This dude sound like he's sick of loosing customer to shady jewelers

Its about honesty, honour, and integrity. Those are just a few of the MOST CRUCIAL traits of doing business, ESPECIALLY in our industry. Salute to you TraxNYC. Much respect.

Your the only jeweler that testing your jewelry. I don't see any other doing it

This guy should have millions of subscribers, i really thought he would have blown by now

Really love your videos , and it's looks like you're an honest person ❤️

I always admired your compassionate videos.Not everything glitters is gold,do it the right way

You're definately doing all my Gold for me. This is great.

Nice video! Learned something today and it being the Truth was a great bonus. Keep working sir

thanks for the info buddy. you really know know what your talking about.NO BULLSHITTING!!! 👍👍💯

Love your vibes and videos you run a solid biz. I love to one day buy a custom piece.

In Italy precious items need to have a stamp which tells you how what karat gold or silver, platinum ecc is + a producer stamp released by the local commissioner after a background check. This second stamp tells you exactly who is responsable for the quality of the precious metal. In fact if you see 750 (which stands for 18k) on a gold chain it's usually going to be at least 780 because the producer doesn't want to risk.

Haha you killing the game!😁😂😁

Secrets... hollow chains, hollow profiles filled by another metal, including stone weight while selling and subtract while buying, thick plating lower carats gold to pass simple test. And for last that is the biggest crime in the business, selling rhodium plated yellow gold as a white gold.

VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO FELLOW ,WE NEED MORE LIKE YOU GRETINGS FROM THE PHILIPPINES

Trax..legit. Seems like it's a headache dealing w other ppls bullshit. Great videos...

When your testing and doing the scratch part like you did you scratch 3 lines would that part scratch the jewelry?

From the very beginning you said something very true! My parents got lied to many years ago trying to get me a first communion gift. They picked a necklace with an angel pendant. My parents already knew they wanted to get me 14k. And the lady who helped them sold them a gold bonded 14k pendant with a 14k solid chain. They didn’t know that until I looked at the markings carefully and then realized that the pendant is in fact gold bonded. Under the sunlight I can see fading areas of the pendant. But the chain never faded. So yes! To many crooks mixing different things and tricking people! Very well said!

Now I want to know the secrets of the jewelers... ;)

Good job my bro. Thank you for the needed info!!!😎😎😎

Thank you for sharing these tips with us. Just one question though.....other than buying jewellery from a reputable jewellers, is there a way of knowing if gold is genuine before handing your cash over?

Aye Trax you’re killing it Man, I just started watching your vids and you’ve given so much knowledge and it’s appreciated. How do you tell somethings gold plated or solid gold without drilling?? The acid only shows that the surfaces ct correct?

this is the first thing i learn when i started collecting scrap gold and silver many years ago. It saved me a few times from some fake junk.

I learned a lot from you than from reading, watching other yt videos and from other people.

Love this video - for years I sold 10k, 14k & 18k gold chain locks all over NYC, Providence and LA for a leading Italian manufacturer of locks, I knew there were a ton of tricks in the trade especially those little stamps, but didn't know about this test kit - it's true that the general public get duped all over the world, tourist buyers are some of the easiest to fool. The guy in this video has clearly had enough of his competitors knowingly fooling customers and giving the industry a bad name. Good for him for saying it out loud!

Does the scraping of the gold destroy or scratch the chains?

Would the jewelers allow you to do the test at the jewelry shop before buying a piece of jewelry?

isn't it better to use a spectrometer instead of acids?

Very helpful and educational video Thanks man

You forgot to stamp my ring, am never buying from you again!! LOL!

So happy you made this video because I have a question I wanted to ask for a long time: how to detect plated gold?

@traxnyc would it be overkill if i bought that lil kit with me when i purchase jewelry?

Thanks for content and ideas. I'm using sigma detector as acids are little bit messy.

Thank you your genuine response and video. Much appreciated!

So i went to those pawn shop and they tested my gold chain 14k , they only tested it with the 10k and 14k liquid and didn’t disappear and they told me that it was doing an effect and I said but it didn’t disappear the line is still there, and I said put the 18k liquid they didn’t want to, they say my chain it was less than 10k even though it didn’t disappear. They say because it was doing a burning effect. So what can you tell me about this please. Thank you..

Excellent video and information, thank you.

I feel you Sir. Thanks for educating us.

An honest man. Appreciated brother 🙏

Trax knows all the trix😂❤

Does the chain get all scratched up on the area u rubbed it on?

I appreciate the knowledge. I took a 14k sold gold Cuban chain that was 24 in had it cut down the 18 and the jeweler swapped out part of my chain. Had the chain for 22yrs never took it off until I went to this jeweler to have it cut.. he Left me with 9 inches of my original chain. And then inches of the swap chain. I haven't the time to go back to that shop , but I'll soon be making a trip there.

what is the name of the kit that you are using to test the gold?

This is very informative. Thanks

"these are the standards, the secrets believe me im keeping for myself"

very straightforward perfect

Is there any ways as opposed to using a chemistry kit when buying gold ?

Does this work on any type of chain like gold filled gold plated gold electroplated etc?

what if its not gold at all?? will it always disintegrate?

Wouldn’t the scratch pad damage the chain?

I have had jsp acids were the 14k acid dissolves everything and had the understanding thats why you use the gold test needles or gold of known karat and compare the amount of time it takes to dissolve the gold.

It's true thst many, if not most jewellers are crooks. Years ago I brought a solid 18k gold stud earring to the local jeweler and wanted to buy a matching stud. The jeweler said he couldn't tell what size stud it was, he took it in the back room to measure it and returned with 2 identical earrings. When I left, the earrings matched but they seemed different than original pair. They were the same size, but they seemed lighter... but I shrugged it off, thinking I was imagining it. About 6 months later I brought in a pair of 18 k gold hoop earrings to be repaired. Only one was broken, but he instructed me to leave both earrings with him. When I picked them up, something about them seemed different. My husband couldn't tell, they looked some how different to me. Since this was the second time I felt the jewelry was different, we ended up bringing all the earrings to another jeweler for evaluation. We found that my 18k solid stud was now an 14k hollow earring, (as was the new match) and my 18k gold hoop earrings were now 14 k gold filled hoops. He did a great job making copies, but not perfect. I can't even imagine how much he is stealing swapping stones.

Thanks for the knowledge

I was just here to see if my guitar tuners were gold, but sheesh, I learned a lot from this guy's video. Def buying from him if I ever need Jewelry in the city

Does scratching the gold mess it up? I wanna test mine

What I'm saying how would you know if it's 10 or 14 karat if both of the Aztec is showing positive

I understand pure gold is 24 kt. I have seen a lot of gold prospecting videos, and I've often wondered what is considered the normal kt for gold nuggets and gold dust taken from a stream {for instance}. I can't imagine they'd all be 24 kt, nor can I imagine 12kt being a normal kt. What is the most common kt for gold found in the wild?

How can you tell if its gold plated only?

Good video bro 💯

You know who’s the real g in the jewelry business hey everybody sure up Johnny dang

THANKS FOR THE INFO BRO

Everyone been to Atlanta and cop that fake gold big boy chain for the $20. A couple of months later it was looking like copper😂

Great video. Thanks.

@TraxNYC Diamond Jewelry, how do you check the diamond karats?

I bought a gold plated silver bracelet in Mexico the stamp .925 should have been a dead giveaway but I didn’t know any better at the time. Knowledge is money

How do you know that you aren't testing just the gold plating if it's fake ?

Thanks for the education brother 💯💯👍👍😎

what about harlembling i have a 14k gp 4mm franco from them

How do you know if piece is just gold overlay?

When you're testing gold with that disc how do you know you're just not rubbing off the plating and it's not real underneath when you test it

What it electroplated gold on different metal?

Does it damage ur chain when u scratch it on that little plate thing

I’d love to lay away a 22k chain. Coming at ya very soon buddy!

So that from what I understand you are suppose to compare the streak to a known piece of gold in that karat the reason why they use gold test needles as well I have a

What are the secrets of the jewelry business? That’s the real question. Also, what am I supposed to do, walk into stores and start scratching up all their chains? Lol

More blessings boss you are just a nice man more good luck

You taught me more than my school

How would you know if it's 14 or 10 if the acid is working on both of them because you said it's 14 karat gold but the 10 carat is also working on the acid as well the the 10K acid so how do you know if it's 14 or 10 if both of the acid is showing up how would you know which one it is if they both show that it's positive

What if its goldplated, this method doesn't work right since you might scratch off real gold of the surface?

I have a chain that’s stamped ask what does that mean ?

Super video thanks for sharing

Good work you the best

Please! Please. Be sure to really scratch it on.. plated will pass the 10k 14k test if you don’t go deep enough.. You need to get past the gold plating or filling to get best results!

That's real talk about across the street, trust *no one* in the PM (precious metals) game.

I want to do the business but I'm scared because I don't know it very well What is rhe name of acid

TRAX's got the best deal for the real REAL

He always says “over there” throwing a horse shit of shade at the jewelers down the road

Whats the karat of the more yellow one

Are all gold test kit on amazing real? Or where should I buy it

do you sell 24k gold chains?

I would purchase from this man

Plz advise where get that kit

Aloha from Hawaii 🌺🌺thank you for making this video Mahalo

Sharp guy, thanks

Does this work with white gold as well?

Listening to his voice and accent I think, "Monday, Tuesday, Thursday."

Doesn’t this damage the jewelry? It’s getting grinded on that stone.

You should do a video on your thoughts about solid vs plated jewelry

He is a real jewelry. Thank you so much

Some1 chexked my Neckles and the hole necklace broke into pieces. Why?

I told Vinny not to deal with the moulinyan. He didn't listen!

How to get this chemicals