Other

44 components in this category. The highest-value item here is Gold-Filled Watch Cases & Bands at $200–500 per pound.

Gold-Filled Watch Cases & Bands Other · $200–500/lb Au 4–10 g/lb for clean marked GFBase brass core S Laboratory Platinum Ware Other · $20000–32000/lb Pt ~454 g/lb — it is solid metalAu 5% in Pt-5%Au XRF fusion cruciblesBase Rh 5–10% in Pt-Rh crucibles S Noble Thermocouple Wire (Type R/S/B) Other · $18000–31000/lb Pt ~410 g per lb of bare noble wireBase Rh 6–30% of one legBase Type K/J/T/E/N: zero PGM S Precious-Metal Sputtering Targets Other · $32000–50000/lb Au ~454 g/lb — the target is solid metalPt 138 g in a 2 in × 0.125 in discPd 77 g in a 2 in × 0.125 in disc S Silver-Oxide Button Cells Other · $40–120/lb Ag ~30–35% by weight ≈ 150 g/lbBase Zn anode ~25%Base LR/AG alkaline S Sterling & Silver-Plated Flatware Other · $700–2000/lb Ag 92.5% ≈ 420 g/lb sterlingAg hollow-handle knives: only 8–20 g per pieceAg silver plate: ~0.1–0.5 g per teaspoon S Fiber transceivers (SFP/GBIC/QSFP) ⚠ Other · $10–25/lb Au 0.5–1.5 g/lb (whole modules)Ag trace A X-Ray Film & Spent Fixer Other · $1–4/lb Ag 0.07–0.10 ozt/lb (2.2–3.1 g/lb) medical filmAg 0.15–0.25 ozt/lb industrial NDT filmAg 1–6 g/L in spent fixer B DC-DC converter bricks & isolation modules Other · $40–400/lb Au 0.08–0.3 g/lbAg 1–4 g/lbCu ~90 g/lb C Insulated copper wire Other · $1–2/lb Cu 45–78% recovery by grade C Laptop Docking Stations Other · $15–60/lb Au 0.04–0.12 g/lbCu 15–25 g/lbBase steel ballast plate in most C Laptop Power Adapters Other · $8–35/lb Cu 60–90 g/lbAu traceBase glued PC/ABS shell C Mechanical & Vintage Keyboards Other · $25–150/lb Au trace–0.05 g/lbCu 10–18 g/lbBase steel plate 30–50% C Metal oxide varistors (MOVs) Other · $15–40/lb Ag 6–14 g/lb C Pinball & Jukebox Electronics Other · $30–150/lb Ag 1–3 g/lb on EM relay stacksCu 20–35 g/lbAu trace C POS & Payment Terminals Other · $8–30/lb Au 0.05–0.20 g/lbCu 10–18 g/lbBase tamper coin cell on every board C Semiconductor Wafers & Fab Tooling Other · $20–200/lb Au 0.0045 g/lb generic research-fab wafer scrapAu 7.4 g/lb for 1 µm gold-backed wafersBase quartz and SiC boats: zero metal C SIM & smart chip cards Other · $150–280/lb Au 1.4–3.6 g/lb of punched modules C Solar cells & panels Other · $8–25/lb Ag 3–8 g/lb of bare cellsBase 2–3 kg aluminium frame C Turntable Cartridges & Styli Other · $30–300/lb Au traceBase diamond stylus tips C Vintage & Graphing Calculators Other · $20–150/lb Au 0.05–0.30 g/lbBase NiCd packs in early rechargeables C Wall Warts, UPS & Copper Transformers Other · $5–20/lb Cu 70–110 g/lb (linear warts)Base UPS: sealed lead-acid core C Boomboxes & Portable Stereos Other · $15–120/lb Cu 15–30 g/lbAg traceBase ferrite speaker magnets D Bridge rectifiers and power diodes Other · $20–80/lb Cu 140–240 g/lbAg 0.5–2 g/lbAu ~0.02 g/lb D Carbon and metal film resistors Other · $8–25/lb Cu ~15 g/lb D Cassette Decks & Tape Players Other · $10–75/lb Cu 20–35 g/lbAg traceBase steel/plastic D CCD Digital Cameras Other · $30–120/lb Au 0.01–0.03 g/lbCu 8–15 g/lbBase Li-ion or AA power D Ceramic HRC fuses (and glass fuses) Other · $25–80/lb Ag 1–3 g/lbCu ~90 g/lb D Clip-on and bolt-on board heatsinks Other · $5–25/lb Cu 0–450 g/lb D CPU heat spreaders & heatsinks Other · $3–5/lb Cu 85–99% on copper IHSBase Ni plating D DVD & Blu-ray Players Other · $5–35/lb Cu 10–18 g/lbAu 0.002–0.008 g/lbBase steel case 50–70% D EMI shield cans and fences Other · $3–10/lb Cu 150–290 g/lb D iPods & MP3 Players Other · $20–100/lb Au 0.01–0.03 g/lbBase Li-poly cell in every unit D LCD Panels (ITO / CCFL vs LED) Other · $0–8/lb Base Indium ~0.4–0.8 g/m² of ITO layerAu 0.01–0.08 g per panel in COF tape bumpsCu ~17 g/lb D LEDs (through-hole and power SMD) Other · $20–90/lb Au 0.02–0.08 g/lbAg 2–7 g/lbCu ~100 g/lb D Nixie Tubes, VFDs & Dekatrons Other · $150–900/lb Base nickel cathodesBase tungsten filament (µg) in VFDsBase total metal value $0.02–0.15 per tube D Photomultiplier Tubes (PMTs) Other · $150–900/lb Ag 0.1–2 g per tubeAu 0–20 mg per tubeBase BeCu dynodes with an activated BeO surface D Platinum RTD Probes (Pt100/Pt1000) Other · $45–200/lb Pt ~30–80 mg per lb of complete probesBase 0.9–0.99 lb/lb 316SS or Inconel sheathPt SPRT: 15–30 g per unit D Power supplies Other · $1–2/lb Au 0.005–0.03 g/lbCu 30–60 g per transformerAg in the relay D Reel-to-Reel Decks & Vintage Mics Other · $40–400/lb Cu 25–40 g/lbBase Alnico magnets in mics and monitorsAu trace D Thermal Printheads Other · $200–900/lb Au 0.002–0.02 g per head ≈ 0.06 g/lbBase Ru as RuO2 glazeBase alumina substrate + Al heatsink bar D Thermistors (NTC/PTC) and piezo elements Other · $20–70/lb Ag 2–5 g/lb D Transformers, inductors, chokes & toroids Other · $15–60/lb Cu 100–220 g/lb D VCRs & VHS Decks Other · $15–80/lb Cu 25–40 g/lbBase Al head drum 80–150 gAu trace D

How this category is graded

Tier S is top material worth sorting out and keeping separate. Tier A is high value and worth the labour to harvest. Tier B is solid in volume. Tier C only pays at scale or as part of the board it sits on. Tier D is near zero — knowing what not to spend time on is half the skill.

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