I am continuing the scrapping of 29 vintage electronic boards won on auction. In this video all Palladium containing capacitors and resistors were scrapped out!
Hey can you guys let me know what brand and type of cutters those are? Im looking for something a little better that what im currently using. need them to snip tighter to the board in some cases. Thx
That first transistor you cut off may contain gold inside even if there is none on the bottom or on the little side tab. You should at least cut one open to check.
So good you reply to everyone.. I didn't understand if you made profit or did you sell as is? Or have to process ?? And what was your profit roughly?? It's sells by gram not kilo also???
Hi, it takes 3 hours from the pile of devices to depopulated elements. So, in all cases if you don’t process ICs and MLCCs by yourself - sell boards. Takes 1-2 min to take the board from one device and is cost affective. If you decide to depopulate valuable elements you severely downgrade boards but you get 40 - 50 USD in gold and palladium.
Hi, the only high gold content element on the new boards are BGA ICs. Some boards in telecom equipment have more than 10 BGAs so I depopulate such and get gold. For motherboards and peripheral cards etc better sell. To process and get real profit you need a factory.
Awesome infos! Just a question, how you know which capacitors contain palladium? I’m looking everywhere but I can’t find info. Every blue/brown cap I found have palladium?
Hi, not every brown or blue capacitor has palladium. These have mark “bc” “bo” and we’re made in Bulgaria. In general I cut capacitors in 2 parts and look at the MLCC inside. In general being non-magnetic is a good indicator. Some magnetic have palladium, too. So, break and collect all capacitors that have mlcc inside. If not palladium - you will get at least silver.
@Dumitru Bojan MLCCs have palladium, but it is an endless discussion if magnetic or non magnetic or both have palladium. From my experience palladium in no magnetic is significantly more in non magnetic MLCCs, but I find some in magnetic too. Very small amount. Here some people say that it comes from now well separated nonmagnetic MLCCs, some say that there is a palladium in magnetic. I never did detail analysis.
Hi, if you refer to Soviet Union capacitors, there are super expensive ones full of palladium and platinum. Ordinary MLCCs mix are far away from this content. I am from Bulgaria.
What is the next step in our journey to sell the palladium? I'm in America. Everyone looks at me like I'm dumb when I ask them how to sell it. They want me to send it away for an "assay"
Hi, there are at least two companies in my city buying precious metals including palladium. So, I sell when price is good. Some companies buy capacitors but melted pure palladium price is better than row material price, so I prefer to process it and sell the metal.
@@escrapchannel places I've gone tell me I need an Assay done... Telling me I have to go through a jeweler to have the palladium sent to a refinery, processed, valued, then they will make me an offer on it. Also they say I should be sending away hundreds of pounds of the raw material to make it worth anything??? Does this sound right to you? Thank you for your help
@@andreamichelle8383 I live in east Europe and here you can sell 10 grams of capacitors or half gram of palladium for example. If you have quantity you can negotiate better price but there is no lower limit. Usually buyer is doing analysis and it can be done to both types of material. I think you should search for the right buyer in your country.
Hi, I accumulate capacitors until I have 1 kg of a kind and process them. I remove the coating in DMSO, then I remove the solder and remaining capacitor cores I grind before dissolving metals in nitric acid hot. From the solution I recover silver and palladium.
its look that boards are fom the 70 ;) i have alot of them as well, before ;) some part i dont collect i cant process them or sell them but an great video ;)
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Hi, at the moment palladium price is low and I keep it. But when price is high I sell palladium to local buyers in my country. I know at least two companies that buy it.
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Thank you!
I have the same side cutters. Man I love those things. Need a few more pair
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Hey can you guys let me know what brand and type of cutters those are? Im looking for something a little better that what im currently using. need them to snip tighter to the board in some cases. Thx
I use a cheap Chinese proskit cutters. The point is that they are designed for electronics and flat, so they cut really close to the board.
eScrap Channel great thx
That first transistor you cut off may contain gold inside even if there is none on the bottom or on the little side tab. You should at least cut one open to check.
Sure! Sometimes the wiring is gold and inside are gold plated! I collect them and check on big batches when kilogram or more reached.
That's good soviética electrónica!
Actually Bulgarian :)
Cool result
I like your channel
Thanks!
I have a lot of big computer boards that Far from like the late 60s probably early 70s they're like 2 feet by 3 feet long where would I sell those at
Hi, I usually sell boards, but sometimes no one gives me acceptable price and I depopulate instead.
I have a lot of them Like a couple 100 of the game from the fort Riley Army base years ago
So good you reply to everyone..
I didn't understand if you made profit or did you sell as is? Or have to process ??
And what was your profit roughly?? It's sells by gram not kilo also???
Hi, it takes 3 hours from the pile of devices to depopulated elements.
So, in all cases if you don’t process ICs and MLCCs by yourself - sell boards. Takes 1-2 min to take the board from one device and is cost affective.
If you decide to depopulate valuable elements you severely downgrade boards but you get 40 - 50 USD in gold and palladium.
Hello,love your info..There's no way I could process these,but have many.. are there people that buy these Caps ???
Hi, yes people buy but it is better to find local buyer as on internet risk is higher and prices low.
Are newer boards still worth stripping down for precious metals? Like the cheap Chinese e-junk?
Hi, the only high gold content element on the new boards are BGA ICs. Some boards in telecom equipment have more than 10 BGAs so I depopulate such and get gold. For motherboards and peripheral cards etc better sell. To process and get real profit you need a factory.
hello, is there palladium in tantalum capacitors?
Hi, I know one type from Soviet Union k52 series that have palladium. They should be marked wit ‘C’ after the number. Like k52-2C.
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Awesome infos! Just a question, how you know which capacitors contain palladium? I’m looking everywhere but I can’t find info. Every blue/brown cap I found have palladium?
Hi, not every brown or blue capacitor has palladium. These have mark “bc” “bo” and we’re made in Bulgaria. In general I cut capacitors in 2 parts and look at the MLCC inside. In general being non-magnetic is a good indicator. Some magnetic have palladium, too. So, break and collect all capacitors that have mlcc inside. If not palladium - you will get at least silver.
@@escrapchannel do you have a video where you extracted the palladium from them?
Hi, coming this summer :)
@Dumitru Bojan MLCCs have palladium, but it is an endless discussion if magnetic or non magnetic or both have palladium. From my experience palladium in no magnetic is significantly more in non magnetic MLCCs, but I find some in magnetic too. Very small amount. Here some people say that it comes from now well separated nonmagnetic MLCCs, some say that there is a palladium in magnetic. I never did detail analysis.
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Thanks!
I opened a calculator a small one had 2 of the orange ceramic worth Picking up when I picked up tv on side of road
Hi, it all adds value 👍
As the amount of palladium decreased over time, did the outer color remain the same?
Hi, these capacitors were not manufactured after 1990 so all batches are high Pd content ones.
@@escrapchannel Very good, my friend. I knew my hoarding of scrap boards wasn't a waste of time.
@@Scupplin Hi, it is better than money in the bank!
Do all them capacitors have some level of palladium in them?
Hi, unfortunately no. Modern electronics MLCCs frequently have no palladium.
I’ve found a 1800grams batch of mlcc for 300€…I hope to have at least 0,8% yeld on palladium, what you think? The majority should be non magnetic ones
Take a 50g sample and test them.
Wow, I make 899grams from old radio, tv... And I sold them to a collector for 4,900€ But I had only one brand(Green) from which country are you from?
Hi, if you refer to Soviet Union capacitors, there are super expensive ones full of palladium and platinum. Ordinary MLCCs mix are far away from this content. I am from Bulgaria.
Is Electrolyte capacitor have gold?
Hi, haven’t seen electrolyte capacitors with gold content.
What is the next step in our journey to sell the palladium? I'm in America. Everyone looks at me like I'm dumb when I ask them how to sell it. They want me to send it away for an "assay"
Hi, there are at least two companies in my city buying precious metals including palladium. So, I sell when price is good. Some companies buy capacitors but melted pure palladium price is better than row material price, so I prefer to process it and sell the metal.
@@escrapchannel places I've gone tell me I need an Assay done... Telling me I have to go through a jeweler to have the palladium sent to a refinery, processed, valued, then they will make me an offer on it.
Also they say I should be sending away hundreds of pounds of the raw material to make it worth anything??? Does this sound right to you? Thank you for your help
@@andreamichelle8383 I live in east Europe and here you can sell 10 grams of capacitors or half gram of palladium for example. If you have quantity you can negotiate better price but there is no lower limit. Usually buyer is doing analysis and it can be done to both types of material. I think you should search for the right buyer in your country.
Are you scrapping in your bedroom? Haha
Nice vid.... thanks man.
Believe or not ... yes! I am a little far (2000 km) from my workshop ... so I do what I can 😃
@@escrapchannel
No judgement.... you should have seen my living room floor 15 minutes ago....
CCCP piękny kraj i dużo palladu
Yes, a lot of palladium!
Where do you buy those? Were can I find them?
Hi, I check online auctions for such boards. Those I found on a local auction.
Muy bien.
Thanks!
where do you sell palladium?
Hi, I live in Bulgaria and here I know 2 companies that buy precious metals. Also some pown shops and jewellers do so, but price is lower.
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Thank you!
What games did you get these out of?
Hi, bought the boards on Ann auction.
That is electronic part score, did not see ANY palladium.
Capacitors have 4-6% Palladium content, but I process them in kilogram batches to really see the palladium :)
The electronics have palladium Inside. I've been doing the same thing lately collecting palladium and those capacitors are crammed with it haha
What is the tool called your using ?
Hi, which tool do you mean?
How do you isolate these metals so when you go to sell them? or you just sell cut off parts?
Hi, I accumulate capacitors until I have 1 kg of a kind and process them. I remove the coating in DMSO, then I remove the solder and remaining capacitor cores I grind before dissolving metals in nitric acid hot. From the solution I recover silver and palladium.
@@escrapchannel that's amazing
its look that boards are fom the 70 ;) i have alot of them as well, before ;)
some part i dont collect i cant process them or sell them
but an great video ;)
Yes, you are right! Really old boards 😃
@@escrapchannel ;)
What years are these specifically?
Hi, brown Bulgarian capacitors - before 1990.
@@escrapchannel Thank you!
Hello . Good job. please i want ask you
Thanks! Please ask?
Ok. i am from algeria (north African) i have lotof carts ilictroniqu and lotof equipment for cominication . But i dont know how do ? Like you . Send mi your imail i sand you pictur or vidio plead hellp me thank you very much i wait
Send to this one: mggresearchltd@abv.bg
Thank you
Ok i send you pictur in your imail thank you
I could watch anyone cut parts off a board but i choose not to waste my time with your crappy video.
It’s your choice and I respect it :)
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Do you have an email?
Hi, yes. escrapchannel@abv.bg
Where do you sell it to?
Hi, at the moment palladium price is low and I keep it. But when price is high I sell palladium to local buyers in my country. I know at least two companies that buy it.
@@escrapchannel Im in the US, if the two companies are in the us please share!
@@purpleghost96 Hi, I live in Bulgaria and I sell to two small local buyers. For sure they are not presented outside of my country, unfortunately.