Bogus Magnet Test For Silver! Warning!

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David 1974 Valued Member United States 99 Posts	Posted 09/26/2014 3:43 pm Supposedly a test with a rare earth magnet will give you some comfort if your coin or bar is silver....well I tested it and copper has the same magnetic effect as silver. You might have silver plated copper. Weighing it is the best way to tell. Report this Post to the Staff

just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 09/26/2014 4:21 pm Best way to tell what? So many fakes are made with the same amount of Silver as the originals. They are done that way because they are not to be sold as face value but as an expensive coin. So putting a few dollars worth of silver in a coin and selling it for hundreds is what the counterfeiters are doing. Report this Post to the Staff
AgCoinAu Pillar of the Community Canada 3049 Posts	Posted 09/26/2014 4:34 pm Each test is designed to give you some sort of data given the results... you are 100% correct that a magnet test alone will not determine if something is legitamate... But if you hold 1 oz of copper and 1 oz of silver you CAN tell the difference in size... so if there's a silver plated copper round claiming to be 1oz.. it will either be off in size or weight... This is why a specific gravity test SHOULD be done with most PM purchases to determine metal content... Now when you're talking about a higher level of sophisticated fakes where they're using the same metal content as the orginal.. only an experienced eye can help there... Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 09/26/2014 4:38 pm Experience, and an XRF Analyzer. Report this Post to the Staff
AgCoinAu Pillar of the Community Canada 3049 Posts	Posted 09/26/2014 4:47 pm XRF analyser!! Ohh I only wish I was buying and selling enough to get my hands on one of those... Okay you're correct SuperDave... but only if you have 4K to buy the XRF! Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24164 Posts	Posted 09/26/2014 6:42 pm Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
Fusion555 Valued Member United States 269 Posts	Posted 09/26/2014 10:02 pm Dont forget we now have the Precious Metal Verifier, much less than the XRF http://www.sigmametalytics.com/ Right around $700 depending on which wands you buy Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 09/26/2014 10:58 pm Quote: Supposedly a test with a rare earth magnet will give you some comfort if your coin or bar is silver....well I tested it and copper has the same magnetic effect as silver. How did you test it? It makes a difference. If you just tried touching the magnet to the pice to see if it is magnetic you WILL get the same result from silver and copper. Report this Post to the Staff
tokenmast Pillar of the Community United States 648 Posts	Posted 09/27/2014 11:35 am rare earth magnet (powerful) test, can if set up properly and compared to known genuine coin, only tell for sure that suspect item is fake not that it is genuine. Pure Copper and pure Silver are both very good conductors! Both will not stick to a regular magnet or even a Neo array. Both also read similar using an induction test. Which is commonly, how slow a fall/slide of magnet down the surface is. Or in the case of using a TFD unit how many swings of a pendulum the braking effect allows. Specific gravity can tell you which is which. SG has a problem with telling apart nickel and copper. Can not see the color. We can! Fusion555 Nice! I had not seen that before. bobby131313 Was that just a little heavy on the Cu ? ;) SsuperDdave Experience,the best! AgCoinAu could not have said it better. just carl As usual you have put your finger on the core of the problem! Report this Post to the Staff
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