Hey Guys,
I regularly buy kilo+ lots of scrap jewelery and am getting tired of sorting through big bags weeding out all the plated and non gold rubbish. Recently bought a gravity testing gold machine and works quite well however does not work with hollow pieces.
I was wonder if i were to clean all jewelry ie remove stones etc etc then melt all into one big blob (probably in one of these electro furnaces) would i then get an accurate gravity reading when i test the blob at the end of it.. would it average out accurately with all the different karats combined inc some scrap that would be plated etc etc, have no experience in actually melting precious metals.
advice or opinions would be appreciated.
david
I regularly buy kilo+ lots of scrap jewelery and am getting tired of sorting through big bags weeding out all the plated and non gold rubbish. Recently bought a gravity testing gold machine and works quite well however does not work with hollow pieces.
I was wonder if i were to clean all jewelry ie remove stones etc etc then melt all into one big blob (probably in one of these electro furnaces) would i then get an accurate gravity reading when i test the blob at the end of it.. would it average out accurately with all the different karats combined inc some scrap that would be plated etc etc, have no experience in actually melting precious metals.
advice or opinions would be appreciated.
david