Refining Gold From Circuit Boards and Electronic Scrap
Tap water and distilled water for rinsing the pure gold; Containers for the boards (most people use 5 gallon plastic buckets) Before refining. Cut off those portions of the board that have gold. Discard the rest. Chips, which have gold inside as well as outside, must be broken open. On a small scale, one tap with a hammer should suffice.