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Well my graduated cylinder came in the mail and the density tests positive for nickel silver. Thank you all for your help!

Well shootfire, I guess that sums it up then. I guess nickel silver and true silver must have similar densities then? Perhaps it could be pure nickel silver? I must admit the one thing that was bothering me was the fact there is zero tarnish on the piece, which I've never seen old silver or Silverpl...

Rare earth magnet has no effect also on copper, brass, lead, bronze, aluminum, tin, titanium, zinc, bismuth, .............. True... But does any of those metals resonate like silver? Do any of those metals have similar densities? This fork is slightly larger and weighs slightly more than my other s...

Have you tested to make sure it is solid silver? I have a fork with a very similar trademark (a few posts above yours). I had a jeweler do an acid test and it came up positive for silver, but it was only a surface test.

Hi! Thank you for replying. Are you quite sure? As far as I could tell I have not been able to find a picture of a Gorham Silverplate that does not have the anchor in a shield. How would you explain the chip on the tine? It's gouged out almost halfway through and I cannot see any layers or different...

I found this fork when buying some sterling. The seller included it for free because it didn't have any sterling marks. But as far as I can tell it is sterling. It passed the magnet test, the ping test, and the acid test (as far as I can tell). Also it is chipped at the end of one of the times and ...

I found this fork when buying some sterling. The seller included it for free because it didn't have any sterling marks. But as far as I can tell it is sterling. It passed the magnet test, the ping test, and the acid test (as far as I can tell). Also it is chipped at the end of one of the times and y...