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Gold in England? Just in case you didn't know AU is the chemical name for Gold.
For probably the first time in recorded history Gold is actually useful for something other than hoarding.
Gold has been mined and refined for many thousands of years.
It has financed the rise of nations. It's accumulation and possession the led to the subjugation of whole continents.
So how would you like to get in on the latest gold bonanza?
The oldest golden treasure in the world, dating to 5,000 BC, was discovered at the Varna Necropolis Bulgaria Wikipedia)
Apart from it's use as gold coinage and the odd pocket watch cover, not to mention jewelery for adornment; over the centuries it has been pretty useless for anything else.
As a store of value it is unsurpassed. Whenever economies start falling to pieces, and currencies begin to fail, everyone buys gold.
The gold business has been around long before the invention of money.
I dare say it will still be around when money is dispensed with altogether.
Finding Gold Today.
Satellites, Cell phones and Computers use vast amounts of gold. What effect do you think this is this having on the worlds gold supply?
The price is shooting through the roof and has been for over 2 years with no sign of slowing down anytime soon.
Meanwhile the phone companies are knocking out new cell phone models every 3 months and what happens to your old cell phone?
It usually gets passed to your mum or dad, sister or brother or worse ends up in the drawer gathering dust. Of course your cell phone provider will offer you an upgrade but is it really a good deal.
You may have had your phone for 2 years in which case you have paid for it twice already.
If they offer you some money on your old phone it had better be a good offer, as there are plenty of companies out there who are also after your phone.
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Gold prospecting in England, rocking it old school. Well before we start we better have a chat with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Because she owns the rights to all gold ore in Britain through her business wing. The Crown Estate who own the rights to all the gold in the UK
Once Her Majesty has kindly given you permission to go a panning and a mining and you still have your head attached to your body.
You then have to get the permission of the person that owns the land where you want to go prospecting and it doesn’t end there.
The person who owns the land or streams may not own the rights to the minerals on the land or in the rivers and streams so you will have to hunt them down and get their permission.
OK we have all the permissions we needed now lets head for them thare hills. Source detecting.org.uk
Hey don't shoot me. I am just the messenger. This way of getting your hands on some gold is for the birds. We need to gear up and go 21st century on this thing.
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This is how they used to do it before TV, Facetube and the Interweb.
OK Mountains are hard and the gold is probably in tiny amounts in some other material like quartz which is also very hard.
Ok so how much gold is there?
Well on average for every 17 tons of gold ore bearing hardish rock you can expect to extract between .51 to 85 grams of gold.
Now that sounds like a lot of hard work. am I right?
OK so how much is that worth. Well at todays prices a gram of gold is about $53
So 85 grams will earn you about $4,505 well hey that’s not bad? But you did have to knock your pipe out to get at it?
OK so you have to do a lot of digging and crushing and then some more crushing and melting. It’s going to take some time.
Well how about we think about it a different way. Instead of going through all that getting permissions and mining and panning and back breaking work
Alternatively we have people deliver to us all their unwanted:-
Cell phones, Computers and other forms of technology that contain gold. And a whole lot more precious metals and useful stuff and we give them a couple of bucks for the pleasure.
There is a real gold mine, sitting in all those old cell phones and other technologies that are unloved and unused it so many millions of cupboards and drawer’s all over the world.
For example. It is estimated that for every 1 usable cell phone, in Britain alone, many people have 3 or 4 old cell phones, sitting around gathering dust when they could be making you cash money. You don't need me to tell you that things are tough out there, so why are all these precious cell phones not making you some extra cash?
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“A ton of cell phones can yield as much as 280 grams of gold, about 140 grams of platinum and palladium, and 140 kilograms of copper.
There’s also plastic and glass that can be recycled from used cell phones.” source pacebutler. Do the math, it's a load of money!
So going by our earlier calculations of $53 a gram our pile of old cell phones may yield 280 g X $53 = $14,840.
That's $10,000 more that digging it out of the ground or panning a stream.
That’s over three times the money with a fraction of the effort and that is without having to dig a dirty great big hole in the ground or stand up to you neck in water all day long.
Secondly that is without counting all the other money from the other precious metals like palladium, platinum and all the copper wire and the plastic that can be sold for recycling.
It’s a win, win, win all round. You make some easy money, the environment doesn’t get ripped to shreds and you are recycling. Your A Green Eco Warrior!
If you still want to hunt for gold, in England in the old fashioned way, then good luck to you.
But you should maybe think of it as a hobby; a reason to get out in the fresh air, because there has always been more gold in North Wales and Scotland.
And precious little in England.
There are more companies than you can shake a stick at clamoring to buy your old phones, so how much are they really worth?
These phone buying companies are spending a huge amount of money in advertising on the TV, Tubeface and the Interknot everyday.
You probably know their jingle too! Do Ba, Do BA, Do Ba De Do. etc
They would not be doing this amount of advertising if there was no money in it. So what are you waiting for. Get your share of the gold rush, cash in today Ka Ching!
Now how can we get our hands on those diamond encrusted gold and platinum coated satellite’s?
Perp Perp! that's my old cell phone, I better just get that.
Check out Tammyswallows hub on how to get the best price, when you want to trade gold and silver in from your jewelery. See Below.
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Hi Mike.
Been looking at your profile on WebAnswers and spoted your link to this hub on gold.
My first question is to myself. How the hell did I miss this one?
Very interesting info and I'll be dropping by and reading your other suggestions.
How many awards do we need before we start earning on WA?
Take care and have a great Saturday evening.
LOL Ghaelach
I hope you liked the videos. We can all do this at home with a little common sense. Easiest way to make money from that old technology cluttering up the place. Thanks.
Very good information!
I didn't realise the gold in cell phones had much value to them. I always thought it was mostly junk. Nice hub. Very informative all over.
Thanks Tammy,
I am blushing now! and smiling. Thank you.
You are such a great teacher! :)
Hi Jessi10,
There is so much money to make from other peoples cast offs. Why not get some for yourself. It is so simple to do. I might even do it myself?
Thanks alocsin,
There is a load of money tied up in those little devices that we all have stuffed in the cupboard.
Thanks for SHARING
I liked this Hub very much! I had no idea that there was so much information on this. This was interesting, I had no idea that recycling cell phones could make me money this way. I'm voting this UP and USEFUL! Thank you for writing this!
Wow, I had no idea. And I thought cell phone recyclers were just doing it for environmental concerns. Voting this Up and Interesting. Thanks for SHARING.
Check out the new videos on how to get gold from your old phones and computers. It's so easy too.
Hello Goodlady,
lol sorry but you did make me laugh out loud. I had the image of 'drawers full of cell phones' pop into my head when I read it and I am not referring to furniture.lol
It made me laugh and for that I thank you. There are so many companies out there, after your old phones, so shop around for the best deal.
Good luck and let us know how you get on next time you are in Italy.
Grrrreat.
I've got drawers full of old mobile phones I knew I was keeping for some reason!
Next time I get back home (to Italy), I'll search out where to cash them in.
Thanks.
Fantastic Hub. Voted Up, Interesting, and useful.
Hello Barbara Kay,
There is more gold in 1 ton of cell phones than 1000's of tons of ore.
It is simply far more economical to get it from these old technologies. Than to dig it up.
Hello Barbara Kay,
Go flog that old junk and get the cash! Why store this redundant equipment when you can trade it in?
Hello Genesis and KaChing! to your hubby.
Sounds like you have massive customer base down in the USA and based on the comments section here. You could clean up. As few people know about this. It is big business here in the UK already.
I was thinking about old TV's the other day too. All that copper!
Go for it. I want 10 % ha ha.
Ha ha DzyMsLizzy, next we take over the world. lol
Check out the online cell phone buying companies. They will even pay the postage. I can't recommend one as that would constitute commercial?
Hello Stephanie Henkel,
Dust off those old cells phones and cash in. It will give you some more space to? lol
Hi freelanceauthor,
It applies to all cellphones in varying degrees. Prices range from a few bucks to £200 here in the UK. As for the environmental aspects? These companies with the boxes outside are not dumb?
Wow, interesting hub. No wonder some malls here are placing big boxes with signs to dispose old cellphones without harming the environment. They maybe actually up for the gold other than keeping the environment clean.
Based on your calculation, gold in an old cellphone can even allow you to buy a new one.
I wonder if this applies to all types of cellphones. Voted up. Thanks.
It sounds like you need a lot of cell phones though to make any money. How much money do you make per cell phone or computer? I'm interested in seeing.
I think you gave me an idea for a new business. I know a family that are millionaires from the scrap metal business. This might be even more profitable. Ha, and I've got two computers here and a cell phone that I didn't know what to do with. Thanks for the interesting info.
My hubby works for a recycling company here in Canada, and this is exactly what they do! There really is gold in your computers, TV's and other electronic items you use daily. Voted UP, and shared, this is very useful information.
Verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy interestinggggg....
I only recently learned about this--and now, to figure out HOW to extract said gold, and sell it someplace for actual market value, instead of the fractional price that those "we'll buy your old gold..." middlemen will offer... ... Hmmm (I'm in the USA, so things may work differently here...)
Great hub--voted up!
What an interesting Hub! Being a bit of a pack rat, I know I have a few old cell phones around gathering dust. Now must be the time to try to find out where to sell them. Great info and a fun read, too! Love your wit and presentation of an interesting subject. Voted up and shared!
Hi Tammy,
There is some much precious metal in these old phones we have full-on business over here buying them back. Amazing.
Thanks for the link too. Makes perfect sense.
Great hub! I never realized there was gold in a cell phone. Very interesting! I am linking this, Thanks!!
oliviaharrisbrown,
You are more than welcome. Good luck cashing in that gold!
Thanks!
Good luck oliviaharrisbrown,
We have people coming door to door, asking to buy our old phones and other electronics, so it is a lucrative business. Even small scale.
Thanks! I will see what I can find.
Hi oliviaharrisbrown,
There are loads of companies on the internet that are doing these deals. I cannot give out commercial companies names here in the comments section. A quick search will find some in your area.
Hi PWalker281,
You could but the neighbors may call the environment agency :) It is a messy process. Maybe I'll find a video and put it on the hub.
It's all vats of bubbling chemicals and a big gooey mess.
Where can I go to sell my cell phones? Is there a list of businesses online?
Okay, so I won't be extracting gold from my cell phone or laptop anytime soon :-). Thanks for answering my question.
Hello PWalker281,
Thanks for dropping in and asking this interesting question.
It is indeed possible to extract the gold yourself but it is a very smelly process using some hectic chemicals.
This is really a volume business enterprise. If you had say a ton of phones then you could make $1,000's as mentioned above.
Collecting old phones is another viable option as long as you pay less for them than you sell them on for.
There are many companies that will buy your old kit and I would probably go down that route for one or two items.
To get the precious metals etc from one phone or old computer would make some cash but would take some effort so selling on is the best option.
Thanks PWalker281 very interesting and useful comment. Thanks for the Tweet too.
My relatively new laptop died on me last month, and when I took it into the repair shop, only to be told there was a short in the motherboard and it would be too expensive to fix, the shop owner suggested I bring it in to him to be recycled once I got a new one. I knew I was hanging on to that laptop for a reason!
I know I have an old cell phone packed up somewhere (at least I hope I still have it). Then there's my current one, the batter of which is on its last leg, so I'll be upgrading soon. The question now is, how do you identify the gold in these devices and how do you extract it? Any ideas, molometer??
Very informative and useful (and funny) hub; rated up and tweeted!
Hello oliviaharrisbrown,
Well that's a good start then, are you going to cash them in?
Hello rebeccamealey,
We do have gold panning still going on here somewhere in England I seem to recall. It's a day out for the kids and can be a fun day. I had some old scrap gold and took it to the jewelers and they made it into two wrist bangles for my wife.
Hey Molometer! I like this article. I have a handful of phones and a handful of chargers I would like to sell.
Hello WD Curry 111,
To the victor the spoils I guess. Now I don't want you to get all fired up down there in sunny Florida. Think of all the good things the yanks have given you?.............lol
Thanks for the sweet thoughts.
Hello Cindy,
Getting the gold etc out of cell phones, is a huge business. It is a business that just has sprung up, in the last few years. It is an easy business to start up I would imagine.
Gold is one of the very expensive element in the world.
Amazing facts!I sold some scrap gold over the summer.(broken jewelry). Got a fantastic price. My kids and I went panning for gold last summer in North Georgia. It was fun! No,we didn't find any gold. BUT have not given up!
Hi Cindy, I am thinking the exact same thing. It could be a very profitable business. We even have people coming door to door offering cash for phones, so it is easily doable.
See? Here in the South we don't like Yankees. They bombarded our Great Grand Mother when she was on her way to church. Never mind that, the English aristocricy settled our way. They brought the best craftsmen with them. We are reliant upon their descendants to this day.
When the "War Between the States (northern), or "Civil War" (Southern) was over, the norrth ran off with Southern treasures. Gold was one, art was one, turpentine and tar pitch was another. It took England awhile before they realized that tar pitch was obsolete.
I love you, man. I am no tourist!
No wander people are handing out postage paid envelopes for us to send them our old cell phones! I think I just found a new line of work "cell phone salvage"!
Who would have thought. Great hub!
There is a lot of money in those old phones. They are paying over $200 here for some of them!
This was really interesting. I have a few old phones around so I may have to look into this.
Gold is still going through the roof maybe we should hang on to our old cell phones?
Prospecting for gold in England has been revised to everywhere.lol
Thanks eye say for the FB share.
Yesterday we had a guy handing out flyers in the area offering £950 an ounce for Gold. Also offering money for old phones.
In England we have a mobile/cell telephone company that will buy back your old phone.
It seems everyone is catching on that there is indeed a lot of gold in England stuck in peoples old phones.
shared on fb ... great info
Time to recycle those cell phones?
Hi again phdast7,
It really is astonishing how much gold is in them thar phones etc and how many of them have probably already found their way to the landfill?
Thanks for the compliments on the hubs and the vote up. Much appreciated.
Who knew? I didn't. Very interesting stuff and you always have a great array of images and picture with your Hubs. Up, useful, funny, and interesting. :)
Thanks Alladream74
An interesting read.Thumbs up
Hi MM and Always
Why not cash in those old phones and buy something nice, glad I could be of service.
I had no idea about cell phones having gold. This was a really good interesting article...Cheers
What a great fun and interesting hub!
Gold in phones...
Loved your choice in photos, voting up!
Yes, it was fun.
Hi Jenubouka
yep it true that's where your old phone goes. Each phone has between $50 and $100 of gold and other precious and semi precious metals in it?
So next time you need a quick $50 chop in an old phone?
PS what are good ah ah's?
Oh so that's why they want your old phones, son of a b.... Thanks for good ah ah's, blondes can learn!
Hi Seeker7 thanks for the visit glad you liked it.
Ok how many old cell phones have you got lurking around?
And what about all those phone chargers for phones that don't exist anymore or are lost; or just chargers in general.
They are full of copper!
Thanks I'm off to clean out the shed lol
I loved this hub! Both funny but also very interesting! It's actually a bit scary when you think about all the unused stuff and rubbish sitting around our homes that could be put to good use and might even have some value somewhere! And to think we could even maybe make a few quid out of it!!! LOL!
Voted up + interesting!
I had such a great time I couldn't put it down, goodnight.
You stayed all night? It's after midnight here, Goonight
Hi Hubert it "was" 6:0 am UK time. lol
3:17 p.m. at the sending of this.
Me too, I have to sleep at some stage (pun intended) It's almost 8 am here. Goodnight or is it good evening for you?
OK, I'm Done.
No sweeping up PMSL no really I am
thanks bud your a champ.
A stage to where? Dodge City?
Stop you are cracking me up.
Hubert I sit here and suddenly bust out laughing. It must seem kind if odd to my family.
They look at me bemused then I have to explain ha ha who cares cheers buddy you make my day.
You should be on the stage.
Laughter is good. When you laugh the laughs with you. When you laugh uncontrollably for no apparent reason they leave you alone. There you have it laughter for togetherness and laughter for peace.
I really did just almost PMSL what a character you are Hubert.
You are making me laugh right now.
Thars gold in them thar phones. Can I borrow your cell?
molometer Hub Author 2 months ago
Hi there Ghaelach,
This is a great idea isn't it. I may do it myself, it is so simple.
Gold trader has a nice 'ring' to it lol
Once you have done the first 50 you should be earning.
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Have a great weekend too. let me know how you get on!