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Are motor windings really gold?

I have a IBM System 34 which I am trying to recover gold from..I have found a lot of gold as well as platinum. But I have noticed the motors have a band that comes off and the ends come off allowing the armature and the windings to slip off very easily. I looked at the windings and notice that after I scraped off the insulation. There seems to be gold ... which is making wonder is this possible? Or am I coming down with gold fever. Help me please.

Francis Simon
hobbyist - Big Cove, New Brunswick, Canada
2004

I have two IBM-34's... How do you go about recovering the gold?

C Carpenter
- Birmingham, Alabama
2005

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