Is it Brass or Stainless Steel?

Others may not value this method but, holding the faucet by a thin edge, strike it with a small hammer or knock it against a metal surface. Aluminum clunks, steel chimes, copper hums, and brass rings. It's not 100% but, since I rarely have a grinder to test things offsite, this method lets me do some initial sorting, at least enough to know if it should or shouldn't go in the ferrous pile.

Originally Posted by Breakage

Others may not value this method but, holding the faucet by a thin edge, strike it with a small hammer or knock it against a metal surface. Aluminum clunks, steel chimes, copper hums, and brass rings. It's not 100% but, since I rarely have a grinder to test things offsite, this method lets me do some initial sorting, at least enough to know if it should or shouldn't go in the ferrous pile.

good point,

Sometimes i just drop mystery scrap pieces on the cement floor to determine what metal it is by the sound. Ding, Dong, whos at the door????