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Hello and welcome aboard.
I'm BS. New here as well but had experience and been reading through here alot. The search box is great but can be trying to get the right words to search for.
To answer the questions you have. Jewelry can be deplated but there is way too much base metal to make it profitable for us beginners. Even pins and such can have problems untill we are used to the processes and see it with our own eyes so we can make adjustments and fix anything that might happen and be safe.
Safety is always 1st and foremost. 1 boo boo and just do anyway hap hazzard style can leave lasting damage.
Do as I and read Hoke's book, free download here. It is the basic tutorial to familarize ourselves with everything involved which allows us to make descisions on which way we want to learn about this fun hobby. Hobby is pretty much what it is for us "little guys". It takes tons of materials to make it all worth while.
Take a look at the "Where to find" section of the forum and you'll see you can find gold and silver etc. everywhere. But is it worth the time and expense to obtain it?....that's for the experienced.
Good Luck and sorry for being long winded this early in the AM..
BS.
Brain never slows for long...

<blockquote data-quote="Pantherlikher" data-source="post: 167478" data-attributes="member: 29878">Hello and welcome aboard.I&#039;m BS. New here as well but had experience and been reading through here alot. The search box is great but can be trying to get the right words to search for.To answer the questions you have. Jewelry can be deplated but there is way too much base metal to make it profitable for us beginners. Even pins and such can have problems untill we are used to the processes and see it with our own eyes so we can make adjustments and fix anything that might happen and be safe.Safety is always 1st and foremost. 1 boo boo and just do anyway hap hazzard style can leave lasting damage.Do as I and read Hoke&#039;s book, free download here. It is the basic tutorial to familarize ourselves with everything involved which allows us to make descisions on which way we want to learn about this fun hobby. Hobby is pretty much what it is for us &quot;little guys&quot;. It takes tons of materials to make it all worth while.Take a look at the &quot;Where to find&quot; section of the forum and you&#039;ll see you can find gold and silver etc. everywhere. But is it worth the time and expense to obtain it?....that&#039;s for the experienced.Good Luck and sorry for being long winded this early in the AM..BS.Brain never slows for long...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pantherlikher, post: 167478, member: 29878"] Hello and welcome aboard. I'm BS. New here as well but had experience and been reading through here alot. The search box is great but can be trying to get the right words to search for. To answer the questions you have. Jewelry can be deplated but there is way too much base metal to make it profitable for us beginners. Even pins and such can have problems untill we are used to the processes and see it with our own eyes so we can make adjustments and fix anything that might happen and be safe. Safety is always 1st and foremost. 1 boo boo and just do anyway hap hazzard style can leave lasting damage. Do as I and read Hoke's book, free download here. It is the basic tutorial to familarize ourselves with everything involved which allows us to make descisions on which way we want to learn about this fun hobby. Hobby is pretty much what it is for us "little guys". It takes tons of materials to make it all worth while. Take a look at the "Where to find" section of the forum and you'll see you can find gold and silver etc. everywhere. But is it worth the time and expense to obtain it?....that's for the experienced. Good Luck and sorry for being long winded this early in the AM.. BS. Brain never slows for long... [/QUOTE]

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