How can you tell if gold is real or fake?

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > How can you tell if gold is real or fake?

spog: Aug 7, 2004; It's your own bloody fault.

How does a high street jeweller test if gold is real or not?

# ¿ May 20, 2017 00:10

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 07:34

spog: Aug 7, 2004; It's your own bloody fault.

meat police posted:

Scratch/acid test, water displacement test, weigh it. There's a machine called the Sigma Metalytics tester that runs for around a grand which is great, I use it for anything I come across.

I watched a YouTube video on the acid test and it seems that rubbing the gold would damage it - how bad is the effect? Seems that it's a fairly destructive way of testing something that could be an antique.

# ¿ Jun 5, 2017 00:28

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