Stereo/audio inputs...Gold plated?

Alright folks, I've tried to find the answer to this by searching, no matter how much I curse, sweet talk it, beg, plead, cry..it refuses to give me my answer!

So that being said...Go easy on me if this has been answered, an if it has....you all have hidden it well from me! ::raise fist::

On to the question...Broke down a couple of Yamaha stereo receivers and on the back were a ton of inputs and what not. Unlike most inputs I've come across,some of these appear to be gold and not the silver/chrome color I typically find. So..is my guess right and these are gold or gold plated? And if plated, any buyers for such things?

Gonna try and add a pic of them..lets see if it works...

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Hey hey, I got it to work sweet...anyhow, the first pic shows the black input the gold cover was on.

Thanks folks, and again I apologize if this has been discussed, I searched an searched but couldn't find anything!

Sirscrapalot - Thinks next time he's sweet talking the search box, he'll leave out the threats of using a sledge hammer.

They are gold plated most likely, although I have seen anodized versions that were trying really hard to pretend to be high end gold plated connectors.

As a matter of fact, I have even seen black rhodium or what they call black rhodium connectors.

Any of the high end electronics that were made prior to 2002 are going to have more gold plating than anything after. The price of gold jumped then leaded in 2002, so industry responding by finding more efficient ways to play less gold and get the same benefit. The same goes for car audio equipment. Anything before 1998 usually has more gold associated with it, in car audio components.

I have 4 55 gallon buckets of those particular type of connectors, the yield is okay but on the low end, you have to figure they have far less surface space per base material than something like gold plated pins have. A lot of times the cheaper ones have a tin base which makes them a nightmare to run if you are not aware before, it creates insoluble tin oxide in AR solutions. They are not as clean to run as other types of connecters but should be well worth your time and effort to scrap along with all the other gold connectors. If you look at ebay auctions for gold recovery material, you often times see mixed lot of gold plated connectors that have this type of material in them. You might be better served mixing these up with other types of misc connecters so that you get a better overall price for your lot.

Scott

But first, have you exhausted all attempts with the "advanced search" feature?

nice finish on the floor there btw, did you pay extra for that ?

Scott,

Much thanks to you good sir. I will take your advice on tossing them in with other misc. connectors and see what happens. They've been driving me batty since I pulled them out. Lol. The things that keep you up at night...grrr.

Sirscrapalot - Is going to sleep a lot easier now.



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LOL...Bear..! Of course I did sir. Why do you think I finally threatened it with a sledge? :P

Sirscrapalot - think he's being trolled by Bear. :)

hahaha! just checkin, lol

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Originally Posted by NobleMetalWorks

Any of the high end electronics that were made prior to 2002 are going to have more gold plating than anything after. The price of gold jumped then leaded in 2002, so industry responding by finding more efficient ways to play less gold and get the same benefit. The same goes for car audio equipment. Anything before 1998 usually has more gold associated with it, in car audio components.

Scott

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Will these dates apply to computer equipment as well? phone jacks too, ribbon cable connectors, etc etc ?

Floor? Thats my desk! ROFL.

Man I need a new desk when it's mistaken for a floor....

It ain't a pretty desk but it does the task!

Sirscrapalot - Wouldn't know what to do with a pretty, non-scarred desk.

sorry, it looked like a concrete finish to me. haha

For the most part, yes. The plating on high end audio and stereo car and home equipment changed in 1998, I know this because I owned a car stereo, alarm, pager, cellular phone store. I was contributing to IASCA at the time, and competing. We used to install this big bulky, gold plated fuse boxes and junctions that were so heavy gold plated they felt in the hand like heavy butter, only way I can think to describe it. I used to have hundreds of them for sale in the store for car audio enthusiasts to purchase. Then everything started to get really shiny right around 1998, the magazines were all reporting the difference in gold plating, etc.

In 2002 I was working as a wan administrator in the computer field. I was at the CES show in Vegas, there was an entire class dedicated to the new gold plating technology that was being used because of gold prices jumping. Matter of fact, a much better gauge on when exactly gold plating changed would be to look at when gold prices jumped. Each time industry responded by using more efficient techniques to apply gold plating in smaller and smaller amounts.

I purchase gold plated connector pins from a manufacturer in silicon valley on a regular basis. I get a low yield compared to other pins I have run, yet they have never been used, are clean with no solder, you couldn't ask for better material to run as a refiner. However, the yields just simply are not nearly as good as older pins, because of the gold plating. So if you want to make a premium on your pins if you sell them on ebay, try to keep separate the pins from computers older than 2002, and make note of it in your ebay auction. But be honest about it. A good refiner is always going to be able to tell by yield data, if they were lied to about the date on the pins.

Any extra work you put into your material like that, will bring more money on an ebay auction. It's a type of value added service. One of the local guys that sells scrap to me, separates all his material for me, as best as he can. He knows I am going to pay him more if he does his job right and I can consistently count on his sorting. It saves me time, effort and money in the long run. He searches out the better material, its' a win win situation for both of us.

Scott

Did you check those with a magnet, they look like gold plated brass to me. The most ive sold 1 pound of gold plated metal for was $300. And it was tiny pins that were 100% covered. Very large amount of surface area per pound. Those look like they would bring around $70 pound.

Just checked them, an nope not magnetic.

I'd take 70 all day a lb on these suckers..ha.

Sirscrapalot - Has a mason jar that has been tapped for storage duty.

You are more than welcome...

Some refiners have issues with giving people who scrap information to help them make a better profit. I think a little differently. I figure if I can help someone sort their material, or in this case mix their material, so that they can be more fairly paid on the value of their hard work, that it will make them healthier, business wise. If you are healthier, business wise, then you are able to locate and find better and better material, plus if you are sorting properly it makes the job of the refiner that much easier. In the end, everyone does better, I truly believe this. I don't know why there seems to be a disparity or difference between scrappers and refiners. One cannot exist without the other so it just makes sense to me that we should all cooperate so that we all do better.

I am more than happy to help where I can, and I hope if I have questions about things I have yet to learn that people here will help me. That has already been the case, it is certainly a two way street. I'm glad I found and joined this forum.

Scott