They actually had methods to test whether it was gold or a fake. it had to weigh the same as a known piece of gold with a known weight, and have the same volume ( put the unverified piece in a container of water and measure the difference in the height of the water.) If it had the same density, it was good.
Nice train surprise, thank you!
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If someone had a time machine, it would be funny to go back in time and seed random rivers with gold painted rocks.
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They actually had methods to test whether it was gold or a fake. it had to weigh the same as a known piece of gold with a known weight, and have the same volume ( put the unverified piece in a container of water and measure the difference in the height of the water.) If it had the same density, it was good.
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I was thinking more along the lines of causing fake gold rushes to distract from historical ones.
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