23 Oz. of Silver cast...Or is it?

[otrkid70]

Delete

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I would rather see the assay from the purchaser. ;-)

Value is determined when money changes hands.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

I won't leave you hanging on this. I'll post the video when the test kit comes tomorrow.

Cant wait to see the results! ...hopefully i will catch it before its deleted

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Well since your gone!!! Those were probably giant 5lb blobs of platinum!!!!

or Osmium.

 

[bigfoot1]

or unabtanium.....I think there will end being silver involved..a simple guess

 

[otrkid70]

Here is the video. I'll comment in the next box so i don't ruin it.

 

[otrkid70]

Ok so when i got the test kit i decided to test a Raw area and an area that has been ground down with a dremmel. In the video i didn't realize you had to wait a minute for the results so i had to re-Test.

I'm not sure how but i'm getting different results. I tested after the video on all 3 pieces and at first the coin looking piece showed little bit of yellow then it turned black. After wiping it off it left greyish black stain
The smaller piece i tested again and it started turning like black or a really dark color then left the same stain as the coin piece.
The Large piece stayed almost clear and left a whitish/grey residue. I decided to go deeper into the metal and Ground down quite a bit on the edge trying to get past any potential "Plating" The acid on all three pieces was dark and left a dark stain on the ground area.
I decided to test the acid on a silver coin and it turned the drop of acid red so i'm sure the acid is good. I also decided to try out the Platinum test on all 3 pieces and i immediately seen bubbling and smoking on the Coin looking piece and the small piece. BUT the large piece showed no reaction to the Platinum test and the acid stayed clear....After wiping the metal the spot where the acid was didn't change much color but still looked wet even though it was dry.

So I'm lost.....What the hell is it?

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Haha dont test stuff stoned.. You will burn your fingers... Uhh i heard

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

What i typically do is drop some acid on a piece and let it sit for ten seconds or so then wipe it off. If it leaves red on the paper towel its a good sign its siver if it leaves yellow then disappears its not. Im hopi ita the real deal for you!

oh and dont throw the paper towel in the garbage after you do it, i did that once and walked by and saw smoke coming out of the garbage can. Lol

 

[otrkid70]

The good thing about the test kit is i got to test some costume jewelry that tested for 14k. Only 9.9 Lbs to go

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Could it be pewter or something? Thats a tough one

 

[otrkid70]

What i typically do is drop some acid on a piece and let it sit for ten seconds or so then wipe it off. If it leaves red on the paper towel its a good sign its siver if it leaves yellow then disappears its not. Im hopi ita the real deal for you!

oh and dont throw the paper towel in the garbage after you do it, i did that once and walked by and saw smoke coming out of the garbage can. Lol

After wiping i looked at the tissue and got multi colors from different test areas. I did get a yellow,Orange,Black,Greyish If there is silver in there i'm missing something.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

The good thing about the test kit is i got to test some costume jewelry that tested for 14k. Only 9.9 Lbs to go

Oh cool! I would test every last piece!

 

[otrkid70]

Oh cool! I would test every last piece!

I don't have enough.....I literally have ponds of costume jewelry. But i am going to test until those bottles are dry. lol

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

According to what I saw in the video, its not silver. Forget the wiping, it should show a pretty red color for high grade silver, like coin silver or sterling, in just a few seconds.

I would suggest to take a silver dime or something of melt value only and you will be able to compare. The acid will leave a stain on the coin however.


Now the only thing good I can think of is that it may have some low percentage silver because basically you would be testing the base metal. But generally speaking yellow is a bad sign. Silver should be a pretty red but changing to maroon or even brown for lower grade silver. Not yellow. Yellow usually means tin, aluminum and lead I believe.

 

[Nitric]

From what I saw, no on platinum. The pieces you moved wouldn't have made that sound. Also, if any of those would be solid platinum, you would know! It would feel so heavy to you, for sure being that size. It also just thuds when you let it down. I had a few small lab type shot glass size platinum cups. They were amazingly heavy for how thin they were. Pliable as crazy too! You can almost mold it with your hand over and over. Maybe, you didn't even think it was, It's late, I'm bored and I think there is only a few of us posting this time of night! or morning!

 

[otrkid70]

I'm going to cut them in half and test a few areas in the center. If the results are the same in the Garbage they go.

 

[pepperj]

Take the dermal grind a spot and put some vinegar on the spot, see if there is a reaction.

 

[otrkid70]

Take the dermal grind a spot and put some vinegar on the spot, see if there is a reaction.

Absolutely nothing. just stinky Metal now.

 

[pepperj]

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/scrap-metals/206241-how-tell-aluminum-zinc.html

 

[pepperj]

The three most common metals are lead, aluminium, zinc. Lead will scratch easily, zinc will look crystallized when broken, aluminum has 1000-7000 series each has their own sub grouping and hardness and purity.