Grams to Pounds & Pennies to Dollars
This is only some of what I have pulled from circuit boards in last three weeks. Obviously the coins didn't come from a circuit board, they were scrap finds. The coins did come from the only piano I scrapped out earlier this year, it was 100+ years old. I scrapped it for the wood, the coins were pleasant surprise, I knew it was a good day when the first coin was WWII war nickel.
The majority of what I removed was not soldered, but "pulled" DIP's & Ag plated transistors. I really like the Texas Instruments red LED's, with Ag plated pins. The Burr - Brown A/D Converters are nice too, I already had a dozen or more, will add a few more to gold bucket.
All of that is bonus stuff, this thread is about tantalum capacitors. These were either cut or genitally pulled from boards ranging from low grade to very high grade. There was no noticeable devaluation of boards, I will in full disclosure notify my buyer what was pulled from any board I sell. With the boards I removed tantalum capacitors from, the most weight was just a little over a ounce. With the SMD's and epoxy coated dipped capacitors (gum drops) the weights averaged from 1 to 3 grams. The high grade boards with tantalum capacitors removed will still have lots of gold plated fingers, pins, sockets and the usual good PCB STUFF.
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Going back to hunting for silver, gold, tantalum and old copper is nice too!
Originally Posted by bigburtchino
Grams to Pounds & Pennies to Dollars
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