tried the foundation test an the gold coloured item i found however....

[onlinesniper]

Hi all i have seen on here that you can test if something is real gold by putting foundation powder on your wrist and rubbing it so i went ahead and tried it.

First i tried my ring which worked fine then i tried the object that i foundand to my surprise it left a thick black mark on my wrist i was well chuffed ......that is until my dad said "ey up that cant work foundation powder haha" then he proceded to rub a one pound coin on my wrist and that too left a black mark which burst my bubble, can anyone tell me if this is normal and what metals react to foundation powder so i can narrow down what it might be cheers

Mark

 

[Aka Nameless]

Buy an acid gold test kit for $20 off ebay...

What you are doing is about equal to biting a coin to see if it is real...

 

[onlinesniper]

i saw the foundation thing on here were another member was testing his items but il invest in one of the test kits off ebay, they cant be that hard to use cheers for the heads up, also i found my first button today its got a lion and a unicorn either side of a coat of arms its in bad nick but its identifiable the back of it is gone but the connecting pin (u bend?) was underneath the button in the hole, i had to go as it was getting dark fast but im definately going back for another look il keep you posted on any future finds.