Have you ever wondered if your jewelry is real gold? That’s why we have the perfect home method to know that since we are surrounded by a lot of fake jewelry so being conscious of what we buy is something we should learn. So, forget about going to a jeweler or a professional lab, now, you can do it with a home method that has gone viral on social media and it’s very easy and safe. Of course, you won’t need any acid or expensive tools.
This trick comes from Isaac Sanches, Tu Oro Vale Más CEO. In a viral video, he explained 2 simple ways of discovering if your jewelry is real gold by using your smell or your smartphone. Both home methods are fast, safe, and accessible for anyone. So, let’s find out and see if our jewelry is worth the money or not!
Smell
The first home made is probably the simplest because it is our smell. According to Isaac Sanchez: “Gold is a metal that does not smell. If your pieces smell like metal, they are not gold.” This means authentic gold has no smell, so if your ring, bracelet, or necklace smells like metal it’s probably not real gold.
Why does this happen? Because fake gold or gold-plated jewelry tends to be made out of other metals like copper, nickel, or brass to make imitations. These metals can react with the air or with your skin, especially when you sweat, creating that metallic smell. Real gold, on the other hand, is a noble metal, meaning it doesn’t react with oxygen or moisture. That’s why it doesn’t rust, tarnish, or smell.
As you can see, this home method is very simple, fast, safe, and accessible. I mean, it’s impossible to find a method that you can do anywhere anytime, and with no object.
Mobile phone
The second viral home method is using something almost everybody has: a mobile phone. I know this might be shocking at first, but it’s based on a very simple science principle that Sanches explains in the video: gold is an excellent electricity conductor and this is key for this testing.
Touchscreens from mobile phones work through electric signals, and when you touch them with your fingers your body conducts a small amount of electricity the mobile phone recognizes as an interaction. This is why conductor metals, like gold, can generate a similar response on the screen.
On the video Sanchez says: “Gold is an excellent conductor. If you put your mobile phone and when you pass over it works, you know it’s gold.” Of course, this doesn’t replace a professional analysis, but it’s fast, safe and it doesn’t damage the piece of jewelry.
The popularity of this home method
Traditional testings of gold tend to use acid, magnets or density measurements; but they have their negative sides. So let’s have a look at them:
- Acid can damage or discolor the gold.
- Magnets only tell you if a metal is magnetic, but not if it’s real gold.
- Density tests require special equipment.
This is why new techniques have gone viral, apart from the fact that anyone can try them at home.
So, these home methods can be seen as a first step before asking for a professional’s opinion, for a full confirmation you can always go to a jeweler. But, in the meantime, next time you buy or sell gold remember these home methods: your nose, and your mobile phone. They can prevent you from being a victim of a scam and check the authenticity in a very practical way. Have you ever heard about these methods? I hope if you ever try them you find them very useful!