my bf just bought a necklace off the street for$20. and it has a price tag that reads st moritz jewelers 14k gold $499.99 and on the necklace it has 14k but since it was off the street i was wondering how i can really tell if its real.
2006-08-14 08:21:56 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
number 1 you shouldn't buy stuff from off the street. lol But since it says 14K it should be real. If you wanna know for the heck of it go to your local jewler
2006-08-14 08:25:45 · answer #1 · answered by ♥QT♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is most likely not solid gold. Solid gold is too soft and expensive to make jewelry with, especially a chain which will hold some weight. It is most likely gold plate, possibly a thick gold plate. If the crucifix is silver, unless it has a good coating on it, you may find that it gets tarnished. If it is silver, it will state it on the back. As others have suggested, taking it to a jeweler would probably be the right thing to do. They see a lot of this stuff.
2016-03-17 00:06:26 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NEVER NEVER NEVER buy stuff off the street. It's either hot as a 5 alarm fire, or it's fake. If it turns your neck green, it's fake.also you can sometimes tell because the plating starts to rub off in spots.
If you 're ever caught with something you bought off the street, because it was identified, you can get arrested for receiving stolen goods.
It's always a lot safer to buy things from a recognized store, even if you pay more.
I worked security off and on for over 30 years, so I know where with all I speak.
2006-08-14 13:16:53 · answer #3 · answered by virgiinia r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One quick thing to add: Sometimes, the clasp can say 14K, but that just means that the clasp is 14K. The rest of the necklace can be fake.
2006-08-14 08:54:09 · answer #4 · answered by housewife 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fake Herringbone Chain
2016-10-31 23:34:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a spot of the necklace thats not too noticable and scratch it with a knife, if you see another color underneath, its not gold. Or even better, you can take it to any jeweler. They have this stone that when they rub the gold on it, it somehow tells them if it's real.
2006-08-14 08:27:57 · answer #6 · answered by Ronijn 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
hold a magnet (not a refrigerator magnet just a regular one) to it if the necklace clings to it, it is fake and just plated with gold or something that looks like gold. If it doesn't chances are its real. real golds metal isn't as dense at other metals. If you are still doubtful after that take it to a jewelry store or pawn shop that's their job to decipher weather it is genuine or fake
2006-08-14 08:29:04 · answer #7 · answered by LT. DAN 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thats a really well known trick.
People sell cheap chains to accomplices and then regular joes want a piece of the action.
If it's real it won't be 14carat! and it will have a mark on the chain that denotes where it was made and the no of carats.
Take it to a pawn shop and ask them what they'd give you for it... ask them why its that price and they'll have chacked for the assay for you for free!!
2006-08-14 08:27:44 · answer #8 · answered by zebra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look on the clasp. Get a magnifying glass if you have to. It will say 14k or something like that if it is real.
2006-08-14 08:26:09 · answer #9 · answered by Mama R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
KL just said what I was going to say. But I usually rub it on my hand. A black mark is a sure way to know if it's gold or at least gold plated.
2006-08-14 08:28:50 · answer #10 · answered by Tortured Soul 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋