This is gold scrap, correct?

yes those pins are gold plated. REMEMBER, there is NOT alot of gold here unless they are REALLY old, military, or marine/aviation types of connectors. It take ALOT to amount to much. I can generally get about $1/lb on computer ends that contain gold. Pins will be higher of course, but I just am not sure the reward vs the time it takes makes sense, YMMV.

Pull one pin from a plug. If its 100% Gold plated, or even over 60-70% , I pull the pins out and save them up in my Gold plated pins container.

If its only got a small touch of Gold, I just chuck the plug into a bucket for selling as 'plugs-sockets- Gold plated pins'.

If the pins plated about 50% and I can cut the Gold plated part off the pin, I do that and chuck that pin into the top Gold plated pins container.
Even if its less than 50%, as long as I can remove the 'not plated with Gold' part from the Gold plated area, I put them into the Gold plated pins container.

With plugs like the USB plug, theres only 3 bits pf metal in it plus the housing, so I do cut the Gold paletd part of the pins off as the plugs not worth selling and its easy to get the plated parts out from the plug.

On some of the boards that you scrap, theres small Relays, a small rectangle box, normally Blue or Black, maybe White.
These have electrical contacts in them. Most are made from a small Copper slug plated with Silver on one or both ends.
Sometimes they are solid Silver (particually in the centre contact of a two way switch, like a microwave switch (which you can sell here on SMF for 25cents each).
Now, the smaller relays, and relays in expensive equipment are often a small Silver bar, breadloaf shape, spot welded to the backing strip.
The one I picked apart a few days ago had 16 Gold contacts in it, maybe its Gold plated Silver, maybe its just solid Gold.
I find other versions of the Gold contacts too, sometimes floppy disc drives and CD drives and stereo tapedeck switches. Definately in rotary dial telephones, sometimes in modernish home phones.

Originally Posted by FLScrapperGuy1

$1/lb. Oh boy. Oh well, I'll pull them anyhow - I've got the time. Besides, I think I can get a good price on eBay if it is overbid. Who knows. THANKS all!

that price is WHOLE ends...NOT the pins....you will get a much higher price on just the pins. Wanted to be clear. It will take ALOT of them to get a pound though....so even if they were $20/lb, bet it would take alot of time to get that much. I just clip them off and take the $1/lb. I can process far more and make far more just getting on with it.

YMMV