1 Oz Bar

[mn90403]

I wish it was real!  haha

You never know what you can find on a beach and today was no exception.  It is just tough right now getting targets.  This one was kinda scratchy at I think 22 in the wet sand which would have been just about like the pennies.  When I got it in the scoop it was not bright so I never mistook it for real but then I looked at the shape and without my glasses I could see writing but also corrosion. I wonder why someone would have it at the beach and if it had been sold as a fake.  It is one of the more odd things I've found.

Mitchel

[geof_junk]

How did it size compare to the real thing.

[Rick N. MI]

Did you test it?

[mn90403]

5 hours ago, geof_junk said:

How did it size compare to the real thing.

It actually weighs 24.5 grams.  Assuming it is the right size (to be a fake) then the density is of a lesser material.  Maybe someone has an idea.

 

1 hour ago, Rick N. MI said:

Did you test it?

I didn't test it because it seemed like the paint was peeling off.  It doesn't maintain the luster of real gold that has been found in wet sand.  I need to make a note about most of the targets in the tray were found dry sanding after my wet sand hunting proved to be lackluster.

[Joe Beechnut OBN]

One thing about the beach. anything is possible.

Sadly it's stamped 

NET WT

1.00 OZ and only weights in at 24.5 grams

I wonder if a real one would bend easy...being .9999

Good Luck, got to be a real .9999 out there some where..

[Rick N. MI]

Fake gold bars are used for paper weight, door stops, toys. Easy to get one. So you have nice paper weight. You could gold leaf it to fool friends. A sign shop would be able to do it.

[mn90403]

58 minutes ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

One thing about the beach. anything is possible.

About 5 years ago my wife found these .925 Yuan Bao 'nuggets' that weigh 6.8g and 6.6g.  We had to go back and look them up and compare them to their much larger cousins which are considered Energy Talismans.  They were also found in the wet sand.

[okara gold]

Years ago, I had a friend who bought a “gold” bar from a guy on the Vegas strip who desperately needed money. As soon as I saw it I knew it was brass. All stamped with serial numbers and marks. My friend was sure it was gold until I put nitric acid on it and it turned green and was smoking. He was out hundreds of dollars. Buyer beware!

[geof_junk]

If it is the same size then it specific gravity is 15.2 gram/centimeter cubed. So my guess is it has more volume than a real ingot. Density of pure metals in that range. 

13.67 g/cc	Americium	Am	95
14.78 g/cc	Berkelium	Bk	97
15.1 g/cc	Californium	Cf	98
15.4 g/cc	Protactinium	Pa	91
16.65 g/cc	Tantalum	Ta	73
18.95 g/cc	Uranium	U	92
19.32 g/cc	Gold	Au	79

However lets have some hope/fun as 18K yellow D (0.752 gold, copper, silver, zinc, silicon gold has a density of 15.2 and a melt temp of 1520°F. So what are you going to do.😬

 

[GB_Amateur]

17 hours ago, geof_junk said:

Density of pure metals in that range.

....

Yikes!  Five of the seven you listed are radioactive.  Californium and Berkelium are probably more valuable than gold!  Presumably it's an alloy, possibly of tungsten.

On a side note, today's newspaper here had a full page ad for gold bars, but the fine print said gold covered copper bullion!  (And the exclamation point was theirs, not mine.  )  I forget the price but it was hundreds of dollars each (nor do I remember the size but it wasn't large).  These scams are rampant.