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    PCI Fingers Gold Recovery - Success

    Aloha everyone,



    Its been awhile since I've been active in the forums, however I wanted to share my first experience turning computer scrap to gold!

    Below is a picture of the gold recovered from PCI Finger Boards


    Unfortunately, I don't recall the exact weight of the fingers (I wrote it down, somewhere ). Please be aware that the process can be extremely dangerous Please use all caution if you decide to try this (I learned the hard way,



    The whole process took around 3-5 days to complete (mostly waiting). The yield was 4g 24kt gold. The process and end result was incredibly enjoyable and satisfying. Turning scrap to gold was quite the adventure!

    My next project will be turning these IC chips into gold:



    If any of you have specific questions feel free to drop me a PM or reply here.

    Best Regards
    Last edited by Mechanic688; 05-06-2015 at 12:45 PM. Reason: Took out references to acid's used

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