Over the years I've accumulated a bunch of electronic surplus, much of
it gold-plated (edge connectors, PC boards, etc).

I was wondering whether anyone has a simple process for using this
scrap as the sacrifical electrode to perhaps "plate" all the gold onto
another object, from which it may be easily scraped off and
recovered? My only experience with similar processes is electrolytic
de-rusting.

Is it possible to plate the gold without also transporting the base
metal to the plated electrode?

thanks and regards,

Martin