Come to realize that pretty quick. I do have a place that will give me computers they are going to recycle for free however, so I have a somewhat steady supply of things like this coming in. I originally thought gold plating as well, however I decided to cut one in half to see what was inside, but it looks the same throughout. I originally thought it might have been brass, but brass is magnetic, this will stick to a neodymium magnet, but with extremely little resistance it can be pulled off.