Amazing Scrap Finds!  THIS was being tossed? Blown away at how much this was worth.  One man's trash
Channel: LocalBroadcast
Date: 2020-04-01

Can't believe what was found!  This has to be worth at least a buttload!  Electronic / electrical components which were thrown away!  scrap gold fingers and gold contacts, vintage IC / integrated circuits with gold traces, obsolete components which can be de-soldered and reused since they are through hole components big enough to be recycled and reused!  

If you aren't sure what something is on an old circuit board, you can almost ALWAYS find the part number or some sort of identifying marks on it which you can google, plus the words 'datasheet' and 'pdf', and you will come up with a document which details every detail of the component plus a whole lot more!  Everything you need to know about how to use it, and sometimes even a circuit diagram or two showing you exactly how to implement the thing into your project to get the best performance possible from the thing.

I am always amazed at what I can find thrown away by large corporations.  At first I am always blown away that they are fine with just tossing this kind of valuables straight in the trash, but after giving it some thought, it is easy to realize why they do it.  They have gotten their value out of the object and have obviously either gotten something new to replace it or simply no longer need the thing.  They are not equipped or set up to dismantle equipment and do such a thing as post the components for resale on ebay, plus deal with potential customer questions or returns.  Once you factor these types of things into the equation, it becomes obvious why they just chuck the stuff in the trash.  For someone like me who comes along and can appreciate the value still left on the vine of these types of things, it brings nothing but happiness!  I know I'm not the only one who feels this way too!

I hope you all enjoy!

If you've read all this, I'll spoil the video and tell you that the best  find was a rather beefy rheostat!  I'm in love with the thing as it's the first one I've ever found, and there is no way I would ever spend the $100 it would cost to purchase one of these for a project!  It's the type of thing that would make no sense to use in a project because the obvious choice is something like a tiny potentiometer paired up with a microcontroller.

If you like to do gold scrapping and the like, you should check out this australian blokes channel.. lemme see... yea here it is!  his name is 'ewaste ben' and he's got a number of great videos detailing some amazing finds.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMNtGapF13fwDLMR_sHmi6g