gold plated tungsten bullion fakes
tcollects
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this isn't good...
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Would be nice to know what would detect besides what doesn't work.
What about those neodymium magnets?
bob
vegas baby!
ring test worked
Some one up in this area that sold bad silver in this area. 1 got smoked for 20 1 Oz bars that said in clad we trust.
It was plated nice ☹️
Not for those of us with hearing aids...
At approximately the 48 second mark in the video, they briefly discuss what tests these fakes fail:
So, non magnetic and that is to be expected but they did not use a neodymium magnet, did they? It should also fail the neo but it needs to be tested to see if it does.
bob
I am NOT an expert on fakes, or fake detection. That said, I think that tungsten is paramagnetic, while gold is diamagnetic.
As to the type of magnet used in the "magnet" testing, I had nothing to do with the creation of this video. So, I can't speak to the actual 'procedure/equipment' used. More to the point, I do not know if they used a neodymium magnet, or not. All I know is they report that they could detect the fake with a "magnet" test.