What We Buy | Placer Gold, Nuggets, Flakes & Specimens

Yes — send it

Every grade, and we grade it for you

Your lot gets screened by size on camera, and each fraction earns its own rate rather than being averaged into one number.

85%

Dust

Fine material that sifts straight through a 40 mesh screen. It sells by weight, so the rate tracks refinery pricing closely.

90%

Flakes

The classic panning result. Jewelers and hobbyists both want it, which lifts the rate above plain melt value.

98%

Pickers

Big enough to pick up one at a time. Collectors buy these by the piece, so they earn very close to full metal value.

110%

Nuggets

Sold whole to collectors and never melted. That is exactly why the rate clears 100% of the gold content.

Also yes

Eight tweezer-sized natural gold pickers arranged on dark slate — Pickers: big enough to lift one at a time, and sold by the piece rather than melted.

Quartz specimens. Gold visibly set in host rock, priced on appearance rather than weight. Weighing these as scrap badly undervalues them.
Concentrates and black sand. Send it and say so — separation happens on camera as part of intake. This is the single most common thing other buyers refuse.
Mixed lots. A jar with everything in it is fine. Screening it is our job, not yours.
Small lots. A vial from one afternoon goes through the same process as a season’s clean-up.

Not our business

Gold ore. Rock with gold locked inside it, bought for processing, is a different trade with different economics. A specimen bought for its looks is different — if unsure, send photos.
Jewelry, bullion and coins. Priced on entirely different logic. Scrap buyers and bullion dealers will do better for you.
Anything you cannot establish title to. Precious-metal dealers are subject to seller identification and record-keeping rules, and we follow them.

Questions

Do you buy gold ore or rock with gold in it?

Not as ore. We buy gold that has already been separated from its host rock. The exception is a genuine specimen — gold visibly set in quartz, bought for its appearance rather than its metal content. If you are unsure which you have, send photos.

Do you buy black sand and concentrates?

Yes, and we do the separation on camera as part of intake. Many mail-in buyers refuse concentrates outright. Just tell us what is in the package so nothing is a surprise.

Do you buy gold jewelry or bullion?

That is not our business. We specialise in natural placer gold, which is priced completely differently — scrap buyers and bullion dealers will serve you better on those.

Is there a minimum amount?

There is, because insured freight in both directions costs real money and below a certain value it exceeds the transaction. The current figure is shown when you request a shipping kit, and it is lower than most people expect.

Nuggets · Flakes · Dust

Not sure what you have?

Run the calculator with your best guess — we re-grade every lot on camera before quoting.

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