Last nights, late bit of gold from the beach. 22/06

[Bilko]

Brilliant! Thanks for posting!

I bought these 10 days ago.Still awaiting them:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/0-1g-500g-Gram-El ... 4ced7ec4db

[Indy]

Hi Barnet, I've been looking for reasonably priced digital scales on the internet, but can only find small 100g scales, who made yours?

I've found Barnet's scales in the e-bay shop on the link provided by Bilko, now on order but they have to come from China. Cheers Bilko.

[Barnet]

they came from ebay, had them for a while posted from China. Work really well, my friend is a coin dealer and trades in gold etc, they seem as acurate as his that were 50 times the price.

Just make sure you get a pair that has at least two decimal places, the ones on Bilko's link only have one.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/0-01-200g-Gram-El ... 1c1ad240cc

£1.99 + £3.99 P&P these are mine.

Think most of the 500g ones only goto one decimal place, hence why I have to use a plastic cup, rather than a glass to cut down the weight.

[Indy]

they came from ebay, had them for a while posted from China. Work really well, my friend is a coin dealer and trades in gold etc, they seem as acurate as his that were 50 times the price.

Just make sure you get a pair that has at least two decimal places, the ones on Bilko's link only have one.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/0-01-200g-Gram-El ... 1c1ad240cc

£1.99 + £3.99 P&P these are mine.

Think most of the 500g ones only goto one decimal place, hence why I have to use a plastic cup, rather than a glass to cut down the weight.

Cheers Barnet, those are the ones that I ordered earlier today. All I need now is some gold to weigh.

[Hoover]

3.91 / 0.25 = 15.64
how to calculate this

[Indy]

3.91 / 0.25 = 15.64
how to calculate this

Using Barnet's figures, I would say this is 18ct yellow or white gold, if its a chrome colour its white gold.
Is that what you mean artur?

[Hoover]

No m8, I do not know if I'm so stupid or what, but I really do not know how you calculate it ????.

[Indy]

No m8, I do not know if I'm so stupid or what, but I really do not know how you calculate it ????.

Following Barnet's instructions. 3.91 gram is the weight of the ring on it's own. Then you put the glass of water on the scales, then zero the scales, then dangle the ring in the water and in this example the scales read 0.25 gram.

That's how Barnet's two numbers are arrived at. I wouldn't worry about the theory involved.

[Hoover]

simple math

Thanks mate.

[Thesigeng]

Cheers for the info and the maths Barnet.
I've been checking things all day from my previous finds collection.
No real suprises though, sadly.

[Dave8472]

Nice one Steve, seen it been done on YouTube, didn't know you had posted details here, will have to bookmark this one

Dave

[Oldest Swinger]

Great way to test gold well done will try this myself.

Paul