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Scrap Gold Calculator
Most people don’t bring in one piece. They bring a bag: a broken 14K chain, an 18K ring, a single 10K earring. Add each piece below and see the gold and the melt value at today’s spot.
The Calculator
Add Up Your Gold
One line per piece, or per group of pieces with the same stamp. The three lines below are an example; change or remove them.
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Total melt value
$1,419.58
18.5 g of gold jewelry ≈ 11.04 g of pure gold
Melt value is not an offer. Every buyer, us included, pays below melt; the gap covers refining, risk and margin. What matters is how big that gap is and whether the buyer shows you the math.
Before You Weigh
Sort It the Way a Buyer Will
- Group by stamp
- Each karat is priced at its own purity, so weigh 10K, 14K and 18K separately. Our stamp guide shows where to find the mark and what it means.
- Leave out what isn’t gold
- Stones, pearls, beads and steel parts don’t count. Pieces stamped GF, GP, HGE or RGP are plated or filled and hold very little gold.
- Unmarked pieces
- No stamp doesn’t mean no gold, and a stamp doesn’t prove it. Leave unmarked pieces out of your estimate. They get tested at the counter.
- Dental gold
- Crowns and bridges are often a high karat, but dental alloys vary. Leave them out of the calculator; they are tested on their own.
- Kitchen scales
- A kitchen scale gets you close, not exact. Here’s why, and why the certified scale at the counter settles it.