Paranoid Rhapsody

The surface is slightly rough and irregularly shaped, like a bone that has been gnawed by a puppy.

Zhuo Wanqing gently took it in her hand, weighed it a few times, and asked suspiciously

"Is this, dog-headed gold?" Zhuang Shida nodded affirmatively

"That's right, Miss Zhuo has good eyesight, this is the dog's head gold. "

Liang Jun smiled helplessly: "To be honest, I really don't know what a dog's head gold is." "

Boss Cai interjected:

"Liang Jun, I have seen your ability to break wine cups last time, and this ability to identify things is definitely not bad. This piece of imperial green has been with me for a whole year, and no one dares to touch it, can you try it?".

Zhuang Shida also encouraged:

"Brother Liang, you don't have to be modest. This piece of dog's head gold can't be identified by others, but I'm sure you can do it. It doesn't matter if you don't understand, just learn slowly. Liang Jun nodded, and admired Zhuang Shida's ability to recognize people so much that he threw himself to the ground.

Dog's head gold, named because it resembles a dog's head, is also called horseshoe gold.

Naturally occurring nuggets vary in shape, but relatively few resemble the shape of a dog's head or a horse's hoof.

Although the term is ancient, it is still widely used today.

After listening to Zhuo Wanqing's explanation, Liang Jun muttered:

"In other words, this piece of gold is naturally formed?".

The gold nuggets on the table have been precipitated over time, and the surface is uneven, as if telling an ancient story.

Guan Heming smiled:

It is said that an official in the Qing Dynasty sent people to look for it as a birthday gift for the Empress Dowager Cixi, but unfortunately he never found it. Zhuo Wanqing added

Because of its preciousness, kotou gold is often seen as a symbol of good fortune. "

Liang Jun let out a soft snort, bowed his head slightly, and picked up the piece of dog's head gold and played with it carefully.

He asked curiously

"Is this a naturally occurring nugget?, and what is it made of, and is it all made of pure gold?"

This is not pure gold. Zhuang Shida explained

There are three types of dog's head gold, including gold-clad stone, stone-clad gold, and gold-clad water. This is the gold-clad stone, and its core should be a stone, otherwise the specific gravity will be wrong. Pure gold products won't be so light.

Zhuo Wanqing added:

Ko's head gold is not pure gold, its purity is about 70%, and the rest is other metals such as copper, silver or iron.

Hearing this, Liang Jun had a basic understanding of Goutou Jin. He picked up a magnifying glass to take a closer look at the piece of dog's head gold, and used his clairvoyant eye to look deep into its interior through the magnifying glass and the surface of the gold.

He was surprised to find that the layer of gold on the surface disappeared as soon as his gaze penetrated a few millimeters.

In its place was a white pebble. Strangely, there are traces of corrosion on the surface of this pebble, as if it has been bitten by a bug.

Another thing that caught his attention was that the transition between gold and pebbles was too straightforward.

Although the two are closely fitted, they are completely separated, which is completely different from the shell form of jadeite wool.

Liang Jun adjusted the angle again to see through the dog's head gold.

Finally concluded.

It's a fake!

Looking at it from this angle, he found that the gold coat on the surface was divided into three layers.

The lowest layer of them has a cut sharp corner.

The

pebbles on that side have obvious carving marks on the surface, which are obviously handmade and not natural.

Under the magnifying glass, Liang Jun already had a guess in his heart.

Regarding the production process of this piece of dog's head gold, he has also guessed seven or eight points.

This thing weighs about four taels, right?

Liang Jun weighed it and asked Boss Cai with a smile, how much did you buy it?

You guessed it right.

Zhuang Shida replied with a smile

I weighed it, and it was two hundred and six grams. Yesterday someone offered 200,000 yuan to buy, but I didn't sell it.

That's it?

Liang Jun was stunned

Someone offered 200,000 yuan of pure gold, which is only about 300 per gram, and its purity is only about 70 percent, and there is a stone in it, which is worth 1,000 yuan a gram

Liang Jun, Zhuang Shida said calmly

It's not that simple. It's not just a matter of gold and stone.

Guan Heming interjected with a smile: "Xuan paper and ink may not be expensive, but one of Tang Bohu's paintings is worth millions or even tens of millions. Doghead gold is a rare treasure of nature, its value lies in its rarity and preciousness, we cannot simply use the value of gold to measure it. "

Don't underestimate this little thing. Zhuo Wanqing said that doghead gold is formed by microbial adsorption and aggregation, and it may take millions or even tens of millions of years for such a thing to form.

Zhuang Shida nodded in agreement, a bit like the formation process of coral, but more slowly than that.

Millions of years? I'll look at it for a few days. Liang Jun smiled and looked at Zhuang Shida, Boss Cai, this thing is a high imitation, do you want to test my eyesight, or are you yourself being beaten?

You say it's fake? Zhuang Shida's smile gradually disappeared, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Hehe. Liang Jun chuckled, nodded and said, what is fake is fake, no matter how much it can confuse the real with the fake, sooner or later it will show its feet.

This piece of ko's head gold has been in my hands for more than ten years.

Zhuang Shida said in a deep voice, Liang Jun, Miss Zhuo, Heming, I won't tell you that this thing was recovered by me when I collected debts.

It's worth 10,000 dollars. I asked a lot of professionals to help me identify it, and they all said it was genuine.

However, the man who used it to pay off the debt told me that he bought it from a Henan tomb robber.

As we all know, Henan is a big den of antique counterfeiting, so I have always been a little skeptical about this thing.

He paused and smiled lightly: For this reason, I never sold it.

I'm afraid that if it's a fake, I'll be considered blind, and I might even be accused of being a cheater.

Actually, if it's fake, I can return it. The point is that I can't afford to lose face.

Is this thing fake? How can you tell?

Zhuo Wanqing picked up the piece of dog's head gold and looked at it carefully again.

Liang Jun tasted the tea calmly, I said that it was fake, it must not be fake. No amount of experts can change this fact.

Zhuo Wanqing glanced at him, shook her head and said: I really don't believe in evil, so many people can't see it, your eyesight is so good?

So I'll tell you how this thing is made.

Liang Jun grabbed two olives and threw them into his mouth.