай бұрын

Loved the doco style of this video! I believe the other black capacitors are tantalum too. There is also silver and lead in tanties, lots of goodies not easy to get at lol. Loved that pot of contacts, that looked so lovely!!!

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thank you Sollers. I thought those others were tantalum as well but wasn't sure. I've been putting off cleaning up those contacts. Seems like a tedious job!

@SollersSrappingandDiving Ай бұрын

@@ScrappingScotland haha yep agreed

@CoStarRecycling Ай бұрын

Awesome video!

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thank you David 👍

@paulfrost8413 Ай бұрын

nice one scotland

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thanks buddy

@kenneththrasher9241 Ай бұрын

Nice video and you provide clear and comprehensive descriptions. I think what you call "tactical" switches are better known as "tactile" switches, because one must actually touch them to make them operate. Also, just as a general point, when I remove aluminum heatsinks, they often come off with a bit of steel which needs to be removed to get "clean" price. Finally, I also really like the channels you gave shout outs to as well!

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for the comments. You are if course correct. I always get tactical and tactile mixed up. I do the same with platinum and palladium for some reason. Yes you do need to clean the heatsimk before you can put it into clean ally, a good point to make.

@24KGOLDRECOVERY Ай бұрын

Excellent video bro 🎉

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@ScrapYardMan Ай бұрын

Great video and explanation! It really helps

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Glad you found it useful, thanks for watching.

@riverheadtim Ай бұрын

Great video pal

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it 😊

@richardhulbert9480 Ай бұрын

You have been busy stepping lots of boards

@ScrappingIrish Ай бұрын

can't beat micro scrapping

@HHRecycling Ай бұрын

Very good info for when I start micro scrapping

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

You haven't started yet?

@HHRecycling Ай бұрын

@@ScrappingScotland nope. I just save all my boards. I pull some copper from low grade, but haven't started depopulation yet. I'm waiting to see if we ever get a buyer here.

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

@@HHRecycling I pull the copper first as well and then come back from the rest when I need something to do

@urbanprospector3007 Ай бұрын

HHRecycling, where are you at?

@HHRecycling Ай бұрын

@@urbanprospector3007 Hudson's Hope in northern BC

@christophertaylor2464 Ай бұрын

I liked and subscribed to your channel

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thanks buddy

@bittertruth6575 28 күн бұрын

some of those black 'tantalum' capacitors look like diodes. You can type the numbers written on them into google and it should bring up the datasheet for a component which should tell you whether it is a diode or not.

@ScrappingScotland 28 күн бұрын

Thanks for the information 👍

@rixismetals Ай бұрын

Great video mate , think you’ve covered everything 👍😁

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thanks buddy. If there is anything else then I don't know it's worth taking off the boards 😀

@rixismetals Ай бұрын

@@ScrappingScotland you’ve covered virtually all the good stuff mate , there’s only 2 more things I would say that are very good to look out for that are a bit different looking to the usual types , are gold cap fuses they they have gold plated ends and gold wire inside , smaller and different shape to the normal type fuse , other is gold band crystal oscillators , gold plated band around outside plus gold inside , a lot smaller and look different to usual crystal oscillators, I look for them and even I miss them till second time I look over the boards , a lot of people miss those 2 items and they are high for gold recovery when have a load of them, plus keep them separate from the others

@scottsome2007 Ай бұрын

Thank you Scrapping Scotland Cheers,...

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Subbed your channel buddy, thank you for supporting mine.

@scottsome2007 Ай бұрын

@@ScrappingScotland Thank you as well mate all good Cheers P.S I learnt a lot from yours and other scrapping channels ...Cheers to you all...

@simonjones7785 24 күн бұрын

hi all scrappers Ive been scrapping for some years now mostly from cars more so the nuts and bolts in the last 3 years I have had myself a devil forge and have been scrapping all my cans and my friends to make ally ingots , I also smelt copper and brass from all electronics and cables attaching appliances to the mains lalso strip big electric motorsstarter motors from cars and trucks as well as alternators

@ScrappingScotland 24 күн бұрын

Sounds like a scrapper to me 🔧🔨🪛

@empirefinds Ай бұрын

Absolutely awesome episode brother start to finish. You can make nitric acid £8.00 a litre (I have got the price down to.) scary the first time you make it and the second.

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

You are a braver man than me buddy but I have noticed that you a fine l fume hood for your chemicals so you have a good setup. I might be sending all this stuff to you then 😉

@ScrapMan69 Ай бұрын

You have lots of stuff! Very helpful video when I’m trying to learn about e-waste myself buddy! Thanks for sharing! I really enjoyed watching this helped me learn more about e-waste! I say it’s too far to sell to board-sort so does your scrap yard take that? Awesome video!

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thank you buddy. Glad you found it helpful. Yeah we don't have a boardsort here. Somebody needs to fix that for sure. My plan is to sell it the gold and silver bearing items on ebay or something but you never know, maybe I'll get the opportunity to try and recover it myself one day.

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thank you for the share as well buddy. Very much appreciated

@patrickwilliams4613 Ай бұрын

The small transformer my yard says shred

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

I take them apart so nothing but copper for me. I could put them in motors as well

@davehazel1994 Ай бұрын

mosfetts can also contain pm`s gold / silver

@QuaaludeCharlie 23 күн бұрын

But if a Part Works , You can Sell the Part for more than the Gold , Imagine Little Johnny in 2034 Looking to Build his first Pentium Pro or 486 DOS Box and almost all the Parts are gone . :( QC

@ScrappingScotland 23 күн бұрын

Send little Johnny my way, I've got plenty to sell him 😃

@CorrieH Ай бұрын

Fantastic explanation of ewaste recycling at a component level this is Mr SS. I’m a UK scraper too who has been saving most these components for years. Do you think in the future that the chemicals required for recovery will be available to us mere mortals in the UK or has that ship sailed?

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Personally I think it's sailed my friend. You can obtain a licence for using the chemicals but you would need to have a good setup. Fume hood etc. Besides nitric is expensive so would cut deeply into any gold or silver profit. Better to save them and sell them.

@CorrieH Ай бұрын

@@ScrappingScotland I’m hearing you SS, just not viable for us UK micro scrappers to process. I like yourself scrap for the interest and enjoyment but do find it frustrating that we can’t further our interest much like the likes of 999 Dusan, S Irish and indeed the rest of the world! Keep up the good work chap. 👍

@TheWeehorror Ай бұрын

Enjoyed your vid. Are you doing refining or just selling on the recovered components? Just a note, it’s not illegal to have Nitric. You need an EPP licence which is straight-forward to get as long as you’re not a bawbag 😁

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

I can't claim not to be a bawbag 🤣. But yes only illegal if you don't have a licence to use those chemicals

@patrickwilliams4613 Ай бұрын

Ye me to

@stefangeorge5908 26 күн бұрын

A tipp: The 2 sided microchips contains silver and the 4 sided microschips contains gold!

@ScrappingScotland 25 күн бұрын

Really? The two sided don't contain any gold?

@stefangeorge5908 25 күн бұрын

@@ScrappingScotland really

@RonKnowles-ex4yc Ай бұрын

What town is home travelling Scotland in june .Enjoy your channel cheers Ron

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Hi Ron, I'm from Edinburgh

@RonKnowles-ex4yc Ай бұрын

Thanks spending two nights there all the best I wish you well !!

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

@@RonKnowles-ex4yc hope you have a great time my friend

@ballygarran Ай бұрын

25:55 is it worth separating the brass and copper from the plug fuse holder. Thanks

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Yes absolutely, copper is worth more than brass. I didn't do that in the video but mentioned it. I will separate these before it goes into the brass stockpile. Thanks for watching and for the comment.

@ballygarran Ай бұрын

No problem. Thanks for your time replying.

@patrickwilliams4613 Ай бұрын

The brass connector if you separate them put the real brass in a separate tube and the silver type separate or Mey scrap yard is mixed brass We're do you sell you stuff we have no sale in ireland

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thanks Patrick, my yard takes it all as clean brass so no need for me to separate

@peteoneill5799 Ай бұрын

I think pulverising most most these would be the best option

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Definitely on a bigger scale than what I do it would be.

@verypleasantguy Ай бұрын

grind everything up, into powder form, pour in "Aqua regia" to dissolve all the gold, then refine the gold using the "Wohlwill process" through electrolysis

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Don't you need an almost pure gold bar to act as an anode for that process?

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

I think even the cathode needs to be gold?

@verypleasantguy Ай бұрын

@@ScrappingScotland not necessary as the dissolved metal will gather at the cathode, all you need is to have at the start is a thin golden thread or thin gold wire that's all you need

@verypleasantguy Ай бұрын

@@ScrappingScotland the pure gold bar is to perform the final 99.999% purification process what you need now is to have this process to get you the initial, not so pure gold

@verypleasantguy Ай бұрын

a few years ago a factory near my house, they do dissembling electronic parts, closed down they had bags and bags of old cpus i bought a couple of them, grind them up to powder, and did that At the end I got some gold, not very very pure, only like 92% or something like that, which I sold.

@boe1337 Ай бұрын

Did you ever find out what the ceramic capacitors have in them or are they worth anything

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

I'm afraid not. There is a general belief that they can contain some silver though

@boe1337 Ай бұрын

@@ScrappingScotland great video tho thanks for the tip on the tantalum

@patrickwilliams4613 Ай бұрын

What price do you get for copper bearing motors

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

30p a kg but I can stick all transformers and little motors into electric motors whether they are copper or aluminium.

@ebikescrapper3925 Ай бұрын

19.05, my scrapyard takes them as aluminium bits

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Is that the same price as dirty aluminium at your yard?

@patrickwilliams4613 Ай бұрын

Do you break up all motors all sizes

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Absolutely

@simonjones7785 24 күн бұрын

great channel by the way just found you thumbs up and comments ( informative but not out to be little you because you just dont know step up and learn

@ScrappingScotland 24 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching and stopping by

@mysterybuyer3738 Ай бұрын

I dont want money I just want the precious metals themselves. I dont want it in scrap form though I want it in bar and coin form.

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

It's the scrapping that I enjoy but as you know this is just the beginning. Scrap and refine enough of it and you might get that bar or coin. A lot of work and effort though which is why I just sell the components. I would love to be able to refine it and make a bar or coin

@patrickwilliams4613 Ай бұрын

Mosfets my yard will give me number 2 if I burn I get number 2 as everyday sollors did on her live put in coke number 1 all the way

@dalemills8052 Ай бұрын

Very thorough video brother. The red on your skin looks irritated, hope its nothing serious. ( Edit: I can't believe how much I've thrown away in the past...smh)

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

Thanks Dale. I have a skin condition called psoriasis and it creates this red patch on my face unfortunately. Sometimes you can't notice it and other times it can be very red.

@dalemills8052 Ай бұрын

@@ScrappingScotland Always looks painful.

@ScrappingScotland Ай бұрын

@dalemills8052 it doesn't hurt buddy. The skin just renews itself to quickly and can become red. It looks really red after showering and washing my face but it calms down quite quickly. Had it for over 20 years now. It's doesn't bother me anymore.