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How do you know real copper jewelry from the fake? Well instead of telling you guys that it's real copper, let me show you a few ways you can test it out for yourself. First up is the magnetic test. Now if you were to take a magnet and put it up against the cover, you would see that it does not stick. Now where there are magnets intentionally placed in the jewelry, you would see that it will stick. But anywhere that doesn't have the magnet, it will not stick. So for test no. 2, someone actually asked me to break one, let's see the inside so that you can probably see the inside. So I sacrificed a piece today and this is what it looks like. I hope you can see what I'm seeing. It's not just copper plated on the inside. The inside also has the copper material. Now for test no. 3. This is actually a piece that was worn by a customers for a few months. And if you take a good look at the back, you will notice some green layers forming on the copper. Well, this is patina. And this happens naturally when the copper starts to oxidize. So this is a very good indication that you're dealing with real copper. In the next video I'm gonna show you guys how you can clean. Because we've actually had a customer that came into thinking that her jewelry was fake because it was turning black. But that blackness is actually oxidation, which can happen naturally with copper over time. So I'm gonna show