So what you and everyone is saying is my 500g scales isn't going to work for weighing coins? I should have a 50g scale? I'm sorry but that is a bit confusing to me.
The first problem you have is that you don't have a known calibration weight to use with your current scale. Acquiring a known calibration weight - and a jar of peanut butter won't work - will almost certainly exceed the cost of a new 50 gram scale. Secondly, the cost of a new 50 gram scale is almost nothing. Cut through your problem and order one from Amazon. OK, what are you confused about? Using a 500 g scale when what you're weighing is less than 10 grams is not optimal. Would you use a truck scale that is intended to weigh 80,000 pounds to track your dietary weight loss?
Depending on how accurate you want your weight depends on getting a scale that has three numbers after the decimal point. Most new scales have some sort of weight included to calibrate the scale.
Here is a very good deal. It is from Amazon ( so you can return), https://www.amazon.com/Fuzion-Milligram-Precision-Reloading-Batteries /dp/B081PSFS4G/ref=sr_1_20?crid=1HONQCPTIXBKJ&keywords=2+microbalance+scales&psr=PDAY&qid=1689117579&s=prime-day&sprefix=2microbalance+scales%2Cprime-day%2C153&sr=1-20 Jim
It would be like using a scale for dieting that rounded off to 10 pound intervals. You could do it, but you would have to have a 5 pound difference to see any change. On your scale, 3.0 g could be anything from 2.51 to 3.49, both should round off to 3.0
I'd expect a smoke shop to have them, although I don't think those kinds of dealers usually track things to 0.01g. Look for one that has at least 0.01g readability, instead of the 0.1g of the one you have now. Happy hunting!
ok. Thank you. That helped me a lot. And @desertgem and @Kentucky thank you both very much. @-jeffB much appreciated
You need to get a reloading scale like a Winstead Peters or something. You pay for accuracy. Then you need to buy a precision weight set to test it. Mine weights down to a half of a grain, which is 0.03 of a gram. Also keep in mind that tenths of a gram ( which is miniscule) wear off of circulated coinage. The larger the coin the more they can lose.
...OTOH, I remember an AGE that Doug @GDJMSP was carrying around in his pocket for years, and I don't think it lost 0.1 g
Here is something similar on ebay to my weightman scale. ebay 285298500760 That's about half price of what I paid for mine. these are 50 grams max weight with 0.000 readouts
I remember 5 years ago or such, I ordered 10 scales from China for $15 for a swap market dealer friend of mine who was reselling them for $5-$10. Now those sell on ebay for $5
It lost a whole lot less than that. I've posted about it many times, here's one of them - https://www.cointalk.com/threads/wo...counterfeit-status.357453/page-2#post-4301018
