What if there is no prongs or a metal ring around the top? I tried to burn off any glue but the gem just won’t come out. They have a slight lift around the edge and I tried to pry them out but it didn’t work. What would be the correct method here? I’m only interested in the gem.
Hello @gem collectors with Shawn. I just recently had some stones removed from some old broken heirlooms and would love to know how to get this grime off them and have them shine again! Ive tried soap and water and a cloth but that didn’t work. They’re garnets, blue topaz, and 5 mini diamonds thank you for the help!
Thank for the info Shawn i'm going to be buying a Tanzanite Pendant the stone itself 91 ct and oval cut i love collecting large oval cut gemstone's, i hopefully plan in the future to get and decently large oval cut diamond.
Wow, 90+CT tanzanite, you never stated anything about grade but if it's top colour and clarity you could buy a small house for what that's worth. I love tanzanite and the biggest I,v seen of high grade was 27ct and price tag of £30k and I was told that was an awesome price for it. I didn't even know that they came in that size
How can i take out diamonds from a ss watch i have. Around 10 diamond watches with decent size stonds i would say 3pts each stone 2mm size i have I would say in total 1200 stones i want to take them.out and use them for jewelry this stones are si1 quality
Very interesting and useful tutorial, if you don't mind I'll ask a quick question : I want to remove 3x0,25kt diamonds from a stud earring, they are set with 4 prongs each, to avoid damaging the stones, would it make sense to try to "peel back" the prongs by using something made either of plastic or wood? I am FAR from a professional at this and since I want to reuse the stones for a trilogy ring, I want to avoid damaging them at all cost, I have a firm hand and have done precise and detailed work in the past but using steel tools seems an unnecessary risk to me do you have any suggestions?
That’s a worthy question as it’s always better to be “safe than sorry!” But, in this case, all the tools made for the professional goldsmith and hobbyist alike to remove diamonds and gemstones are made of the same alloy, a form of metal or steel. One such tool has various size notches all over a plain steel bar and is simply called a “prong puller”. Wood or plastic is too soft to have any effect. Often times I find that other tools work as well if not better for stone removal and just take some slow controlled movements of the hand and fingers. The household tool that works amazingly well is either toenail or fingernail clippers depending on the size prong! Using the top edge of the cutter to grab the front portion of the prong and with the lower edge of the cutter against the outside surface of the prong, just apply enough closing pressure to “grab” the metal at the front of the prong then pull backwards on the prong, slowly lifting it off of the surface of the diamond....do this a little on each one but start with the prong that has an easier front edge to grab or as so many times is the case, find one that isn’t fully pressed down on the surface of the stone to begin with and grab the metal from underneath the front edge.... a loupe or magnification can help determine if there is one. This is the process used when wanting to save the mountings. You can be more aggressive if that’s not the case and pull the prong further back thus usually only two prongs are necessary to remove the gem. Either way, damage to the diamond or gem will be avoided. You can also use the edge of a small pair of wire cutters using the same concept, that being that it’s the sharp edge that “grabs” the softer gold alloy allowing you to leverage the notched prong backwards. Hope that helps.
@@gemcollectorswithshawnlgem4613 Oooh! Wonderful explanation, very useful and reassuring, I did not consider how soft gold is and how easily one can "grab" onto it while using steel. I don't think I am gonna have the luxury of a partially pressed prong here as the earring in question looks fairly well made, it basically is a stud made of a triangle of 3 diamonds of 0.2kt each, if I am not mistaken is either a 3 or 5 prong setup for each stone with a middle common one so maybe I'll have to bend a couple prongs less than expected which is good. Anyways thank you for the explanation, I can safely say I got EXACTLY what you wanted to get across in the explanation on the way of bending and the force to apply. By watching your videos I think I am gonna save a pretty penny given I'll present a goldsmith with 3 diamonds, a matching settings bought from a store supplier, and I'll basically ask for him to "stick the darn rocks innit" lol So far I've saved 350€ more or less, it could be more, I'll update with a total when I have it.
@@gemcollectorswithshawnlgem4613 your explanation worked PERFECTLY! Used a pair of nail clippers, it was a 3 prong design forneach stone with a central prong common to all 3 of them. First I grabbed each prong by its side across the whole lenght and gave it a couple pulls to create that micron of space between the prong head and the stone, then I "hooked" one blade of the nail clipper under the prong and used the other one to have a leverage on the earring setting, a couple of firm but not harsh pulls later and by bending 1 prong per stone they are all free now! Might seem nothing important but that's another 60€ knocked off of my engagement ring cost 😍 Thank you very much!
It can be done but it can be difficult. You will want to take it to an experienced jeweler. As slight differences in the stones size can make it more difficult to set.
Thank you! I went back to the jeweler to get my grandmas diamond removed from their engagement ring and they wanted to charge me $40!? 🤨 I’m gonna try this
OMG I was almost f'in up this old ring I wanted to reset because the stone was a mess... and voila! The nail clippers worked!! Thankyou.
Just subscribed. First time watching Shawn. Love his thoroughness, and love his speed. Not too fast, and my biggest peeve not too slow.
What if there is no prongs or a metal ring around the top? I tried to burn off any glue but the gem just won’t come out. They have a slight lift around the edge and I tried to pry them out but it didn’t work. What would be the correct method here? I’m only interested in the gem.
Did you remove the melee diamonds with a separating disc? Or what was that black disc?
Thank you! I just bought some gold on ebay to scrap out..and I needed to get the gemstones out first. This helped me so much.✌
be careful there can be fake gold on eBay!
You explain everything so well. !!! Thank you for doing what you do!
Hello @gem collectors with Shawn. I just recently had some stones removed from some old broken heirlooms and would love to know how to get this grime off them and have them shine again! Ive tried soap and water and a cloth but that didn’t work. They’re garnets, blue topaz, and 5 mini diamonds thank you for the help!
Is it possible when you pawn a wedding ring with real diamonds and they swap them with fake glass??
Yes it is but is is rarely worth the effort unless the stone is .1ct or larger
Thank for the info Shawn i'm going to be buying a Tanzanite Pendant the stone itself 91 ct and oval cut i love collecting large oval cut gemstone's, i hopefully plan in the future to get and decently large oval cut diamond.
i have gems
Wow, 90+CT tanzanite, you never stated anything about grade but if it's top colour and clarity you could buy a small house for what that's worth. I love tanzanite and the biggest I,v seen of high grade was 27ct and price tag of £30k and I was told that was an awesome price for it. I didn't even know that they came in that size
Can you replace it with another gem??????
How can i take out diamonds from a ss watch i have. Around 10 diamond watches with decent size stonds i would say 3pts each stone 2mm size i have I would say in total 1200 stones i want to take them.out and use them for jewelry this stones are si1 quality
Very informative and well made video !! Thank you, subbed
Very interesting and useful tutorial, if you don't mind I'll ask a quick question :
I want to remove 3x0,25kt diamonds from a stud earring, they are set with 4 prongs each, to avoid damaging the stones, would it make sense to try to "peel back" the prongs by using something made either of plastic or wood?
I am FAR from a professional at this and since I want to reuse the stones for a trilogy ring, I want to avoid damaging them at all cost, I have a firm hand and have done precise and detailed work in the past but using steel tools seems an unnecessary risk to me do you have any suggestions?
That’s a worthy question as it’s always better to be “safe than sorry!”
But, in this case, all the tools made for the professional goldsmith and hobbyist
alike to remove diamonds and gemstones are made of the same alloy, a form of metal or steel. One such tool has various size notches all over a plain steel bar and is simply called a “prong puller”. Wood or plastic is too soft to have any effect.
Often times I find that other tools work as well if not better for stone removal and just take some slow controlled movements of the hand and fingers. The household tool that works amazingly well is either toenail or fingernail clippers depending on the size prong!
Using the top edge of the cutter to grab the front portion of the prong and with the lower edge of the cutter against the outside surface of the prong, just apply enough closing pressure to “grab” the metal at the front of the prong then pull backwards on the prong, slowly lifting it off of the surface of the diamond....do this a little on each one but start with the prong that has an easier front edge to grab or as so many times is the case, find one that isn’t fully pressed down on the surface of the stone to begin with and grab the metal from underneath the front edge.... a loupe or magnification can help determine if there is one. This is the process used when wanting to save the mountings. You can be more aggressive if that’s not the case and pull the prong further back thus usually only two prongs are necessary to remove the gem. Either way, damage to the diamond or gem will be avoided. You can also use the edge of a small pair of wire cutters using the same concept, that being that it’s the sharp edge that “grabs” the softer gold alloy allowing you to leverage the notched prong backwards. Hope that helps.
@@gemcollectorswithshawnlgem4613 Oooh! Wonderful explanation, very useful and reassuring, I did not consider how soft gold is and how easily one can "grab" onto it while using steel.
I don't think I am gonna have the luxury of a partially pressed prong here as the earring in question looks fairly well made, it basically is a stud made of a triangle of 3 diamonds of 0.2kt each, if I am not mistaken is either a 3 or 5 prong setup for each stone with a middle common one so maybe I'll have to bend a couple prongs less than expected which is good.
Anyways thank you for the explanation, I can safely say I got EXACTLY what you wanted to get across in the explanation on the way of bending and the force to apply.
By watching your videos I think I am gonna save a pretty penny given I'll present a goldsmith with 3 diamonds, a matching settings bought from a store supplier, and I'll basically ask for him to "stick the darn rocks innit" lol
So far I've saved 350€ more or less, it could be more, I'll update with a total when I have it.
@@gemcollectorswithshawnlgem4613 your explanation worked PERFECTLY!
Used a pair of nail clippers, it was a 3 prong design forneach stone with a central prong common to all 3 of them.
First I grabbed each prong by its side across the whole lenght and gave it a couple pulls to create that micron of space between the prong head and the stone, then I "hooked" one blade of the nail clipper under the prong and used the other one to have a leverage on the earring setting, a couple of firm but not harsh pulls later and by bending 1 prong per stone they are all free now!
Might seem nothing important but that's another 60€ knocked off of my engagement ring cost 😍
Thank you very much!
I want to buy a ring but replace all the stones with different ones. Is that possible without damaging the ring?
It can be done but it can be difficult. You will want to take it to an experienced jeweler. As slight differences in the stones size can make it more difficult to set.
@@gemcollectorswithshawnlgem4613 thank u for that information
i have gemstone
Thank you!
Thank you! I went back to the jeweler to get my grandmas diamond removed from their engagement ring and they wanted to charge me $40!? 🤨 I’m gonna try this
Thanks! I was able to extract a green diamond from an earring
Wonderful! I'm glad I could be of help.
Is the stones real?
Yes, Marino. All of our gemstones are real.
it worked with a toenail clipper I saw a ring and it had a diamond on it and I want to remove it and it worked!!
❤ nice video.
Ceylon sapphire gemstone
thanks
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Ceylon gemstone 💎
Thanks I got mine out
Thank you! It worked!!
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This guy looks insane
heeeyyy are yo man or woman?
I was thinking the same thing