r/PreciousMetalRefining

So I had some time off this 4th July weekend decided I wanted to run the Silver Cell. In the pass I really didn’t keep good notes on the whole process from making the electrolyte, to adding shot to the anode basket. So here’s what I have.

300g of silver.999 dissolved into electrolyte

550ml of distilled water

300ml of nitric acid

Total Hours to dissolve the silver 15hrs

Total yield of Silver Nitrate 750ml with about 100ml of loss fluids more than likely due to evaporation from the heat.

478g of silver shot to feed the Cell

Silver Cell Info:3QT =2.839 L

Voltage 3.50

Amps 2.54

Silver Cell Startup

7/4/26. 10:30pm

7/6/26 8:00am shut down left for work

7/6/26. 5:00pm start up

Is this gold and is that silver

I recently finished processing 1,500 grams of gold-plated telecom pins and used the cupric chloride (acid peroxide) process to dissolve the base metals before recovering the gold foils. It took forever to dissolve the pins…

I know there are several ways to tackle this, including nitric acid and reverse electroplating, and I'm curious what experienced refiners here prefer. If you've used more than one method, what are the biggest advantages and disadvantages you've found?

I documented the entire experiment in a 5 minute video in case anyone is interested in seeing my process from start to finish.

https://youtu.be/Z02j6FTaGIg

Bonjour je possède 1,6 kg de pattes de composant plaqué or.

Je voudrais savoir quel pourcentage d'or je pourrais récupérer.

Est ce vendable en l'état ?

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Is this all gold in these motherboards??

It seems like quite a lot compared to the others I have ..

First timer. Learning the ropes as I go. Thanks for your help.

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Just harvested 25oz from the silver cell and decided to pour this little beauty!

Thinking of getting some additional molds. Any ideas?

Both pieces were refined via agcl precipitation and sugar/lye reduction. The left was melted in a propane foundry while the right was melted in a melt dish with map gas. Would the surface finish give any insight into purity concerns or is this a casting issue.

My company has been storing several hundred of these industrial lamp ballasts against a warranty claim. We’re about to toss them, and I thought I'd salvage what’s worth removing.

I’ve identified the copper in the inductors and transformers and pulled the gold contacts from the relay. Is there anything else worth messing with?

Thanks!!

I found this bag of what I thought was silver shot at a yard sale. none of the tests make any sense the precious metal place also was confused. This is what the XRF says but doesn't seem heavy enough. What other materials would match this readout? It is a high end table top XRF not a handheld too.

40 sticks of RAM, 2 grams of gold plate…another 40 to go…is there anything to gain from this?

Found this at a garage sale awhile back. Chat and Grok seem to think it is some kind of silver scrap.

Its non magnetic, uniformly matte gray, brittle in that it shatters when squeezed in my linesmans pliers, the pieces are all uniform matte gray when shattered, and the container feels heavy in that i initially thought lead or tungsten scrap. It doesn't scratch glass and it doesnt leave any marks or streaks on white paper.

Any guesses?

I don’t know what they are for but some guy who works for the company can take the old ones.

Another dealer in town has been paying him 50.00 for the bag.

I melted one down

Gold plating

The rest is aluminum

I don’t do any chemical refining my self but I am trying to figure out what I could sell these for per pound.