On Thu, 13 May 2004 17:19:58 GMT, R. Wink
wrote:

A lot of stuff is 14K "filled" which is to say "plated" If this was plated and wore off, then the base metal is most likely
brass or copper.
R. Wink


Goldfilled is not goldplated. cf: McCreight's Complete Metalsmith
book , et al.