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1849 California Gold Piece... 6 Karat... Token? Contemporary Counterfit?

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I own a different version of the Tri Electronics tester. I believe it's the GT3000. Mine also uses a gel. It's not inert. The gel contains acid. It will leave a mark on tested pieces. I strongly suspect the one you are using works the same way.
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Well, a buddy recently bought a $600 pm tester (it has a pen that squirts a small amount of an inert fluid on the metal and the pen reads a signal and the machine tells you the karat if it's real)

I suspect the fluid is reacting with a 24 Kt plating AND the base metal substrate and you are getting a net reading of 6 - 7 kt.
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I suspect the fluid is reacting with a 24 Kt plating AND the base metal substrate and you are getting a net reading of 6 - 7 kt.



The tester shown is from the same manufacturer as mine but looks like a higher end model. Depending on the quality (thickness) of the plating my tester either gives a false positive equal to the karat of the plating or it shows as being less than 6-7 karat. It doesn't show an average of the two.
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