I agree. The only solution is people like you that give true reviews so I spend more time on youtube reviews than searching the web. Thank you. Good luck! ;0)
For gold the cheapest and most reliable still is the acid test. I use the key tester when doing a lot of pieces it is close to the real result and does not loose calibration for silver 18k gold acid is the best way
Your review was flawed in many ways. Did you read the instruction manual or even go to the GemOro you tube video to see the instructions. 1. You didn't calibrate the tester twice. 2. You didn't file the part of the gold that is to lay flat on the surface. 3. Your probe pen tip was black, dirty and contaminated . 4. You didn't swipe the probe tip on a clean cloth/paper towel after each test. 5. Saline solution in the probe is not a mild acid it is in the prope for safe electrical contact. If it was an acid as you stated it would have come with an SDS sheet stating that fact. I am not an advocate for this machine or the company but I do have a GemOro AuRacle AGT1 Plus Deluxe Kit and it works great. Your review was very elementary and comical.
Well i guess you did not read the replies tgat been going on. We buy over 15kg of gold and over 1000kg of silver last year I suspect we might not be as dumb as we look :). After covid we have 2 auction comming up with christies and 1 with southerbys hopefully you will attend to see the amazing meuseum grade collections we discovered last year.
@@ForgetMeNotArchive just because you use faulty testing protocol on a high volume scale…does not make the protocol reliable. Every tester should be re-calibrated in between items. You pen tip is Black due to the lack of proper cleaning and maintenance. One result landed between 18k and 22k brackets and you say “hmm 18k?”
@@sirebrawl2404 thank you for the advice still need to find another brand with same issues. We also keep a key brand alongside the Olympus xrf and never had calibration issues with that one
@@ForgetMeNotArchiveI have a sigma for bullion and have been flirting with purchasing the Kee Gold Tester for jewelry. do you mean the Kee Gold Tester? If so, what’s your opinion on it for Jewelry?
Thank you for your time. I think the way to go is: first acid (you know it is X Karats on the surface) than the SG test (water) it will tell you if the item is X Karat) and not plated or filled
Ordering a precious metal verifier and the kee gold testor today. The agt3 is now garbage random results if you read all reviews on amazon on pro users have issue keeping it calibrated. Gemoro is not for high volume testing no matter what the company claims read reviews on amazon. Will make videos on kee soon we have 7lbs of gold to test with it. Metal verified didnt work with jewelery so researching to order a xrf analyzer. Still waiting on the key gold tester
I had a women use one to test gold for me and she said always finding the thinnest part is best place to check. Maybe different thickness can alter results.
But it seems its still a good tool to have with other methods because itll definitely tell you if you have real gold and are not buying anything fake and you can figure out actual karat later if its not known.
With basic logic if calivrated at wrong ct count it should still have the same result every time. I am a neural net programmer random isnt something possible with calibration error.
Agreed! You are not utilizing the machine correctly and not dabbing the pen before you move on to the next piece. This is a very untrue video and I bought the product and it works great.
Well i will state believe what you must paid reviews are plenty enjoy them dont read the user reviews on amazon also. I dont make or loose anything if you buy or dont. Its a free country and decisions are ones own to make.
You should always recalibrate with every piece. Testing or weighing. And when you drop a 22k ring on it from 4 inches up you might as well drop the whole device on the floor. It will knock it out of calibration. Just sayin
Its a conduction test impact has nothing to do with calibration i shouod be able to drop the device and not impact calibration calibration. Its not a weight test. The plate and the pen are 2 tips of a specialized volt meter basically
I guess you missed the part where you are supposed to file the pen tip between each test... this will affect accuracy. You’re also supposed to hold the pen directly vertical
Read reviews on amazon its garbage. No use beating a dead horse. Have the kee tester comming in 2 days and tge olympus gold expert xrf. Buy gemoro if you like but it can not stay calibrated.
Better thens others but not 100 percent. Ir does not loose calibration but with differant mixes of metals its result varied but I still find it better then gemoro. I find acid tests more reliable and olympus xrf to be very helpful on detecting thich plating on pieces we dont want to destroy
Pieces were filled. The agt1 looses calibration most users had same issues in amazon reviews agt3 looses calibration less frequently. The kee tester calibration slides sligtly. Both these are a better tester then agt1
There are dedicated moissanite testers which range from $10 and higher they basically all work on the same principles. You also need to look at cbd testers depending on what you actually plan to do. We deal in a lot of gemstones and high end mineral specimens and for expensive purchases we still hite a gemologist by the hour for security of our investment
wow i didnt really like the acid, but id like to know if something is real. i seen metal testers for 700 $800 someone said they paid $350 for that one. i hope i could get one for good price in future
@@ForgetMeNotArchive actually, even with acid you still have to file your gold before testing. If you file the gold before testing with the GemOro AGT1, you should not have this issue.
@@ForgetMeNotArchive It sounds like you may have had an unsuccessful calibration. Do you have time to chat over the phone or video chat? Again the pen probe MUST be pressed firmly down on the gold at a perpendicular angle.
I checked a lot of other videos after watching yours. Is this a calibration issue. Is your pen tip dirty. It looks so. Other videos talk of filing every piece before verification. I wanted to ourchase this machines....
There were no calibration issue we had 2 pens tested both this video is a min from hours and hours of testing. We have bought a agt3 now and we are satisfied with it. We donated out agt1 after wasting few days. Giving the benefit of the dpubt we decided it was a faulty unit
@John, you are correct. The calibration process needed assistance as no filing was done. In addition, you must file every piece of gold before testing as this is a surface tester only.
No. Tye tip as long as its moist is good. The probpem is persistent if you read the amazon user reviews all who test mixed carrats the units have trouble keeping calibration.
I know. We process over a 100lbs a year the device calibration issue is commonly known now. We have been using acid and xrf now but for portable I still find key tester better choice
Bro i am a student i want to make money in this evrywhere they say liquidation is not good which site to buy from --???? I can buy only in hundres of dollrs
Buy what you understand and know how to resell. I buy electronics mostly vecause I can fix the expensive obes in most cases. I often buy huge dji lots as I know to repair drones and resell.i would advise to start with roducts you can resell locally or fb or offerup etc while you experiment and get the hang of ebay and amazon etc
So far the acid test and xrf are reliable but for xrf you must make a notch also as all are surface test but our olympus xrf at times on plated items suggest possible plating but not on all so mix of xrf and acid and sometimes also specific gravity with those 2 test
The tester is fine. Ive watched you make many mistakes and it is unfortunate that you are publicly and incorrectly demonstrating tests and calling it garbage. Had you just called the manufacturer for help or read the manual, you would have learned a great deal of information. The Testerossa by gemoro is not a lab grown diamond tester and has never been advertised as such, yet you trash talked it. Here are your many mistakes. Pen probe sat for 3 minutes drying out before your first calibration and was often held tip-up which I would avoid. Calibration needs to occur every few tests. Calibration disk was fine. Calibration is used to calibrate to the new conditions of the pen probe TIP. As you test more lower karat, your pen picks up more impurities and it needs to be recalibrated. As you test more higher karat / softer gold, you need to calibrate often. Please realize that your pen probe picked up those particles during tests and needs to be recalibrated to the new conditions of the pen probe. Anything inside the 14k bracket is considered 14k. The test was complete within the first 2 seconds..leaving the probe in contact waiting for it to change is not proper testing. If it falls below 14k, you should be skeptical of lower karat present. No piece is homogeneous except for 24k so test in multiple places. 22k represents very little impurity and impurities are exactly what this tester is searching for. You must always calibrate directly before testing a 22k marked item, and definitely not after testing a dozen plus items without calibrating. Always calibrate directly before testing any 24k marked piece as well. I’ll send you a newer model AGT3 for free if you take down this video. The AGT3 will also calibrate with an 18k piece helping the accuracy of the 22k testing ability. I would also highly recommend that you calibrate directly before anything not produced in the United States. Other countries sometimes put more nickel or other alloys in their compositions that the US would otherwise not use in manufacturing.
Everything was don't video shows a point not everything with this company it's common issue you can read hundreds of people having same issue. It's good if you don't need to test to many pieces it you jump between to many it will loose calibration after few
It's the same looses calibration like the agt1. The key tester is bit better so far we do acid test and then if needed on the Olympus xrf but the acid test is mostly enough
You say they were filed, but do not show it. The instructions also say to wipe the pen between testings, which you didn't do either. I still have the original Gemoro tester and it was quite good, but I can't find the solution anywhere now. I can understand your frustration, but telling us you did something without showing us does not give me great confidence in your ability to report your results. Try again. Would love to see your results.
So you refined gold ??? Wow. Its hard to say no to gold and I do appreciate the offer damn so hard to say no to a gold nuget but i cant help wondering what dip would tadte best with a gold nugget do we fry it or grill it?
@@ForgetMeNotArchive I don't refine gold, I just pan for it. It was a fun hobby I took up while I was in NC. I moved back to NY and there is no gold here. This piece came from a stream in North Carolina. Its not very big but I would be more than happy to mail it to you so you could mess around with it. I would eventually like it back (it was the first big piece I found) but you can take your time, no hurry to return it I just sets in my desk.
@@cornfed420 that's awesome. Maybe when you are around queens we can play with it togather. I am so happy I finally have the pleasure to know someobe who found Gold directly from Mother Earth
thanks for the heads up as i was going to purchase this. thanks for the info
I am canceling my order. Thanks for the video sir!
I agree. The only solution is people like you that give true reviews so I spend more time on youtube reviews than searching the web. Thank you. Good luck! ;0)
Thank you for ur kind words
@@ForgetMeNotArchive Hello Wizard!
What tester did you go with instead of this one?
I subscribed to your channel.
How to hear from you soon!
For gold the cheapest and most reliable still is the acid test. I use the key tester when doing a lot of pieces it is close to the real result and does not loose calibration for silver 18k gold acid is the best way
Your review was flawed in many ways. Did you read the instruction manual or even go to the GemOro you tube video to see the instructions. 1. You didn't calibrate the tester twice. 2. You didn't file the part of the gold that is to lay flat on the surface. 3. Your probe pen tip was black, dirty and contaminated . 4. You didn't swipe the probe tip on a clean cloth/paper towel after each test. 5. Saline solution in the probe is not a mild acid it is in the prope for safe electrical contact. If it was an acid as you stated it would have come with an SDS sheet stating that fact. I am not an advocate for this machine or the company but I do have a GemOro AuRacle AGT1 Plus Deluxe Kit and it works great. Your review was very elementary and comical.
Well i guess you did not read the replies tgat been going on. We buy over 15kg of gold and over 1000kg of silver last year I suspect we might not be as dumb as we look :). After covid we have 2 auction comming up with christies and 1 with southerbys hopefully you will attend to see the amazing meuseum grade collections we discovered last year.
@@ForgetMeNotArchive just because you use faulty testing protocol on a high volume scale…does not make the protocol reliable.
Every tester should be re-calibrated in between items.
You pen tip is Black due to the lack of proper cleaning and maintenance.
One result landed between 18k and 22k brackets and you say “hmm 18k?”
@@sirebrawl2404 thank you for the advice still need to find another brand with same issues. We also keep a key brand alongside the Olympus xrf and never had calibration issues with that one
@@ForgetMeNotArchiveI have a sigma for bullion and have been flirting with purchasing the Kee Gold Tester for jewelry.
do you mean the Kee Gold Tester? If so, what’s your opinion on it for Jewelry?
@@sirebrawl2404 kee doesn't loose calibration like gemoro. It's faster a lot faster
Thank you for your time. I think the way to go is: first acid (you know it is X Karats on the surface) than the SG test (water) it will tell you if the item is X Karat) and not plated or filled
Thank you for this video, you just saved me some money.
Ordering a precious metal verifier and the kee gold testor today. The agt3 is now garbage random results if you read all reviews on amazon on pro users have issue keeping it calibrated. Gemoro is not for high volume testing no matter what the company claims read reviews on amazon. Will make videos on kee soon we have 7lbs of gold to test with it.
Metal verified didnt work with jewelery so researching to order a xrf analyzer. Still waiting on the key gold tester
I had a women use one to test gold for me and she said always finding the thinnest part is best place to check.
Maybe different thickness can alter results.
Which gold tester would you recommend?
Thank you for all the great info and the URLs.
But it seems its still a good tool to have with other methods because itll definitely tell you if you have real gold and are not buying anything fake and you can figure out actual karat later if its not known.
The hole video the calibration light was never on. You did the calibration wrong according to the company video.
With basic logic if calivrated at wrong ct count it should still have the same result every time. I am a neural net programmer random isnt something possible with calibration error.
Agreed! You are not utilizing the machine correctly and not dabbing the pen before you move on to the next piece. This is a very untrue video and I bought the product and it works great.
Well i will state believe what you must paid reviews are plenty enjoy them dont read the user reviews on amazon also. I dont make or loose anything if you buy or dont. Its a free country and decisions are ones own to make.
Thank you for making this video
Can you please recommend a pocket size tool test gold? thanks
Acid test is ok
I love your hair!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you for you sharing this video.
You should always recalibrate with every piece. Testing or weighing. And when you drop a 22k ring on it from 4 inches up you might as well drop the whole device on the floor. It will knock it out of calibration. Just sayin
Its a conduction test impact has nothing to do with calibration i shouod be able to drop the device and not impact calibration calibration. Its not a weight test. The plate and the pen are 2 tips of a specialized volt meter basically
I guess you missed the part where you are supposed to file the pen tip between each test... this will affect accuracy. You’re also supposed to hold the pen directly vertical
Read reviews on amazon its garbage. No use beating a dead horse. Have the kee tester comming in 2 days and tge olympus gold expert xrf. Buy gemoro if you like but it can not stay calibrated.
@@ForgetMeNotArchive How did the kee tester work out ? and would you recommend it ?
Better thens others but not 100 percent. Ir does not loose calibration but with differant mixes of metals its result varied but I still find it better then gemoro. I find acid tests more reliable and olympus xrf to be very helpful on detecting thich plating on pieces we dont want to destroy
If was to imagine Benny Hill doing a gold testing video on TH-cam this is how it would turn out.
Which gold tester do you recommend? And do you think the new AuRACLE AGT3 is good?
thanks sir
can you make a video how to test gold with acids
Sure. For now you can email and i can answer any questions you might have
I heard the agt 3 gold tester is better. And you suppose to sand down prior to testing
Pieces were filled. The agt1 looses calibration most users had same issues in amazon reviews agt3 looses calibration less frequently. The kee tester calibration slides sligtly. Both these are a better tester then agt1
What is the best diamond tester detest any kind of Moisan night
There are dedicated moissanite testers which range from $10 and higher they basically all work on the same principles. You also need to look at cbd testers depending on what you actually plan to do. We deal in a lot of gemstones and high end mineral specimens and for expensive purchases we still hite a gemologist by the hour for security of our investment
wow i didnt really like the acid, but id like to know if something is real. i seen metal testers for 700 $800 someone said they paid $350 for that one. i hope i could get one for good price in future
They key tester is better in that price does not loose calibration like this model
So whats the most reliable and cheap method to test jewelry for purity? 22k jewelry
Acid test ofcourse. I am have ordered gxl nxt and key gold tester will share results soon.
@@ForgetMeNotArchive i am gonna be buying a lot of jewelry so need to be able to test the purity. Please do upload a video when u make it. Thanks.
@@ForgetMeNotArchive actually, even with acid you still have to file your gold before testing. If you file the gold before testing with the GemOro AGT1, you should not have this issue.
@@GEMOROPRODUCTS everything was filed. I tried for hours and hours. Everytime was mostly random
@@ForgetMeNotArchive It sounds like you may have had an unsuccessful calibration. Do you have time to chat over the phone or video chat? Again the pen probe MUST be pressed firmly down on the gold at a perpendicular angle.
I checked a lot of other videos after watching yours. Is this a calibration issue. Is your pen tip dirty. It looks so. Other videos talk of filing every piece before verification. I wanted to ourchase this machines....
There were no calibration issue we had 2 pens tested both this video is a min from hours and hours of testing. We have bought a agt3 now and we are satisfied with it. We donated out agt1 after wasting few days. Giving the benefit of the dpubt we decided it was a faulty unit
@John, you are correct. The calibration process needed assistance as no filing was done. In addition, you must file every piece of gold before testing as this is a surface tester only.
XRF the only way to go.....
What you think is a good gold tester
Look at your tip contamination on the pen maybe the problem.
No. Tye tip as long as its moist is good. The probpem is persistent if you read the amazon user reviews all who test mixed carrats the units have trouble keeping calibration.
what is your recommendation?
We are using the agt3 with soecific gravity and acid if required. Specific gravity just needs a small scale
I read that you have to use a 18k gold to calibrate
I know. We process over a 100lbs a year the device calibration issue is commonly known now. We have been using acid and xrf now but for portable I still find key tester better choice
Bro i am a student i want to make money in this evrywhere they say liquidation is not good which site to buy from --???? I can buy only in hundres of dollrs
Buy what you understand and know how to resell. I buy electronics mostly vecause I can fix the expensive obes in most cases. I often buy huge dji lots as I know to repair drones and resell.i would advise to start with roducts you can resell locally or fb or offerup etc while you experiment and get the hang of ebay and amazon etc
What tester do you use now then?
Hi I have a agt3 but i do the specific gravity test on sone items with water its fast easy and accurate
You are not using the tester correct.... test piece must be filed before testing
You never pressed the calibration button ?
Only a 100 times. Gemoro all models have a glitch they loose calibration under many conditions
@@ForgetMeNotArchive Thanks for responding, I'll pass on the purchase.
So far the acid test and xrf are reliable but for xrf you must make a notch also as all are surface test but our olympus xrf at times on plated items suggest possible plating but not on all so mix of xrf and acid and sometimes also specific gravity with those 2 test
Why don’t you do the test properly.???
The tester is fine. Ive watched you make many mistakes and it is unfortunate that you are publicly and incorrectly demonstrating tests and calling it garbage. Had you just called the manufacturer for help or read the manual, you would have learned a great deal of information. The Testerossa by gemoro is not a lab grown diamond tester and has never been advertised as such, yet you trash talked it. Here are your many mistakes.
Pen probe sat for 3 minutes drying out before your first calibration and was often held tip-up which I would avoid.
Calibration needs to occur every few tests. Calibration disk was fine. Calibration is used to calibrate to the new conditions of the pen probe TIP. As you test more lower karat, your pen picks up more impurities and it needs to be recalibrated. As you test more higher karat / softer gold, you need to calibrate often. Please realize that your pen probe picked up those particles during tests and needs to be recalibrated to the new conditions of the pen probe.
Anything inside the 14k bracket is considered 14k. The test was complete within the first 2 seconds..leaving the probe in contact waiting for it to change is not proper testing. If it falls below 14k, you should be skeptical of lower karat present. No piece is homogeneous except for 24k so test in multiple places.
22k represents very little impurity and impurities are exactly what this tester is searching for. You must always calibrate directly before testing a 22k marked item, and definitely not after testing a dozen plus items without calibrating.
Always calibrate directly before testing any 24k marked piece as well.
I’ll send you a newer model AGT3 for free if you take down this video. The AGT3 will also calibrate with an 18k piece helping the accuracy of the 22k testing ability.
I would also highly recommend that you calibrate directly before anything not produced in the United States. Other countries sometimes put more nickel or other alloys in their compositions that the US would otherwise not use in manufacturing.
Your supposed to test items with the pin in a vertical position, read the instructions
Maybe you should clean the tip of the pen
It's a software/hardware issue most buyers on Amazon had same issues it looses calibration.
u calibrate wrong thats why, first tutch the metal and when its on 14k then hold calibration button
Everything was don't video shows a point not everything with this company it's common issue you can read hundreds of people having same issue. It's good if you don't need to test to many pieces it you jump between to many it will loose calibration after few
What about AGT3. Is it same?
It's the same looses calibration like the agt1. The key tester is bit better so far we do acid test and then if needed on the Olympus xrf but the acid test is mostly enough
Thanks man
How many dollars is it
How much cost
Wow this tester is complete trash! Might as well have used water and try to guess by it's density. Probably would have gotten more accurate results!
You say they were filed, but do not show it. The instructions also say to wipe the pen between testings, which you didn't do either. I still have the original Gemoro tester and it was quite good, but I can't find the solution anywhere now. I can understand your frustration, but telling us you did something without showing us does not give me great confidence in your ability to report your results. Try again. Would love to see your results.
hi, can this machine test gold dust?
I dont think so
No, it cannot.
So which pruduct is better than it
We are using a mix of specific gravit and the acid tests. We have heard gret things about agt3 we might buy and test it out next month
Price
Your pen is dirty....
I have a small gold nugget that I panned myself that I can send you if it can be any help to you.
So you refined gold ??? Wow. Its hard to say no to gold and I do appreciate the offer damn so hard to say no to a gold nuget but i cant help wondering what dip would tadte best with a gold nugget do we fry it or grill it?
@@ForgetMeNotArchive I don't refine gold, I just pan for it. It was a fun hobby I took up while I was in NC. I moved back to NY and there is no gold here. This piece came from a stream in North Carolina. Its not very big but I would be more than happy to mail it to you so you could mess around with it. I would eventually like it back (it was the first big piece I found) but you can take your time, no hurry to return it I just sets in my desk.
@@cornfed420 that's awesome. Maybe when you are around queens we can play with it togather. I am so happy I finally have the pleasure to know someobe who found Gold directly from Mother Earth
Vut a wideo .... haha
Plz tell me which liquid you use for gold
The acid test kits are ok for gold testing the 18k gold test is also good for silver testing