What Are the Most Convenient Precious Scrap Investments You Can Make?

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Written By Barry Lenson

What precious metal investments should you be thinking about if you live in an apartment or small residence? Several considerations come into play:

  • Which kinds of gold scrap, silver scrap, and platinum scrap are the easiest to store in small spaces, such as bins that you can easily stash under your bed or in other limited spaces?

  • Which kinds are easiest to ship for testing or processing by a precious metal refinery like Specialty Metals Smelters and Refiners?

  • Which kinds of scrap are easiest to pick up and move if you are relocating from one residence to another?

These Varieties of Precious Metal Scrap Fill the Bill!

  • Small electronic devices like old cellphones and remote controls

  • Printed circuit boards from cars and audio equipment and other small home electronic devices

  • Printed circuit boards from old desktop and laptop and tablet computers

  • Thermocouple wires pulled from stoves and air conditioners

  • Gold and gold-filled eyeglass frames and jewelry

  • Sterling silver knives, forks, spoons, and serving dishes and candle holders

  • Platinum crucibles, forceps, and other items of lab testing equipment

  • Cadmium and platinum probes and other items used in medical or laboratory tests

What to Do with Small Items of Gold Scrap, Platinum Scrap and Silver Scrap

Your first step is to call our precious metal consultants at 800-426-2344. We are here to explain how you can have us test your items, let you know what they contain, and then reclaim precious metals.

In some cases we can explain how to extract the gold and other metals they contain before you send them to us for testing and processing. For example, it is easy to snip the gold “fingers” and contacts from printed circuit boards and send only those small bits and pieces to us for testing and refining. We can tell you how.

The bottom line is, investing in precious metal scrap is not an activity only for people who have the ability to store large quantities of scrap. People who live in apartments can be active investors too. Let us explain how.

Barry Lenson
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