Fake gold challenges bullion testers

[woodman]

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-02/arms-race-between-gold-counterfeiters-and-bullion-testers-heating

The mass or size to weight ratio is the tell.

[madfranks]

Here's the graphic in the link:

https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/gold-testing-01.png

Even amateur gold bugs would know something is wrong just by looking at it. When a bullion round or bar is either twice as voluminous or half as heavy, it's easy to tell it's fishy.

[Hitch]

Here's the graphic in the link:

https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/gold-testing-01.png

Even amateur gold bugs would know something is wrong just by looking at it. When a bullion round or bar is either twice as voluminous or half as heavy, it's easy to tell it's fishy.

I was thinking the same thing. If someone even knows of an ECM tester or how to use it, you'd think they'd notice a bar twice the size of a real gold bar.

[Andrew136]

In the world there is only one metal, which is ideal for fake gold (http://goldpolicy.com/). This is wolfram. According to its properties, wolfram is a refractory and heavy metal of light gray color. The density of wolfram is almost the same as that of gold.

[osoab]

In the world there is only one metal, which is ideal for fake gold (http://goldpolicy.com/). This is wolfram. According to its properties, wolfram is a refractory and heavy metal of light gray color. The density of wolfram is almost the same as that of gold.

Piss off spammmer.

[Bigjon]

In the world there is only one metal, which is ideal for fake gold (http://goldpolicy.com/). This is wolfram. According to its properties, wolfram is a refractory and heavy metal of light gray color. The density of wolfram is almost the same as that of gold.


Very interesting, I learned a new name for tungsten.

Tungsten - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten)http://gold-silver.us/assets/icons/favicons/wikipedia.2x.png (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=wolfram%20metal+site:en.wikipedia.org&t=opera)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten)

Tungsten, or wolfram, is a chemical element with symbol W and atomic number 74. The name tungsten comes from the former Swedish name for the tungstate mineral scheelite, tung sten or "heavy stone". Tungsten is a rare metal found naturally on Earth almost exclusively combined with other elements in chemical compounds rather than alone. It was ...

["Tape"]

I read that article (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-02/arms-race-between-gold-counterfeiters-and-bullion-testers-heating) year ago, Old news

[woodman]

I read that article (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-02/arms-race-between-gold-counterfeiters-and-bullion-testers-heating) year ago, Old news
You trying to be funny? I posted it a year ago.