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    Gold pins or wasted money?

    I figured this was worth a shot. You might see this lot appear on eBay soon.
    World Wide Auction Company Inc.

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    They look like brass nails/rivets to me - not gold.
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    Could be. Description calls them electric parts so I rolled the dice. Could've got snake eyes (don't guess you can get goose eggs with dice ).
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    Quote Originally Posted by waredu View Post
    They look like brass nails/rivets to me - not gold.
    looks like auction house goofed up description.
    on the auction page is a link to see the next item.....this is what i see
    looks like bags of brass nails with plastic wire anchors at 600% zoom

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    Sweet! You wanna buy some brass nails? Hopefully those are 5lb bags. lol
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