WHADIFIND
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UPDATE: LINK TO AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION.
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/topic/Reviews-Guides/Magnetic-Gold-Gold/5200074663
Read and decide for yourself, I'm not convinced but I never knew either.
I just didn't feel like playing in the mud today so I went shopping instead. In the parking lot I get this "eyeball" find. I looked briefly at it, said, junk and tossed it in my pocket. But, now, it has me puzzled. I am just about one hundred percent sure my initial evaluation is correct. But, since I couldn't find a marking on it nowhere and since I have this testing kit to play with,
, I decided to test. I have tested quite a few pieces so I'm not completely new to the process. But, the scratch test stood up to the 10k, 14k, 18k AND even the 22k testing solutions!!!
Ok I said! Maybe this was part of an antique set that goes back to some time when they didn't mark them. (trying to justify and believe, you know how it goes. LOL ) It did seem to be heavier than it looked. 7.45 grams. But gold!?!? Nah, it just didn't look quite right.
So, I dug out my magnet (which is REALLY a powerful one!) And guess what? The piece has a very slight attraction. Regular iron/steel would jump out of my hand toward the magnet and I would have to pry it back off. This was attracted, but just slightly. Enough to be sure it is but not overly so.
Soooooooo, can ANYONE think of a way that gold could be mixed in such a way as to have even a slight magnetic property?!?!!?
I'm willing to admit I might have screwed up on the testing even though I don't see how. I did it twice and one of the pictures shows how far I scratched down into the metal to get a good test. Should've been way far enough to get past any plating.
Any ideas?
Anyway, thanks for peeking.
HH!
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/topic/Reviews-Guides/Magnetic-Gold-Gold/5200074663
Read and decide for yourself, I'm not convinced but I never knew either.
I just didn't feel like playing in the mud today so I went shopping instead. In the parking lot I get this "eyeball" find. I looked briefly at it, said, junk and tossed it in my pocket. But, now, it has me puzzled. I am just about one hundred percent sure my initial evaluation is correct. But, since I couldn't find a marking on it nowhere and since I have this testing kit to play with,
, I decided to test. I have tested quite a few pieces so I'm not completely new to the process. But, the scratch test stood up to the 10k, 14k, 18k AND even the 22k testing solutions!!!Ok I said! Maybe this was part of an antique set that goes back to some time when they didn't mark them. (trying to justify and believe, you know how it goes. LOL ) It did seem to be heavier than it looked. 7.45 grams. But gold!?!? Nah, it just didn't look quite right.
So, I dug out my magnet (which is REALLY a powerful one!) And guess what? The piece has a very slight attraction. Regular iron/steel would jump out of my hand toward the magnet and I would have to pry it back off. This was attracted, but just slightly. Enough to be sure it is but not overly so.
Soooooooo, can ANYONE think of a way that gold could be mixed in such a way as to have even a slight magnetic property?!?!!?
I'm willing to admit I might have screwed up on the testing even though I don't see how. I did it twice and one of the pictures shows how far I scratched down into the metal to get a good test. Should've been way far enough to get past any plating.
Any ideas?
Anyway, thanks for peeking.
HH!
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