What people ask before mailing gold to strangers — answered plainly, including the parts that are not fully settled yet.
Because you watch it happen. Recording begins before your package is opened and runs unbroken through cleaning, drying and weighing, with the scale readable the whole time. You get that video whether or not you accept our offer.
You say no and we ship your gold back, insured, at our cost. Nothing is melted, mixed with anyone else’s material, or altered before you accept.
We test it rather than guess. Placer gold varies enormously by district, so a blanket assumption would shortchange some sellers and overpay others. Your tested figure appears in your written offer alongside the weight and the rate.
Probably not. Insured freight in both directions costs real money, so there is a minimum below which shipping outweighs the gold, but it is lower than most people expect.
Yes, and those get quoted individually rather than off the rate table. Shape, character and attached quartz all add value unrelated to melt.
Send clean, dry gold when you can. If yours still has magnetite in it, just say so, and we handle the separation on camera as part of intake.
As soon as you accept your written offer. Precious-metal dealers are subject to state rules on payment methods and holding periods that differ from state to state, so your exact timing is confirmed with the offer itself.
Yes, from the moment it leaves your hands, and the return leg is insured too. Coverage limits are stated when you request a kit — check them against the value of your lot before shipping anywhere, including here.
US shipments for now. Cross-border precious-metal movement brings customs, declaration and tax complications that we would rather solve properly than improvise.
Only the fine material, and only after you have accepted. Coarse gold, pickers and nuggets are sold whole — that is exactly why we can pay above melt value on them.
Precious-metal dealers are subject to seller identification and record-keeping requirements that vary by state. Anything needed for your transaction is set out with your offer, before you commit to anything.
Yes. Your offer breaks out each grade separately, so you can accept the fines and keep the nuggets, or any other combination. The rest ships back free.
How the process works → · What we pay → · How placer gold is valued →
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