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<p>[QUOTE="anundverkaufen, post: 4238664, member: 49"]Something that’s been overlooked here is many pocket watch cases are gold filled which has much more gold content than gold plated items.</p><p>So if you have some gold filled cases that weigh 100g and they’re 1/20 12k gold filled then:</p><p>1/20 = 0.05 (or 5%) 100g x 0.05 = 5g 12K = 12/24 = 0.5 (or 50%) 5g x 0.5 = 2.5g of pure gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another item that scrappers look for are gold filled spectacles, if you search eBay sold items for gold filled scrap you will see lots of watch cases and spectacles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="anundverkaufen, post: 4238664, member: 49"]Something that’s been overlooked here is many pocket watch cases are gold filled which has much more gold content than gold plated items. So if you have some gold filled cases that weigh 100g and they’re 1/20 12k gold filled then: 1/20 = 0.05 (or 5%) 100g x 0.05 = 5g 12K = 12/24 = 0.5 (or 50%) 5g x 0.5 = 2.5g of pure gold. Another item that scrappers look for are gold filled spectacles, if you search eBay sold items for gold filled scrap you will see lots of watch cases and spectacles.[/QUOTE]
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