What makes photographic film work is a very thin layer of a light
sentive chemical that has silver in it. When the film is developed,
this silver (yes, like in money) is rinsed off and goes down the
drain.

I would like to contact the company (ies) that make some electrical
gadget that is fitted into the drain line and "picks up" the silver.

Fill free to ask me questions on how I can be clearer for you in my question.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 09 Nov 2003 15:22 PST

John,

This company makes several different kinds of silver recovery devices:

http://www.usi-usi.com/SMG-Broch/slvrmag.htm

I hesitate to post this as an answer without clearing it with you. Is
this the kind of product you're looking for?

~pinkfreud

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Clarification of Question by pendleton-ga on 09 Nov 2003 16:35 PST

Hola Pinkfreud!!! ¿Habla español?

Hey, great! If it is not too much to ask, could you easily find any
other type of process for silver collecting? It would help me just to
compare. If it is a similar machine, that is ok to.

Post your answer and get a 5-star from me!!
JohnP.

It appears that the leading names in silver recovery equipment are
USI, CPAC, and Rotex. Each of these companies offers a variety of
silver recovery devices:

USI
http://www.usi-usi.com/SMG-Broch/slvrmag.htm 

CPAC
http://www.cpacequipment.com/

Rotex
http://www.rotexsilver.com/products.htm

If your budget is limited, you might want to investigate buying used
equipment. Currently eBay has several silver recovery units:

eBay
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&krd=1&from=R8&MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&query=silver+recovery+unit

Here are some silver recovery units at attractive prices:

Photographics Supply, Inc.
http://client-141-151-133-37.photosupplyinc.com/catalog/products.aspx?cat=4&sub=sr

The least expensive product I've found is the "Silver Magnet,"
available from Porter's Camera Store for only $34.95:

Porter's Camera Store
http://porterscamerastore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=pcs&Product_Code=22-1063&Category_Code=

The search string that worked best for me was this one:

Google Web Search: "silver recovery unit"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22silver+recovery+unit

I hope this helps! As always, I'll be glad to offer further assistance
if anything is unclear, or if a link doesn't function.

Buena Suerte!
pinkfreud

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Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 09 Nov 2003 17:23 PST

Here's a silver recovery device that claims to be as effective as
electrolytic units, at lower cost, with little operator involvement:

Heavyweight Services
http://www.heavyweightservices.com/peterson.php

Pinkfreud-ga is one of my favorite great Answers Researchers. Thanks
so much! Now I need to go and collect silver!

Blessings.
John