Hey great video, thanks! 🙏 Please can you let me know which acid you're using? (I saw a video where the guy recommends using 18 Kt Gold testing Acid - but I think that gave a different colour... 🧐 ) Thanks in advance, Bobby (UK) ☺
Many people use the 18k but for accurate results and to know the purity of silver you are checking ,the silver solution is best but it can be complicated to understand, which makes sense why people use the 18 k.
Next time - space out the scratchings... also - what about 45% silver test? I'm about to buy a roll of silver solder from a guy on Ebay and I'll meet him locally with the test kit.
Thats awesome but the acid I got sent is already a red color and it says it will be variations of red if it's real silver. It is so hard to see for me. :(
Glad I could help! I was having the same problem! After a bunch of videos, I found someone who used this method. It’s so much easier to tell if it’s silver, I had to show it too!
That's how I test as well. I don't know if you have heard this but I have been told these acids only have a short shelf life. Once opened a few months. Have you noticed or heard this? I wondered because I have done a couple of tests on known items and they failed. My acids are 2 years old. Ill order some new and retest. Thanks for posting,,,
That’s interesting! I have not heard that, but I’ll definitely check for sure. My acids are relatively new, but I’m interested to see how they react with age. Thanks for the info!
Spot are you silver acid that has sat for like a year since I had tested and it did the same thing it gave me negative results but I knew acid got correct results definitely has a shelflife once it’s opened
@lancemillward2462 it might be possible, but I personally can’t tell the difference. Some pawn or coin shops have those machines. I recommend calling around to see who has one in you area
Thanks for explaining it a bit further. I was having a real hard time looking at the stone & acid bead itself. All I could see was a black blob. Looking at your drops, they look as black as mine! I've watched people testing and they seemed to just look and know. I was sure my acid was bad. But now I'll try again and see if I can make it work. When they say it might show as creamy white, how will you see that? Now, if I can just get used to my Kee gold tester, I'll be in business!
Fantastic! Finally a video that really helped me find out about silver. Some things i thought were silver are actually white gold, and others now I know they are silver. Thanks!!!
I just took a Tiffany and Co. bracelet to a pawnshop and they tested it for silver and said that it came back red so it’s not silver, are they lying to me?
@@TheFinderGuy just kiddin. Because I didn’t know how to use it. Turns out my temu silver came out blue on a men’s bracelet and 3 rings. All listed and marked as s925. Thing is the bracelet was like $3.00. The melt value of the weight would be around $15.00. Lol. Killer deal. None of it I would say is really a rip off. It’s priced low enough. But why Mis lead ? Ya know? Ofcourse my Buffalo round that I tested. Came out red. All thanks to your video here. I am able to properly test it all out. And verify that my tester is infact 100% authentic 😂
@rokinrandy yea, lol definitely would have expected that from a website like that. And I agree, why bother faking it if you’re gonna price it that cheap anyway 😆. Glad I was able to help!
I just use the acid that’s meant for testing silver in the precious metal testing kits they sell on Amazon. I believe it contains nitric and muriatic acid
@@TheFinderGuyno not nitric and muriatic(aqua regia) What you have is known as Schwerter's solution. Concentrated nitric acid 3/4 of one ounce, water 1/4 ounce and I believe 1 gram of potassium dichromate. There are videos that show you how to make it. I believe Sreetips on RU-vid has a video. Hope this helps.
@@TheFinderGuy I see. The reason I know is aqua regia will almost immediately precipitate silver chloride(looks like snow in the liquid) Schwerter's turns red, the more pure your silver the more it will look like blood. At 800 fine silver it will appear brown red. Doesn't work well on 500 fine.
The gold is a bit different as far as I know. With gold, the acid will make the line disappear from the stone. I may make a video about gold in the future.
@peggipenfold4580 not really, it’s likely that there wouldn’t be anything on the tissue afterwards. But if there is, and it’s not red, it’s probably not solid silver
@@deana1111 awesome! I was having a lot of trouble using acid tests for silver. I looked at a ton of videos and only found one showing this method. Had to make one of my own to help spread the word!
