It's real silver. Since it has a scratch mark now, best I can do is $5

10 years later and they still haven’t fixed the title lol

I love it when they say dont do this at home. yet, its a how to video.

Producer: The title will be "How To Tell if Silver is Fake or Real?" Rick: Best I can do is "How To if Silver is Fake or Real?" and I'm taking a risk here

I'm glad i now know "How To if Silver is Fake"

A great show with seemingly endless stories and real history lessons.

1:17 "an indiscreet place" Indiscreet means OBVIOUS, discreet means hidden! Doh!

I recently started watching this show and I LOVE IT!!

They forgot the "know" in the title lmao

This would actually be kind of neat for an expanded series. Explain how holloware is bought and sold, as it's different from most other arts. Talk about the different manufacturers, like Gorham, Tiffany, Mauser, or Kalo, and then the approximate values thereof. Maybe comment on how old silver isn't necessarily valuable.

I think testing the specific gravity would be less destructive.

This was uploaded on my 5th Birthday, and it has been recommended to me at the age of 16

I love it when Rick educate us about "How To if Silver is Fake or Real?"

In addition, checking for silver hallmarks is a useful tool as well. Most silver jewelery or flatware has symbols hammered into it which give information about the maker and the date the piece was pressed (the UK has an extremely complex and standardized system regarding this).

It’s real silver... But I have to frame it so I’m taking all the risk

Good info. Thanks!

Why not use the testing gun? It is non-damaging. Filing a groove into a piece of 100+ year old artwork is a sure way to destroy its value.

Thank you very much for wonderful video.. I was finding a good way to check silver and your video helped me. Thanks again.

great video thanks.

thanks for the information

cool..thanks the the demo Rick!

Very good explanation!

Useful Info. Thanks.

great vid!

Smart guy!! i learn alot from him. Mahalo

I didn’t know Rick dropped acid I thought that would be something Chum would do

i like this guy's videos. how to tell if it's silver or gold. how to tell if it's a real rolex. these are the mainstays of the pawn industry, so no question he's an expert in these things.

He used the 14k gold solution. It still works, but the silver testing solution turns bright red if silver is present and dark brown and dark green if negative for silver.

I love history i think its awesome and interesting and this is boht awesome and interesting

i could tell that piece wasn't silver just by the marks on the base. it says ep which means electo plate.

I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!!

Never put the scratch in an indiscreet place, always go for a discreet place! You've got it backwards buddy.

I’m Rick Harrison and this is my pawn shop. I work here with my old man and my son, Big Hoss, and in 23 years I’ve learned one thing. You never know what is gonna come through that door

Now I know how to If! Thank you!

thank u nice to know that :)

You can also do specific gravity test.

Nice watch Pawn Star !!!

Good advice. At my shop the first thing we do is test with a rare earth magnet, silver doesnt react. If it passes the magnet and is marked sterling then 99.9% of the time its silver. We only break out the acid for stuff that has no marking and doesn''t react to the magnet, which is pretty rare.

scratch it with a file, see it's real silver then offer a reduced price because the silverware is damaged... Crooks.

A real expert can just tell by holding the silver in their hand, it's the way it feels, but if you're a beginner the easiest way to know if something is silver just robb baking powder against it ,if it turns shiny right away, it's real silver.

How to if silver? Awesome! I always wanted to know how to "If" something!

customer: Hi i have an items for sale Rick: yeah what u got? customer: i have the actuall car which kennedy was assaniated in.. Rick: Can you hang around a sec i have an expert in cars Kennedy was assinated in ill be right back

i love this guys intellegence!!!

Thanks recommendation system

Very cool

This show gets played a lot in my metallurgy classes.

I prefer the magnet test. Silver may not be a ferrous metal, but it has a slight attraction to a moly or rare earth magnet..

Pawn Star Rocks !!!

Now all I can think about is trying this at home!

I am English and live in London in the United kingdom. I and my friends love your pawn shop programs here in the United kingdom and all the people that come in your shop to do business. Its such a laugh seeing some of these idiots causing problems and how you deal with it all. We do not have pawn shops anything like this in the UK, are they all like yours in America?

The greatest show on the history channel…. EVER

Back when Rick’s best quality for the video is 360p

Rick is an extremely intelligent person. He knows soooo much.

rick looks the same 11 years later

When Rick sees real silver he gets a creamy white spot?

This really seems like the greatest show on TV. Butt, just to be sure, im gonna call my friend who is an extra on great TV shoes, and he'll let us know

Yeah, i learn alot from him too, he's like a Dictionary of information. lol

@kp13822 it is a typo I meant to say brass pawn shops don't take brass because brass is crappy copper metal and it is electoplatted to look like silver,gold,or chrome since you need to stick brass in acid to plate it once it is in the acid it will turn green and start to rust to remove the rust and plate it they run 12,thousand volts through it to make it look like it is silver or gold but once it comes to a pawn shop and they stick the acid on it the item automatically rust because of the acid.

watching after buying my first chain i was 7 when this video came out

It’s not fake silver, it’s silver plate. Not fake unless it has hallmarks or silver stamps.

Does Rick Harrison from Pawn Stars remind anyone else of Matt Dillahunty from The Atheist Experience? They look similar, and they both act generally similar.

i like the fact they explain how to determine what is real and what is fake. good to know this if you ever see something nice at a pawn shop you want to buy and the dealer seems like a crook!

Reading the side effects of breathing in the Nitric acid vapors can cause excessive hair loss...

hi sir do you buy antiq coins or other items from india if yes plz reply

what episode is that

Yep. Pretty much.

yeah, that was classic. Even more amazing was what Rick actually PAID for it!

I've always wondered how to silver

very good rag

Just checked my necklace (pretty thick heavy one i wear for over 10 years now) 925 marking in it...^^

@daCritic1000 Lol. Well put. I'm glad I'm not the only thinking the same way.

Density wont always work, you'll never get the same exact values, its not all pure silver so you'll be off a little bit depending on composition the unknown silver alloy/mixture or plating. Nitric acid works for the reason Silver is high on the reactivity series, more "reactive" than most elements producing a white precipitate in the reaction.

Silver also has a distinct sound to it.

If you're in Vegas and spot 2 Elvis together odds are high one is an imposter. 🤣🤣🤣

He looks like a young Hank from 'Breaking Bad' :)

He's an expert and knows how to handle it. I doubt a regular person could be trusted with nitric acid.

sterling silver means it's 925. sterling silver is the most common used in jewelry because pure silver is often too soft, depending on the size of the piece of course.

Nice

I've heard if you want to tarnish silver on purpose you can put hot egg white from a boiled egg on it and leave it for an hour, so I guess you could try that and if it turns dark it's possibly silver.

Really not difficult for anyone to imprint 925 into something that’s not genuine silver. Scratch test with the chemical is probably best. But if you’re very experienced you can sometimes just tell.

, I think he didnt even have to test it. The EP for elctroplate was the dead give-away! LOL.

That just damage the piece once you scratch it like that,

Is it possible to clean the white spot off after?

Can somebody help me out with this piece he says ATI 952 China and the cut is beautiful but just not sure what all that means?

also called specific gravity.

He is a really smart guy.

you could also just put, for example a spoon half way into boiling water and feel if the heat is transmitted to the other part which isnt...

“I would get a little creamy white spot.” “Uh Rick…”

He had that on his Shelf and was going to sell it as pure silver and just got put on the spot you can tell by his reaction

POV : you watched some pawn stars clips now its on your suggested

Ill get a friend to check it out.

Ok

The fact that's been almost 12 years and they haven't fixed the title 😂😂

Well it was a Henry the 8th fine silver antique worth millions but now is damaged with chips and acid on so best we can do is give you scrap silver price

@fockya It affects the appeal to some, thats why he put it on the bottom. But the good news is , it will still have the same silver price, if not more as silver prices rise.

I see, thanks. My knowledge of chemistry is still incomplete in some areas. I'm much better at organic chemistry.

@OfGodsServant To test density, you can use the formula D=m/v, so the density would be the mass of the bar (100oz) divided by the volume of the bar. You can just google the density of silver and if that number is the same as your results, it's genuine.

This will probably go unnoticed but it’s important to know that there has been a huge influx of ‘silver’ jewellery appearing on the market from China that is stamped, but not silver. I see so many people buy this stuff and think they are getting the real thing for a cheap price, but they are just buying costume jewellery. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is!

water density test or magnet test?

😃 Rick! Never admit that you are dropping acid! 😆