scrounger d detector collector
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- Aug 27, 2006
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- Detector(s) used
- MINELAB E TRAC, EXCAL2,QUATTRO,WHITE 6000 DI PRO SL,EAGLE SPECTRUM,SILVER UMAX ,BANDIDO UMAX VARIOUS VINTAGE
wow my gold pocketwatch find. was real. i got all excited . then i was told
isnt real. bummer. but the dealer offer me a few buckz anyway. well i know this old guy that can reuse part of the case etc. i almost went for it.
a few dollars better than nothing. but luckily i decided to keep it because
it meant something to me because i had dug it. i watched dejectedly as the
first jewler who ill now refer to as the gyp. did his acid test and got the green fizz.
wow but how come its marked 14k. oh on these old pocket watches
it just means the plating is 14k. uh huh..
then i take to a good guy who was honest. he does acid test differnt result.
yep gold.
standing offer to buy at 250 he sez has about 310 gold valu.
how could this be. i didnt sell still confused
then browsing tonite i see this post in anotherthread by silver surfer :
I took a ring to a jeweler to be checked... He used ONE bottle and told me "it's not gold".... I then ordered a testing kit for myself and then tested 14k... Nope... Tested 10k... Yep...
I, of course, will never use that jeweler again... When he tested it, I had no idea there were different bottles for different karat percentages...
You need to take some of that $480 and buy a testing kit...
Beautiful find btw...
this was buried in the other thread which had a lot of replies....i have attributed this quote to him so i hopE it ok to pull it from said thread where u can find it.
ANYWAY THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS:
my item did not magically change from gold to not gold
UNSCRUPULOUS GOLD BUYERS HAVE A WAY TO RIP FOLKS OFF
THAT I HAD NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE.
they bring out an acid that test for almost pure gold. almost any piece tested will fail. then make up an excuse why the piece is still worth SOMETHING.
yeah that ring sure looks likegold but as u can see from the test it izznt.
however my gramma used to have a ring that looked identical so ill offer
a few dollars for it as a keepsake of her. or we wholesale this costume
stuff to someone else. but il offer xxx i can still make a FEW bux on it.
what BS .i thought i was informed. NOT !
one thing i still cant figure out is if they do this a lot how do they find anything to buy.
or perhaps this works so well that they get WINDFALLS so much they could care less.
isnt real. bummer. but the dealer offer me a few buckz anyway. well i know this old guy that can reuse part of the case etc. i almost went for it.
a few dollars better than nothing. but luckily i decided to keep it because
it meant something to me because i had dug it. i watched dejectedly as the
first jewler who ill now refer to as the gyp. did his acid test and got the green fizz.
wow but how come its marked 14k. oh on these old pocket watches
it just means the plating is 14k. uh huh..
then i take to a good guy who was honest. he does acid test differnt result.
yep gold.
standing offer to buy at 250 he sez has about 310 gold valu.
how could this be. i didnt sell still confused
then browsing tonite i see this post in anotherthread by silver surfer :
I took a ring to a jeweler to be checked... He used ONE bottle and told me "it's not gold".... I then ordered a testing kit for myself and then tested 14k... Nope... Tested 10k... Yep...
I, of course, will never use that jeweler again... When he tested it, I had no idea there were different bottles for different karat percentages...
You need to take some of that $480 and buy a testing kit...
Beautiful find btw...
this was buried in the other thread which had a lot of replies....i have attributed this quote to him so i hopE it ok to pull it from said thread where u can find it.
ANYWAY THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS:
my item did not magically change from gold to not gold
UNSCRUPULOUS GOLD BUYERS HAVE A WAY TO RIP FOLKS OFF
THAT I HAD NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE.
they bring out an acid that test for almost pure gold. almost any piece tested will fail. then make up an excuse why the piece is still worth SOMETHING.
yeah that ring sure looks likegold but as u can see from the test it izznt.
however my gramma used to have a ring that looked identical so ill offer
a few dollars for it as a keepsake of her. or we wholesale this costume
stuff to someone else. but il offer xxx i can still make a FEW bux on it.
what BS .i thought i was informed. NOT !
one thing i still cant figure out is if they do this a lot how do they find anything to buy.
or perhaps this works so well that they get WINDFALLS so much they could care less.
