Best kits?

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Best kits?

Postby rsk1963 » Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:53 pm

What is good for PM testing?

Also what is a good loupe?

Any info would be appreciated.
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Re: Best kits?

Postby melhen26 » Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:04 pm

10x loupe
they make different acids for testing different metals (ag, 10k au, 14k au,ect...)
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Re: Best kits?

Postby TheJonasCollegeFund » Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:56 pm

There are a couple of cheap priced kits on fee bay with a loupe, acids for silver and the different grades of gold, and a pad for stratching and testing with the gold. Some kits even have a digital scale.

Me, I just bought an acid test kit for my metal detecting finds. Works just fine! I even tested on a worn merc just for laughs! I had a bunch of silver to test.
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Re: Best kits?

Postby avidbrandy » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:57 am

Yea I ordered one of those for about $40. The needle that comes with it just wasn't there. Everything else was fine though, and kit works ok.
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