David Boring - I have no clue as well and it is very difficult to tell the value of gold plated pins just looking at them. I gave up on selling pins to a board buyer since I never got over $25 a lb. for them. The pins I sold before that have been pulled out of boards usually went between $5-$25 a lb. and it was just a hell lot of work. I am assuming those boards you have that weigh 20 lbs. each are wire wrap boards. More than likely G.E vintage. They are not as common as Mupac or Univac Wire wraps. I had sold something like that to a buyer for $35 a lb. I had 300 lbs. then and the pins were gold plated copper. I felt bad cause the buyer told me the assay results paid him $8 a lb. I believe he overlooked the size and thickness of the board which was about a quarter inch thick. He made the offer so as bad as he feels there is nothing I can do about it. Some had a silverish metal as the base of the board which were heavy as well, first time I had seen boards that are metal lol. I hope you get a decent deal on those. Thanks for your response
Lostinlodos - Unfortunately these are not wire wrap boards. They are just backplanes for the little boards I posted somewhat earlier. Its fun to find these type of boards sometimes but value had always been a question. It hurts not to know sometimes so thanks for your the assurance and response as well. Your one lucky guy if hou get wire wrap boards every now and then. Last time someone sold me those was a year ago and that is the first time I saw them " EVER" they were G.E, sold them to a buyer who lost money getting them refined. Assay results paid the buyer $8 a lb., he was upset and I have no clue if they cheated him or not. It was only $300 lbs. so I assume most of the value went to refining fees since the boards were thick as hell and some were even metal. I try to shop around and see the best deal I can get specially if I am holding a decent amount of weight. Sometimes I get more for certain stuff sending it to Boardsort and sometimes I get better deals on other things to a different buyer or make more just selling it locally. I am still looking for a solution on my low grade and midgrade boards since the best paying buyer for these type of grade is 2 hours away and I only get about 1500 lbs. or less a month. The local yard currently pays $0.15 and I can get $0.24 if I travel 2 hours but its just not worth it sometimes not to mention gas, time, loading and unloading. So much work to get a measely $150 for a whole gaylord yet I have been doing this for years and never gave up on looking for the fool who will pay me $1.00 a lb. on low grade lol. A metal cmpany I worked for before who was a big player in the game before Alter bought them actually sold low grade t.v boards to chinese buyers, I had the opportunity to peek at the prices and I was blown. If chinese buyers can buy them for $1.00 a lb. I wonder how much they make on top of that. So much about e-scrap that makes you wonder enough. Maybe one day... Maybe one day...
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