What the heck is this?

[Ohiogoldfever]

Lots of looking and I can’t seem to figure out what these are. Fairly sure the legs are silver. Some have a metal cylinder between the points.

 

[Johnny5]

They are induction reed switches.

 

[Ohiogoldfever]

Thanks Jonny 5

 

[zubr]

possibly rhodium

 

[ssabovic]

check with magnet it should be nickel(magnetic)

 

[macfixer01]

A magnet won’t tell you anything, since reed switches are magnetically actuated. The ends of the actual reeds where they make contact may be gold or rhodium plated though.

 

[Ihava Petcat]

The plating on the end of the switch is rhodium, but its an incredibly small amount. 999 Dusan just did a youtube on it.

 

[NitrogenERbiumDYsprosium]

Lots of looking and I can’t seem to figure out what these are. Fairly sure the legs are silver. Some have a metal cylinder between the points.

you have yourself some gems, those tips where they meet in the middle can have rhodium

 

[NitrogenERbiumDYsprosium]

The plating on the end of the switch is rhodium, but its an incredibly small amount. 999 Dusan just did a youtube on it.

lol yeah but at $20,000 an ounce i don't mind piling them up

 

[Hombressino]

There's a lot of various types I collected over time. Here's couple of photos, just for your reference.

 

[Kuldne]

I just recently processed this material. I had 18g of inner contact tips and get about 0,25 g of gold and 0,071g of rhodium flakes. The pile of rhodium looks bulky but weights almost nothing.