Thrift Shop 10k Gold Earrings for $2! 14k Bracelet for $7! 14k Ring! Gold Belt Buckle! Treasure Day!

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The cold continues to destroy me, I apologize for my voice. But despite not being able to talk it's been an amazing week for finding GOLD! Enjoy my finds from a thrift store, pawn shop, and a consignment antique store. The gem tester I am using in the video is this one: https://amzn.to/40YZckF This type of video is focused on helping a viewer get an idea of how to sort out gold and silver from non-precious materials like gold plate, brass, aluminum, steel, and other such metals. If you are unable to see the markings on your jewelry, you may need a cheap Loupe ($7 at the time I am uploading this video) I use one of these and it's not good, but its basically impossible to beat for the money: https://amzn.to/4fWPjIy We often employ a cheap magnet of a type you can find here if you need one: https://amzn.to/4hf65nd and I really like the little ones myself, but the assortment is nice because you may find you like larger ones. Also I lose these, a lot. ($7USD at the time I am uploading this video) We are looking for materials like karat gold such as 10k, 14k, 18k, or even lower karats like 9k or antique gold that comes in old percentages lower than that. These are sometimes stamped in other ways like 10c, 14c, 18c, or 416, 585, 750. We are sometimes lucky enough with a lot like this to find pins made of things like Platinum (PT) or Palladium (PD). We frequently find things made of Silver, usually Sterling, marked often 925. But sometimes other metals like 800 silver, 830s, 950 silver, etc. Most of these lots will have at least some GF, usually Gold Fill like 1/10 10k, 1/20 10k, 1/10 12k, or 1/20 12k. Less commonly we will find 1/5 10k or other less common mixtures of Gold on the pins. Most of these videos involve some greek pins, school pins, award pins, gemstones like diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, topaz, CZs, aquamarines, turquoise, onyx, etc. Fraternal pins like Free Masons, Oddfellows, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Rebekahs, Shriners, Improved Order of Red Men, Loyal Order of The Moose (LOTM), Eagles, Rotary, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Soroptimists, Kiwanis, and many others usually show up in these videos. Jewelry (or Jewellry for folks out of the US) shows up. Necklaces, bracelets, bangles, charms, amulets, earrings, rings, pinbacks, screw on pinbacks, clip on earrings, you just never really know what you will find!