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I found this piece of gold, can't find info about the markings.
- Thread starter Fabio
- Start date
7centsworth
Well-known member
That doesn't look like gold to me.
I did the acid tests for 14 kt and 18 kt. Sizzles like bacon and smells like ammonium.
The inside (where it's broken) is the same metal as the surface. It looks like it got toasted in a fire.
It's alot heavier than other pieces of cutlery I've found.
The weight is what got me starting the testing and research for the markings.
The marking looks like a top oval with a spoon and knife in it, sitting on a rectangular ladder-shaped square.
Any ideas?
The inside (where it's broken) is the same metal as the surface. It looks like it got toasted in a fire.
It's alot heavier than other pieces of cutlery I've found.
The weight is what got me starting the testing and research for the markings.
The marking looks like a top oval with a spoon and knife in it, sitting on a rectangular ladder-shaped square.
Any ideas?
Try cleaning better and fully discribe those markings then ... what I see is a SA or US in a circle and some smaller letters following it ... and there is nothing to indicate if it's silver , gold , whatever made you assume that puzzles me ... looks like it was a plated spoon and I have no clue on the base metal ... Woodstock
Looks like silver to me. At least no gold. After a while the testing acids become less reactive which might explain the test result. Most are testing acids are nitric based.which explains the smell.
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The marking looks like a year letter for silver. Check out this link:
http://www.925-1000.com/dlLondon12.html#M
Regards Kossie
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The marking looks like a year letter for silver. Check out this link:
http://www.925-1000.com/dlLondon12.html#M
Regards Kossie
Maybe i am wrong, but when i acid test, I rub the item on a whetstone type rock that comes with the acid kits and then drop the acid on the rubbings. If the rub disappears, then it was not gold or the 14k or 18k solution was too high. I have never had any acid test sizzle and crackle, to me that would mean if you are dropping it on the item, it is eating it up because it is NOT gold.
When you have a rub on the stone and drop 10k on it and it stays, then it is at least 10k, then try the 14k and so forth and so on. Be wary of the acid tests though, because sometimes when you have an item that is aluminum, and drop the acid on it, it does not disappear either and you THINK it is gold. Gold has a distinct color when you rub it on the stone, as does silver.
When you have a rub on the stone and drop 10k on it and it stays, then it is at least 10k, then try the 14k and so forth and so on. Be wary of the acid tests though, because sometimes when you have an item that is aluminum, and drop the acid on it, it does not disappear either and you THINK it is gold. Gold has a distinct color when you rub it on the stone, as does silver.