subject: Don't Be Fooled By Fake Gold Earrings [print this page] If you don't know what to look for, fake gold can be tricky to spot. So, if you're looking to by gold jewelry such as long drop earrings, it's crucial to be able to tell the difference.
Gold is the most popular material to use in all forms of jewelry. Earrings have been popular for many many years with women, there are any number of designs produced for women of all ages. Earrings are among the most bought type of jewelry by women.
As with all things expensive, fakes soon emerged. There are many women who get cheated with fake gold earrings, as time progresses technology improves and fakes become harder to distinguish. For these reasons it is smart to discover how you can tell the difference between a real gold earring and a fake rip-off.
Usually, you see people in movies testing gold by chomping down on it with their teeth. Although this really does work, since real gold is a very soft metal, you've now just managed to put teeth marks into your gold jewelry! And some con artist have found away around this anyway. They can slap a coat of gold paint on a lead earring. Lead is even softer than gold, so it easily sneaks past the "bite test." Not to mention that lead is actually a very toxic substance. True lead poisoning is very real, and very serious.
One obvious way to detect a fake gold earring is to see if the earring is magnetic. Unlike many metals, gold isn't magnetic. If the earring you are testing is attracted to other metal, it is not real gold.
Even someone with no vision whatsoever, and just knowing what to "look" for, can "spot" a fake. All they have to do is run their fingers up and down the earring. If the surface is too polished or too smooth, and has jagged corners (usually a result of poor quality mass production) then it is most likely not real.
Buying from a trustworthy and respectable jeweler is one of your best lines of defense against scams trying to sell you false gold . As they wish for there good name to remain intact, and offer many repeat sales and services, they will only provide quality gold jewelry. Places that do not offer any type of money back guarantee, and especially with an "all sales final" policy, should be avoided at all costs. Certainly don't try to purchase antique jewelry that the seller claims is made of gold if you are not completely sure that it is ... leave the antique gold investing to the professionals. If you are considering this, at least find a friend or family member that knows a good deal more about gold before you run out and by those antique earrings of "gold.
