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We purchase unwanted gold and silver jewellery ranging from 9 carat to 24 carat and all solid sterling silver jewellery and coins.
This includes gold jewellery, silver jewellery, platinum jewellery and any broken pieces or items you no longer need or wear.
From 9kt to 24kt gold jewellery ... even if it's broken.
All types of silver jewellery ... even if it's broken.
Gold Nuggets vary greatly in purity depending on where they were found, but we can test them and give you the analysis within seconds.
Gold Krugerrand coins contain 1 troy ounce of fine gold however they are alloyed down to 22ct or 91.6% pure gold.
Gold Sovereign coins contain 22ct or 91.6% pure gold.
Silver bullion coins should have their of fineness 99.99% and weight stamped on them.
* Cash is not held on our premises. When you sell your gold, silver or precious metals to us, we will give you a cash cheque that you can immediately exchange for cash at any Commonwealth Bank. Alternatively, we can transfer funds into your bank account.
The Niton XL2 Analyser from Thermo Scientific is a handheld analyser which takes only seconds to determine all metals and their purity within your jewellery.
We use the XL2 to analyse your jewellery in front of you and show you the readings so you can see the exact makeup of your jewellery.
This ensures you get the price you deserve for your gold or silver and of course, you haven’t had to sacrifice a scraping of your jewellery to find out what it’s worth.
The basic principle of this test is to scratch some of the gold off of the jewellery and add a mixture of hydrochloric and nitric acid. The resulting colour and/or presence of the gold is then used to indicate the purity or Karat of the gold.
The obvious downsides of this method are:
Many jewellers and gold buyers still use this method to test your jewellery.
At SA Gold Traders we calculate against the live world spot price for gold or silver in Australian dollars. Then we weigh your items and test your jewellery for its precious metal content and pay you accordingly. It’s that simple.
SA Gold Traders for your security and ours will pay you a cash cheque which we have arranged with our bank for you to cash instantly.
Yes by law we require photo ID or 100 points of identification.
You are also required to be 18 years or older to sell you items.
No, we only pay on the metal gold and silver content only as all jewellery is recycled not on sold.
No, insurance valuations in many cases are time loaded, that means the valuer adds a percentage of the dollar value to allow for the replacement of your item in the future allowing for inflation. At SA Gold Traders we pay for the fine gold content in your jewellery.
Gold Jewellery should be carat stamped, which means that 9ct gold should have a stamp of 9ct or 9k or 375 stamped on the item. 18ct Gold will have 18ct, 18k or 750 stamped on the jewellery piece. 22ct will have 22ct, 22k or 916.
9 carat gold is 37.5% pure gold, 18 carat is 75% pure gold, 22 carat is 91.6% pure gold and 24 carat is pure gold.
When a piece of Jewellery is priced for retail it includes all the businesses overheads. Like labour, staff wages, rent, insurance etc. At SA Gold Traders we pay for the fine/pure gold content in your jewellery.
SA Gold Traders is the only gold buyer to openly show all calculations to you and use the latest XRF testing equipment and government certified scales.
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