Testing gold rings for weight and purity

I test two 14k gold rings for weight and purity.

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Howto & Style

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• gold
• ring
• test
• weight
• purity
• karat
• carat
• selling

[Smokofilomidanek53]

Well, your scale lies to you about 0.02 of a gram, so how do you determine for sure that this "gold" is a real gold all the way deep inside? It might be copper or brass wire thickly galvanized with specific gold karat. You have no idea WHAT SCAMMERS ARE CAPABLE OFF. You might wear this ring for a lifetime in fate that you got it in 14k. Acid testing is only usefull if you cut through the metal, and check it "to the centre of the bone!"

[boscoesarmy]

couldn't it be 9ct since neither changed with the 9 and 14ct tester acids

[YoureAlwaysRight]

Aren"t you supposed to test the gold on the scratch stone and not on the jewelry itself?

[HylyJrdn]

Where can you purchase a block like that, and that specific gold testing kit?

[Filmaker25]

What is that black block called?

[uzziel2005]

displacement, density, gold content

[sentryclothes]

@Cash4GoldCA The instruction manual on the GXL 24 Pro says you can make a small pinhole in the questionable piece. Have you tried this? I recently bought a pair of earrings which read 22 karat on the GXL. Upon further inspection (after I had purchased the earrings), I filed deeply into the piece and retested to find that it was plated. I am curious if there is a less destructive way to test for plating.

[expiredjellyhoe]

@welshspencer If it passes the 14k acid, its 14k or higher..

[ALLENMUSKY]

Why wouldn't you use the scratch stone the way it's meant to be.

[welshspencer]

so you ring could be 10k or 14 k