My first score!

[joem]

I just happen to rip a top off a north south bridge and spied what inside, so I took a picture of the gold inside. I do not know if it is plated or gold wire.
enjoy

 

[patnor1011]

Joe, I would say that what you see are pads where bonding wires are connected. If you want to see bonding wires you have to start looking in that black part. You will need good loupe to be able to see them tiny shiny wires.

 

[Claudie]

What do those tiny shiny wires look like when magnified? Are they silver colored? I ask because most of the bonding wires I see at 100 times magnification, look silver in color.

 

[zuberb]

Hey all, I just finished cleanup. Here's a pic of all the CPU's and North/South bridge chips, CPU pins: small cup (21g), Assorted pins & connectors: larger bowl (418g including a 35g plated bracelet). Also have 260g of assorted flatpacks in the white bucket.

Pulled about $21 in scrap steel and aluminum, nothing for all the plastic.

Still studying Hoke, Steve's videos I purchased from his site (awesome training material), and several others across the forum to make sure I have all this down before I start trying to refine this stuff. I only got a total of 20.7g of close cut fingers from this haul, and a bunch of boards with flash plating all over. I'll probably hold off on fingers till I have enough to justify running a batch.

 

[zuberb]

What do those tiny shiny wires look like when magnified? Are they silver colored? I ask because most of the bonding wires I see at 100 times magnification, look silver in color.

Claudie, they look like gold in my 40x

 

[patnor1011]

Claudie, they are here outlined in red.
Also when you download my guide, there you will find a lot of pictures some of them magnified, some not of wires how they look in pan and how they look when you have more of them... They are nice yellow gold colour.

 

[kuma]

Hello Claudie , how are tricks?
I hope your all well!

What do those tiny shiny wires look like when magnified? Are they silver colored? I ask because most of the bonding wires I see at 100 times magnification, look silver in color.

I took this picture somewhere between 30 and 40 times magnification , showing exposed gold bonding wires inside an IC ;
http://imageshack.us/f/522/dscf4471i.jpg/
All the best for now , and kind regards ,
Chris :mrgreen:

 

[Claudie]

These are the silver colored wires I am referring to.

 

[Geo]

have you tried to remove a single wire and magnify it? with all the gold around it, its hard to tell from a picture.