Dan Dement
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Tub Buster,
I appreciate your science lesson but have you actually tried using a Vicker's or Rockwell tester? I have access to some Testers used in the Aircraft industry and I must say that the results are confusing at best. Usually you are not dealing with 100% metal but a fraud trying to cheat the honest people on this earth.
To answer the question would an Alpha Mirage Scale catch a Filled Gold bar? There is a difference between Tungsten of 19 SG compared to Gold of 17. I have never actually seen a filled bar but I would have to say Yes, I think it will. The latest scale actually gives you gold purity accurate to about 1%. The reading the scale on the Machine would give you is in excess of 24kt. I am not sure about you but I think my alarms would be going off. I am sure If I was the one trying to cheat people, I would come up with a mixture that will replicate pure gold. I don't know what that is but I sure it is possible. To be 100% honest, I don't know as I have not seen or bought one. . . . Yet!
Dan
I appreciate your science lesson but have you actually tried using a Vicker's or Rockwell tester? I have access to some Testers used in the Aircraft industry and I must say that the results are confusing at best. Usually you are not dealing with 100% metal but a fraud trying to cheat the honest people on this earth.
To answer the question would an Alpha Mirage Scale catch a Filled Gold bar? There is a difference between Tungsten of 19 SG compared to Gold of 17. I have never actually seen a filled bar but I would have to say Yes, I think it will. The latest scale actually gives you gold purity accurate to about 1%. The reading the scale on the Machine would give you is in excess of 24kt. I am not sure about you but I think my alarms would be going off. I am sure If I was the one trying to cheat people, I would come up with a mixture that will replicate pure gold. I don't know what that is but I sure it is possible. To be 100% honest, I don't know as I have not seen or bought one. . . . Yet!
Dan