Need help with my Christmas Gift . . .

[Cajuncoinhunter]

My wife (who now fully supports my MDting hobby after a few "neat finds") got me this cool Digital Pocket Scale as a Christmas present . It was nice of her but I do need help. According to the Info sheet, It measures weight according to grams, ounces, dwt (pennyweight) and ozt (troy ounce). Grams and ounces I understand. Can you guys please explain and expand on pennyweight & troy ounces etc.. Sorry but I just dont have a clue in this matter.... Thanks and Happy New Year!!! CCH.

 

[Larry (IL)]

Troy ounces and pennyweight spoken here: http://lynncoins.com/troy_ounce.htm

 

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[size=large]CCH, is that a globe and anchor on that real nice looking ring?
if so semper fi and have a very great year. if not , have a real great year anyway.

HH[/size]

 

[Cajuncoinhunter]

[size=large]CCH, is that a globe and anchor on that real nice looking ring?
if so semper fi and have a very great year. if not , have a real great year anyway.

HH[/size]

Yes it is my EG&A ring. Semper Fi. Thanks for the kind words. You have a great year too. I'm hoping to do some CW Relic hunting tomorrow. Keeping fingers crossed with weather.

CCH

 

[Marxman]

http://www.dendritics.com/scales/metal-calc.asp

Herei is great gold, silver and platinum calculator that you can also use to convert different scales to each other.

Quickly gold is measured on a scale called Troy. A Troy ounce does not weigh the same a the ounce you and I use for weighing ourselves. The scale that you and I use to weigh our selves is called Avoirdupois. A Troy ounce weighs a little more than a Avoirdupois once but a Troy pound weighs less than a Avoirdupois pound.

A Troy pound is made up of 12 ounces.

A Troy ounce is made up of 20 pennyweights.

A Troy pennyweight is equivalent to 24 grains.

Best place I have found to get more details is Wikipedia.

Hope this helps.

Nice scale.

Mark

 

[nw1886]

That looks like a nice scale. Most of the things we find need weight in grams (31.103 grams per ounce). Great Christmas picture and happy new year.