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How to Pull Gold Out of Old PCs

You can pull gold out of old PCs by sending the electronic components to a precious scrap metals refinery. If you can acquire a large number of old PCs, you will be able to reclaim enough gold to make a profit. Gold can be found near the connectors and on integrated circuits. You may extract it yourself, but it's not advisable because it is a very toxic chemical process. By taking gold out of old PCs, you are helping to keep it out of our landfills.

Things You'll Need

Computer with Internet connection
Money to purchase a quantity of old PCs
Basic household tools

Instructions

- 1
  Remove and recycle all plastic, nonelectronic components. Keep anything that looks like a gold finger, a connector and a circuit board.
- 2
  Call or email a precious scrap metals refinery, such as Metallix Refining (see the Resources section), to find out what percentage they will pay you of the daily price of gold. This is also called the "spot" price.
- 3
  Search online for the current price of gold to determine if the refinery's offer is acceptable.
- 4
  Carefully package your electronic components in bubble wrap and send them to the address provided by the scrap metal refinery in a USPS Flat Rate Priority box or via other method. Depending on how much gold you estimate is in the package, you may wish to insure it.

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