If the shield is removed from the ram do you get standard gold finder ram pricing?

Yes. But you need to be careful to not remove chips in the process.

A standard screwdriver will remove glued or pasted shields.
For riveted ones use a small nail or bolt cutter to snip the edge of the rivets through the corners of the stick.

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