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I know this is 10 years old, but thank you so much for sacrificing those coins in pursuit of knowledge

This is kinda painful to watch. Aye chingao!

Just take it to a pawn shop and try to sell by the weight and purity. Guaranteed free test without ph-ucking up your investment.

I don't have that silver acid I only have that gold testing acid from 10 to 14 to 18 carrot they said with sterling silver it should turn blue with 99.9 per cent purity or what colors should the acid turn

The acid test you did were so generous of you to sacrifice your silver to do. It was painful to watch you acid test those large bars as it also makes it less valuable for you if you decide to resell them at some point. Thank you for the education.

Blue its fake silver not 925s?

Why am I getting the feeling you're EBay's "tomsmith"?? 😆

How about using a test stone instead of damaging the metals face

Forget the acid test .

what is the brand name of the acid you used to test your silver.

I've got to assume each test kit and technique is different because as I check out all the "How to test silver kits" here on CZcams I'm finding different colors for different kits and going outside I applied drops of my silver acid to a number of different .9999 silver coins bought mint direct that came up clear if I did the test on the stone but red if I applied it directly to the coin. Then there were issues with other coins that were less than pure such as sterling at .925 that got various readings of clear and sometimes light purple and these were actual currency (not clad) that "should be" what en.numista.com/ shows them to be in purity. I definitly need to do more research because the magnet test is almost worthless in most cases and it is possible my test kit which is around 3 years old could be outdated giving me incorrect readings if that's possible even though the bottles were never opened till now???

There's better ways to test than to destroy..jeez it hurts..

I hope you get to buy more silver with the money you made from this video. A great sacrifice for the sake of information ....

Thanks for the test!

Is there any other substance to test the bar without any damage

If I have an opportunity to buy 999% silver 4000 grams for 1000 is that an good price?

Very good...thanks..

There are less drastic ways to check your silver collection, just saying..

this dude must hate silver

This video was like watching a man burn his house down to kill a bothersome fly

That big 100 oz bar could possibly have lower quality metal core.

He's not destroying anything. It silver. If you're buying these things as some kind of collectable or art.....you're over paying.

i want to make my own test solution , does it say on the label what ratio of nitric and hcl was used to make it ?

very good helpful video.thanks for sharing

Really great demonstration, thank you!

You really took one for the team there and I appreciate it. I just received a very large number of rounds from a reputable billion dealer and they all failed the ping test. I just ordered some acid and wanted to see other people results. Good work man!

Turning blooooo! Lololol

Ugh! Don't grind, just drill a small hole and test the filings

You commented tat you destroyed the Maple, I disagree as the only value it has IS the silver, all you did was confirmed that the coin is real, keep on stackin😄

Funny. I searched for the user Tomsmith196012 on eBay and there is no user by that name. This raises a big red flag. Did this person lose their account for fraud? Hmmm

Fishy i don't see someone doing this for no reason other that financial gain. I hope you saved the worlds most expensive face cloth and listed that on the TomSMith 196012 store also. #Clickbaitadd Also thats probably not what he'd send. Ships from China.

Thanks for showing us how to test for silver. I bought 4 one Troy ounce silver on Ebay and I have no way of testing them out. I looked to see if they had 100 ratings and read the feedbacks. I can only trust them. My dad told me that pure silver is softer and melts faster. I have no clue. He also said that they turn black over time in jewelries. Now a days I don't know my true silver . Some of the bracelets and earring and rings I purchased as gifts . They turn black overtime. I was told that was real silver. There was 2 item that turned greenish over time. I was told that was not pure silver. It was probably mixed with alloy or zinc.

coin colletors that complain about appearances of silver are having a duck right now. I giggle about it. I've seen people have an absokute come apart about flaws in silver and gold. I'm over here like ummm how do you know you have real silver or gold of your not testing this stuff? what ya think is gonna happen when you go to sell it? companies even drill large gold bars Lol bet you change your mind in a hurry buying because it's pretty instead of content after that.😂

Excellent presentation. Thank you for sacrificing your silver.

ive heard no end of jewellers use acid test on coins or bars etc which i know can be dammaging and reduces the value but does any jeweller that uses such a test declare so to a customer ?

Unsub to him cuz he is rude in real life

Haha lol dis dude got banned from a stream lol

This reminds me of the old Witch Test in medieval times , if she sinks she isn't a witch! Let me pour out some liquor for that impeccable silver that is no longer with us. Thank you for this video!

I'm pretty sure this type of testing solution contains potassium dichromate to give the colors.

What if I apply a metal polish liquid to an acid-eaten part of a silver surface? Will it remove the scar that the acid has done to the silver surface?

How stupid can be grainier thos nice silver bars now how you test sterling silver

how much did u get the 10 gram bar from tomsmith

You could get a scratch stone used for testing precious metals. You just scratch the edge of the bar against the stone to get a line of metal powder and put the acid on the stone. That way, no acid spot on the bar. If it's just silver plated, it will also detect if there's copper under the silver plate.

WHAT THE FUCK?? You can test silver without destroying it.

This is without a doubt the most ridiculous video on CZcams. This needs a much wider audience (for entertainment purposes!)

I hate to see real silver being killed. So many fakes thanks to China.

why didn't you just cut them in half instead of grinding them

I get a kick out of some people that buy certain kinds of silver bars with limited addition on them, basically you have a limited addition of absolutely nothing, it's just silver lol.

are you dsylexic ...since you were dumb enough to put the acid on the bullion in the first place, then why didn't you take the grinder to the ones that failed the acid test 😂some people just got more money then they know what to do with.....I'll be waiting for the grinder on the gold bars next from you lol

You can buff those burn marks out with a drill buffer or electronic buffer. Just may take some work, no worries at the very least wait till they hit $40 an ounce again and just sell them for scrap ! ;-)