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    Quote Originally Posted by 1956 View Post
    Thank you AuburmEWaste, I see that you refur to the as pin boards newbie question do we have to pull the pins or sell them with the boards thanks
    you can sell them whole. not sure if you would make more pulling the pins, or how much times it involves

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    Quote Originally Posted by AuburnEwaste View Post
    I would SERIOUSLY CAUTION anyone considering using that buyer do a VERY thorough search on this forum, as well as the gold refining forum.

    Other than that, you should get around 12-15.00 per pound for those pinboards.
    Just to clarify, you're talking about BarrensRealm NOT Ewasted? A little confusing for other folks as to which buyer you were cautioning against.
    When I sold mine to Ewasted I had less then 2# and it wasn't worth shipping separately. Much easier to just toss it in a large mixed shipment that was already heading out...
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    Quote Originally Posted by MattInTheHat View Post
    you can sell them whole. not sure if you would make more pulling the pins, or how much times it involves
    Thanks Matt you learn something every day, I was dreading pulling the pins

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    The price I was paid was for complete boards, no pulling. You can get some nice prices for gold plated pins on Ebay though...

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    You can pull the pins but it takes forever, you get a good return just selling them whole.

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    Scrappingred, I meant barren realms, NOT ewasted. I will edit my original response.

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    Clarification: Pin Boards, or Backplanes are good sized circuit boards that originally had other boards, or cards plugged into them. They typically mount in a decent sized metal chassis. I have a lot of them in my shop awaiting their demise. The backplanes fetch a good price. 1956 said there were no backplanes on his lot of equipment..
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    [QUOTEI would SERIOUSLY CAUTION anyone considering using that buyer(barren realms/goldchipbuyer) do a VERY thorough search on this forum, as well as the gold refining forum.


    Full article at Scrap Metal Forum: http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/day-l...#ixzz3GASzWG8H
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    Sorry all. I wasn't aware of any issues with the site I posted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by spinroch View Post
    Clarification: Pin Boards, or Backplanes are good sized circuit boards that originally had other boards, or cards plugged into them. They typically mount in a decent sized metal chassis. I have a lot of them in my shop awaiting their demise. The backplanes fetch a good price. 1956 said there were no backplanes on his lot of equipment..
    Actually the pin board I was referring to is the wire wrap style board that would pre-date modern backplane expansion boards which are plug-in card style. It is literally just loads of gold pins on a board that tiny wires were wrapped around...

    looks like these (not my links or pages):




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    ScrappinRed: NICE!!

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    What's just what I have, the second picture they are just wrapped in that tiny wire that looks like string.thanks Scrapping Red.

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    I was told not to rip the wires off the pins, you end up removing some of the plating and devalue them. Try asking Etack, he knows all about these boards.

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    either way. which ever is convient for you time wise. When stripping pins from a lot of boards I use a Mustash trimmer , hold board in a tub and zip away.

    This method also eliminates the trim problem and creasts premium pins for maximum gold content. to a home refiner. and eliminates the solder/ silver/lead problems for said refiner.

    This method increases the # of pins per lb but increases the value to premimum status.
    Last edited by EcoSafe; 10-15-2014 at 03:24 PM.
    "anyone who thinks scrappin is easy money ain't doin it right!"

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