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What Are Common Items Worth?
Estimated payout values based on current market prices (80% of spot)
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💡 What We Buy Most Often
🥇 Top 5 Scrap Gold Items
1. Broken or Unwanted Jewelry
What it is: The most volume comes from broken chains, single earrings, bent rings, and out-of-fashion pieces.
Purity: Typically ranges from 10k (41.7%) to 18k (75%).
2. Gold Coins & Bullion (Non-Collectible)
What it is: Coins that have been scratched, damaged, or cleaned, losing their numismatic (collector) value. These are sold strictly for their gold weight.
Purity: Usually high, ranging from 90% to 99.9% (24k).
3. Dental Gold
What it is: Gold crowns, bridges, fillings, and inlays removed during dental procedures. While less common than jewelry, it is a consistent source of high-quality scrap.
Purity: Dental alloy is often 16k to high-karat gold to ensure it is soft enough for the mouth but durable enough to chew on.
4. Gold Watches
What it is: Luxury or antique watch cases and wristbands. (Note: The internal movement is usually removed and not melted).
Purity: Frequently 14k or 18k; older pocket watches may be lower karat or gold-filled (which is worth significantly less).
5. Electronic Scrap (E-Scrap)
What it is: Gold plated on circuit boards, CPU pins, and connectors in computers and cell phones.
Note: While individually these contain tiny amounts, they are sold in bulk (by the pound or ton) to specialized refiners.
🥈 Top 5 Scrap Silver Items
1. Sterling Silver Jewelry
What it is: Necklaces, rings, and bracelets that are broken or tarnished beyond repair.
Purity: Almost always .925 (92.5% silver). Look for the "925" stamp.
2. Sterling Flatware
What it is: Forks, spoons, and knives. This is often the highest weight category for scrap silver, as a single set can weigh several pounds.
Warning: Many items are "silver plate" (copper coated in silver), which has practically no scrap value. True scrap silver must be stamped "Sterling."
3. "Junk" Silver Coins
What it is: U.S. dimes, quarters, and half-dollars minted before 1965.
Purity: These are 90% silver and are bought and sold in bulk bags based on their face value (e.g., "$100 face value bag").
4. Silver Holloware (Tea Sets & Trays)
What it is: Large serving items like tea pots, coffee urns, platters, and sugar bowls.
Purity: Like flatware, these are usually .925 Sterling. Because they are large, a single piece can be worth hundreds of dollars in scrap.
5. Industrial Silver Contacts
What it is: Silver contact points found inside large electrical relays, breakers, and switches.
Purity: These are often very high purity (90% to 99%) because silver is the most conductive metal.
✅ Quick Tips for Identification
🥇 Gold
Look for karat stamps like:
- 10k or 417 (41.7% pure)
- 14k or 585 (58.5% pure)
- 18k or 750 (75% pure)
- 22k or 916 (91.6% pure)
- 24k or 999 (99.9% pure)
🥈 Silver
Look for these stamps:
- Sterling or 925 = Real silver!
- IS, A1, or Plate = NOT solid silver (silver plated)
- Coin or 900 = 90% silver (junk silver coins)
Warning: Silver plate has almost no scrap value!
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📍 Location:
2621 N Greenwich Rd #300
Wichita, KS 67226
⏰ Hours:
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Saturday: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Sunday & Monday: Closed
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