New and confused member

Hi Everyone,
I'm from Wisconsin and I have several different types of car stereo installations components that have 24k gold plating, according to the packaging. These include fuses, O rings, connectors, etc. The company discontinued the plating when the price of gold made it unprofitable. Would these be the type of item that gold recovery would work on? Would it be more profitable to bring them to a refinery, or to the salvage yard where I'm told they will pay sheet iron price. I have cases and cases. Secondly, any suggestions as to where to take them. Thanks for any help.:))

Hey welcome aboard. Tough to answer your questions without seeing what you have. What I can tell you for sure is that those boards are worth more than shred price. You may need to make a few more posts so you can put some pics up.

i would reccomend looking at the items on ebay and see if they have a usable value...if they are not worth anything as working parts then maybe list them on ebay as gold plated parts for gold recovery...we have many buyers on here for many items...im sure someone would buy the items from you......but in my experience i have done better selling things like gold plated connecter pins, rca jacks, and the screw in cable connestors on ebay...

most scrap yards are not interested in the plating on items, only the base metal . i think you need thousands of pounds to come out good at a refinery....

there are many more knowledgable members here than me...i am somewhat new myself and am still learning everyday....read the archives of old posts here theres lots of valuable info here

Yes, wadarbr is right, ebay is a good place to sell these as usable or scrap.

If you don't do ebay or just want to compare prices, I suggest checking with a couple of the buyers in the Buyers and Sellers section. Some of them will definitely be interested in your plated parts.

Sell as "new or like new" or maybe "new old stock". Other than that wadarbr549 hit it right. You would have to have 1 to 2 thousand pounds for a refiner to be interested, and the flimsy plating on them isn't enough to even make a BB. It looks pretty and can blind you to where the good money really is.

Check out Ebay or the 'net for comparable price then list them on the big E or Craigslist, and remember pictures are king.

And Brass, they are like this stuff for hooking up hi powered stereo stuff in a car.

http://vis.ec.yimg.com/ec?url=http%3...mkHPZqsiEA--~B

Ah thanks Mech, for those little compacts that blast radios when I am trying to sleep!!

where in wi?

Southeastern WI near Milwaukee

Welcome from Cincy.

It's OK to be "new and confused"

Believe me, there are a lot of... old and confused... folks, already here ;)