Karat scrap
Broken and unwanted jewelry, 8k through 24k. Stones removed and returned on request.
- Gold Au $3930.20 $-18.06
- Silver Ag $49.98 $-0.93
- Platinum Pt $1429.30 $-23.59
- Palladium Pd $942.00 $-29.26
Smelting Services
Refining
Melted, assayed,
Melted, assayed,
settled.
Scrap rarely trades at what it is worth. We melt your lot into a homogeneous bar, sample it, and pay on assayed content — not on a counter estimate.
0.1%
Assay tolerance
24 Hours
Business days
50 g
Minimum lot gold
1000 g
Minimum lot silver
Accepted material
Dental and industrial
Crowns, bridges, contacts, thermocouple wire, plated scrap and bench sweeps.
Bars and coins
Unmarked pours, damaged bars and off-brand rounds that will not trade as bullion.
The process
Six steps
You are welcome to stand at the furnace for every one of them. Nothing in this sequence happens out of your sight.
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Intake
Your lot is weighed in front of you on a certified scale and photographed against a numbered ticket.
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Sort
Non-metallics, stones and steel are removed by hand. Anything returned to you is weighed out separately.
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Melt
The lot is poured into a single homogeneous bar so that one sample can represent the whole of it.
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Assay
Fire asy fir gold and silver. Results are reported to four decimal places.
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Testing
All six sides of the bar are analixed.
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Settle
You are paid on assayed content against the spot fix of your choosing, less the published refining charge.
What it costs
| Minimum lot | 1 kg gross, or 250 g of fine gold content |
| Refining charge | Published per lot, quoted before the melt |
| Assay method | Fire assay (Au, Ag) · ICP‑OES (Pt, Pd) |
| Returned metals | Gold, silver, platinum, palladium |
| Settlement basis | Spot fix on the day you elect, within ten days of assay |
| Turnaround | 5–7 business days from melt to settlement |
| Payment | Wire, check, or credit against a bullion purchase |
Large or recurring lots are quoted individually. Rates above are indicative and confirmed in writing before any material is melted.
Umpire assay
Your sealed pin goes to an independent laboratory of your choosing. If their number differs from ours by more than the stated tolerance, we settle on theirs and carry the cost.
Request terms
Buy The Products
We provide a two way market in all bullion
Storage
Consumers and institutional storage options
Cash for Gold
Convert unwanted jewelry to cash or bullion