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Is there gold in that ring?
Jewelry store has state-of-the-art analyzer to certify jewelry
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Patty Reece of New York Diamonds jewelry store on South Main Street requires documentation including a photo ID and a left thumb print before she accepts precious metal items that customers ask to be recycled for cash. - photo by GLENN KAHL
New York Diamonds in the Walmart Shopping Center is more than just a jewelry store.Using state-of-the-art equipment, the store also helps customers determine if their rings, necklaces, bracelets and other valuables are genuine.That’s the job of New York Diamonds’ goldsmith, David Pearson. He serves as a 21st-century “assayer” certifying the gold, silver, platinum, nickel and copper content of valuables being recycled at the store.Business owner Patty Reece trumpeted Pearson’s skills and his use of a state-of-the-art Thermo Scientific X-ray energy analyzer, testing everything that comes in the door. She compared the process to that being used in the Gold Rush days when miners had to take their nuggets and gold dust to the assay office in town.And customers have brought more than rings, pendants, necklaces and bracelets to New York Diamonds.