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PostPosted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 9:38 am 

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Can I throw it in with my silver ram?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 10:10 am 

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nope... you will probably get low grade, maybe mid grade for those.

it is possible that the solder contains silver. you will have to look into some testing methods... if you have a couple hundred pounds, it would be worth looking into... if you only have a couple boards, probably not worth it (unless you are in it for the learning aspect).


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 10:22 am 

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mls26cwru wrote:
nope... you will probably get low grade, maybe mid grade for those.

it is possible that the solder contains silver. you will have to look into some testing methods... if you have a couple hundred pounds, it would be worth looking into... if you only have a couple boards, probably not worth it (unless you are in it for the learning aspect).

Thank you for your quick response, I was perty sure I was going to be wrong with that,but with that being said, you got to ask questions to learn. Thank you. Will have more pictures coming very soon


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 2:11 pm 
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The large board looks to be high grade tin solder. It's a low grade board.
The second board, the smaller one, ....
Telling colours via photos is a tricky business but given the age, the components etc may well be silver solder.
As is you may get midgrade for it but if you're into learning or milking pennies and dismes you can take a small chisel to the large (poorly done) soldier globs and crack them off fairly easily without damaging the board. The board will definitely be low grade then but silver/tin soldier can run between $3-$8 an ounce depending on purity


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