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    Weird Board Grading Question

    I pulled this out of a modem of some sort. It looks to be plated in some kind of metal, maybe a really thin gold. I'm interested in what y'all have to say about it and how it could be graded as.
    Pic #1: Front. It has a few steel heat sinks (?) soldered to the board.

    Pic#2: Back. Not too much going on. Just a few little lines, and the rest is some kind of plating.

    Maybe its some kind of board to ground out the circuitry, but I'm just guessing. If y'all could help, I would greatly appreciate it.

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    Only looks like gold anodizing to me
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    can't really tell what color that is, have you tried scratching through it to see what the colors changes are ? Are the heatsinks steel or stainless steel? Might help some if you can determine how old it is, older stuff generally used better materials

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bear View Post
    can't really tell what color that is, have you tried scratching through it to see what the colors changes are ? Are the heatsinks steel or stainless steel? Might help some if you can determine how old it is, older stuff generally used better materials
    I scratched it and it is the same color all the way through, and the heatsinks are steel. It looked like a pretty new modem to me.

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    you can always do a acid test to see if its gold .a acid stone and acid kit are the best for e-scrappers

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    I think that be a perethial board.


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