[KeyLargo]

HOW TO DETECT A FAKE TUNGSTEN GOLD BAR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FvM_4B7Pkc

[I cannot think of a name]

My how times change.

In the early 2000’s we had to make some parts out of tungsten.

Making them out of gold would have been half as much.

[Theoria]

Interesting. I wonder if connected.

Mystery 'gold ingots' found on Paris train are fake[France]

[BitWielder1]

So, the solution is to buy Tungsten bars.
Tungsten, as well as Platinum, has the added advantage of being useful in the industry.

[Cicero]

Yep. There has been some talk about this before.

There’s a longer article that also just came out on this story, here:

http://silverdoctors.blogspot.ca/2012/03/tungsten-filled-1-kilo-gold-bar.html

The article claims that ClintBilly and his money guys ordered a bunch of these bars to pay off China and to stick in Fort Knox. Who knows? It’s the kind of thing that he might very well have done.

[guitarplayer1953]

When was the last time anyone actually saw the gold in fort Knots?

[Publius]

Industrial use of tungsten is rather constant. The consumption of tungsten when graphed is pretty much a flat line. However, in the period of 1994-5, there was a huge one-time spike in the industrial consumption of tungsten. By the end of '95, things were back to normal.

At the same time there was a massive transfer of gold to Greek smelters for reprocessing. It could only have come from a national treasury or central bank. There were rumors that someone has disgorged Hitler's long lost gold, Japan's wartime stash of gold, or the gold we held in safekeeping for China as Japan was invading them in the Thirties. No one is sure where it came from.

Then it all disappeared. It's connected somehow, but I'm not sure what is going on.

[kingu]

Glad to know everyone is equipping themselves with ultrasound machines... This is like the fake 100’s that are floating around, and the effective demise (and pretty unreported) of traveler’s checks. Last person who holds the bad item loses the money. But with the price ratio that high, it wouldn’t shock me at all if there were a lot more fake bars (or filled) bars out there than people think, especially in the middle east and India.

[SandRat]

Dang it,....you caught me.

[Greysard]

In the UK, there have been doubts about the quality of Britain’s paltry remaining gold stock as some of the gold bars are reportedly cracked, have fissures and are ‘beginning to crumble’

Pure gold is one of softest and most malleable metals. It can be rolled into foil of just a few mils thick. I have never even heard of gold "cracking" or "crumbling." You'd need to put a gold bar into a stress test machine - and even then it will probably flow around the holds instead of cracking.

If that's what UK has then it's not gold. There aren't even any metals, AFAIK, that would crack or crumble just by laying on a shelf.

[Seaplaner]

Hmmm, guess that one should beware of Wolfram in Auric's

clothing, eh?

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[Sequoyah101]

Took much longer than I expected to see this.

[A Strict Constructionist]

I guess Soros has a new game afoot.

[Jet Jaguar]

Goldbug Ping.

[Procyon]

Tungsten has the highest melting point of any metal: over 6,000 degrees F. Rather than pouring tungsten into A gold bar, more likely the tungsten bar was gold plated. tungsten and gold have a similar weight and electrical conductance.

[Secret Agent Man]

Note to self: Do not buy gold bars with lots of holes drilled into them and filled.

[Noumenon]

[Rebelbase]

How much of the Ft. Knox booty is gold plated tungsten?

[DManA]

First, find a bathtub.
Second, kick out that naked Greek guy,
Third, put your gold bar into the tub and measure how much water sloshes out.

Yada yada yada

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

tungsten poured into the holes.

I want to see that.

The melting point of tungsten is higher than the boiling point of gold.

[CodeToad]

Heard this on the business news. Seems it is making waves.