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Gold Ecid test kit - thanks to Metal Kiwi for info
DrunkBrother  
Posted : Wednesday, 17 April 2013 3:19:57 PM(UTC)
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You can order from Regal Castings :

http://www.regal.co.nz/category.php?sub_id=199

It cost me total 108.1 $ inc GST and courier for 4 acids (9 14 18 22)

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Posted : Wednesday, 17 April 2013 4:11:38 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: DrunkBrother Go to Quoted Post
You can order from Regal Castings :

http://www.regal.co.nz/category.php?sub_id=199

It cost me total 108.1 $ inc GST and courier for 4 acids (9 14 18 22)

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How are you going to test it without the stone Max?

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Posted : Wednesday, 17 April 2013 5:08:52 PM(UTC)
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How are you going to test it without the stone Max?

Chris.



I will use stone, any stone will do- just a black stoen from the beach, you do not need that particular stone :-)
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Posted : Wednesday, 17 April 2013 6:54:32 PM(UTC)
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Mine were slightly cheaper at 18 bucks or so plus ten bucks delivery from USA.!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/it...&hash=item27d183db6f



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Posted : Wednesday, 17 April 2013 8:30:21 PM(UTC)
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Would be a lot cheaper for us to pool together to buy the raw chemicals and mix it up ourselves.

I made up some of the silver tester (Schwerter's solution) when I was in Mexico and it worked very well.

http://chestofbooks.com/...Vol3/Silver-Testing.html
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Metal Kiwi  
Posted : Wednesday, 17 April 2013 10:57:40 PM(UTC)
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Would be a lot cheaper for us to pool together to buy the raw chemicals and mix it up ourselves.

I made up some of the silver tester (Schwerter's solution) when I was in Mexico and it worked very well.

http://chestofbooks.com/...Vol3/Silver-Testing.html




If making Silver cleaner with Potassioum Dichromate take some care as Wikipedia says:

Safety

Potassium dichromate is one of the most common causes of chromium dermatitis;[7] chromium is highly likely to induce sensitization leading to dermatitis, especially of the hand and fore-arms, which is chronic and difficult to treat. Toxicological studies have further illustrated its highly toxic nature. With rabbits and rodents, concentrations as low as 14 mg/kg have shown a 50% fatality rate amongst test groups. [8] Aquatic organisms are especially vulnerable if exposed, and hence responsible disposal according local environmental regulations is advised.
As with other CrVI compounds, potassium dichromate is carcinogenic and should be handled with gloves and appropriate health and safety protection. The compound is also corrosive and exposure may produce severe eye damage or blindness.[9] Human exposure further encompasses impaired fertility, heritable genetic damage and harm to unborn children.

Just a thought.

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Posted : Wednesday, 17 April 2013 11:15:06 PM(UTC)
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Mine were slightly cheaper at 18 bucks or so plus ten bucks delivery from USA.!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/it...&hash=item27d183db6f


But will the 10k test that is available in US kits still pick up our more common 9k??
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Posted : Thursday, 18 April 2013 10:10:21 AM(UTC)
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Why would you need Silver tester? all out detectors give distinct sound and VDI on silver,
All beach silver is purple black :-)
i can pick up silver and identify silver from a pile of other petals :-)
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Posted : Thursday, 18 April 2013 10:18:07 AM(UTC)
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Why would you need Silver tester? all out detectors give distinct sound and VDI on silver,
All beach silver is purple black :-)
i can pick up silver and identify silver from a pile of other petals :-)


Check out "Silver Surprise" on my latest blog Max.

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Posted : Thursday, 18 April 2013 10:29:35 AM(UTC)
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Check out "Silver Surprise" on my latest blog Max.

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I saw that one, and i had 3 rings that looked like silver as well, but, the sound... you can not miss it.
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Posted : Thursday, 18 April 2013 10:51:06 AM(UTC)
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Check out "Silver Surprise" on my latest blog Max.

Chris.



I saw that one, and i had 3 rings that looked like silver as well, but, the sound... you can not miss it.


Yeah silver does sound pretty good. However the point I wanted to make was that the ring was stamped STG but failed the acid test so was not silver (regardless of how it sounded). Therefore a silver tester can be a useful tool to have.

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