How To Test Silver

Learn how to test the purity of your silver items using varying testing processes. Learn how to test for silver purity for silverware, sterling jewelry, silver coins and other silver items.
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[@jjdjj5392]

Very informative! Thank you for sharing! 😊

[@rimaseniorsadaraka2626]

thank you for the educational video, now i know how to test my silver finds metal detecting. awsome video.

[@michaelsMW2movies]

Is silver metal detectable tho? I thought a metal detecter uses magnets ? Meaning it would only find magnetic metals?

[@preciousmetalconvert]

They are two seperate test. If you scratch the silver on the test stone you use 18kt acid and the line should turn blue. If you file into the item and dip 14kt acid onto the area and it turns a creamy white it is a high purity silver. Hope this helps let me know if you have any other questions. I will be making more videos soon. Thanks for watching!

[@preciousmetalconvert]

If you used the 18kt acid then it should turn blue. Another thing you can do is file into the item and dip 14kt acid onto it. If it turns a white creamy color it is a high purity of silver if it bubbles green then it is plated. Hope this helps.

[@AirDevil11]

NEVER, EVER, EVER put the acid right on the item like this guy did. You will leave an acid mark devaluing the piece.

[@SuperSimonad]

this was helpful, thanks... but I'm curious - why go through the 18K step to test silver...?

[@dos14dos14]

Where can I get one of those magnets?

[@vorkev1]

1 thing you do not show and tell is some things are 3 times plated meening its not silver but would need a deep scratch to hit under the silver platting

[@xhuliollazo1]

what acid you need to test silver ?

[@jczarski]

I tested a ring and it turned red and then after some time it turned grey. What does that mean?

[@locolopelocolope]

So, if you use gold acid and got a creamy withe or blue, it´s silver, right?

[@jessederinger]

WITH THE SILVER ACID, IF IT WASNT SILVER WHAT COLOR WOULD IT HAD TURNED? YOU SAY IT TURNS RED IF ITS REAL, BUT THE SOLUTION ALREADY LOOKS REDISH. PLUS, CAN YOU JUST USE THE SILVER SOLUTION ON THE STONE?

[@patricksweetman3285]

This KZbinr makes the solution and tests a couple of different metals. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZfTgHZtds1lY9U

[@nicklough]

hey im curious at what the difference is between 925 sterling and just 925 is there any difference?

[@Hjvujjnnnjhhy]

Nick Lough it’s the same thing

[@GGoldfingerKris77]

What if the item is plated? How would the Silver acid react if the item was plated in silver?

[@patricksweetman3285]

Reaction is limited to the surface of the object so a silver plating would test positive for silver by chemical test.

[@mysteryguy793]

@@patricksweetman3285 are you sure what you are referring to isn't silver-fill? Silver-fill is plating but with 100% more silver content than simple plated item. And that will test positive.

[@jessiecassio8349]

@@mysteryguy793 plating is half a micron so even double or triple plating won't survive a filling and then testing underneath

[@steliokontos5905]

What if the mirror is silverplate?? Placing a drop of acid on the surface won't tell you shit. I'm bringing all my silverplate to you!

[@preciousmetalconvert]

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[@BRNEYEDEAGLE]

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[@coin_addiction7167]

Helped a whole lot, but aren’t you ruining those coins the way your handling them? You aren’t a collector are you?

[@PharaohFluidity]

A good uh video uh on uh testing uh metals. uh.

[@mysteryguy793]

too many uhs are you a psychopath????? jk

[@BRNEYEDEAGLE]

one last thing get a small file ok im done ROFLMAO

[@eqlzr2]

Frankly, I think many of these videos are inconsistent and full of misinformation. In the last 20 minutes, I've watched several youtube vids on silver testing, and they all say something different--that real silver turns blue, no it turns dark red, no it turns creamy white. WTF? IMHO, get yourself a piece of REAL silver (sterling or some other high silver content), test it with your solution and method (whatever it is), and then look for that same or similar response in other items you are testing to be relatively certain of what you have. Remember, if the item is plated, you may just be testing the thin outer layer if you put a drop of some solution on it.

[@carlossaenz9782]

you apparently don't pay attention.

[@guilesivann1949]

You are absolutely right. Very misleading ``testing``. Silver-plated and gold plated items can have rather thick surface plated layer, either silver or gold, and actually made of worthless base metal. The point is to FILE deep enough to reach potential base metal and then apply a drop of acid. Scratching on testing stone will leave enough silver deposit from silver plating to give false positive test. Questionable common sense.Who would buy a basket full of apples having seen only those on top ?