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[–] • 16 pts

This should be posted to black twitter

[–] • 12 pts

The typical process for gold plating PCBs is called 'Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold' or ENIG for short. That's pretty fitting.

[–] • 5 pts

I’d say it’s a message, Synchronicity, serendipity? Who knows but now I think for sure if someone wanted to get the antennas disappeared. The Enigs is their guy

[–] • 4 pts

The gold plating on PCBs is very thin. It's usually well under a micron thick. Even in 'hard gold' plated PCBs, the thickness may be under 2 microns. You would need something like a couple of dozen of these devices to yield a full ounce of gold. That gold would still need to be refined to get it to a high enough purity though as it is often mixed with cobalt and nickel. It's worth it if you have a lot of gold plated PCBs to recover with, but it's not going to make you rich.

[–] • 15 pts

Shhh, don't tell the ENIGS.

[+] [deleted] • 8 pts
[–] • 5 pts

No shit. The point is to get people to break into them looking for gibs. Try to keep up.

[–] • 3 pts

The general population doesn't need to know that.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

5g needs a lot of these things. That should cover their block.

[–] • 0 pt

I’m sure there is enough for a couple of teeth in each one.

[–] • 2 pts

I think a lot here are missing OPs point.

[–] • 1 pt

I buy old computers from the scrap yard and recycle the gold and silver from them. The older they are the more gold is inside but it's still very little. But it does add up.

[–] • 0 pt

Is it cost efficient? What's your refining process like?

[–] • 0 pt

Definitely not cost efficient. After you buy your acid and smelting equipment you might break even. I get the old computers for 3 cents a pound but it costs about $50 to ship a small amount of nitric acid which is used to dissolve the gold and silver so maybe after I process alot of computers I will turn a profit. Its mostly just a hobby.

[–] • 0 pt

Happy prospector dance.