I tried searching for one of these a while back and came up with nothing. I must not have been using the right terminology.
Several years ago we had a yard sale. Lady comes by looking for any old/broken jewelry and offers to pay me...I won't even tell you how much...just remember...I was a Sheeple back then...anyway, I go to my jewelry box and found a broken necklace I didn't care about, one half to a pair of ear rings, a small gold ring I used to wear and a couple odds and ends I don't remember. She pulls out this "kit" to test everything to see if it was real or fake. I don't remember exactly but it seems as though she rubbed everything on this stone???? Piece of cloth??? Then I think she put a couple drops of something either on the stone/cloth or on the piece of jewelry or something like that and was looking for a reaction. She was able to tell that it was real gold and I even think she was able to tell that one of the pieces was 14K plated or something like that.
Anyway, I think one of these kits would be invaluable in a SHTF situation if we're buying/selling/trading/bartering because I don't want end up getting stiffed by a fake piece of jewelry or *counterfeit gold.
(*Counterfeit Gold - I don't expect to be trading full gold pieces but I absolutely expect a few people to be taking hacksaws to their coins or bouillion and shaving off a few pieces here and there as a way to conduct business. That's my personal opinion and YMMV.)
Does anybody know what kind of kit I'm talking about and where I can purchase one?
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