Alybetter
Brilliant_Rock
- Joined
- Feb 13, 2017
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- 575
I bought a pawnshop cheapie. Pawnshop dude used his little gizmo, ( I know those inexpensive testers are mostly garbage), it tested as diamond and I snagged it. $150 so no big loss.
Took it a local jeweler that I use for occasional work and had them test the diamond. The tester she used was a handheld device which had a wire leading out of it to goodness knows where/what, and it had two prongs on it. First she tested it with one prong, and then the other, and let me know the diamond was a lab stone.
This doesn’t bother me, I love MMD and have had a bunch, and for $150, it’s whatever. But the pawnshop sold it to me as a diamond. It’s the principle of the thing. I returned it and let him know why, and he relented and allowed me to return it.
I didn’t know there were testers that could differentiate? At least, not a tiny little handheld gadget.
How is this done? Thermal and electrical?
Took it a local jeweler that I use for occasional work and had them test the diamond. The tester she used was a handheld device which had a wire leading out of it to goodness knows where/what, and it had two prongs on it. First she tested it with one prong, and then the other, and let me know the diamond was a lab stone.
This doesn’t bother me, I love MMD and have had a bunch, and for $150, it’s whatever. But the pawnshop sold it to me as a diamond. It’s the principle of the thing. I returned it and let him know why, and he relented and allowed me to return it.
I didn’t know there were testers that could differentiate? At least, not a tiny little handheld gadget.
How is this done? Thermal and electrical?