THAT'S how you identify silver?
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Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:26 amby cesariojpn
http://www.aetv.com/storage-wars/video/ ... 0614025001The guy in the clip (1:45) claims that you can distinguish Silver and Silver-Plate by smell. Silver smells "sweet" while Silver-plate has a "sulfur/sour" smell.
So.....truth, or false?
Re: THAT'S how you identify silver?
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Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:22 pmby Luoganta
I'm going to go ahead and call bull on that one. If you roll a spoon in crap it's going to smell like crap.
Re: THAT'S how you identify silver?
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Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:36 pmby blackrabbit
So I sniffed some silver plated items I have and some sterling stuff. I can't tell the difference. I can't think of why a plated object would smell any different than a solid silver item. I think when you plate something it is in pure silver and solid sterling has 7.5 % copper in it, but I know that pure silver does not smell like sulfur. I would not bring items to that fellow for appraisal.
Re: THAT'S how you identify silver?
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Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:07 pmby cesariojpn
blackrabbit wrote:So I sniffed some silver plated items I have and some sterling stuff. I can't tell the difference. I can't think of why a plated object would smell any different than a solid silver item. I think when you plate something it is in pure silver and solid sterling has 7.5 % copper in it, but I know that pure silver does not smell like sulfur. I would not bring items to that fellow for appraisal.
Can wee blame it on chemical cleaners?
Re: THAT'S how you identify silver?
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Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:41 pmby hejira11
I'd like to drag some 1mill coated copper bars through confectioners sugar and see if he can tell.
Re: THAT'S how you identify silver?
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Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:15 pmby scrapper2010
I know that I couldn't tell a difference but....this gives me an idea. I'm quite sure that I could train my dog to sniff out the good stuff if there is even a faint hint of a difference.
Re: THAT'S how you identify silver?
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Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:40 amby shinnosuke
cesariojpn wrote:blackrabbit wrote:So I sniffed some silver plated items I have and some sterling stuff. I can't tell the difference. I can't think of why a plated object would smell any different than a solid silver item. I think when you plate something it is in pure silver and solid sterling has 7.5 % copper in it, but I know that pure silver does not smell like sulfur. I would not bring items to that fellow for appraisal.
Can wee blame it on chemical cleaners?
Are you asking if the guy in the video has been sniffing too many chemicals?