Gold
Sell Scrap and Broken Gold in San Diego
We buy scrap and broken gold at 907 6th Ave in downtown San Diego: tangled chains, single earrings, bent rings, class rings, dental gold and unmarked pieces. Damage does not reduce what the metal is worth. We test the karat and weigh in grams in front of you, against that day’s spot price.
What we look at
Scrap is the simplest thing we buy and the one people most often leave in a drawer, because a broken chain does not feel like it is worth a trip. It usually is. Nothing needs repairing, polishing or untangling first: a repair you pay for almost never earns its cost back on a piece being sold for metal, and cleaning changes nothing about what it weighs.
- The karat stamp, and a test where there is none or the stamp looks wrong
- Stones, clasps and non-gold parts, which are deducted because they are not gold
- Whether a piece is solid or hollow, which changes the weight considerably
- Plated and filled items, which have effectively no melt value
- Weight in grams on a certified scale, with the arithmetic shown
What we buy
- Broken and tangled chains
- Length and clasp condition are irrelevant. Only weight and karat count.
- Single and odd earrings
- A lost pair does not halve the value of the one you still have.
- Class and signet rings
- Usually 10K or 14K, and heavier than people expect.
- Dental gold
- Crowns and bridges, with or without tooth material still attached.
- Bent, worn and unmarked pieces
- Tested rather than guessed at when there is no karat stamp.
- Gold-filled and plated
- Marked GF, GP, HGE or RGP. We will tell you honestly that these are not worth weighing.
and many others
Your item not listed? Don’t worry. We work with far more than we can put on a page. If you are not sure whether we buy what you have, ask us: it takes a minute and the answer is free.
Questions people ask first
Do I need to fix or clean anything first?
No, and we would rather you did not. A repair costs money that a scrap price will not return, and cleaning does not change the weight. Bring it as it is, tangles and all.
How do you handle stones set in scrap?
They are deducted from the weight because they are not gold, and then looked at separately. If a stone is worth something on its own we will tell you rather than quietly keeping it in the melt.
What about pieces with no karat stamp?
We test them. An unmarked piece is very often real, and an old stamp can be wrong in either direction, so testing is routine rather than a sign of suspicion.
Is a small amount worth bringing in?
Yes. There is no minimum. People are regularly surprised by what a single broken chain weighs once it is on the scale.
Also selling gold jewelry, silver or platinum? We weigh those the same way. Prefer to keep it? Borrow against it instead.
Free appraisal
Bring it in and we will weigh it.
No appointment needed. 907 6th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101.
- Since
- 2006 · 20 years
- Rating
- A+ BBB Accredited
- Appraisal
- Free, verbal, in person
- License
- #37110819