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Large Sarge
20th October 2011, 08:12 AM
http://about.ag/Lead100OunceBars.htm
mamboni
20th October 2011, 08:42 AM
http://about.ag/Lead100OunceBars.htm

Silver electroplated lead? All self-respecting counterfeiters know you're supposed to drill out a real silver bar and fill it with lead. These guys are too greedy.;D
Large Sarge
20th October 2011, 08:45 AM
I actually take this as a real bullish sign.....

demand is so high, the unscrupulous are moving in....
Silver Rocket Bitches!
20th October 2011, 08:54 AM
This is why you never buy until it passes the PING test.
Joe King
20th October 2011, 09:21 AM
This is why you never buy until it passes the PING test.
Is the ping test really that reliable? With rounds and coins I've noticed that different ones sound different. Some make a nice tone and others not so much. Try it with an SAE and then a Maple and then a Libertad. They all sound different to me. Would large bars be any different?
I also one time got a fake round and it "pinged" too.
madfranks
20th October 2011, 09:21 AM
Here's a drilled and filled 100 oz silver bar:

1349
Twisted Titan
20th October 2011, 10:18 AM
Being a assayer will be a very lucrative business in the future

Better start hoarding the supplies now en masse.
Silver Rocket Bitches!
20th October 2011, 10:24 AM
Is the ping test really that reliable? With rounds and coins I've noticed that different ones sound different. Some make a nice tone and others not so much. Try it with an SAE and then a Maple and then a Libertad. They all sound different to me. Would large bars be any different?
I also one time got a fake round and it "pinged" too.

The ping test is reserved for 10oz and up. Throw the silver in a sock and whack it with a hammer. PING!

Nothing sounds like silver. That clean ring that rings out forever. In fact, I'd like a cowbell made of .999. Now that would be awesome.
keehah
20th October 2011, 10:31 AM
Is the ping test really that reliable? With rounds and coins I've noticed that different ones sound different. Some make a nice tone and others not so much.
Plugs (and lead) don't ping its reported. Some real silver bars don't ping either.
This is the right sort of bias to have for a good test.

If concerns of counterfeiting take off, singing silver bars may be worth a little more than the dull ones.