This datapack adds simple crafting recipes to turn gold tools and armor back into gold ingots. You can salvage your gold items by putting them in the crafting table to receive majority of the gold ingots you used to make the tool.
Helmet -> 3 gold ingots
Chestplate -> 5 gold ingots
Leggings -> 4 gold ingots
Boots -> 2 gold ingots
Sword -> 1 gold ingot
Pickaxe -> 2 gold ingots
Axe -> 2 gold ingots
Shovel -> 2 sticks (to prevent infinite recycling of shovels)
Hoe -> 1 gold ingot