Looking for a personal recommendation for a buyer of gold plated pins

**eastky** · 08-04-2016, 08:42 PM

Man hate to burst your bubble. If you have 70 or 80 pounds and you have them mixed together you have a lot of sorting to do.

Should have separated them while you were collecting them.

Just plain full plated gold pins without solder should have been in one container.

Fully plated pins with solder in another container.

Pins with plated tips in another container.

Flash plated pins in another container.

Mot going to mention magnetic and nonmagnetic pins being separated.

**HipoGear** · 08-04-2016, 10:09 PM

Interesting video. I used a similar process a few years ago to de-plate some silver plated trays and ended up with three tiny BBs of Ag. In the end I decided it wasn't worth the time and cost of materials.

Originally Posted by eastky

Flash plated pins in another container

How do you tell if something was flash plated?

Selling those pins in one pound lots on ebay may be the way to go.

**miked** · 08-04-2016, 11:12 PM

Originally Posted by HipoGear

Interesting video. I used a similar process a few years ago to de-plate some silver plated trays and ended up with three tiny BBs of Ag. In the end I decided it wasn't worth the time and cost of materials.

How do you tell if something was flash plated?

Selling those pins in one pound lots on ebay may be the way to go.

I seem to recall a member once stating that using a pencil eraser to "rub" off the flash plating would indicate it.

As to the ebay option that may be the way I go. 73, Mike